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
USA Cartoon Express Cartoon Network one year later, thus taking a chunk of "Cartoon Express" programming with it. The only Hanna-Barbera shows on the "Cartoon Express" afterwards were "The Smurfs", which did not leave the "Express" until 1993; and "Scooby-Doo", which disembarked the "Express" in 1994. In the fall of 1993, "Cartoon Express" introduced two original series, "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Problem Child" (based on the film franchise); both failed to catch on with viewers. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" became the new marquee series on the block. USA later briefly acquired the broadcast rights to Terrytoons shorts like Deputy Dawg and Mighty Mouse,