Doug

Doug
Created byJim Jinkins
Developed by
Voices of
Theme music composerFred Newman
ComposersDan Sawyer
Fred Newman
Country of originUnited States
France (seasons 2–4)
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes117 (166 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jim Jinkins
  • David Campbell
  • Vanessa Coffey (seasons 1–4)
  • Mary Harrington (seasons 1–4)
  • Christine Martin
  • David Martin
Producers
  • Melanie Grisanti
  • Nicolas Pesques (S2)
Running time22–23 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon (seasons 1–4)
ABC (One Saturday Morning)
(seasons 5–7)
YTV (seasons 1-6)
Family Channel (season 7)
TVA
ReleaseAugust 11, 1991 (1991-08-11) –
June 26, 1999 (1999-06-26)

Doug is an animated television program. The program was created by Jim Jinkins. The program is about the early adolescent life of its title character, Douglas "Doug" Funnie. Doug, was 11-12 years old in the first 4 seasons of the series. He was 13 years old in seasons 5 to 7.

Doug was broadcast on Nickelodeon in from 1991 until 1994. The series was on ABC (Disney) from 1996 until 1999.

Characters

Other media

Stage show

On March 15, 1999, Disney premiered a new musical stage show, Doug Live!, at Disney's Hollywood Studios (at the time known as Disney-MGM Studios) at the Walt Disney World Resort. The show ran until May 12, 2001.

Film

A theatrical feature-length film, Doug's 1st Movie, was released on March 26, 1999, before production on the television show ceased. During this time, meet-and-greet costumed versions of Doug and Patti were seen in Walt Disney World.

Video game

A video game for Game Boy Color was released in 2000, titled Doug's Big Game.

Television

The series was parodied in the Robot Chicken episodes "Endless Breadsticks" "Yogurt in A bag & "Strummy Strummy Sad Sad" where Billy West reprises his role of the title character, while Samaire Armstrong voiced Patti and Seth Green voiced Porkchop.

Comics

While Doug had never received his own self-titled print media outside of books that retold events of the TV series' episodes, comics that entailed original stories were published in the magazine Disney Adventures, from Volume 7 #5 in February 1997, to Volume 12 #1 in February 2002. To date, the one-page comic "Neckerchief Grief" is the last official material that features Doug in any major capacity.

References

  1. ↑ Mathew Klickstein (February 6, 2012). "You Don't Know Doug". Vulture. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  2. ↑ "New Musical Comedy Brings Doug To 'Life'". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-09-04.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Doug's First Movie". RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Disney's Doug: Doug's Big Game". Akron Beacon Journal. January 28, 2001. p. 54. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Simpsons, Superman: relembre desenhos que viraram jogos e decepcionaram". Techtudo (in Portuguese). February 19, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  6. ↑ "United States: Disney Adventures # 7-05". February 1997. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  7. ↑ "United States: Disney Adventures # 12-01". February 2002. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.