Dog City
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Dog City is a television series that aired on FOX from 1992 to 1994. The show contained both, animation done by Nelvana and Fox Kids, and puppetry done by Jim Henson Productions. The animated portions of the show focused on a canine private detective named Ace Heart. The Muppet portions of the show focused on the interactions between Ace Hart and his animator Eliot Shag (who, like Ace, is a German Shepherd).
A recurring gag was that many of the characters in the cartoon were seemingly based on the residents of Eliot's apartment building. The bulldog crime-boss Bugsy Vile was inspired by the building's grouchy bulldog super, Bruno; Ace's love interest, Rosie, was based on Eliot's unrequited feelings for his neighbour Colleen, and so on. The Muppet characters were unaware of this; in the first episode Bruno asks Eliot how a loser like him could have created a great character like Bugsy. Eliot replies "Sometimes it's just staring you in the face".
Later series included segments from other shows Eliot worked on, including skits featuring the main Dog City characters and a superhero series starring the Batman parody Watchdog.
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[edit] Characters
[edit] Animated
- Ace Heart, voiced by Ron White
- Chief Rosie O'Gravy, voiced by Elizabeth Hanna
- Eddie, voiced by Stuart Stone
- Bugsy Vile, voiced by John Stocker
- Frisky, voiced by James Rankin
- Mad Dog, voiced by Stephen Ouimette
- Bruiser, voiced by Howard Jerome
- Kitty, voiced by Paulina Gillis
- Baron Von Rottweiler, voiced by Stephen Ouimette
- Mayor Kickbark, voiced by Len Carlson
- Dot, voiced by Tara Strong
- Yves, voiced by Rino Romano
- Steven, voiced by Len Carlson
[edit] Muppets
- Eliot Shag, performed by Kevin Clash
- Colleen and Terri Springer, performed by Fran Brill
- Artie Springer, performed by Joey Mazzarino
- Bruno, performed by Brian Muehl
- Bowser, performed by David Rudman
- Ms Fluffe, performed by Lisa Buckley
[edit] The Movie
Dog City was originally a thirty nine minute long TV movie, broadcast in 1989 as an episode of The Jim Henson Hour, featuring the characters as puppets. In Dog City THE MOVIE Ace is harassed for protection money by crime synidicate boss Bugsy. Refusing to pay or fight him, Bugsy kidnaps Aces love interest, Colleen and in a mad frenzy of car chases and shoot-em-ups involving rubber duckies, Ace eventually puts an end to Bugsy's evil ways and in the end gets the girl!
- Ace Yu, voiced by Kevin Clash
- Frisky, voiced by Dave Goelz
- Eddie, voiced by Kathryn Mullen
- Mad Dog, voiced by Steve Whitmire
- Bugsy Them, voiced by Jim Henson
- Colleen, voiced by Fran Brill
- Rowlf the Dog, voiced by Jim Henson
The Muppets of Ace and his associates would go on to become Eliot Shag and the other "real world" counterparts in the animated version
[edit] Episode guide
[edit] Season 1
- 1.The Big Squeak
- 2.Taming of the Screw
- 3.Meat the Butcher
- 4.Disobedience School
- 5.The Dog Pound
- 6.Radio Dazed
- 7.The Bloodhound
- 8.Adventures in Puppysitting
- 9.Ya Gotta Have a Heart
- 10.In Your Dreams
- 11.Rocketship K-9
- 12.Cats 'n' Dogs
- 13.Is It Arf?
[edit] Season 2
- 14.Boss Bruiser
- 15.Springer Fever
- 16.Much Ado About Mad Dog
- 17.Of Mutts and Mayors
- 18.Who Watches the Watchdog?
- 19.The Great Dane Curse
- 20.Out of the Mouths of Pups
- 21.Farewell My Rosie
- 22.Old Dogs New Tricks
- 23.Sick as a Dog
[edit] Season 3
- 24.The New Litter
- 25.Doggy See Doggy Do
- 26.Comedy of Horrors
- 27.Howl the Conquering Hero
- 28.Reduce, Re-Use, Retrieve
- 29.Future Schlock
- 30.No Pain, No Brain
- 31.Dog Days of Summer Vacation
[edit] Credits
- Executive Producers: Clive A. Smith, Patrick Loubert, Michael Hirsch
- Produced by: Stephen Hodgins
- Coordinating Producer: Patricia R. Burns
- Line Producer: Hasmi Giakoumis
- Associate Producer: Neil Court
- Directed by: John Van Bruggen
- Assistant Directors: Dave Pemberton, Steve Whitehouse
- Story Editors: J.D. Smith, Peter Sauder
- Casting: Jessie Thomson
- Voice Director: Kathryn Mullen
- Unit Director: Brad Goodchild
- Unit Manager: Kokila Jeffrey
- Production Manager: Ruta Cube
- Production Supervisor: Steve Chadwick
- Coordinators: Jocelyn Hamilton (production), Erik Strobel (script), Shelly Theaker (storyboard), Tyler Baylis (design), Shelley Morrow (layout)
- Storyboard Artists: Frank Lintzen, John Flagg, Arna Selznick, Andrew Tan, Vincenzo Natali, Bob Smith, Robert Rivard
- Storyboard Cleanup Supervisor: Dave Quensnelle
- Background Artist: Clive Powsey
- Paint Supervisor: Mary Bertoia
- Layout Artists: Dermot Walshe, Kevin Klis, Glenn Chadwick, Daniel Poitras, Gord McBride, Steve Remen, John Lei, Paul Bouchard, Brad Graham, Mike Halley
- Layout Supervisor: Lyndon Ruddy
- Color Designer: Jo-Anne Merrill
- Designers: Charles E. Bastien, Jens Pindal, Leif Norheim, Kevin Fraser, Scott Bennett
- Key Animators: Niall Johnston, Gerry Fournier, John De Klein, Paul Riley, Mike Tweedle, Scott Glynn, Dave Boudreau, Bill Zeats, Alan Knappett, Brad Goodchild, Lynn Reist, Dennis Gonzales
- Post Production Supervisor: Rob Kirkpatrick
- Post Production Manager: Lan Lamon
- Supervising Sound Editor: Steve Cole
- Picture Editor: Algis Magiulis
- Supervising Pre-Production Editor: Darrell MacDonald
- Supervising Breakdown Editor: Rick Dubiel
- Recording and Transfer Technician: Mike Reid
- Theme by: Philip Balsam
- Score Composed by: Acrobat Music
- Additional Production Facility: Hanho Heung Up Co. Ltd
- Negative Cutting Services: Catherine Rankin Productions
- Laboratories: Magnetic North, The Filmhouse Group, Access Post Production Audio Inc., Studio 306
Muppet Segments
- Executive Producers: Michael K. Frith, Brian Henson
- Production Coordinator: Jennie Lupinacci
- Puppeteer: Kevin Clash
- Additional Puppeteer: Don Reardon
- Executives in Charge of Production: Jim Lewis, Ritamarie Peruggi, David Gumpel, Pat Nugent
- Production Designer: Lyndon Mosse
