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 directed by Ralph Bakshi.
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 children Muskie Muskrat and Vince van Gopher, and Dawg's boss the Sheriff. Much of the comedy was based 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.
Actor Jim Carrey's favorite cartoon character is Deputy Dawg and Adam Sandler has made multiple references to the character in his comedy. The voice of Deputy Dawg is based on the playwright Truman Capote.
