Underdog
Seen it?1964 | 3 seasons | 10 min | Animation, Comedy
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and animation lovers. If you loved Animaniacs, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- 3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 22 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- Made in 1964: an older pace and style.
Underdog, also known as The Underdog Show, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967, starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes. It is one of the early Saturday morning cartoons. The show continued in syndication until 1973. Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter ego, appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets, as in "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Ran for 3 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 106K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Sunday Safe Bet. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 1 is the high point.
Season 11964 · 33 episodes · 10.0 out of 10Friday
Season 21965 · 56 episodes · 6.0 out of 10Monday- Season 31966 · 40 episodesNot rated yet
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Cast & crew
Created by W. Watts Biggers
- Wally Cox
- Sandy Becker
- Kenny Delmar
- George S. Irving
- Mort Marshall
- Norma MacMillan
- Delo States
- Ben Stone
- Allen Swift