Precious Pupp is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired as a segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show from October 2, 1965, to September 7, 1967.[1]
| Precious Pupp | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Starring | Precious Pupp Granny Sweet |
| Voices of | Don Messick Janet Waldo |
| Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Running time | 6 minutes (per short) |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | October 2, 1965 – September 7, 1967 |
| Related | |
| The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show | |
Plot edit
The cartoon featured a large mangy dog named Precious Pupp and his owner Granny Sweet. Granny was a kindly woman with a passion for motorcycles, completely oblivious to the fact that her beloved, affectionate pet was something of a neighborhood terror. He had a habit of slipping behind a victim quietly---sometimes in defense of their home, sometimes just for the fun of it---and jolting him with a ferocious series of barks . . . but never where or when Granny could catch him in the act.[2]
Unlike many cartoon animals, Precious did not speak. His usual vocalism was an asthmatic-sounding, "wheezing" laugh used even more famously by Muttley, a Hanna-Barbera character introduced three years later.[3] He usually outsmarted his enemies, most notably Bruiser, the neighborhood bulldog, but he also usually outsmarted his oblivious owner, too.
Twenty-six episodes were produced.
List of episodes edit
Season 1 (1965–66) edit
| Nº | Ep | Title | Air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Precious Jewels" | October 2, 1965 | |
| Precious Pupp makes a would-be jewel thief wish that he had stayed home. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Doggone Dognapper" | October 9, 1965 | |
| Precious gives a load of trouble to the local dog-catcher. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Bites and Gripes" | October 16, 1965 | |
| Precious is dognapped and held for ransom. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Queen of the Road" | October 23, 1965 | |
| 5 | 5 | "Crook Out Cook Out" | October 30, 1965 | |
| Granny and Precious capture a thief while butterfly hunting. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Next of Kin" | November 6, 1965 | |
| 7 | 7 | "Bowling Pinned" | November 13, 1965 | |
| Precious helps Granny become a bowling champion. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Poodle Pandemonium" | November 20, 1965 | |
| Precious falls in love with a pretty poodle. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Dog Tracks" | November 27, 1965 | |
| 10 | 10 | "Sub-Marooned" | December 4, 1965 | |
| 11 | 11 | "Lady Bugged" | December 11, 1965 | |
| 12 | 12 | "Test in the West" | December 18, 1965 | |
| 13 | 13 | "Bones and Groans" | December 25, 1965 | |
| 14 | 14 | "Butterfly Nut" | January 1, 1966 | |
| 15 | 15 | "Precious Bone" | January 8, 1966 | |
| 16 | 16 | "The Bird Watcher" | January 15, 1966 | |
| 17 | 17 | "Dog Trained" | January 22, 1966 | |
| 18 | 18 | "Oliver Twisted" | January 29, 1966 | |
| 19 | 19 | "Pup, Skip and Jump" | February 5, 1966 | |
| 20 | 20 | "A Grapple for the Teacher" | February 12, 1966 | |
Season 2 (1966) edit
| Nº | Ep | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "Pot Time Work" | September 10, 1966 |
| 22 | 2 | "A Fiend in Need" | September 17, 1966 |
| 23 | 3 | "Ski Sickness" | September 24, 1966 |
| 24 | 4 | "Mascot Massacre" | October 1, 1966 |
| 25 | 5 | "A.M. Mayhem" | October 8, 1966 |
| 26 | 6 | "Girl Whirl" | October 15, 1966 |
Voices edit
- Don Messick - Precious Pupp, Bowling Champion, Officer Smith
- Janet Waldo - Granny Sweet
- Henry Corden - Burglar
Home video edit
- Worldvision Home Video released Precious Pupp on VHS tape in the 1980s, which has long since been out of print.
- The episode "Precious Jewels" is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 1.
- The episode "Bowling Pinned" is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 2.
Precious Pupp in other languages edit
Later appearances edit
- Granny Sweet later made an appearance in the Yo Yogi! episodes "Super Duper Snag" and "Bearly Working", voiced by Kath Soucie.
- Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet appeared in Jellystone![5] with Granny Sweet voiced by Grace Helbig.[6]
References edit
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Precious Pupp". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 29. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "Precious Pup - Het liefste hondje van Oma!". LastDodo. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Jellystone! I Official Trailer I HBO Max Family". YouTube. June 24, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
- ^ Hemmert, Kylie (June 24, 2021). "Jellystone!: Hanna-Barbera Characters Return in HBO Max Original Animated Series". Comingsoon.net.
External links edit
- Precious Pupp at IMDb
- Precious Pupp at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015.
- Episode index at the Big Cartoon DataBase
