Precious Pupp

Precious Pupp is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired as a segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show from October 2, 1965, to September 7, 1967.

Plot
The cartoon featured a large mangy dog named Precious Pupp and his owner Granny Sweet. Granny was a kindly woman with a passion for motorcycles, completely oblivious to the fact that her beloved, affectionate pet was something of a neighborhood terror. He had a habit of slipping behind a victim quietly---sometimes in defense of their home, sometimes just for the fun of it---and jolting him with a ferocious series of barks. . . but never where or when Granny could catch him in the act.

Unlike many cartoon animals, Precious did not speak. His usual vocalism was an asthmatic-sounding, "wheezing" laugh used even more famously by Muttley, a Hanna-Barbera character introduced three years later. He usually outsmarted his enemies, most notably Bruiser, the neighborhood bulldog, but he also usually outsmarted his oblivious owner, too.

Twenty-six episodes were produced.

Voices

 * Don Messick - Precious Pupp, Bowling Champion, Officer Smith
 * Janet Waldo - Granny Sweet
 * Henry Corden - Burglar

Home video

 * Worldvision Home Video released Precious Pupp on VHS tape in the 1980s, which has long since been out of print.
 * The episode "Precious Jewels" is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 1.
 * The episode "Bowling Pinned" is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 2.

Precious Pupp in other languages

 * Brazilian Portuguese: O Xodó da Vovó
 * Dutch: Precious Pup
 * French: Charlemagne
 * German: Poldi
 * Hungarian: Cukorfalat
 * Italian: Precious Pupp
 * Japanese: Pappu-chan to Suīto Obasan
 * Macedonian: Шеќерко
 * Serbian: Kuče Dragoljupče
 * Spanish: Lindo Pulgoso
 * Turkish: Değerli

Later appearances

 * Granny Sweet later made an appearance in the Yo Yogi! episodes "Super Duper Snag" and "Bearly Working", voiced by Kath Soucie.
 * Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet appeared in Jellystone! with Granny Sweet voiced by Grace Helbig.