Back in my childhood, I used to watch a lot of Canadian cartoons dubbed to Spanish (since that was the main content of the "educational TV" channel I used to watch back then). I do remember this show, as well as the Donkey Kong Country cartoon. There were a lot of other detective-themed cartoons, although I don't remember which ones were done by Teletoon or other Canadian producers. There was The Untouchables of Elliot Mouse, Fennec, and one other cartoon about a detective mouse whose name I don't remember (it was not the Disney one).
I wish I had watched this show when I was a kid. Finding out about it later was an experience where I found a new show to cherish for its unique style with its art style and the use of puppets.
Dog City was one of my favourite shows when I was a kid. I watched it on Global all the time. I was born in 1986, and I was six, almost seven when I started watching it. I thought it was cool that Jim Henson did the puppetry for it. I don't remember exactly when I stopped watching it, but it was definitely before it started playing on YTV, because I only remember watching it on Global. I don't remember how I discovered it even. It was just on one day. Thanks for covering it!
This vid mad me actually look up Dog City, and while watching it I found some of the voices oddly familiar. After some research I found out why: Kitty and Frisky are voiced by Tabitha St. Germain and James Rankin respectively, who also voiced Wendy and Larry (or Kootie Pie and Cheatsy as they were called) in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. That's how you know this is high class art.
Never grew up with the show, but I wish I did. Israel got a lot of shows from Canada but this was not one of them. Still hearing you gush about it makes me want to give it a watch. Now that being said, you did wake the kid inside when brought up Groundling Marsh. OHHHHH GOOOOOOD I used to watch it all the time!
man holy shit just came back to this channel after like i was a kid, found it again in my sub box and i was so happy to see the intro pretty much be the same. it gave me a big goofy smile :) high quality too! will definitely be going through what i missed!
What a fantastic show, even though it completely misrepresented how cartoons are actually made, lol. I love the cartoon aspect of Dog City, Ace and all the other characters.
Wow, you must be the first guy to do a review/retrospective of Dog CIty! I loved it! Will you do a similar video with The Raccoons? Yes, I know you talked about them in a previous vid, but they deserve a vid all for themselves! Especially with the recent remaster, and the plans for a reboot that unfortunately seem to have been abandoned...
I was always disappointed that this show was as short as it was; my first introduction was when Ace and Elliot teamed up to stop Bugsy which turned into a rivalry to Rosy 😊
Dude, you make such high quality videos with a good amount of intel and research in it and it’s getting HOW MANY VIEWS? Bro, your content is so underrated, I swear. I’ve never even heard of this show or Bob and Margaret, but I’m always down to watch your videos. Also I wanted to add that the only other example of season 2 of a cartoon getting a different intro that I can think of is Jimmy Two Shoes, funnily enough that’s another Canadian cartoon. Anyways, this is a great video and the next video is about the Donkey Kong cartoon, right?
Hey there Malik, I’ve watched many of your videos and I’m glad you’re a more positive reviewer. I have a sound theory for the change in season 3. John Van Bruggen was only on the first two seasons and it’s possible that assistant director, Dave Pemberton took over and wanted more family comedy than the noir vibe, as looking at his IMDb credits, he was on the Ace Ventura cartoon. It’s not concrete, but I’m sure it’s the easiest answer I can give you.
Yeah, that’s what I deduced as well. I got in contact with Pemberton but he respectfully didn’t seem like he wanted to talk much about it, suggesting I speak to Van Bruggen instead. Ah well.
I wonder whether or not the Elliott-Ace dynamic was in anyway inspired by the play City of Angels, where there are two plots that follow a noir novelist and his book.
14:10 I was wondering why Frisky’s voice sounded so familiar to me, but I just realized that his voice actor James Rankin also voiced Cheatsy in the Mario cartoons
I now know it was Canadian and that is why I loved the TV show Dog City the animated version / cartoon version with puppetry! Which I loved the storyline in the first two seasons and come season 3 that's when Dog City the t.v. show went down hill and lost what was so great in season 1 and 2! Which there was an episode of Dog City in I think Season 2 or 3 where the show was going to be done and there was nothing left!
I remember this would be on at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning. 7:00 am I believe. And I would get up before everyone else in the family and start with this. Very underrated. Loved it 😊 🐕
dude Global had some amazing programming back in the day. Though I onl;y really remember them playing Cinar groupe shows....maybe a Global TV retrospective someday? :O
😅 Welp, I'm the old guy. Lol. I watched this show when I was a kid. Probably during the original run. I loved it too, so here's one U.S. guy who's not afraid to say it. Thanks for bringing this memory back.
If Dog City ever got a reboot, they could have it where Elliott is a Computer Cartoonist who developed Ace as an A.I. program that he can interact with in real life, not only could Ace be able to assist in making cartoons, but he could even travel through the Internet & appear on any Wifi device and talk with other people in the real world, like if Elliott is having a problem Ace could help him out by talking to one of his friends on their phones or something, sounds like a decent way to bring Dog City into the 21st Century.
Just found the male equivalent to RU-vidr PushingUpRoses in The CartoonGamer8000, sweet. I watched Dog City on Global as a teen as they came out; they do share that witty writing that some 90’s Disney cartoons had like Goof Troop & DarkWing Duck. Sly Cooper shoulda been a series, if not a standalone movie. Thanks for the nostalgia, and tell Nintendo to remaster DKC SNES trilogy - piggy bank is full.
Top 5 episodes 1. Season 1 Episode 7 The Bloodhound 2. Season 3 Episode 3 Comedy of Horrors 3. Season 2 Episode 10 Sick as a Dog 4. Season 1 Episode 10 In Your Dreams 5. Season 2 Episode 8 Old Dog, New Tricks
I feel like someone as passionate as you needs to showcase the good cartoons of Australia, because we have a pretty bad reputation when it comes to cartoons with people like PhantomStrider doing us no favours, despite the fact he's half Australian himself.
Even though i like the show I don't think it would be good to own on dvd. Adult Jokes should not be in a show aimed towards Kids. It does say youth seven years or older which means this show would probably be better suited for kids older than 7.
