Precious Pupp (segments)

This article is about the segments. For the main title character, see Precious Pupp (character). For the VHS, see Precious Pupp (VHS).

Precious Pupp
Title card of the first episode.
Network	NBC
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Taft Broadcasting
Original release	October 2, 1965―October 15, 1966
Starring	Don Messick Janet Waldo
Producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Music composed by	Ted Nichols
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict Dalton Sandifer
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera

Precious Pupp is a series of animated segments as part of The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming debuting. It ran from 1965 to 1966, airing 26 episodes that spanned two seasons.

The shorts featured a kind old lady named Granny Sweet, who is oblivious to pet dog, Precious, being sorta of a neighborhood terrier, although most of his actions are in home defense, some can also be for him to get a laugh out of it, despite this however, he loves his owner and would do anything to defend her or the place they stay.

The entire series is available on DVD.

Music

The music was composed by Ted Nichols.

Episodes

Episode	Number	Original air date
"Doggone Dognapper"	1x01	October 2, 1965
"Precious Jewels"	1x02	October 9, 1965
"Bites and Gripes"	1x03	October 16, 1965
"Bowling Pinned"	1x04	October 23, 1965
"Next of Kin"	1x05	October 30, 1965
"Queen of the Road"	1x06	November 6, 1965
"Crook Out Cook Out"	1x07	November 13, 1965
"Poodle Pandemonium"	1x08	November 20, 1965
"Dog Tracks"	1x09	November 27, 1965
"Sub-Marooned"	1x10	December 4, 1965
"Lady Bugged"	1x11	December 11, 1965
"Test in the West"	1x12	December 18, 1965
"Bones and Groans"	1x13	December 25, 1965
"Girl Whirl"	1x14	January 1, 1966
"Butterfly Nut"	1x15	January 8, 1966
"Precious' Bone"	1x16	January 15, 1966
"The Bird Watcher"	1x17	January 22, 1966
"Pup, Skip and Jump"	1x18	January 29, 1966
"Oliver Twisted"	1x19	February 5, 1966
"Dog Trained"	1x20	February 12, 1966
"A.M. Mayhem"	2x01	September 10, 1966
"Ski Sickness"	2x02	September 17, 1966
"A Grapple for the Teacher"	2x03	September 24, 1966
"Pot-Time Work"	2x04	October 1, 1966
"Mascot Massacre"	2x05	October 8, 1966
"A Fiend in Need"	2x06	October 15, 1966

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 2, 1965 on NBC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: October 4, 1965 at 5:25 pm on ITV

Cast

• Don Messick as Precious Pupp
• Janet Waldo as Granny Sweet