The Dick Tracy Show
| The Dick Tracy Show | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 'The Adventures of Dick Tracy' |
| Genre | Animation / Crime / Adventure / Comedy |
| Created by | Chester Gould |
| Written by | |
| Directed by | |
| Presented by | UPA |
| Voices of | |
| Theme music composer | Carl Brandt |
| Composer(s) |
Carl Brandt George Steiner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Ted Baker |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Picture format | Color (Technicolor) |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | January 1, 1961 – January 1, 1962 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo |
The Dick Tracy Show is an American animated television series based on Chester Gould's comic strip crime fighter. The series was produced from 1961 to 1962 by UPA.
Tracy employed a series of cartoony subordinate flatfoots to fight crime each week, contacting them on his two-way wristwatch radio. Everett Sloane voiced Tracy, while Mel Blanc, Paul Frees, Benny Rubin and others voiced many of the other characters, including:
Whenever one of Tracy's detectives found themselves in sudden danger (a bullet speeding towards them, falling off a cliff, etc.) he would yell, "Hold everything!" The action would obediently screech to a halt and "wait", while the detective called headquarters for further instructions. Action would resume only after the sign-off catchphrase, "Six-two and even, over and out" was spoken at the end of the call.
Villains taken from Dick Tracy creator Chester Gould's popular comic strip usually had names that served as descriptions of their physical appearance or some other peculiarity. All were paired with another villain for the cartoon series. They included Pruneface who worked with Itchy, Mumbles and Stooge Viller, Flattop and B.B. Eyes, The Brow and Oodles, and The Mole and Sketch Paree. Each pair of crooks had at least one member who smoked either a cigar or a cigarette on an extender. One villain created specifically for the cartoon was Cheater Gunsmoke, who appeared in two episodes. Gunsmoke was a Texas-sounding cigar smoker with a literal cloud of smoke obscuring his face and head. Out of all the villains in the cartoon, Stooge (1933) was the first to appear in the comic strip and Oodles appeared last (1955), 6 years before the show was aired.
Some of the villains were given voices patterned after famous actors. Flattop sounded like Peter Lorre, B.B.Eyes like Edward G. Robinson and The Brow like James Cagney.
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