The Houndcats

The Houndcats
Created by Joe Ruby & Ken Spears[1]
Voices of Michael Bell
Joe Besser
Daws Butler
Stu Gilliam
Arte Johnson
Aldo Ray
Joan Gerber
Bob Holt
John Stephenson
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 13
Production
Producer(s) Friz Freleng
David H. DePatie
Running time 22 minutes (per episode)
Production company(s) DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Distributor CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network NBC
Original release September 9 – December 2, 1972

The Houndcats is an American Saturday morning cartoon series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. The series was broadcast by NBC from September 9 to December 2, 1972, with reruns continuing until September 1, 1973. Thirteen episodes were produced.

Plot

Loosely based on the CBS adventure series Mission: Impossible and the short-lived 1971 series Bearcats!, it was headed by a combined team of (three) dogs and (two) cats, hence the name, as they go on spy missions in 1914 America.

Each episode begins with the Houndcats receiving their orders from their unseen "Chief", whose message is played on an old-fashioned gramophone, player-piano or other device, parodying the tape recorder scene at the start of most episodes of Mission: Impossible. However, the words "this message will self-destruct in five seconds", always takes the Houndcats by surprise, causing them to run away from the explosion.

Members

  • The "Houndcats" were led by cool and confident cat Stutz.
  • Ding Dog was his blue Civil War uniform-wearing right-hand man with bad timing and judgment. He is a Briard.
  • Mussel Mutt was the muscle - a large, bulky, and ever-hungry herding dog whose eyes were almost always hidden under his hat. He is an Old English Sheepdog
  • Putty Puss was a tiny cat and a disguise expert.
  • Rhubarb was a canine scientist. He wore a long coat and a large sombrero (you usually just saw his nose sticking out from under it) that hid his gadgets.

Voices

Production notes

13 half-hour episodes of the series were produced. An adult laugh track was added, as was common practice for cartoon series' at the time.

Incarnations

  • The Houndcats (1972–1973)
  • The Houndcats and The Barkleys (1972–1973)

DVD/syndication

On October 20, 2015, Film Chest Media Group released The Barkleys and The Houndcats - 2 DVD Classic Animation Set on DVD in Region 1.[2] This collection features all 13 episodes of the series.

Some episodes of the show were previously released onto videocassette in the 1980s by now-defunct Trans World Entertainment.

The show was previously syndicated by Viacom International, which is now CBS Television Distribution.[3]

(The Houndcats is presumably in the public domain because production company DePatie-Freleng Enterprises folded into Marvel Productions in 1981, and the Marvel empire was purchased by The Walt Disney Company in 2009. Most likely, Marvel failed to renew the copyrights on The Houndcats when they expired in 2000, and Disney - very likely unaware this show was now a part of their vast library - failed to take any further action to renew the copyrights.)

Staff

In other languages

References

  1. ↑ Shostak, Stu (05-02-2012). "Interview with Joe Ruby and Ken Spears". Stu's Show. Retrieved 03-18-2013.
  2. ↑ 2-DVD Set with DePatie-Freleng's 'The Barkleys' and 'The Houndcats' Archived 2015-10-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYhzUBXwXX4
  4. ↑ ""La valle dei gatti - Antonio Genna". Il mondo dei doppiatori. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  5. ↑ "まんがキッドボックス （1971） - 私的 昭和テレビ大全集". FC2. 2006-12-03. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  6. ↑ "골목대장 똘이 (KBS 1978년)". Naver. 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  7. ↑ "골목대장 똘이 : 미만부 가사묶음 - 황씨신문". Mimanbu. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
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