

Dilworth graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1985. Dilworth started the animated short with Hanna-Barbera, sponsored by Cartoon Network and introduced Courage. Originally, Courage the Cowardly Dog was created as a seven-minute animated short, "The Chicken from Outer Space". Vindaloo ( Paul Schoeffler) a fortune-telling chihuahua named Shirley the Medium ( Mary Testa) Eustace's mother "Ma" ( Billie Lou Watt) villains Katz and Le Quack (both voiced by Schoeffler) and the antagonistic Di Lung. Ironically, given his name, Courage may be considered a genuine hero who often goes to great lengths to protect his owners, and a genuine coward who still expresses much of his distress with over-the-top, piercing shrieks.Īlthough episodic in nature, there are a handful of recurring characters in the show's cast, including Courage's sarcastic, sentient computer ( Simon Prebble) the family physician Dr.
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Although Courage is occasionally aided with that task, the full extent of his efforts is usually performed unbeknownst to Muriel and Eustace. The task of protecting Muriel and Eustace from such dangers falls on Courage, who endeavors to thwart or reconcile with the monster of the week and remedy or repair any damages done. Although most of the creatures the three face are hostile, some only appear that way, but are simply suffering from distress and/or acting in desperation, and can even turn out to be friendly to them. The plot generally uses conventions common to horror films. In the present, he lives with the now elderly Muriel and her husband Eustace Bagge ( Lionel Wilson in episodes 1–33, Arthur Anderson in episodes 34–52), a grumpy and greedy American man who regularly mistreats Courage out of jealousy and refers to him as "stupid dog", in an isolated farmhouse: the nearest town to the farmhouse is a town called Nowhere.Ĭourage and his owners frequently encounter monsters, aliens, zombies, and other paranormal or supernatural creatures that are attracted to Nowhere. Soon after, he was found in an alleyway by Muriel Bagge ( Thea White), a friendly Scottish woman who decided to take Courage in as her own, and was inspired by the nature of this first meeting to give him his name. He was abandoned as a puppy after his parents were sent into outer space by a crazed veterinarian. The Nowhere Newsman, in the opening title sequenceĬourage the Cowardly Dog follows Courage ( Marty Grabstein), a kind yet easily frightened dog.

During its run, it was nominated for three Golden Reel Awards and won one Annie Award. The short was greenlit to become a series, which premiered on November 12, 1999, and ended on November 22, 2002, with 4 seasons each consisting of 13 episodes. The segment was nominated for an Academy Award, but lost to the Wallace and Gromit short film A Close Shave.
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The series is known for its dark, surreal humor and atmosphere.ĭilworth pitched the series to Hanna-Barbera's animated shorts showcase What a Cartoon! and a pilot titled "The Chicken from Outer Space" aired on Cartoon Network on February 18, 1996. In each episode, the trio is thrown into bizarre, frequently disturbing, and often paranormal or supernatural adventures. The title character is a dog who lives with an elderly couple in a farmhouse in the middle of "Nowhere". It was produced by Dilworth's animation studio, Stretch Films, and originally aired from 1999 to 2002. Dilworth for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated comedy horror television series created by John R.
