Dinky Dog

{{Infobox television

| image = Dinkydog.jpg

| caption = DVD cover

| genre =

| camera =

| runtime = 11 minutes

| director = Ray Patterson
Carl Urbano
Chris Cuddington

| producer = Alex Lovy

| executive_producer = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera

| voices = Frank Welker
Frank Nelson
Julie Bennett
Jackie Joseph

| theme_music_composer = Hoyt Curtin

| composer = Hoyt Curtin

| country = Australia
United States

| language = English

| company = Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd.

| network = CBS (1978–1981)

| first_aired = {{start date|1978|9|9}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1981|9|5}}

| num_series =

| num_episodes = 16 (32 segments)

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Dinky Dog is a Saturday-morning animated series produced by the Australian division of Hanna-Barbera, which aired on CBS from September 9, 1978, to September 5, 1981. It was Hanna-Barbera's first show created and produced in Australia.

Dinky Dog was originally broadcast as an 11-minute segment on The All New Popeye Hour.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1-4766-6599-3 |page=637}} When The All New Popeye Hour was shortened to a half-hour and retitled The Popeye and Olive Comedy Show in September 1981, Dinky Dog was spun off into a show of its own, packing two 11-minute installments per half-hour episode.

Summary

The show is about two girls: ditzy and beautiful blonde haired Sandy (voiced by Jackie Joseph) and smart, sensible, bespectacled brunette Monica (voiced by Julie Bennett), living with their Uncle Dudley (voiced by Frank Nelson). Sandy buys a cute puppy named Dinky (voiced by Frank Welker), which suddenly grows to the size of a polar bear. Sandy is now stuck dragging Monica into always finding work and different ways to repair the damages Dinky causes at their poor uncle's expense. Sure enough, however, Dinky always seems to fix things in an unexpected way and is forgiven, much to Uncle Dudley's dislike.{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool |url-access=registration |accessdate=9 April 2020 |page=[https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/228 228]}}

In the second portion of the series, Dudley takes the nieces for a world tour on a rented leisure boat, giving Dinky a chance to cause mishap on the different continents for more adventures.

Episodes

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| align="left"|"To Boo or Not to Boo"

| 1978-09-09

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| 2

| align="left"|"Dinky Ahoy!"

| 1978-09-16

| align="left"|"Dinky at the Circus"

| 1978-09-23

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| 4

| align="left"|"Dinky's Nose For News"

| 1978-09-30

| align="left"|"Camp Kookiehaha"

| 1978-10-07

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| 6

| align="left"|"Foggy Doggy"

| 1978-10-14

| align="left"|"Dinky the Movie Star"

| 1978-10-21

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| 8

| align="left"|"Attic Antics"

| 1978-10-28

| align="left"|"Heap Cheap Motel"

| 1978-11-04

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| 10

| align="left"|"Bark in the Park"

| 1978-11-11

| align="left"|"Flabby Arms Farm"

| 1978-11-18

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| 12

| align="left"|"The Bow-Wow Blues Band"

| 1978-11-25

| align="left"|"Easel Does It"

| 1978-12-02

| align="left"|"Dinky at the Bat"

| 1978-12-09

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| 15

| align="left"|"Phi Beta Dink"

| 1978-12-16

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| 16

| align="left"|"Abominable Dinky"

| 1978-12-23

| align="left"|"Dinky and the Caveman"

| 1979-01-06

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| 18

| align="left"|"Rinky Dinky"

| 1979-01-13

| align="left"|"Bad Luck Bow-Wow"

| 1979-01-20

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| 20

| align="left"|"A Hair of the Dog"

| 1979-01-27

| align="left"|"Sir Dinky Dog"

| 1979-02-03

| align="left"|"First Prize Pooch"

| 1979-02-10

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| 23

| align="left"|"Department Store Dinky"

| 1979-02-17

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| 24

| align="left"|"A Hop and a Dink"

| 1979-02-24

| align="left"|"Castaway Canine"

| 1979-03-03

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| 26

| align="left"|"Gondola, But Not Forgotten"

| 1979-03-10

| align="left"|"Like It or Lamp It"

| 1979-09-10

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| 28

| align="left"|"Lochness Mess"

| 1979-09-17

| align="left"|"There's No Place Like Home"

| 1979-09-24

| align="left"|"Buckingham Bow Wow"

| 1979-10-01

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| 31

| align="left"|"Rockhead Hound"

| 1979-10-08

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| 32

| align="left"|"Tree's a Crowd"

| 1979-10-15

Voice cast

=Main cast=

Dinky - Frank Welker
Uncle Dudley - Frank Nelson
Monica - Julie Bennett
Sandy - Jackie Joseph

=Additional voices=

Home media

Visual Entertainment released Dinky Dog: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 (Canada only) on February 19, 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/All-New-Popeye-Hour-Complete-Series/8478 |title=The All-New Popeye Hour DVD news: Announcement for Dinky Dog - the Complete Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com |accessdate=2011-07-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713232045/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/All-New-Popeye-Hour-Complete-Series/8478 |archivedate=2011-07-13}} In October 2011, VEI (distributed by Millennium Entertainment) released the complete series on DVD in the US.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Dinky-Dog-The-Complete-Series/15623 |title=Dinky Dog DVD news: Announcement for Dinky Dog - the Complete Series | TVShowsOnDVD.com |accessdate=2011-07-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712042624/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Dinky-Dog-The-Complete-Series/15623 |archivedate=2011-07-12}}

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! DVD name

! Ep #

! Region 1 (CAN)

! Region 1 (US)

Dinky Dog: The Complete Series

| align="center"|16

| February 19, 2008

| October 4, 2011

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0287208}}
[https://archive.today/20150921083953/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/A-C/The_All_New_Popeye_Hour/Dinky_Dog/ Dinky Dog] at the Big Cartoon DataBase
[http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?show_id=990 Dinky Dog @ Toonarific Cartoons]

Category:1978 Australian television series debuts

Category:1978 animated television series debuts

Category:1981 Australian television series endings

Category:1970s Australian animated television series

Category:1978 American animated television series debuts

Category:1981 American television series endings

Category:1970s American animated comedy television series

Category:1980s American animated comedy television series

Category:1970s American children's comedy television series

Category:1980s American children's comedy television series

Category:American animated television spinoffs

Category:American children's animated comedy television series