2 Stupid Dogs is an American animated television series created by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons for TBS. It originally ran from September 5, 1993, to February 13, 1995, as part of TBS's Sunday Morning in Front of the TV block and in syndication. The show's main segments feature two unnamed dogs, called the "Little Dog" and the "Big Dog" in the credits (voiced by Mark Schiff and Brad Garrett, respectively). The show entirely used digital ink and paint in every episode.
The show has been described as "Hanna-Barbera's answer to Ren and Stimpy", a hit show created by Hanna-Barbera alumnus John Kricfalusi (who served as a consultant on the series) and premiered two years earlier in 1991 on Nickelodeon. Like Ren and Stimpy, the titular Dogs are not very bright, the show is scored with jazz music, and the comedy style leans on gross-out body-secretion humor. It was the first show put into production by Hanna-Barbera's new president, Fred Seibert, in 1992, but asked about the comparison, Hanna-Barbera CEO Seibert was unconcerned, saying that it was "like Pearl Jam worrying about being compared to Nirvana."
Reception
Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman of Animation World Magazine described 2 Stupid Dogs as one of two "clones" of The Ren & Stimpy Show (despite Kricfalusi acting as a consultant on the series), the other one being Disney's The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show. The series was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award but lost to Rugrats.
Accolades
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| Annie Awards
| Best Individual Achievement for Artistic Excellence in the Field of Animation
| Paul Rudish
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| Outstanding Film Sound Mixing
| Rex Slinkard and James L Aicholtz
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| Outstanding Achievement in Animation
| Todd Frederiksen, Miles Thompson, Tony Craig, Mark Saraceni, Rob Renzetti, and Donovan Cook
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See also
- List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions
- List of Hanna-Barbera characters
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Cow and Chicken