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, which aired on

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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 ''

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''. 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 instalments per half-hour episode.

Summary

The show is about two girls, ditzy and beautiful blonde haired Sandy (voiced by

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) and smart, sensible, bespectacled brunette Monica (voiced by

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), living with their Uncle Dudley (voiced by Frank Nelson). Sandy bought a cute puppy named Dinky (voiced by

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), which suddenly grew 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. 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

Voice cast

Main cast

*Dinky -

*Uncle Dudley - Frank Nelson *Monica -

*Sandy -

Additional voices

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* Hal Smith * John Stephenson

Home media

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released ''Dinky Dog: The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1 (Canada only) on February 19, 2008. On October 14, 2011, VEI (distributed by

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) released the complete series on DVD in the US.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0287208
''Dinky Dog''
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