Dynomutt, Dog Wonder is an American animated television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on ABC from September 11, 1976, to October 1, 1977. The show centers on a Batman-esque superhero, the Blue Falcon, and his assistant, Dynomutt, a bumbling, yet effective robotic dog who can produce a seemingly infinite number of mechanical devices from his body. As with many other animated superheroes of the era, no origins for the characters are ever provided.
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder is an American animated television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on ABC from September 11, 1976, to October 1, 1977. The show centers on a Batman-esque superhero, the Blue Falcon, and his assistant, Dynomutt, a bumbling, yet effective robotic dog who can produce a seemingly infinite number of mechanical devices from his body. As with many other animated superheroes of the era, no origins for the characters are ever provided.
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Dynomutt, Dog Wonder is an American animated television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on ABC from September 11, 1976, to October 1, 1977. The show centers on a Batman-esque superhero, the Blue Falcon, and his assistant, Dynomutt, a bumbling, yet effective robotic dog who can produce a seemingly infinite number of mechanical devices from his body. As with many other animated superheroes of the era, no origins for the characters are ever provided.
Dynomutt was originally broadcast as a half-hour segment of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77), and a quarter-hour segment of its later expanded form Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–78); it would later be rerun and syndicated on its own from 1978 on. The cast of The Scooby-Doo Show appeared as recurring characters on Dynomutt, assisting the Daring Duo in cracking their crimes. Originally distributed by Hanna-Barbera's then-parent company Taft Broadcasting, Warner Bros. Television currently holds the distribution rights to the series.
Overview
Millionaire socialite art dealer Radley Crown (voiced by Gary Owens) and his mechanical pet dog Dynomutt (voiced by Frank Welker, who got the inspiration for the voice from the Gertrude and Heathcliff characters of Red Skelton) enjoy leisure time in their base of operations in Big City until alerted by the Falcon Flash. They then immediately dash to the Falcon's Lair (situated in Crown's penthouse), where they switch to their secret identities, the Blue Falcon and Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, respectively. The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt receive the report via TV screen from the secret GHQ of secret agent F.O.C.U.S. One (voiced by Ron Feinberg), jump into the Falconcar and speed into the fray against assorted evildoers.
In a coup similar to the 1960s Batman TV series, the first 10 minutes of Dynomutt ends with a cliffhanger wherein the Daring Duo, in the clutches of their foes, are subjected to a perilous fate which is resolved immediately after the commercial. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contains a laugh track created by the studio.
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976)
The episode titles given reflect Hanna-Barbera studio records. No on-screen titles were given for this series.
1 These episodes guest-star Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang.
2 Episode 1.12, "There's a Demon Shark in the Foggy Dark/The Awful Ordeal with the Head of Steel", was originally broadcast not on a Saturday morning, but on Thanksgiving Day 1976 (November 25), during ABC's Thanksgiving Funshine Festival.
3 These episodes, and all first-season repeats, were broadcast as part of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show, which included an additional half-hour featuring a Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! rerun.
The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt (1977)
These four new episodes were also aired under the new title The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt. All in all, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder lasted 20 episodes in total, four episodes more than Jabberjaw.
Voice cast
Frank Welker – Dynomutt, Fred Jones (in "Everyone Hyde," "What Now, Lowbrow," "The Wizard of Ooze"), Bugsy Busby (in "The Day and Nightcrawler")
Ron Feinberg – F.O.C.U.S. One, Narrator, Mudmouth (in "The Wizard of Ooze"), Worm (in "The Day and Night Crawler," "The Injustice League of America")
Larry McCormick – the Mayor of Big City
Additional voices
William Callaway – Lowbrow (in "What Now, Lowbrow")
Henry Corden – Mr. Hyde/Willie the Weasel (in "Everyone Hyde"), Prophet (in "The Prophet Profits")
Regis Cordic
Joan Gerber – Queen Hornet (in "The Queen Hornet," "The Injustice League of America")
Bob Holt – Manyfaces (in "Sinister Symphony")
Casey Kasem – Norville "Shaggy" Rogers (in "Everyone Hyde," "What Now, Lowbrow," "The Wizard of Ooze"), Professor Orville (in "Everyone Hyde"), Lowbrow's Henchman (in "What Now, Lowbrow"), Fishface (in "The Harbor Robber"), Swamp Rat (in "The Wizard of Ooze")
Broadcast history
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder originally aired in these following formats on ABC and NBC:
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (September 11, 1976 – November 27, 1976, ABC)
The metallic dog employs a system of miniaturized transistors that allow him to extend his limbs or neck and use them to perform extraordinary feats; however, none of them ever work properly. "B.F." (as Dynomutt lovingly refers to him) is more Dynomutt's victim than his master, forever being hamstrung by the latter's insufferably clumsy mechanized mishaps, which often results in the Blue Falcon calling Dynomutt "Dog Blunder". Nevertheless, Dynomutt and the Blue Falcon, equipped with their arsenal of super gadgetry, manage to get the situation well in hand.
Three episodes had a crossover with Scooby-Doo.
Julie McWhirter – Prophet's Henchwomen (in "The Prophet Profits")
Allan Melvin – Superthug (in "The Injustice League of America"), Grub (in "The Day and Nightcrawler")
Don Messick – Scooby-Doo (in "Everyone Hyde", "What Now, Lowbrow", "The Wizard of Ooze"), Jeweler (in "Everyone Hyde"), Gimmick's Henchmen (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Mumbly (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Lowbrow (in "What Now, Lowbrow," "The Injustice League of America"), Lowbrow's Henchman (in "What Now, Lowbrow"), Gimmick (in "The Injustice League of America")
Heather North – Daphne Blake (in "Everyone Hyde," "What Now, Lowbrow," "The Wizard of Ooze")
John Stephenson – Chief Grisby, Gimmick's Henchmen (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Chief Wiggins (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Fishface's Henchmen (in "The Harbor Robber"), Manyfaces' Henchmen (in "Sinister Symphony"), Eric von Flick (in "Tin Kong"), Red Vulture (in "The Blue Falcon vs. the Red Vulture"), Blimp (in "Lighter Than Air Raid"), Glob's Henchmen (in "The Glob"), Shadowman/Herman Twitch (in "Shadowman")
Vic Perrin – Gimmick (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery")
Pat Stevens – Velma Dinkley (in "Everyone Hyde," "What Now, Lowbrow," "The Wizard of Ooze")
Lennie Weinrib – Gimmick's Henchmen (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Prince (in "The Great Brain...Train Robbery"), Roto-Chopper (in "The Day and Nightcrawler"), Superthug (in "Don't Bug Superthug")
