Grampa's in the Doghouse

Grampa's in the Doghouse
Mr. Conroy catches Grandpa quite literally like a dog.
Premiere date	September 20, 1986
Music composed by	David Kitay & Richard Kosinski Wells Christie John Lewis Parker James Donnellan
Writer(s)	Bruce Reid Schaeffer
Director(s)	Gordon Kent
Animation director(s)	Jon McClenahan Darrell Van Citters
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"Grampa's in the Doghouse" is the second episode of Teen Wolf season one. It aired on September 20, 1986 on CBS. It was written by Bruce Reid Schaeffer, and produced and directed by Gordon Kent.

A dogcatcher with bad vision mistakes Grandpa for a dog.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Frieda	Sheryl Bernstein
Lupe Howard	June Foray
Scott Howard	Townsend Coleman
Harold Howard	James Hampton
Valor	Frank Welker
Daisy	Frank Welker
Grandpa Howard	Stacy Keach, Sr.
Grandma Howard	June Foray
Mrs. Seslick	June Foray
Mr. Conroy	Frank Welker
Pamela Wells	Ellen Gerstell
Boof Marconi	Jeannie Elias
Stiles Stilinski	Donald Most
Mick McAllister	Craig Sheffer
Tiny	Frank Welker
Kittens	Frank Welker
Chubs	N/A
Tiny's owner	Unavailable

Organizations

• Wolverton Times

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Wolverton
      • Howard residence
      • Mrs. Seslick's residence
      • Wolverton High School
      • Wolverton City Animal Shelter

Objects

• Wolverton Times newspaper

Vehicles

• Howlmobile
• Mick MacAllister's car

Production

Development

Buzz Dixon was story editor.

Music

The music was composed by David Kitay and Richard Kosinski, Wells Christie, John Lewis Parker, and James Donnellan. Music was supervised by Steve Tyrell. The music design was performed by Tyrell/Mann.

The opening music was written by Parker and Barry Mann, and sung by Tyrell. While the closing music was written by Ashley Hall and Stefanie Tyrell, and sung by Hall.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 20, 1986 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• This is the first episode Grandpa and Grandma are in human form.

Errors

• This episode makes a big song and dance about the dangers of Grandpa being seen as a werewolf, when all the other episodes to follow show him and Grandma in werewolf form all the time, without a concern in the world.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In Australia:
  • April 18, 2008: ??? releases Teen Wolf: The Complete Animated Series on DVD.
• In the United States:
  • On June 6, 2017, Shout! Factory announced a September 5 release for the complete series on DVD in the United States, but was revealed to have been delayed on June 29, due to unforeseen legal issues.