Barnyard Dawg is a Looney Tunes character. A feisty anthropomorphic basset hound , he is a friend and the archenemy of Foghorn Leghorn . He was created by Robert McKimson , who also created Foghorn, and was voiced by Mel Blanc . Dawg also feuds with other notable Looney Tunes characters as well, such as Henery Hawk , Daffy Duck and Sylvester . He appeared in 23 Golden Age–era Warner Bros. shorts.
37-486: Dawg's first appearance was in Walky Talky Hawky (1946), the same Henery Hawk cartoon in which Foghorn himself debuted. Although, in that cartoon, Dawg initiates hostilities with Foghorn by dropping a watermelon on his head (prompting Foghorn to grumble "Every day, it's the same thing!"), Dawg is usually seen sleeping in his kennel at a cartoon's beginning, with Foghorn provoking him by slapping his hindquarters with
74-636: A wooden fencepost, setting the stage for Dawg to seek vengeance, often by manipulating Henery Hawk . Dawg, called "Mandrake," was cast as a pet to Porky Pig in 1947's One Meat Brawl , where the pair pursue one-shot star Grover Groundhog, who gives the hunting dog a sob story ("Wife and 72 children!...No coal in the cellar...!") that has him weeping sympathetic tears, much to Porky's disgust. Dawg/Mandrake uses this ploy himself in 1949's Daffy Duck Hunt , where, still Porky's pet and hunting companion, he persuades Daffy Duck to play along at being captured so he can avoid punishment from Porky, promising to free
111-543: A "true-to-the-classics" show emulating the original run of Looney Tunes shorts announced in July 2009 by Warner Bros. Animation . However, it was scrapped because the executives were not impressed, and it was later retooled into the sitcom-inspired The Looney Tunes Show which premiered on May 3, 2011, on Cartoon Network . The show features new character designs by Ottawa -based artist Jessica Borutski which were first created for Looney Tunes Laff Riot and also later retooled for
148-704: A Rooster ), he mocks the hatched ostrich, which Foghorn has adopted, and cheats in a boxing match with the rooster. Dawg also appeared in the movies Space Jam as a member of the Tune Squad, and in Looney Tunes: Back in Action playing cards with other dogs including Ham and Ex, Spike and Chester, the Russian Dog from Hare Ribbin' and Charlie Dog in Yosemite Sam 's casino. In Baby Looney Tunes , Dawg appears as
185-512: A chicken hawk too. And like all chicken hawks, you crave to eat - a chicken." More enthusiastic than his father, Henery sets out to find a chicken. Meanwhile, in a barnyard, the Barnyard Dawg deliberately throws a watermelon on an unsuspecting Foghorn Leghorn , who is done filing his nails ("Every day it's the same thing!", complains Foghorn). As payback, just as the Dawg goes to sleep, Foghorn spanks
222-516: A miscalculation – and a basic misunderstanding of the franchise." Writing for The A.V. Club , Brandon Nowalk wrote, " The Looney Tunes Show is the most off-putting version of Looney Tunes I’ve ever seen. Instead of a universe where anything could happen, here the plots are standard sitcom tropes. […] [the show] exists happily inside the lines." Ian Lueck of Toon Zone panned the series, calling it "bland and recycled" and writing: "Parents, if you want to start your kids on something good, show them
259-516: A musical short under the Merrie Melodies name, and the first season also includes computer-animated shorts involving new antics between Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner . The series received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visual style and voice acting, but criticized its writing, lack of ambition, and departures from the source material. The Looney Tunes Show revolves around
296-446: A new series for a new generation, and it doesn't seem overly concerned with the sacred nostalgia of us oldsters. It takes strides to modernize the characters while at the same staying more or less true to their original spirit." Conversely, Brian Lowry of Variety called the first season "a disappointment," and was critical of its "short[age] on sight-gags and action […] despite the odd amusing moment," believing that it "represent[ed]
333-476: A puppy who chases the cool roosters, until Foghorn Leghorn shows the cool roosters how to deal with dogs (through a game of fetch), and instead of joining them, just befriends Dawg. Barnyard Dawg appeared in The Looney Tunes Show episode "Fish and Visitor's" Merrie Melodie's segment, "Chickenhawk" singing voice by Ben Falcone. He had a brief cameo at the end of the segment where it was shown that he sang
370-484: Is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical short directed by Robert McKimson . The cartoon was released on August 31, 1946, and features Henery Hawk and Foghorn Leghorn . This is the first appearance of both Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg . Henery Hawk discusses his cravings with his father, who then reveals the reason behind them: "Your mother and I are outcasts, hated and hunted because of what we are: chicken hawks . And you, you, Henery, you're
407-523: Is a kind of cave. Henery repeats the mistake in " The Leghorn Blows at Midnight ". Although Dawg is normally portrayed as the straight man for Foghorn's pranks, in Mother Was a Rooster , he is portrayed in a very negative light, as he not only steals an ostrich egg (he justifies this by explaining that it's been kind of dull round the farm lately, giving reference to his four-year peace between him and Foghorn between Weasel While You Work and Mother Was
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#1733094043132444-532: Is an American animated sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Animation , and aired on Cartoon Network for two seasons from May 3, 2011, to November 2, 2013. The series featured characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon shorts in a sitcom format with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck , who live a suburban life together within a neighborhood of fellow cartoon neighbors, dealing with various issues in their own way. Many episodes also include
481-593: Is included, digitally remastered, in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection . It is also part of Bugs Bunny: Superstar Part 2 in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 . It is also in the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 Blu-ray and DVD and streaming on HBO Max. The Looney Tunes Show The Looney Tunes Show
518-615: Is officially mentioned: George P. Mandrake. All cartoons directed by Robert McKimson unless noted. MM = Merrie Melodies , LT = Looney Tunes Barnyard Dawg was originally voiced by Mel Blanc from the character's debut until the final cartoon Foghorn Leghorn starred into the Golden Age. After Blanc's death in 1989, the character has been voiced by 9 other actors: Noel Blanc , Bob Bergen , Greg Burson , Jeff Bergman , Billy West , Joe Alaskey , Ben Falcone , Eric Bauza and Andrew Morgado . Walky Talky Hawky Walky Talky Hawky
555-464: Is still running, but Foghorn tells Henery not to give up, and Henery literally carries the dog house with the Dawg in it like a train while the Dawg investigates with a mirror, sees Henery, and lifts up his house and gives chase, but is choked and falls again and Foghorn puts a knight's helmet on the Dawg and whacks the Dawg in the side of the head many times, causing the Dawg's head to literally shake inside. Foghorn soon gives Henery an idea to "outsmart"
592-456: Is the one he should be going after, being a chicken. Foghorn tries to deflect his argument by accusing the Dawg ("Don't you call me, I say don't you call ME a chicken, you...chicken!"), but by then, Henery realizes he has been tricked. Henery pays Foghorn back by releasing the Dawg on Foghorn, who barely manages to escape and is chased by the angry Dawg into a barn , where an actual horse forcibly ejects them, clunking their heads together in
629-458: Is the subject of "psychological wearing down" by the Goofy Gophers , Mac and Tosh, who are trying to get their vegetables back. After the gophers initiate phase no. 4 of their plan, which leaves Dawg on top of a telephone pole, he flips out and flies off (literally) after a crow, causing a deadpan pig, who's been witnessing the aftermath of the gophers' abuse against Dawg, to also flip out. While
666-399: The "foxy chicken". Henery lures the Dawg out with music, causing him to suffer mishaps culminating in him landing on a rollerskate. When the Dawg surrenders and asks Henery what he is looking for, Henery tells the Dawg his intentions (" You're a chicken, I'm a chicken hawk, and I'm gonna eat chicken!"). The Dawg realizes he has been the victim of Foghorn's prank and points out that Foghorn
703-409: The 1951 Goofy Gophers cartoon A Bone for a Bone . In 1958's Don't Axe Me , Dawg, now the pet of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Fudd and renamed "Wover," again matches wits with Daffy after convincing Mrs. Fudd to designate the duck as Sunday dinner; surprisingly, Daffy is the loser in this cartoon, although he escapes doom when a guest requests a vegetarian meal instead. In 1958's Gopher Broke , Dawg
740-403: The Dawg to wake up from his nap in pain. The Dawg grabs Henery and growls at him. Henery warns the Dawg, "Are you coming quietly or do I have to muss ya up?!", but the Dawg chases Henery, but gets choked on the leash again and falls again while Foghorn whacks the Dawg in the head like he is playing croquet with croquet mallet and runs with the Dawg angrily barking again, only with a headache. Henery
777-419: The Dawg with a paddle , angering him into chasing Foghorn, but his leash stops him from going further. To add insult to injury, Foghorn slaps the angrily barking Dawg, while yelling at him to "AHH SHADDAP!!!". Henery meets Foghorn, who, seeing the hawk as a potential pawn against the Dawg, convinces Henery that he is a horse, while the Dawg is a chicken, and Henery goes up to the Dawg and bites his tail, causing
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#1733094043132814-538: The characters and lack of slapstick). Common Sense Media gave the series 4 out of 5 stars, saying: "Fun remake of classic toon has a more grown-up feel." Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "while it doesn’t improve on the originals […] taken on its own merits, ignoring the cognitive dissonance, the show can be pretty amusing." Reviewing the first volume of season one on DVD, Wired wrote, " The Looney Tunes Show does understand what it is. It's
851-594: The duck later. However, once Daffy is tucked into Porky's freezer, Mandrake goes back on the bargain, although Daffy has little trouble outwitting both him and Porky. Although Dawg usually sports a gruff New York City accent in the Foghorn Leghorn shorts, in Daffy Duck Hunt he speaks mostly with a Southern accent (only one line, "I'll fix that dirty duck!", is rendered in his usual voice). Another character who resembles Dawg (known as Geo R. Dog) would also appear in
888-430: The final series. The Laff Riot pilot would surface on September 4, 2020. As is standard for most modern animated sitcoms like The Simpsons and Family Guy , the series does not use a laugh track . The animation was produced by Yearim and Rough Draft Korea , along with Toon City Animation in the first season. The Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner shorts were produced by Crew972 . On July 29, 2014, it
925-552: The form of Lola Bunny and Tina Russo , and a regular friendship with Porky Pig . Other Looney Tunes characters, like Elmer Fudd , Foghorn Leghorn , and Sylvester and Tweety , have less prominent roles but still partake in stories in their own way. Unlike other Looney Tunes productions, the series focused less on slapstick and fewer visual gags , in favor of sitcom elements including love triangles , employment and rooming . Episodes often contained at least two stories featuring Bugs and Daffy, and sometimes led by others in
962-466: The house and furniture to matchsticks—into a sitcom? Say what you will about Loonatics Unleashed , but at least it had the courage of its psychopathic convictions." In 2010, CBC News reported that upon revealing the redesigned Looney Tunes characters, some fans "lashed out by posting nasty [online] comments" directed toward animator Jessica Borutski, who was tasked with redesigning the characters for The Looney Tunes Show . Borutski admitted that "it
999-489: The lives of Bugs Bunny , who owns a suburban home after inventing carrot peelers that pay him royalties, and Daffy Duck , who is Bugs' roommate, as they deal with different issues and problems that they encounter, some of the time caused by Daffy's rather bad lifestyle. The pair reside within a neighbourhood inhabited by a number of notable Looney Tunes characters including Yosemite Sam , Granny , Gossamer , and Speedy Gonzales , with both Bugs and Daffy having girlfriends in
1036-468: The original Looney Tunes theatrical shorts. They're better made, funnier, have more energy, and more of a personal touch than the assembly line The Looney Tunes Show ." In another negative review, Maxie Zeus of Toon Zone called the show "bland" and "no worse than dull," while writing: "So who thought it would be a good idea to put the Looney Tunes characters—who even in domestic settings tend to reduce
1073-560: The pig has gone to see an animal psychiatrist, the doctor sees Dawg fly by his window and also flips out enough to join the pig on the couch. Henery mistakes Dawg for a chicken in The Foghorn Leghorn , because his father told him that chickens are great big monsters with real huge teeth who live in caves; he ignores Foghorn after confusing an insult toward the rooster of being "a loud-mouthed schnook" as some kind of literal species. Henery notices Dawg's mouth and presumes Dawg's doghouse
1110-428: The process. The two foes, shaking hands to prove solidarity , re-enter to double-team the horse. Henery marches in after them and, in a few seconds, captures Foghorn, the Dawg, and the horse, with the hapless rooster vainly trying to escape. Mimicking Foghorn, he tells the camera that "One of these things, I say, one of these things , has got to be a chicken!" as he walks off with his prizes. After Robert McKimson
1147-539: The remainder of his theatrical career... McKimson's comic equation of rooster plus board plus dog's butt may lack the poetic elegance of comic-strip artist George Herriman's mouse plus brick plus Krazy Kat's head. However, the merry brutality worked well enough to ensure seventeen years of constant laughs — and in the case of Walky Talky Hawky , an Academy Award nomination." The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Short Subjects, Cartoons , losing to MGM 's Tom and Jerry short, The Cat Concerto . The short
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1184-452: The show. Alongside the main plots of the episode, the story would often include a Merrie Melodies – a two-to-four-minute music videos showcasing classic characters singing brand new original songs. For the first season only, the show also included new computer-animated shorts involving Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner , and a new spate of antics between them. The Looney Tunes Show was originally envisioned as Looney Tunes Laff Riot ,
1221-649: The song the whole time. He later appeared in "Reunion's" Merrie Melodie's segment, "Cock of the Walk." In "Father Figures," Barnyard Dawg made a cameo as the umpire in the Father/Son Tennis Tournament final between Bugs and Walter Bunny against Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn. Barnyard Dawg also appeared in Looney Tunes Cartoons in various Foghorn Leghorn segments. He also appears in the pre-school series Bugs Bunny Builders . In that show, his full name
1258-903: Was announced that the series would not be renewed for a third season. The Looney Tunes Show premiered in the United States on May 3, 2011, through August 31, 2014, on Cartoon Network . In Australia, the series began airing on 9Go! and Cartoon Network Australia . The Looney Tunes Show premiered in Africa on Boomerang Africa on May 17, 2011, in France on Boomerang France, in the UK on Boomerang UK and on different Boomerang feeds throughout Europe. The Looney Tunes Show premiered in Canada on Teletoon on September 5, 2011. The Looney Tunes Show has received home video releases for season 1. The season 2 episode "Super Rabbit"
1295-403: Was hard to see such hatred," but defended the redesigns, feeling that "[it is] time for a new generation to meet the characters." Cartoon historian Chris Robinson attributed the response to "a sense of ownership," arguing that "[fans] just really become attached to these things […] It's just so strongly rooted in their childhood that they're unable to separate themselves." The Looney Tunes Show
1332-674: Was promoted director in late 1944, writer Warren Foster developed a story about a large rooster, a barnyard dog and the inclusion of Henery Hawk (a character created by Chuck Jones ). Dialogue was recorded on January 13, 1945. Animation producer Paul Dini writes, "Bugs and Porky — indeed, most of the classic Warner Bros. characters — underwent years of refinement before they became stars. Not so Foghorn Leghorn, who exploded fully formed and bellowing in Walky Talky Hawky . Though he soon lost his realistic chicken squawks, Foghorn retained his bellicose personality and barrel-bellied design for
1369-500: Was released as part of the Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection on February 4, 2020. The first episode was also released on Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run as a special feature. The Looney Tunes Show received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the voice acting and animation, but criticized its lack of originality and differences from previous Looney Tunes incarnations (including its redesigns and portrayals of
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