No-one seems to remember this cartoon, but Rude Dog and the Dweebs was one of the highlights of the 'Going Live' Show in the UK in the early 1990s. Rude Dog was a wise-cracking canine who was rude in the sense of being a smart-mouth but also in the sense of being the coolest kid on the block! The cartoon was priomarily desinged to sell surf gear and sportswear for Sun Sportswear Inc, I don't think there was really a big market for this in the UK, but we loved the cartoon anyway! The show only ran for one season, and looking back the cartoon is pretty poorly animated, it looks as though it has been made on a shoe-string budget, but for me this adds to the uniqueness of the cartoon and fits in with Rude Dog's edgy character.
Rude Dog's pink and Black eyes seem to change randomly throughout the cartoon and th ebackground's are pretty sketchy, but the cartoon itself is pretty funny. The cartoon itself only ran for one season of 26 ten-minute episodes and I don't know whether this is true or not, but lots of sites suggest that one of the reasons the cartoon was shut-down was that Rude Dog looked very much like a character being used to promote a popular beer in America at the time, called Spuds McKenzie.
Rude Dog
So the hero fo the cartoon is a bull terrrier called Rude, that drives a cool pink cadillac, owns an auto repair shop and owns a delivery company called 'Rude Dog Deliveries' with the catchy motto - 'Need a Delivery - Get Rude!' The show was set in Beverly Hills, but Rude himself had a Brooklyn, wordly-wise accent, he also had a girlfriend called Gloria.
The show often focused around Rude Dog having to make a delivery and getting into some sort of adventure, or alternatively he had to help out some of his friends/workers . . . the Dweebs!
The Dweebs
The Dweebs are a bunch of misfit dogs that live with and work for Rude Dog (in the auto-repair shop mainly), but also rely on his street-smarts to save them form the vagaries of the world outside. Lots of the cartoons revolve around Rude Dog pulling the Dweebs out of trouble or teaching them to be cool.
The Dweebs included Caboose, Reggie, Winston, Tweek, Kibble, Barney and Satch.
Seymour
Seymour is probably the closest thing that the Dweebs have to an enenmy. He's a mean alleycat that is constantly harrassing the Dweebs and looking to take advantage of their dweebiness! However there was one other character that even Seymour was scared of . . .
Herman and Rott
Herman Rockbottom is the real bad-guy of the show. Herman is a dog-catcher, and along with his huge god Rott he is determined to capture the dweebs and put them in the pen - but Rude Dog always wins the day!
Gloria
Gloria was Rude Dog's girlfriend. Sorry I don't have a picture of her!! But she definitely featured in 'Waiter there's a dweeb in my soup!'
Caboose
Caboose always stuttered and had an all consuming fear of trains!
Kibble
Kibble is the only female dweeb (the dweebette), I'm not sure if she was meant to be Winston's sister?? She looks very much like him but this was never mentioned in thes series, however she was definitely as clever.
Winston
Winston is a cut above the rest, he quotes poetry speaks with a British accent, carries a monacle in his collar and is probably the cleverest of the dweebs, or at least he likes to think so!
Barney
Barney was brought up on a farm, and he often played with farm animal toys, he even made chicken noises when he slept!
Satch
Satch was the goofiest of the Dweebs, he was easily duped and not all there at all!
Tweek
Rude Dog definitley had a soft-spot for Tweek, as Tweek was the youngest and probably the wimpiest of the Dweebs. Tweek was always getting bullied by Seymour and would often stick close to Rude Dog.
Reggie
Reginald or Reggie was a bit like Rude Dog in looks, and he also sounded suspiciously like him as well!
Hey yo! Slam yer eyeballs against this!
I was sneakin' and peekin' and scopin' the scene
Ya know, coppin' a major 'tude
When I cut loose this bunch of Dweebs,
Woa, do I have to teach 'em some rude!......uhh dog that is!
It's Rude Dog (and the Dweebs)
Rude Dog! (heeheehahaha!)
Such a Rude Dog!
Yo dudes, get rude!
Rude Dog and the Dweebs: Episode Guide
As you can see I'm missing the detail sof a few of these, so if you know them please e-mail me any info you have at:
1. Hello, Mr. Kitty?Seymour continually terrorises the Dweebs. Rude Dog takes the Dweebs to the zoo so that they can face their fears by looking at the big cats held there. 2. The Fish Who Went Moo When Rude Dog lets the Dweebs get a pet they decide to buy a goldfish, but end up with a cow that can't moo! 3. Dweebiest Dog On The BeachRockbottom stagesa fake talent contest at the beach to trao Rude Dog and the Dweebs. 4. Dweeb-Illac Dilemma The Dweebs lose on eof the hubcabs from Rude Dogs cadillac. Tweek keeps Rude Dog busy while the Dweebs find a replacement. 5. No Dweebs Aloud Rude Dog takes the gang to a museum. 6. Ding-A-Ling KittyAfter crashing into a door, Seymour beleives he uis a dog and makes friends with Rude Dog and the dweebs. 7. War Of The Dweebs
8. Dweebs In SpaceSatch enters for the Space Program, but Reggie replaces him only to realise he's going to space and not be a Star. 9. Nightmare On Dweeb Street
10. Dweebsy Kind'a Love
11. Call Of The DweebRude Dog and the Dweebs take Kibble to a forest oputside of the city to help her earn her badges. 12. Dumbbell Dweeb The gang help Satch to get his confidence back, after he fails miserably at a quiz show. 13. Waiter, There's A Dweeb In My Soup! Kibble tries to help Rude Dog with Gloria, and Rude Dog takes Gloria to a French Restaurant. 14. Boardwalk Boss Rude Dog takes the Dweebs to a Boardwalk Carnival, but Herman and Rot try to capture them Inside. 15. To Kibble Or Not To Kibble
16. Dweebsday Afternoon
17. Dweebochondriacs
18. Surprise, You're Itch!
19. Leave It To Tweek
20. Polly Wanna Dweeb?
21. Winston's Family TreeRotBecause of a Marker Mishap by Satch, Winston thinks he's related to Herman's Dog, Rot. 22. Pretty Dweebs All In A Row
23. The Hiccuping Bandit
24. Dweeb Your Manners
25. Tuesday The 14th, Part Dweeb
26. Home Sweet Dweeb Herman tricks Barney with Tweek and Caboose into buying a Flea collar which is really a tracking device to help Herman capture RD and the other Dweebs.
