# Precious Pupp

Precious Pupp is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired as a segment on The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show from October 2, 1965, to September 7, 1967.

## Plot

The cartoon featured a large mangy dog named Precious Pupp, voiced by Don Messick, and his owner Granny Sweet, voiced by Janet Waldo. Granny was a kindly woman with a passion for motorcycles, completely oblivious to the fact that her beloved, affectionate pet was something of a neighborhood terror. He had a habit of slipping behind a victim quietly – sometimes in defense of their home, sometimes just for the fun of it – and jolting him with a ferocious series of barks... but never where or when Granny could catch him in the act.
Unlike many cartoon animals, Precious did not speak. His usual vocalism was an asthmatic-sounding, "wheezing" laugh used even more famously by Muttley, a Hanna-Barbera character introduced three years later. He usually outsmarted his enemies, most notably Bruiser, the neighborhood bulldog, but he also usually outsmarted his oblivious owner, too.
Twenty-six episodes were produced.

## List of episodes
### Season 1 (1965–66)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Precious Jewels" | October 2, 1965 (1965-10-2) |
| Precious Pupp makes a would-be jewel thief wish that he had stayed home. ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Doggone Dognapper" | October 9, 1965 (1965-10-9) |
| Precious gives a load of trouble to the local dog-catcher. ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Bites and Gripes" | October 16, 1965 (1965-10-16) |
| Precious is dognapped and held for ransom. ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Queen of the Road" | October 23, 1965 (1965-10-23) |
| 5 | 5 | "Crook Out Cook Out" | October 30, 1965 (1965-10-30) |
| Granny and Precious capture a thief while butterfly hunting. ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Next of Kin" | November 6, 1965 (1965-11-6) |
| 7 | 7 | "Bowling Pinned" | November 13, 1965 (1965-11-13) |
| Precious helps Granny become a bowling champion. ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Poodle Pandemonium" | November 20, 1965 (1965-11-20) |
| Precious falls in love with a pretty poodle. ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Dog Tracks" | November 27, 1965 (1965-11-27) |
| 10 | 10 | "Sub-Marooned" | December 4, 1965 (1965-12-4) |
| 11 | 11 | "Lady Bugged" | December 11, 1965 (1965-12-11) |
| 12 | 12 | "Test in the West" | December 18, 1965 (1965-12-18) |
| 13 | 13 | "Bones and Groans" | December 25, 1965 (1965-12-25) |
| 14 | 14 | "Butterfly Nut" | January 1, 1966 (1966-1-1) |
| 15 | 15 | "Precious Bone" | January 8, 1966 (1966-1-8) |
| 16 | 16 | "The Bird Watcher" | January 15, 1966 (1966-1-15) |
| 17 | 17 | "Dog Trained" | January 22, 1966 (1966-1-22) |
| 18 | 18 | "Oliver Twisted" | January 29, 1966 (1966-1-29) |
| 19 | 19 | "Pup, Skip and Jump" | February 5, 1966 (1966-2-5) |
| 20 | 20 | "A Grapple for the Teacher" | February 12, 1966 (1966-2-12) |

### Season 2 (1966)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 21 | 1 | "Pot Time Work" | September 10, 1966 (1966-9-10) |
| 22 | 2 | "A Fiend in Need" | September 17, 1966 (1966-9-17) |
| 23 | 3 | "Ski Sickness" | September 24, 1966 (1966-9-24) |
| 24 | 4 | "Mascot Massacre" | October 1, 1966 (1966-10-1) |
| 25 | 5 | "A.M. Mayhem" | October 8, 1966 (1966-10-8) |
| 26 | 6 | "Girl Whirl" | October 15, 1966 (1966-10-15) |

## Voices

* Don Messick - Precious Pupp, Bowling Champion, Officer Smith
* Janet Waldo - Granny Sweet
* Henry Corden - Burglar

## Home video

* Worldvision Home Video released Precious Pupp on VHS tape in the 1980s, which has long since been out of print.
* The episode "Precious Jewels" is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 1.
* The episode "Bowling Pinned" is available on the DVD Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960's Vol. 2.

## Precious Pupp in other languages

* Brazilian Portuguese: O Xodó da Vovó
* Dutch: Precious Pup
* French: Charlemagne
* German: Poldi
* Hungarian: Cukorfalat
* Italian: Precious Pupp
* Japanese: Pappu-chan to Suīto Obasan
* Macedonian: Шеќерко
* Serbian: Kuče Dragoljupče
* Spanish: Lindo Pulgoso
* Turkish: Değerli

## Later appearances

* Granny Sweet later made an appearance in the Yo Yogi! episodes "Super Duper Snag" and "Bearly Working", voiced by Kath Soucie.
* Precious Pupp and Granny Sweet appeared in Jellystone! with Granny Sweet voiced by Grace Helbig.