The Dogfather was a series of 17 cartoons produced by

DePatie–Freleng Enterprises DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (also known as Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng Productions when involved with the Mirisch brothers and Geoffrey Productions; and DFE Films) was an American animation production company that was active from 1963 to 1 ...

and released between 1974 and 1976. It is the final theatrical cartoon series made by DePatie–Freleng. This cartoon ''The Dogfather'' is the same most of next ''

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''.

Plot

''The Dogfather'' was a parody of ''

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'', but with canines as part of the Italian organized crime syndicate. It consists of the Dogfather (voiced by Bob Holt impersonating

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) and his henchmen Pug (also Bob Holt) and Louie (voiced by

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). The opening credits featured the Dogfather, speaking to the lyrics of a song entitled "I'll make him an offer he can't Refuse". ''The Dogfather'' was later broadcast as part of the

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series '' The Pink Panther and Friends''.

Filmography

Revival

''The Dogfather'' was revived (and re-designed) in 1993 as a recurring antagonist for ''

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''. The Dogfather was voiced by

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(except for "It's Just a Gypsy in My Soup" where he was voiced by

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), while Pug and Louie are voiced by

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and

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Remakes

Much like a number of DFE-produced cartoon shorts, about half of the ''Dogfather'' cartoons were remakes of ''

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'' cartoons from the 1950s that were directed by Freleng, which are listed below: * The pilot episode (''The Dogfather'') was a remake of ''Tree For Two'' (1952). * ''The Goose that Laid a Golden Egg'' was a remake of ''

Golden Yeggs ''Golden Yeggs'' is a 1950 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' short subject, short directed by Friz Freleng. The cartoon was released on August 5, 1950, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. A forerunner of the Rocky and Mugsy characters appear, with ...

'' (1950). * ''Heist and Seek'' was a remake of ''

Bugsy and Mugsy ''Bugsy and Mugsy'' is a 1957 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on August 31, 1957, and stars Bugs Bunny, with Rocky and Mugsy. Bugs discovers that two robbers are hiding out on the floor abo ...

'' (1957). * ''Mother Dogfather'' was a remake of ''

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'' (1955). * ''Saltwater Tuffy'' was a remake of ''Tugboat Granny'' (1956) * ''Devilled Yeggs'' was a remake of ''

Satan's Waitin' ''Satan's Waitin'' is a 1954 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on August 7, 1954, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. A later short, '' Devil's Feud Cake'' (1963), was re-titled ''Satan's Waitin'' ...

'' (1954). * ''Watch the Birdie'' was a remake of ''Dr. Jerkyll's Hide'' (1954). * ''M-O-N-E-Y Spells Love'' was a remake of ''

Hare Trimmed ''Hare Trimmed'' is a 1953 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' short directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster. The short was released on June 20, 1953, and features Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam and Granny. Plot The story opens in a town ...

'' (1953). * ''Rock-a-Bye Maybe'' was a remake of ''

Kit for Cat ''Kit for Cat'' is a 1948 '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on November 6, 1948 and features Elmer Fudd and Sylvester. Plot The cartoon begins with Sylvester in an alley, strolling past the line of tr ...

'' (1948). * ''Eagle Beagles'' was a remake of ''Hare Lift'' (1952). However, this was criticized by Charles Brubaker, the author of the website Cartoon Research, who pointed out that this made the series almost completely unoriginal and resulted in inferior versions of those Looney Tunes shorts.

Crew

* Produced by: David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng * Directors: Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Arthur Leonardi * Story: Bob Ogle, Don Christiansen, John W. Dunn, Friz Freleng, Dave Detiege * Title Designer: Arthur Leonardi * Animation: John V. Gibbs, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Bob Richardson, Warren Batchelder, Don Williams, Bob Bransford,

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* Layout: Dick Ung, Richard H. Thomas, Roy Morita * Background: Richard H. Thomas * Music by: Dean Elliott * Lyrics: John Bradford * Camera: John Burton Jr. * Executive in Charge:

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Home media

On April 24, 2018,

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released all 17 shorts on DVD and Blu-ray.

References

External links

Big Cartoon Database

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