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2 Stupid Dogs (1993)

2 Stupid Dogs poster
Directed by
Donovan Cook
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 39 episodes
Rated
TV-Y7
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 69 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two unnamed dogs, a little one and a big one, get into goofy and messy situations. The show features gross-out humor and jazz music.

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What happens

2 Stupid Dogs is an American animated television series created by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons for TBS. It originally ran from September 5, 1993, to February 13, 1995, as part of TBS's Sunday Morning in Front of the TV block and in syndication. The show's main segments feature two unnamed dogs, called the "Little Dog" and the "Big Dog" in the credits (voiced by Mark Schiff and Brad Garrett, respectively). The show entirely used digital ink and paint in every episode. The show has been described as "Hanna-Barbera's answer to Ren and Stimpy", a hit show created by Hanna-Barbera alumnus John Kricfalusi (who served as a consultant on the series) and premiered two years earlier in 1991 on Nickelodeon. Like Ren and Stimpy, the titular Dogs are not very bright, the show is scored with jazz music, and the comedy style leans on gross-out body-secretion humor. It was the first show put into production by Hanna-Barbera's new president, Fred Seibert, in 1992, but asked about the comparison, Hanna-Barbera CEO Seibert was unconcerned, saying that it was "like Pearl Jam worrying about being compared to Nirvana." A backup segment, Super Secret Secret Squirrel (a reboot series to Secret Squirrel), is shown in between the main 2 Stupid Dogs cartoons in the first season's episodes, similar to early Hanna-Barbera cartoons from the 1960s. The series served as a precursor to the programming of Cartoon Network, where Hanna-Barbera would earn more success with series similar in tone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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