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Foofur and his group.
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Created by | Phil Mendez |
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Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
Opening theme | "Foofur" |
Ending theme | "Foofur" (Instrumental) |
Composer(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 (46 Separately) |
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Editor(s) | Gil Iverson |
Running time | 30 minutes |
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Hanna-Barbera Productions SEPP International S.A. |
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Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 13, 1986 | – February 18, 1988
Foofur is an American animated children's television series created by Phil Mendez, and was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions with SEPP International S.A.. Airing on NBC from 1986 to 1988, the show was about the everyday misadventures of the skinny blue protagonist dog. A comic book series, based on the cartoon, was produced by and released from Star Comics (an imprint of Marvel Comics).
In the town of Willowby, a tall skinny blue dog named Foofur (voiced by Frank Welker) has taken refuge in a mansion, in 32 Maple Street, which is also his birthplace. In Foofur's group is his niece Rocki (voiced by Christina Lange), Fencer the Cat (voiced by Eugene Williams), Louis (voiced by Richard Gautier) with his girlfriend Annabell (voiced by Susan Tolsky), Dolly (voiced by Susan Blu), Hazel (voiced by Pat Carroll) with husband Fritz-Carlos (voiced by Jonathan Schmock), and Burt (voiced by William Callaway).
Foofur and his friends however, have an enemy in a woman named Mrs. Amelia Escrow (voiced by Susan Silo) and her pet Chihuahua named Pepe (voiced by Don Messick), as Pepe tries to expose Foofur's illegal roommates – but always to no avail. Mrs. Escrow has tried many times to sell the estate, but unknown to Her, Foofur and his friends keep the house from being bought, as they also protect their home from rodents like the Rat Brothers, other cats like Vinnie and His Cat Pack, and greedy humans. While trying to stop Mrs. Escrow, Foofur tries to evade having his friends captured by the Bowser Busters' dog catchers Mel (voiced by David Doyle) and Harvey (voiced by Michael Bell).