Deputy Dawg
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Deputy Dawg was originally a Terrytoons cartoon character featured on the animated television series of the same name from 1959 through 1972. The cartoons were seven minutes long, and were packaged four at a time and shown as a half-hour program in syndication. The show was produced by CBS and was the professional animation debut of Ralph Bakshi (as inbetweener) of Fritz the Cat fame.
The character of Deputy Dawg (a dog) was a deputy sheriff in the Mississippi bayous of the United States. The other main characters were the 'varmints' Muskie Muskrat, Moley Mole,Possible 'Possum, Ty Coon , Vincent van Gopher, and Dawg's boss the Sheriff, as well as Mrs. Deputy. Much of the comedy was sight gag/action based with some focused around comical accents and stereotypical southern characteristics. Deputy Dawg was voiced by Dayton Allen, a prolific Hollywood voice actor who voiced many Terrytoons characters in television and theatrical shorts in the 1950s and 1960s.
[edit] In Popular Culture
- Actor Jim Carrey's favorite cartoon character is Deputy Dawg.
- In Adam Sandler's 1997 film The Water Boy, it is revealed that Bobby Boucher (Sandler) wears Deputy Dawg underpants.
