Family Dog (TV series)
| Family Dog | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Brad Bird |
| Directed by | Chris Buck |
| Voices of |
Martin Mull - Skip Binsford Molly Cheek - Beverly Binsford Danny Mann - Family Dog Zak Huxtable Epstein - Billy Binsford Cassie Cole - Buffy Binsford Bruce McGill - Martin Mahoney Deanna Oliver - Trish Mahoney |
| Theme music composer | Danny Elfman |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Dennis Klein |
| Producer(s) | Chuck Richardson |
| Production company(s) |
Amblin Television Tim Burton Productions Warner Bros. Television Universal Television Nelvana Limited |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | June 23 – July 28, 1993 |
Family Dog is a Canadian-American animated television series that aired in the summer of 1993 on CBS. Created by Brad Bird, the series was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog. It first appeared as an episode of the TV show Amazing Stories, then was expanded into a series of its own.
In the original Amazing Stories episode, which aired in the show's second season in 1987, a dog (a Bull Terrier simply called "the dog") is the main character, portrayed in three stories:
The first story involves general misadventures around the house, with the dog ignored and somewhat mistreated by his owners, originally named the Binfords.
The second part is a Christmas "home movie", narrated by the family, that culminates with the dog eating the ham.
In the final and longest segment, a couple of burglars break into the house while the family is out seeing a movie. When the dog fails to protect the house from the thieves a second time, the father sends him to Gerta LeStrange's Dog Obedience School, so he can learn how to become a "quivering, snarling, white-hot ball of canine terror." The burglars hit the house yet again and flee from the now-aggressive dog, but return to their hideout to discover him still clamped to one thief's arm with his teeth. A policeman investigating the robberies raids the house and is immediately attacked by the dog. The burglars decide to use the dog in their heists, earning them (and the dog) fame as the "Dog Gang." The dog finally turns on the criminals, causing an auto accident in which they hit a police car and are busted. The dog is returned to the Binford family, who now consider him their hero. In a final gag, the father, locked out of the house, sneaks into the backyard, where he's attacked by the dog, duly defending the property.
Written and directed by Brad Bird, with music by Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek, it was one of the most popular episodes of the Amblin Television/Universal Television weekly anthology television series, Amazing Stories. The story was animated by Dan Jeup, Ralph Eggleston, Chris Buck, Sue Kroyer, Gregg Vanzo, David Cutler, Rob Minkoff, Alan Smart, and Darrell Rooney from an animation production design by Tim Burton. The animation production was outsourced to Hyperion Pictures (then under The Kushner-Locke Company), and was shot in Sydney, Australia by Cinemagic Animated Films under animation director Cam Ford, with Kim Humphries as camera operator.
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