2 Stupid Dogs
2 Stupid Dogs is an American animated television series created and designed by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. It originally ran from September 5, 1993, to May 15, 1995, on TBS as a part of their Sunday Morning in Front of the TV block and in syndication. The show's main segments feature two unnamed dogs, called the "Big Dog" and the "Little Dog" in the credits (voiced by Brad Garrett and Mark Schiff, respectively). The show entirely used digital ink and paint in every episode.
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Donovan Cook |
| Directed by | Donovan Cook |
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| Opening theme | "2 Stupid Dogs Title Theme" |
| Ending theme | "2 Stupid Dogs Ending Theme" |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer | Buzz Potamkin |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Cartoons |
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| Network | TBS |
| Release | September 5, 1993 – February 13, 1995 |
The show has been described as "Hanna-Barbera's answer to Ren and Stimpy", a hit show that premiered two years earlier in 1991 on Nickelodeon. Like Ren & Stimpy, the Dogs characters are not very bright, the show is scored with jazz music, and the comedy style leans on gross-out body-secretion humor. Asked about the comparison, Hanna-Barbera CEO Fred Seibert was unconcerned, saying that it was "like Pearl Jam worrying about being compared to Nirvana." Ironically, following his dismissal from Nickelodeon, Ren and Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi was credited as contributing "bad taste" gags to a few episodes of Dogs.
A backup segment, Super Secret Secret Squirrel (a sequel series to Secret Squirrel), is shown in between the main 2 Stupid Dogs cartoons in the first season's episodes, similar to early Hanna-Barbera cartoons from the 1960s.