Stunt Dawgs

Remember Stunt Dawgs

Saturday Morning Television Review

Synopsis of Saturday Morning Show

Don’t be fooled by the title. There were no actual dogs in Stunt Dawgs, just a bunch of rough-and-tumble crimefighting Hollywood stuntmen. Perhaps the “Dawgs” name came from the fact that they worked like dogs, or maybe it was just an attempt at early 90’s homeboy slang (i.e. – “Yo wuzzup, G-Dawg?”)

Whatever the reason for the name, the real inspiration for Stunt Dawgs was a 1978 Burt Reynolds film called Hooper, in which the mustachioed macho man played an aging stuntman trying to pull off the most dangerous stunt ever. The film was directed by former stuntman Hal Needham, and in tribute, the leader of the Stunt Dawgs was named Needham. The rest of the group included rich snob Splat, sexy female Sizzle, height-challenged Skiddd, skinny Crash, and the unlucky Lucky.

In between Hollywood gigs, the Dawgs battled their evil stuntperson counterparts, the Stunt Scabs. Led by schlocky producer/director Richard P. Fungus, the Scabs included Badyear and the dimwitted Half-a-Mind. Somehow, the Dawgs had gotten themselves tangled up in a contract with Fungus Studios, and crooked lawyer Slyme (a Fungus flunky) constantly tried to force them to honor it, even (or especially) at the cost of their own lives.

Only 40 episodes of Stunt Dawgs were produced, and the show wasn’t syndicated as widely as some of its competitors. Under these circumstances, the show only ran for a single season, but if it makes you feel any better, that’s seven seasons in Dawg years.

Release History

1992 syndicated

TV Sub Categories

animated
action/adventure

TV Studio

Rainforest Entertainment, Claster

Television Cast

Needham Neil Crone
Splat Greg Morton
Sizzle Lenore Zann
Skiddd Greg Swanson
Crash Greg Morton
Lucky Greg Swanson
Richard P. Fungus John Stocker
Airball Ron Rubin
Slyme Ron Rubin
Badyear Harvey Atkin
Half-a-Mind Harvey Atkin
Whizkid Neil Crone
Velda Greg Morton
Nina Newscaster Barbara Budd

Other Saturday Morning Links

Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies Sabrina the Teenage Witch Sabrina, Super Witch Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs Saturday Supercade Saban'sAdventuresoftheLittleMermaidFantasy Sabrina: The Animated Series Sailor Moon Sam and Max: Freelance Police Samurai Pizza Cats Santo Bugito Saved by the Bell Samson and Goliath The Sandy Becker Show Schoolhouse Rock Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics Scooby-Doo Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Sergeant Preston of the Yukon Secret Files of the Spy Dogs Sesame Street Secret Squirrel Sealab 2020 Search and Rescue: The Alpha Team The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty The Secrets of Isis Sheena, Queen of the Jungle She-Ra: Princess of Power Shirt Tales The Shari Lewis Show Shazzan! Shenanigans Shazam! The Shazam/Isis Hour Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Sinbad Jr. SilverHawks Silver Surfer Sky Dancers The Skatebirds Sky Hawks Sky King The Smokey Bear Show Smilin' Ed McConnell and His Buster Brown Gang (Andy's Gang) The Smurfs The Snorks Sonic the Hedgehog The Soupy Sales Show Space Angel The Space Giants Space Kidettes Speed Racer Space Patrol Space Stars Speed Buggy Space Ghost and Dino Boy Space Ghost Coast To Coast Space Goofs SpaceCats Spider-Man Unlimited Spider-Man: The Animated Series Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends Spider-Man Spider-Woman Spunky and Tadpole Space Academy The Space Sentinels Squigglevision Star Trek (animated) Starblazers Strawberry Shortcake Starcom: The U.S. Space Force Street Sharks Stunt Dawgs Stingray Storybook Squares Super Friends The Super Mario Bros. Super Show The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians Superman Super President and Spy Shadow The Super Six Supercar The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure Super Circus Susan'sShow Super Friends The Super Globetrotters SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries The Sylvanian Families

Updates to this Television Show

Do you have an update or correction for this item? Send us Feedback here!