Goopy Geer the close proximity of the two cartoons' releases, there is little chance that either character was intended to be a copy of the other. Dippy Dawg would eventually be renamed to "Goofy". Goopy Geer was the last attempt by animator Rudolf Ising to feature a recurring character in the "Merrie Melodies" series of films. Like most other early sound-era cartoon characters, Ising's Goopy has little personality of his own. Instead, he sings and dances his way through a musical world in perfect syncopation. Ising only featured the character in three cartoons. In the first, "Goopy Geer" (April 16, 1932), he
Deputy Dawg Deputy Dawg Deputy Dawg is a Terrytoons cartoon character featured on the animated television series of the same name. The "Deputy Dawg" television series first ran, on a weekly basis, from September 8, 1962 to May 25, 1963, with no episodes on December 8 to December 29, 1962, resuming on January 5, 1963. The British television debut came on BBC Television on Saturday, August 31, 1963. The cartoons are between four and six minutes long, and were packaged three at a time and shown as a half-hour program. The show was produced by CBS and was the professional animation debut