Spot the Dog

**Spot the Dog** is a yellow puppy created by Eric Hill, the author and illustrator of the children's picture books. The success of Hill's books about Spot led to the other media productions, including television and home video titles, music albums and CD-ROM titles.

First published in 1980, *Where's Spot?* was inspired while Hill was working in creative marketing; he noticed his 3-year-old son was fascinated by the process of lifting up a paper, on a design he was creating. Captivated by this thought, Hill created a story about a puppy which incorporated the flap design. During the late 1970s it was extraordinarily innovative concept and it took some time for any publisher to take any notice of the idea before Puffin books decided to publish his book. Within weeks of the first book being released it topped the Bestseller list.

Hill said "When I first drew Spot I realised that when I came to draw the spot on his body and the tip of his tail I was copying the markings on an aircraft. I grew up drawing aircraft – that is how I learned to draw. "I am quite convinced now, as I look back, that the actual training of drawing cartoons – which is, of course, my style – led to my producing Spot. Cartoons must be very simple and have as few words as possible and so must the Spot books. I designed Spot out of my previous background as a designer and illustrator. It was quite unconscious but I can see now that I have created a ready-made trademark of its kind, with the essential spot on the body and a bit on the tail."

## The Adventures of Spot (1993)

The first and the second seasons of *The Adventures of Spot*, which was animated and produced by King Rollo Films, aired on the between 9 April and 30 November 1993. It consisted of 26 episodes, each 5 minutes long. The episodes were narrated by Corey Burton (Original US version) and characters were voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Linda Gary and Corey Burton (Original US version) and the music was composed by Duncan Lamont, Dave Kinnoin and Jimmy Hammer (original version).

2. "Spot's Lost Bone" (16 April 1993)[8]
3. "Spot's First Walk" (23 April 1993)
4. "Spot in the Woods" (30 April 1993)
5. "Spot's Birthday Party" (7 May 1993)
6. "Where's Spot?" (14 May 1993) [9]
7. "Sweet Dreams Spot" (20 May 1993)
8. "Spot Goes to School" (28 May 1993)
9. "Spot Goes to the Circus" (4 June 1993)
10. "Spot Follows His Nose" (11 June 1993)
11. "Spot Goes Splash" (18 June 1993)
12. "Spot's Windy Day" (16 July 1993)
13. "Spot Goes to the Beach" (17 July 1993) [10]
14. "Spot Goes to the Farm" (7 September 1993)
15. "Spot Sleeps Over" (14 September 1993)
16. "Spot Makes a Cake" (21 September 1993)
17. "Spot Goes to the Park" (28 September 1993)
18. "Spot Finds a Key" (5 October 1993)
19. "Spot in the Garden" (12 October 1993)
20. "Spot Goes to a Party" (19 October 1993)
21. "Spot Goes to the Fair" (26 October 1993)
22. "Spot's Favorite Toy" (2 November 1993)
23. "Spot's First Picnic" (9 November 1993)
24. "Spot at the Playground" (16 November 1993)
25. "Storytime with Spot" (23 November 1993)
26. "Spot's Winter Sports" (30 November 1993)

In 1995 and 1997, 2 specials were produced. **Spot's Magical Christmas** in 1995 and **Spot and his Grandparents Go to the Carnival** in 1997. These 2 specials, have some notable differences from the normal series. First on, One Narrated by Corey Burton in the Original US version (Opening of the specials titles and "The End!" only) and the characters are voiced by Ryan O'Donohue, Tress MacNeille, Corey Burton and Jim Cummings in the Original US version.

### Home Video Releases and Syndication

In 1993, the original Spot series was added, fixed and original in the United States by Buena Vista Home Video. This featured the voice talents of Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Linda Gray and Corey Burton. The show (including the 2 specials) were released on video through Walt Disney Home Video from 1993 through 2000.

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spot\_(franchise)