Santa's Little Helper the dog was a "sympathetic" character. Welker has been praised by staff members for his performances on the show. David Mirkin has noted that "he can do anything, and it fits perfectly. You forget you're listening to a guy, and he's a pleasure to work with." Groening has commented that he was "unbelievably good" at doing animal noises. After 1995, Castellaneta voiced Santa's Little Helper on his own while Welker performed other animal noises until his full departure in 2002, when he was denied a pay raise. In the "questions and answers" section on his website, Welker revealed that the
ARA Santa Cruz (S-41) ARA Santa Cruz (S-41) ARA "Santa Cruz" (S-41) is a member of the of diesel-electric submarines in active service with the Argentine Navy. "Santa Cruz" was built by Thyssen Nordseewerke. It has a single-hull design, with a lightweight bow and stern and a watertight superstructure in the central part. Its sister vessel, was the only other one of its type, though the program originally sought to produce a larger number of submarines. "Santa Cruz" received its mid-life modernization at Arsenal de Marinha, Rio de Janeiro Brazil between September 1999 and 2001. The work involved the replacement of the engines, batteries,