"101 Dalmatians: The Series" (1997) TV series 1997-1998

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Directors:

Victor Cook
Peter Ferk

Writers:

Scott Gray (story)
Carin Greenberg Baker (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Release Date:

1 September 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

The battle between good and evil...has gone to the dogs.

Plot:

Lucky, Cadpig, Rolly and their chicken friend Spot have a series of adventures around the Dearly Farm.

Plot Keywords:

Puppy | Runt | Dog Cartoon | Digit In Title | Dog

Awards:

3 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Kath Soucie	...	Cadpig / ... (64 episodes, 1997-1998)
Tara Strong	...	Spot / ... (64 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jeff Bennett	...	Lt. Pug / ... (64 episodes, 1997-1998)
Frank Welker	...	Scorch / ... (64 episodes, 1997-1998)
April Winchell	...	Cruella de Vil (61 episodes, 1997-1998)
Charlotte Rae	...	Nanny (43 episodes, 1997-1998)
Debi Mae West	...	Lucky (33 episodes, 1997-1998)
Pamela Adlon	...	Lucky (31 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jim Cummings	...	Colonel / ... (30 episodes, 1997-1998)
Cree Summer	...	Princess (28 episodes, 1997-1998)
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Dumpling / ... (27 episodes, 1997-1998)
Michael McKean	...	Jasper Badun (27 episodes, 1997-1998)
David L. Lander	...	Horace Badun (27 episodes, 1997-1998)

Also Known As:

"101 Dalmatians" (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-Y

Company:

Disney Channel

Quotes:

Jasper: [singing] We've got a singing telegram for Nanny... Nanny... From her sister in a jam in a great big way.
Horace: [singing] Add a broken "B". I picked a fight, you see. I won the fight, but I broke my knee. Need your help. Love, Franny.
Nanny: Oh, awful! Just awful!
Jasper: Could've been worse. We also do strip-o-grams.
Nanny: I was talking about my sister!

Movie Connections:

Spin off from 101 Dalmatians (1996)

One of the darkest days in Disney's history.

This is one of the worst cartoons, let alone tv shows, in existence. I thought the 1996 piece of dog crap that came before was bad enough, but this is pure torture. The huge cast of dalmatians is taken out of the picture, including the parents, Pongo and Perdita, and in the lead we have: Lucky, the only puppy who appeared in both the excellent animated film and the horrible live action film, Rolly, who also appeared in the animated flick, Cadpig, a character who didn't appear in either Disney film, but was featured in the original novel, and...... Spot the chicken. A $$^$#@^%%$^ CHICKEN!!!???? WHAT WAS DISNEY THINKING!? Spot is one of the stupidest characters in Disney's existence, a character who is entirely worthless and adds nothing to the series. Even worse, the other three characters, as well as Cruella, Jasper, and Horace, are horribly one-dimensional, lacking any sort of real personality that makes you care for them, unlike so many of Disney's other shows. Add in really bad animation, as well as a bad music track, and you have Disney's worse cartoon series ever(with the exception of Teacher's Pet and Lloyd in Space).

BOTTOM LINE: This puppy really needed to be put to sleep, and I'd administer the fatal shot myself.