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All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
The title card of the animated series.
Genre
Based onAll Dogs Go to Heaven, by Don Bluth
Directed by
  • Gary Selvaggio (Season 1–2)
  • John Grusd (Season 3)
Voices of
  • Steven Weber
  • Dom DeLuise
  • Sheena Easton
  • Ernest Borgnine
  • Charles Nelson Reilly
  • Bebe Neuwirth
Theme music composerMark Watters
Lorraine Feather (lyrics)
Opening theme"A Little Heaven", performed by Gene Miller, Clydene Jackson-Edwards, and Carmen Twillie
Ending theme"A Little Heaven" (Instrumental)
Composers
  • Mark Watters (original songs)
  • Robert Irving (music scores)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes40 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersPaul Sabella
Jonathan Dern
Producers
  • John Grusd (Season 3 only)
  • Robert Winthrop (associate producer, S01)
  • Cary Silver (associate producer, S02–03)
  • Jymn Magon (co-producer, season 3)
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesMGM Animation
MGM Television
DistributorsClaster Television
(1996–1998)
(seasons 1-2)
MGM Domestic Television Distribution
(1998)
(season 3)
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 21, 1996 (1996-09-21) –
November 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)

All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series is an American animated television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 in syndication and on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999, with 40 half-hour episodes produced in total.[1] Don Bluth’s 1989 animated feature All Dogs Go to Heaven featured a disreputable mongrel (with a mixture of a German Shepherd) named Charlie who died, went to heaven, escaped back to Earth for vengeance on his murderer Carface and then found redemption with the help of a young orphaned girl named Anne-Marie. The film spawned a 1996 sequel, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, and this animated series takes place after the second film. [2]

Most of the voice actors from the feature films reprised their roles in the series, including Dom DeLuise, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bebe Neuwirth, Sheena Easton, and Adam Wylie. Steven Weber provided the speaking and singing voices of Charlie B. Barkin, who was voiced in the films by Burt Reynolds and Charlie Sheen (and singing voice provided in the second film by Jesse Corti). A Christmas special An All Dogs Christmas Carol serves as the finale.

Plot[]

Charlie and Itchy live in San Francisco as guardian angels. In each episode, they are given an assignment by Anabelle but, while they try to do the right thing, they become caught up in the middle of awkward situations. Charlie's duplicitous enemy Carface and his sidekick, Killer returning from the first film, also appeared in the series, as did Charlie's friends: the dog Sasha, the dog-angel Anabelle, and the human kid David. Finally, the series also featured two new characters named Bess, a pure bred award-winning show dog and Itchy's girlfriend, Lance, a Doberman Pinscher who is a by-the-book dog whom Charlie is jealous of for his heroic acts, and Belladonna, Anabelle's demonic cousin. The series makes several changes to the second film, which led many fans to consider the series as non-canon. For example, Charlie and Sasha were shown as being a couple at the end of the second film, however, in the series, they only seem to be friendzoned, also, Itchy decides to stay in Heaven, but he is alive in the series, although it is explained later in the series why he is on Earth instead of being in Heaven.

Episodes[]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
113September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21)February 22, 1997 (1997-02-22)Syndication
213September 20, 1997 (1997-09-20)February 28, 1998 (1998-02-28)
314July 31, 1998 (1998-07-31)November 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)Fox Family Channel

Characters[]

  • Charles "Charlie" B. Barkin (voiced by Steven Weber)
  • Itchiford "Itchy" Dachshund (voiced by Dom DeLuise)
  • Annabelle (voiced by Bebe Neuwirth)
  • Sasha la Fleur (voiced by Sheena Easton)
  • David (voiced by Adam Wylie)
  • Carface Caruthers (voiced by Ernest Borgnine)
  • Killer (voiced by Charles Nelson Reilly)
  • Belladonna (voiced by Bebe Neuwirth)
  • Winifred Bessamay "Bess" de Winkerville (voiced by Tress MacNeille)
  • Gerta (voiced by Tress MacNeille)
  • Lance (voiced by Mark Benninghofen)

Crew[]

  • Maria Estrada - Casting and Voice Director
  • Gene Miller - Theme Song Performer
  • Clydene Jackson Edwards - Theme Song Performer
  • Carmen Twillie - Theme Song Performer

Songs[]

The theme song for the series is "A Little Heaven", written by Lorraine Feather and Mark Watters (which is also the music composer). The singers were Gene Miller of Nashville, Clydene Jackson-Edwards, and Carmen Twillie. Below are the main songs in the series, which is six in the first season, four in the second season, and one in the third season; all for a total of eleven songs.

Season 1[]

Title Writers Performer(s) Episode
"By the Book" Ray Colcord
Lorraine Feather
Steven Weber
Mark Benninghofen
Lance, the Wonder Pup
"Casanova" Mark Watters
Lorraine Feather
Ernest Borgnine The Doggone Truth
"Everything a Girl Wants" Michael Silversher
Patty Silversher
Sheena Easton Mission Im-paws-ible
"It's Gotta Come from the Heart" Michael Silversher
Patty Silversher
Steven Weber Cyrano de Barkinac
"Itchin' and A-Twitchin" Tom Scott
Lorraine Feather
Steven Weber
Dom DeLuise
Dog Eat Dog
"The Perfect Dog" Michael Silversher
Patty Silversher
Sheena Easton
Steven Weber
Dom DeLuise
The Perfect Dog

Season 2[]

Title Writers Performer(s) Episode
"Be Your Own Dog" Lorraine Feather
Scooter Pietsch
Sheena Easton
Andrea L. Robinson
Maxi Anderson
Carmen Twillie
The Big Fetch
"Party on a UFO" Kevin Quinn
Randy Petersen
Steven Weber
Jess Harnell
Steve Mackall
Kevin Quinn
Randy Petersen
The Rexx Files
"Sidekicks" Megan Cavaleri
David Goldsmith
Dom DeLuise
Charles Nelson Reilly
Sidekicked
"Take the Easy Way Out" Lorraine Feather
Scooter Pietsch
Richard Kaufman
Bebe Neuwirth
Andrea L. Robinson
La Doggie Vita

Season 3[]

Title Writer Performer Episode
"Why Not Be Happy Now?" Lorraine Feather
Mark Watters
Sheena Easton
Carlos Alazraqui
Sheryl Bernstein
John Forsythe
He Barked, She Barked

Home media[]

In the 1990s, several VHS editions of the series were released, each containing two episodes. In 2006, two volumes of the series were released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, each containing four episodes. The entire series is available for digital download on iTunes, available for free on hulu.com. In Spring 2011, the entire series became available on YouTube through MGM Digital Media.

TGG Direct has released all three seasons on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[3][4][5] On December 3, 2013, TGG Direct released All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series - Complete Series on DVD.[6] The 7-disc set features all 40 episodes of the series as well as the TV movie An All Dogs Christmas Carol.

References[]

  1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-1538103739. 
  2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-1476665993. 
  3. All Dogs Go to Heaven: Complete Season One
  4. All Dogs Go to Heaven: Complete Season Two
  5. All Dogs Go to Heaven: Complete Season Three
  6. All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Complete Series

External links[]

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