Dinky Dog

Dinky Dog is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Australia which aired on CBS from September 9, 1978 to September 5, 1981. It was Hanna-Barbera's first show created and produced in Australia.

Dinky Dog
DVD cover
Directed byRay Patterson
Carl Urbano
Chris Cuddington
Voices ofFrank Welker
Frank Nelson
Julie Bennett
Jackie Joseph
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
Composer(s)Hoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of episodes16 (32 segments)
Production
Executive producer(s)William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)Alex Lovy
Running time11 minutes
Production company(s)Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd
DistributorTaft Broadcasting
Release
Original networkCBS (1978–1981)
Original releaseSeptember 9, 1978 –
September 5, 1981

Dinky Dog was originally broadcast as an 11-minute segment on The All New Popeye Hour.[1] When The All New Popeye Hour was shortened to a half-hour and retitled The Popeye and Olive Comedy Show in September 1981, Dinky Dog was spun off into a show of its own, packing two 11-minute instalments per half-hour episode.

Summary

The show is about two girls, ditzy blonde Sandy (voiced by Jackie Joseph) and smart, sensible, bespectacled brunette Monica (voiced by Julie Bennett), living with their Uncle Dudley (voiced by Frank Nelson). Sandy bought a cute puppy named Dinky (voiced by Frank Welker), who suddenly grew to the size of a polar bear. Sandy is now stuck dragging Monica into always finding work and different ways to repair the damages Dinky causes at their poor uncle's expense. Sure enough, however, Dinky always seems to fix things in an unexpected way and is forgiven, much to Uncle Dudley's dislike.[2]

In the second portion of the series, Dudley takes the nieces for a world tour on a rented leisure boat, giving Dinky a chance to cause mishap on the different continents for more adventures.

Episodes
Nº Titles Air date
1 "To Boo or Not to Boo" 1978-09-09
2 "Dinky Ahoy!" 1978-09-16
3 "Dinky at the Circus" 1978-09-23
4 "Dinky's Nose For News" 1978-09-30
5 "Camp Kookiehaha" 1978-10-07
6 "Foggy Doggy" 1978-10-14
7 "Dinky the Movie Star" 1978-10-21
8 "Attic Antics" 1978-10-28
9 "Heap Cheap Motel" 1978-11-04
10 "Bark in the Park" 1978-11-11
11 "Flabby Arms Farm" 1978-11-18
12 "The Bow-Wow Blues Band" 1978-11-25
13 "Easel Does It" 1978-12-02
14 "Dinky at the Bat" 1978-12-09
15 "Phi Beta Dink" 1978-12-16
16 "Abominable Dinky" 1978-12-23
17 "Dinky and the Caveman" 1979-01-06
18 "Rinky Dinky" 1979-01-13
19 "Bad Luck Bow-Wow" 1979-01-20
20 "A Hair of the Dog" 1979-01-27
21 "Sir Dinky Dog" 1979-02-03
22 "First Prize Pooch" 1979-02-10
23 "Department Store Dinky" 1979-02-17
24 "A Hop and a Dink" 1979-02-24
25 "Castaway Canine" 1979-03-03
26 "Gondola, But Not Forgotten" 1979-03-10
27 "Like It or Lamp It" 1979-09-10
28 "Lochness Mess" 1979-09-17
29 "There's No Place Like Home" 1979-09-24
30 "Buckingham Bow Wow" 1979-10-01
31 "Rockhead Hound" 1979-10-08
32 "Tree's a Crowd" 1979-10-15

Voice cast

Main cast

Additional voices

Home media

Visual Entertainment released Dinky Dog: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 (Canada only) on February 19, 2008.[3] On October 14, 2011, VEI (distributed by Millennium Entertainment) released the complete series on DVD in the US.[4]

DVD Name Ep # Region 1 (CAN) Region 1 (US)
Dinky Dog: The Complete Series 16 February 19, 2008 October 4, 2011
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References
  1. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 637. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  2. Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. p. 228. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2011-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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