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 Big and Little |  Cubby |  Mr. Hollywood |  Little Red Riding Hood? |
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| Mark Schiff | as | Little Dog |
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| Brad Garrett | as | Big Dog |
| Brian Cummings | as | Mr. Hollywood / The Big Bad Wolf / additional voices |
| Gary Owens | as | Principal Schneider / Announcers / additional voices |
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| Rob Paulsen | as | Cubby / additional voices |
| Jarrett Lennon | as | Kenny Fowler |
| Whit Hertford | as | Buzz |
| Candi Milo | as | Little Red Riding Hood |
| June Foray | as | Red's Granny |
Following the misadventures of a pair of stray dogs; a hyperactive dachshund and a laid-back English sheepdog
This was one of my favourite cartoons in primary school. It was already in repeats on Cartoon Network by the time it got to me, but for some reason, I remember my gran didn't like it much. As I've come to realise, I think she mistook it for Ren & Stimpy. People often unfairly compare this show to that one, but it's like comparing chocolate milk to hard liquor. In amongst various other, more esoteric things, Big and Little are actually friends, while Ren is a manipulative abuser and Stimpy is too dumb to notice.
A few episodes star Kenny Fowler, a third-grader at an unnamed elementary school. With very few differences, I found his stories far too familiar when I started watching this show again on The Website a few years ago. If you want an idea of the kind of shit that American 3rd graders had to deal with in the '90s, watch "Substitute Teacher". Of course, in that case, Mr. Hollywood takes a more proactive approach to a structured lesson than most real substitute teachers. All the subs I knew in school were more interested in keeping the kids distracted long enough for the class to end; lots of videos, extra computer time, random creative writing assignments, stuff like that.
One major difference here is the way in which The Website presented the episodes to me for datahoarding: I don't have to suffer through any of the Super Secret Secret Squirrel crap. I never liked that very much, as it struck me more or less as a bastardisation of James Bond and Inspector Gadget (though I didn't know that word at the time— how could I? I was 7).
6 / 10 stars
Series 1 is where the real money is. Series 2 strikes me as a vain attempt to court viewers who were looking for a Ren & Stimpy replacement after that show's cancellation. The show's final 3 episodes are not worth anyone's time, feeling more like a contractual obligation than anything else.