Underdog

1964

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Released: 03 October 1964 Ended
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Country: United States of America
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Underdog is an American animated television series that debuted October 3, 1964, on the NBC network under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, and continued in syndication until 1973, for a run of 124 episodes. Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter-ego, appeared whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred was being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyme, as in, "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!" His voice was supplied by Wally Cox.

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Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
roddekker (Frequently uttered "Underdog" quote) - "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!" Now, I wouldn't exactly say that I hated these Underdog cartoons. But, then again, I really couldn't say that I liked them all that much, either.If you ask me - I think that a much more appropriate name for this particular animated, canine superhero would have been "Blunderdog" (even though through all of his many blunders he certainly did, indeed, manage to save the day in every episode) - So, I guess, in the long run, the name Underdog was a suitable enough name, as well.Anyway - Along with the animation-style of these cartoons being very limited, flat and uninspired, I also found the situations Underdog got himself involved in to be far too repetitive and predictable in nature. And, as far a humor goes, most of the time, the laughs were all real hit & miss stuff, which got pretty stale, real fast.All-in-all - I thought that these cartoons from the mid-1960s to be best suited for the entertainment of very young kids and nostalgic adults.
glossamir Underdog, was of course, purely Wally Cox's personaSimon Bar-Sinister was based on Lionel Barrymore(Mr. Potter in "It's A Wonderful Life")Riff Raff - The name is taken from George Raft, but sounded a lot like Sheldon LeonardTennessee Tuxedo - Of course, this was Don Adams' characterizationBaldy Eagle - Based on Ned Sparks, known for the deadpan monotone delivery of lines in his movies, in the 1940'sYakety Yak - Based on Joe E. Ross (Fred Gwynne's partner in "Car 54: Where are You?")Major Minor - Terry-Thomas, comedic British Actor of the 1960' and 70'sSavoir Fare - Kind of like the Pepe LePew variety of characterization.Colonel Kit Coyote - The name is based on Kit Carson, a figure in the old American west, but his mannerisms are liked many characterizations of Colonel/President Teddy Roosevelt(see: Robin William's portrayal of Roosevelt in "A Night At The Museum"[2006])Seargent - sounded something like Brian Keith, or Buddy Ebsen's portrayals in the Daniel Boone TV series? Maybe not.I'd love to know if anyone has any ideas on what personalities Stanley Livingston, Chumley, Jereboah Jump, Tiger, Cad, Miss Polley, and Klondyke Kat were based on.
tommypezmaster This is awesome classic about a dog who saves everything w/ cool background music & characters I won't let this show canceled because there a lot of Cappy shows on the air & Underdog is one of the most good shows thats on so please give it a little while for it to stay. If people want crap than let there be a vote first.So please leave this show alone & cancel only crap just crap not classics I want to let only good shows like this one to stay & cancel crappy shows like CatDog, Bleach, House of Mouse & other crap crap crapThis cartoon is great.The Underdog series almost acts like the real thing.This cartoon can make anyone laugh even the grumpiest person in the world will like this show.Almost everyone will like this show and will get addicted by this show.This catoon is very classical if you ask me because there is great voice acting.This show includec a lot of comedy acts as well.There's one episode where U.D. shows bravery and justice.Underdog lives in some sort of town with some green man.He helps with his girl called Sweet Polly.Underdog has an ego(kid). He dgose recklessly around the town with his flying as if he dosen't have a bad day at all.
domino1003 I grew up on "Underdog" and, as a kid, I thought it was very cool. Of course, being an adult, you look at some of your childhood choices and shake your head. Recently watching it on Boomerang, I couldn't help but smile.Underdog is like Superman (Although you never do find out where he came from). Under the guise of Shoe Shine Boy, Underdog helps his city from the evils of such characters of Simon Bar-Sinister (Whenever he does evil, he says "Simon Says...")and Riff-Raff (A gangster dog). Sometimes he becomes weakened and can only get back on track with a pill in his ring (What is the pill? Again you don't know, but it IS a children's show). And he is almost ALWAYS saving Sweet Polly Purebred (Who calls him by saying "Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Underdog Gone? Oh Where, Oh Where Can He Be?"), reporter of the local news station.But there were other cartoons on this show as well, such as "Tennesse Tuxedo, a penguin with a walrus for a pal (And voiced by Don "Get Smart" Adams), Klondike Cat (Always chasing a mouse called Savoir Faire).It is still cute to watch, and younger kids would love it.

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