# Mystery Cartoon Memory **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994 "2019-04-03T19:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/1 "2019-04-03T19:38:06Z")
I’m posting this question for a friend of mine. Don’t let my bragging on you guys come to nothing Dopers! From\*\* PT:\*\* > [@](#): > > I only recently found out that the Bozo show that I grew up watching in the 70s was actually a franchise rented out to local tv stations to produce for their local audiences. Anyway, knowing this, maybe some of you who grew up in other parts of the US might be able to help. Question for anyone who grew up watching the Bozo show, Bozo’s Circus , or whatever the local name was, does anyone remember the cartoon they showed about a white/gray dog who would have to salve some crime or disaster and would eat some dog biscuit that would have XYZ written on it, then turn into a superhero character with an S now on his sweater chest? In the whole of the internet, I can’t find pictures or video of this character. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/2 "2019-04-03T19:42:25Z")
The only dog that rings a bell is [Snuffles](https://www.google.com/search?q=snuffles+cartoon+dog&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjM8Jn_1rThAhWbCTQIHcyAB5cQ_AUIDigB&biw=1980&bih=1354#imgrc=Ca0oQOJQqNxqYM:). ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/3 "2019-04-03T19:46:21Z")
> **[Snuffles (character)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuffles_(character))** > > Snuffles is an anthropomorphic cartoon dog appearing in animated television shorts produced by Hanna-Barbera beginning in 1959 on The Quick Draw McGraw Show. Daws Butler provided his voice. > Snuffles is a bloodhound used by Quick Draw McGraw to ferret out bad guys in the old West but needed to be bribed with a dog biscuit before performing his task. Upon chomping on one, he would hug himself in ecstasy, jump into the air and float back down, sighing. Occasionally, Snuffles would demand more than ... ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/4 "2019-04-03T19:55:25Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from GQ to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/5 "2019-04-03T19:56:12Z")
I saw a thread on a different site from 2002 discussing Snuffles, and someone commented that there was a similar dog in old Bozo cartoons. So it might be a folie à deux, or there might be a different dog out there. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/6 "2019-04-03T20:01:03Z")
Another possibility, [Dyno-mutt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxxL2YvNkzE). Or perhaps a conflation of Snuffles AND Dyno-mutt. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/7 "2019-04-03T20:06:10Z")
Course if it were a rabbit it would be the Super-Bugs episode. It does occur to me that his nemesis (Porky? Elmer? Random dude?) and the nemesis’s DOG eat the same super-carrots and become super at the end of the episode edit: NVM its a cowboy and horse at the end ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/8 "2019-04-03T20:15:38Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Another possibility, [Dyno-mutt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxxL2YvNkzE). > > Or perhaps a conflation of Snuffles AND Dyno-mutt. If we’re going there, why not figure there’s an Underdog angle in play? That’d maybe explain the part about the hero dog having a sweater with a letter on it upon gulping down the source of his temporary super-powers… ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/9 "2019-04-03T20:19:53Z")
Underdog was my first thought because of the sweater and the S. I don’t remember a buiscuit though…he did have a coin he would bite after he won it? or was given it? ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/10 "2019-04-03T21:23:32Z")
He says it’s not Underdog or Snuffles. Grew up in Minneapolis. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/11 "2019-04-03T21:33:45Z")
Wasn’t the grey mutt a sheriff? In a black hat? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/12 "2019-04-03T21:40:37Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Wasn’t the grey mutt a sheriff? > In a black hat? That’s Deputy Dawg, who was not super. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/13 "2019-04-03T22:40:26Z")
Misread the other thread. He hasn’t said it wasn’t Snuffles. He gave a little more info. From **PT:** > [@](#): > > This character would suck things up with his nose, or blow things or some such. ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/14 "2019-04-04T13:13:37Z")
> **[Krypto the Superdog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypto_the_Superdog)** > > Krypto the Superdog is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on Superman's canine companion Krypto, which premiered on Cartoon Network on March 25, 2005 (exactly 50 years after his comic debut), and aired on The CW's Saturday morning block Kids' WB from September 23, 2006 until September 15, 2007. 39 episodes were produced. > A comic book series (based on the TV show) was published by DC Comics under the Johnny DC imprint, which lasted 6 issues, from 2006... ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/15 "2019-04-04T18:05:09Z")
The 9th comment on this message board post mentions a Bozo cartoon character named “Super Sniffer.” [https://www.sneakeasysjoint.com/sneakeasy/2004/05/will\_the\_origin.html](https://www.sneakeasysjoint.com/sneakeasy/2004/05/will_the_origin.html) And this Bozo video for sale on Amazon also mentions Super Sniffer. > **[Amazon.com: Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World Most Famous Clown - Crazy Clown...](https://www.amazon.com/Larry-Harmons-Bozo-Famous-Capers/dp/B003A0DI5Q)** > > Amazon.com: Larry Harmon's Bozo: The World Most Famous Clown - Crazy Clown Capers : Movies & TV ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-cartoon-memory/831994/16 "2019-04-04T18:15:23Z")
And the back of this laserdisc for sale on ebay has a cartoon dog wearing a green vest with a bow tie and yo-yo. [https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bozo-Wowie-Kazowiw-Clown-Tales-Laserdisc-LD-Larry-Harman-Free-Ship-30-Orders/333137071734?\_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D57475%26meid%3Dc5ef24464e2f49d4b1ee9acf4e554754%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D192858130498%26itm%3D333137071734&\_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bozo-Wowie-Kazowiw-Clown-Tales-Laserdisc-LD-Larry-Harman-Free-Ship-30-Orders/333137071734?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D57475%26meid%3Dc5ef24464e2f49d4b1ee9acf4e554754%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D192858130498%26itm%3D333137071734&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851)