The Talking Bulldog is a minor character in the Looney Tunes series created by Robert McKimson. He was voiced by Mel Blanc.
He is muscle-bound and has grey fur (much like Hector), and has a very small head in proportion to his body.
History[]
The Talking Bulldog first appeared in "The Up-Standing Sitter" where Daffy Duck runs afoul into the canine when babysitting a baby chicken in the farm. This is the only cartoon where the Talking Bulldog does not speak.
His first speaking appearance is in the first Hippety Hopper cartoon, "Hop, Look and Listen", where he occupies the same house Sylvester resides in. When Sylvester is pummeled out of the house by Hippety, Sylvester tries to convince the bulldog that there is a giant mouse in the house. However, the dog calls off the cat as cowardly and forces Sylvester to deal with Hippety. Only by the end of the cartoon where Gracie finds her son that the bulldog is convinced there is indeed a "two-headed" giant mouse and he and Sylvester flees the house. He would reprise this role in his next appearance, "Hippety Hopper", where he also gains his familiar voice.
The dog is perhaps best known as the perpetrator of several punishments he deals out to the Supreme Cat when he bothers the bulldog or loses a game of gin rummy with him. The dog is known to be a card shark cheat at gin rummy, often winning immediately after Supreme places his first move. Notably, the punishments the dog hands out is usually outlandish, and can range from being forced to sneeze while blowing a huge wad of bubblegum to being thrown in a cement mixer to be formed into a statue of The Thinker.
He made his only solo appearance in the cartoon "A Fox in a Fix", where he is the watchdog for a barnyard full of chickens to fend off against foxes. When a fox attempts to infiltrate the farm and later disguise itself as a malnourished dog, the Talking Bulldog is quick to realize the fox's plans and puts up several tricks for the fox in a similar manner to Supreme Cat's punishments.
Filmography[]
Cartoons[]
"The Up-Standing Sitter" (1948)- "Hop, Look and Listen" (1948)
"Hippety Hopper" (1949) - "It's Hummer Time" (1950)
- "A Fox in a Fix" (1951)
- "Early to Bet" (1951)
Notes[]
- The official name of the dog remains unknown. He is occasionally referred to by fans as the "McKimson Dog".
- In his debut cartoon, "The Up-Standing Sitter", he is named "Spike".
- With the exception of "The Up-Standing Sitter", all of his cartoons were given Blue Ribbon reissues.