Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy are two Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters who debuted on The Quick Draw McGraw Show and appeared in their own segment. The segments centered on the misadventures of a dachshund father-and-son team.<ref name=Erickson>Template:Cite book</ref> Doggie Daddy (voiced by Doug Young with a Brooklyn accent, based on a Jimmy Durante impersonation) tried to do the best he could at raising his rambunctious son Augie (voiced by Daws Butler).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The characters have made appearances outside of their series, including in their own video game and in Yogi's Ark Lark and its spin-off series.

Summary

The segments centered around the misadventures of a dachshund father-and-son team. Doggie Daddy (voiced by Doug Young<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) tried to do the best he could at raising his rambunctious son Augie (voiced by Daws Butler). Augie, who loved his father, would often refer to him as "dear old Dad". Their mutual admiration included Daddy gently chiding, "Augie, my son, my son", when he would disappoint his father; and when his son would say or do something that inspired pride, Daddy would turn to the audience and say with a grin, "Dat's my boy who said dat!"

The segments and characters were similar to the Spike and Tyke cartoons William Hanna and Joseph Barbera produced during their theatrical animation careers at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Theme song

A 45 rpm record released at the height of the show's popularity featured the show's theme song. The lyrics included this chorus:

An instrumental version of the song was used as the introductory theme to each cartoon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Character information

Augie Doggie

Augie is a highly spirited male pup who is motivated by ambition and the desire to make his father proud. He is typically seen wearing only a green shirt. Possessing some knowledge in science and the ability to converse with animals, Augie would often capitalize upon his father's foibles.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Daws Butler voiced the character. In the series Jellystone!, Augie is depicted as female.<ref name="trailer" />

Doggie Daddy

The smooth-talking Doggie Daddy attempts to provide strict parental guidance to Augie, often to Augie's displeasure. Doggie Daddy is usually depicted wearing only a purple collar.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Despite his strictness, Doggie Daddy has a warm personality and typically acquiesces to his son's wishes. Doug Young voiced Doggie Daddy as a Jimmy Durante impersonation.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

In other languages

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Other appearances

• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy appeared in Yogi's Ark Lark, its spin-off series Yogi's Gang, Laff-A-Lympics, and Yogi's Treasure Hunt. John Stephenson voiced Doggie Daddy in those appearances since Young was first caring for his ailing wife at the time. They also appeared in Casper's First Christmas, Yogi's First Christmas, Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper, and Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose.
• Doggie Daddy appears in The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound.
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy appear in the "Fender Bender 500" segment of Wake, Rattle, and Roll. They drive a doghouse-modeled monster truck called the Lucky Trucky.
• Doggie Daddy and Auggie Doggie appear in Yo Yogi!, respectively voiced by Stephenson and Patric Zimmerman. The former is the owner of the Jellystone Mall while the latter is his heir.
• Doggie Daddy makes a cameo appearance in the Family Guy episode "Brothers & Sisters".
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy make a cameo appearance in the Web Premiere Toons short "Law and Doggie".
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy make a cameo appearance in the Super Bowl XLVI commercial "Everyone".
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy appear in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, respectively voiced by Chris Edgerly and Maurice LaMarche.
• Doggie Daddy makes a cameo appearance in the I Am Weasel episode "I Am My Lifetime".
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy appear in DC Comics' The Snagglepuss Chronicles.
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy appear in DC Comics' Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special #1 as captured animals alongside other Hanna-Barbera characters.
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy make a cameo appearance in the Animaniacs segment "Suffragette City".
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy appear in Jellystone!,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> respectively voiced by Georgie Kidder and C.H. Greenblatt.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This version of Augie is female and was created through a deal Doggie Daddy made with a sea hag, while Doggie Daddy is highly overprotective and cannot stand to be away from her.<ref name="trailer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Doggie Daddy makes a cameo appearance in the Teen Titans Go! episode "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary".

Video game

A video game featuring and named for the characters was released in 1991 for the Commodore 64.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Quick Draw McGraw
• List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera

External links

• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012.