All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series

All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series is an American animated television series, which aired from 1996 to 1998 in syndication and on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999 with 40 half-hour episodes produced in total.[1] Don Bluth's 1989 animated feature All Dogs Go to Heaven featured a disreputable mongrel (with a mixture of a German Shepherd) named Charlie who died, went to heaven, escaped back to Earth for vengeance on his murderer and then found redemption with the help of a young orphan girl named Anne-Marie. It spawned a 1996 sequel, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2. The series takes place after the second film.[2]

All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
The title card of the animated series.
Genre
Based onAll Dogs Go to Heaven, by Don Bluth
Directed by
  • Gary Selvaggio (season 1–2)
  • John Grusd (season 3)
Voices of
Theme music composerMark Watters
Lorraine Feather (lyrics)
Opening theme"A Little Heaven", performed by Gene Miller, Clydene Jackson-Edwards, and Carmen Twillie
Ending theme"A Little Heaven" (Instrumental)
Composers
  • Mark Watters (original songs)
  • Robert Irving (music scores)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes40 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersPaul Sabella
Jonathan Dern
Producers
  • John Grusd (season 3 only)
  • Robert Winthrop (associate producer, S01)
  • Cary Silver (associate producer, S02–03)
  • Jymn Magon (co-producer, season 3)
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesMGM Animation[lower-alpha 1]
MGM Television
Release
Original network
Original releaseSeptember 21, 1996 (1996-09-21) 
November 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)
Related

Most of the voice actors from the films reprised their roles in the series, including Dom DeLuise, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bebe Neuwirth, Sheena Easton and Adam Wylie. Steven Weber provided the speaking and singing voices of Charlie B. Barkin, who was voiced in the films by Burt Reynolds and Charlie Sheen (and singing voice provided in the second film by Jesse Corti). A direct-to-video Christmas special An All Dogs Christmas Carol serves as the finale.

Plot

Following the events of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, Charlie and Itchy reside in San Francisco as guardian angels. In each episode, Annabelle assigns them a task, and while they always try to do the right thing, they consistently get stuck in awkward situations. Charlie's duplicitous enemy Carface and his sidekick, Killer – returning from the first film – also appear, as did Charlie's friends: the Irish Setter Sasha; the whippet angel Annabelle, and the human boy David. The series also introduces three new characters: Bess, an award-winning, purebred show dog and Itchy's romantic interest; Lance, a by-the-book Doberman Pinscher, whom Charlie is jealous of for his heroic acts; and Belladonna, Annabelle's demonic cousin.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
113September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21)February 22, 1997 (1997-02-22)Syndication
213September 20, 1997 (1997-09-20)February 28, 1998 (1998-02-28)
314July 31, 1998 (1998-07-31)November 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)Fox Family Channel

Voice cast

Music

Mark Watters wrote the show's score. Some episodes feature a song, which was more frequent in the first two seasons, and season 3 only has one. "The Perfect Dog" and "Take the Easy Way Out" earned the series two Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Original Song.

Title Composer Lyricist Performer(s) Episode
"A Little Heaven" (theme song)Mark WattersLorraine FeatherGene Miller
Clydene Jackson-Edwards
Carmen Twillie
All episodes
"Casanova"Ernest Borgnine"The Doggone Truth"
"By the Book"Ray ColcordMark Benninghofen
Steven Weber
"Lance, the Wonder Pup"
"It's Gotta Come from the Heart"Michael Silversher
Patty Silversher
Michael Silversher
Patty Silversher
Steven Weber"Cyrano de Barkinac"
"Everything a Girl Wants"Sheena Easton"Mission Im-paws-ible"
"Itchin' and a-Twitchin"Tom ScottLorraine FeatherSteven Weber
Dom DeLuise
"Dog Eat Dog"
"The Perfect Dog"Michael Silversher
Patty Silversher
Michael Silversher
Patty Silversher
Sheena Easton
Steven Weber
Dom DeLuise
"The Perfect Dog"
"Take the Easy Way Out"Richard Kaufman
Scooter Pietsch
Lorraine FeatherBebe Neuwirth
Andrea L. Robinson
"La Doggie Vita"
"Party on a UFO"Kevin Quinn
Randy Petersen
Kevin Quinn
Randy Petersen
Jess Harnell
Steve Mackall
Steven Weber
Kevin Quinn
Randy Petersen
"The Rexx Files"
"Sidekicks"Megan CavallariDavid GoldsmithDom DeLuise
Charles Nelson Reilly
"Sidekicked"
"Be Your Own Dog"Scooter PietschLorraine FeatherSheena Easton
Andrea L. Robinson
Maxi Anderson
Carmen Twillie
"The Big Fetch"
"Why Not Be Happy Now?"Mark WattersSheena Easton
Carlos Alazraqui
Sheryl Bernstein
John Forsythe
"He Barked, She Barked"

Home media

In the 1990s, several VHS compilations were released, each with two episodes. In 2006, two volumes were released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, each containing four episodes. The entire series is available for digital download on iTunes. In Spring 2011, the entire series became available on YouTube through MGM Digital Media.

In December 2013, TGG Direct released All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series - Complete Series on region 1 DVD. The 7-disc set features all 40 episodes, alongside An All Dogs Christmas Carol.[3][4][5][6]

See also

Notes

    1. Animation outsourced to Wang Film Productions and Thai Wang Film Productions.

    References

    1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-1538103739.
    2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-1476665993.
    3. All Dogs Go to Heaven: Complete Season One
    4. All Dogs Go to Heaven: Complete Season Two
    5. All Dogs Go to Heaven: Complete Season Three
    6. All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Complete Series
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