Precious Pupp (segments)
- This article is about the segments. For other uses, see Precious Pupp.
| 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 sort 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.
Production
Development
Music
The score was composed by Ted Nichols.
Episodes
| Episode | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | October 2, 1965 |
| 1x02 | October 9, 1965 |
| 1x03 | October 16, 1965 |
| 1x04 | October 23, 1965 |
| 1x05 | October 30, 1965 |
| 1x06 | November 6, 1965 |
| 1x07 | November 13, 1965 |
| 1x08 | November 20, 1965 |
| 1x09 | November 27, 1965 |
| 1x10 | December 4, 1965 |
| 1x11 | December 11, 1965 |
| 1x12 | December 18, 1965 |
| 1x13 | December 25, 1965 |
| 1x14 | January 1, 1966 |
| 1x15 | January 8, 1966 |
| 1x16 | January 15, 1966 |
| 1x17 | January 22, 1966 |
| 1x18 | January 29, 1966 |
| 1x19 | February 5, 1966 |
| 1x20 | February 12, 1966 |
| 2x01 | September 10, 1966 |
| 2x02 | September 17, 1966 |
| 2x03 | September 24, 1966 |
| 2x04 | October 1, 1966 |
| 2x05 | October 8, 1966 |
| 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
Merchandise
Home media
In 1983, Worldvision Home Video released a VHS called Precious Pupp.
In 1986, the British distributor The Video Collection released a VHS called Precious Pupp in "Girl Whirl", which contained eight segments.
On October 6, 2015, the Warner Archive Collection released all the segments on a three-disc set called Atom Ant: The Complete Series.
