Second Season (1986-1987)
Supervising Producers Joshua Brand     John Falsey
Production Executives Kathleen Kennedy     Frank Marshall   Produced by David E. Vogel
Developed by Steven Spielberg     Joshua Brand     John Falsey
Associate Producers Stephen Semel     Steve Starky    Skip Lusk 

Family Dog 

The Date is
February 16, 1987

Tonight we go animated as we take a journey into the canine world, and what a funny place that promises to be! 

Summary

This animated piece focuses on the life of a small dog living in a suburban middle class home. The story is broken up into three sections.
The first acts as an introduction to the family and their individual relationships with the dog. The second section is a Christmas 'home video'. the last section involves the family getting robbed and the dog getting trained to protect the home. Eventually, the dog becomes a ball of terror and a convict himself.

Commentary

This could be the most successful of the entire series. After all, it spawned a spin-off series! (Very short lived). It deserves a lot of credit. The animation is great fun. The dog's nose floating an inch off his face is hysterical and his reactions are obvious without being human. The stories themselves are smartly paced and each is balanced with humorous music by Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo fame. Enjoy!

How Amazing?
Wonderful

Music from Family Dog
appears on the Danny Elfman CD
in the Amazing Store

This story is also available
on VHS video in the
Amazing Store


Cast and Crew Information

with the Voices of Stan Freberg      Annie Potts
Mercedes McCambridge      Brad Bird
Written by Brad Bird
Directed by Brad Bird
Music  Danny Elfman     Steve Bartek


See ya in a month

Click on the Television
for the next episode