Precious Pupp | |
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Directed by |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Starring | Precious Pupp Granny Sweet |
Voices of |
Don Messick Janet Waldo |
Theme music composer | Hoyt Curtin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Running time | 6 minutes (per short) |
Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Distributor |
Screen Gems (original) Warner Bros. Television Distribution (current) |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | October 2, 1965 | – September 7, 1967
Chronology | |
Related shows | The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show |
Precious Pupp is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which aired as a segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show from October 2, 1965 to September 7, 1967.
The cartoon featured a large mangy dog named Precious Pupp and his owner Granny Sweet. Granny was a kindly woman with a passion for motorcycles, completely oblivious to the fact that her beloved, affectionate pet was something of a neighborhood terror. He had a habit of slipping behind a victim quietly---sometimes in defense of their home, sometimes just for the fun of it---and jolting him with a ferocious series of barks . . . but never where or when Granny could catch him in the act. Unlike many cartoon animals, Precious didn't speak. His usual vocalism was an asthmatic-sounding, "wheezing" laugh used even more famously by Muttley, a Hanna-Barbera character introduced three years later; he usually outsmarted his enemies, most notably Bruiser, the neighborhood bulldog, but he usually outsmarted his oblivious owner, too.
Twenty-six episodes were produced.