Underdog: The Pill-Popping Super-Pooch
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When I was a kid, back in 1968-75, Underdog was usually bundled with Tennessee Tuxedo, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, and a few others.
dont forget Chumlee LOL
Also Commander McBragg and Klondike Kat !
"Look, up in the sky! It's a plane, it's a bird, it's a frog! A frog?"
"Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog, it's little old me...CRASH... Underdog."
Oh man, Underdog was one of my favourites as a kid. Love the theme song, almost as much as i love the original Spiderman theme song.
Wow...same here on the show and the theme song...the 1960s Spiderman theme was a favorite of mine too.
I used to watch underdog in the early 70's.
Now I know why I spent 35 years popping doggy biscuits... it was for the better of man kind and a shot at Polly purebread.
I love Underdog and the way he talks, I also love that even though the city would get destroyed he would always make sure that no one got seriously hurt.
As a kid of the 70's Underdog was one of my favorites!
Underdog was taking Mother's Little Helpers lol
In my opinion Simon Bar Sinister will always be the greatest villain of all time. Sadly, he tends to fly under the radar on many people's list of greatest TV villains.
"Simon says "Dry up" "hold it Underdog or I'll smash Lake Michigan forever! Simon says "Rain" "thunder" " I have to cross Main Street to push the button"
I'm surprised that Boris Karloff never sued.
loved these reruns in 1970's as kid!
Early 90’s on Nickelodeon for me
I absolutely loved Underdog!
I remember his balloon in the Macy parade, with the theme music playing and one of the hosts dramatically reading the script.
Very underrated cartoon 🤗
I loved watching "Underdog" my favorite Saturday cartoon show. Love to be a kid in the early 60s.
When danger calls, I am not slow..
It's hip hip hip and away I go!
My parents got me a 3 volume DVD set as a boy and we all thought it was all the episodes. I think there was only around 13 in total, so I sadly still haven't seen all of them.
I always suspected Underdog of having a pretty nasty speed habit.
I don’t know if anyone else mentioned it, but that theme was way more epic than a goofy cartoon needed. It’s really great and is something missing from modern tv
There's a LOT missing from modern tv.
The butthole surfer’s cover version is epic
I've always liked Underdog and I love the theme song.
One of the lines was "Fighting all who rob or plunder!" Seems to me they should have said "rob AND plunder"!
Back in my day... Underdog, The Mighty Hero's & Felix the Cat were my favorite cartoons.
I liked top cat too
@@billyhomeyer7414 Forgot about Top Cat. I liked him, an Snaggle Puss, " Exit, Stage Left " ! lol
Also, Hong Kong Phooey! Number one super guy!
Secret squirrel, I still like squirrels
I had forgotten about the pill. But it never made turn to drugs. Always liked Simon Bar Sinister and Riff Raff. Is there any chance you could do a video focusing on these villains?
Simon Bar Sinister is an interesting play on the Hebrew word "Bar", meaning "Son Of". Simon, (The hearer), son of Sinister.
@@alfredo7843 I think that in heraldry, "bar sinister" indicates someone of illegitimate birth. In other words, Simon's a bastard!
Remember the episode where Riff Raff introduced a criminal who was Underdog's lookalike, so the latter ended up in prison? What got to me is that Underdog decided, since everyone was blaming him, that must mean he WAS guilty! (Underdog isn't too bright...)
Riff Raff reminds me of Ted Cruz and Simon looks like Rudy Giuliani. Evil criminals.
@@Blaqjaqshellaq Tap Tap the Chiseler was the doppelganger.
Underdog was my favorite cartoon as a kid. It’s goofy villains like Simon Bar Sinister and Overcat were great send ups of Batman and Superman villains. I loved that he talked in rhyme and was the champion of the little people. The theme is one of only three song that would ever sing karaoke.
Were speed racer and gigantor the other 2?
I watched this show in reruns during the early 1970s. My favorite episode was the one with "Overcat."
Here is a bit of trivia that went over the head of the censors at the time but then again those who might know something of Heraldry would have got the reference. The evil scientist whose name was Simon Bar Sinister was a play on words. In medieval heraldry, Bar Sinister means bastard or the bastard so Simon could be called Simon the Basteaed.
Well, if you go to the Hebrew? or Jewish? language, bar meant son of, like the character bar Abbas, or son of the father; wherefore Simon bar Sinister could be Son of Sinister. Or was "bar" from Aramaic? I dunno. Just taking a huge W.A.G. here.
@@johntiggleman4686That's what makes it a pun! Simon bar Jonah = Simon son of Jonah but Simon bar sinister = Simon the bastard
This video brought back a weird memory. As a kid I didn't know what the phrase "Underdog" actually meant, so I never questioned it as his name. The joke completely went over my head. What's more, if I did hear someone use the phrase I thought they were referencing the cartoon for many years. Funny to think about now. Did anyone else have a similar experience?
Just like I never understood Overcat was supposed to be the opposite of Underdog. I just thought it was a villain's name and thought nothing of it.
I didn't understand the term "underdog" either, but I was 4 or 5 when I was watching. I also didn't understand what "bread" had to do with Polly. I got a good laugh years later when I figured it out.
Yes, I did, only all the time! And incidentally, I loved it when Underdog spoke in rhyme! 😉
If the name "Underdog" flew over your head, look up what "Bar Sinister" actually means. 🤣
Yes, the creators were actually calling him a bastard.
@racookster Funny you should say that. I did look it up a few months ago. It means the symbol the bastard of a king would use in heraldry. What a great, oblique reference for a kids' show!
I liked Underdog as a kid,as an adult I wonder why he wasn't arrested for destroying so many telephone booths.
Happy Childhood memories, we even had the Milton Bradley game.
Now we know why there are no phone booths. It's Underdog's fault.
Funny thing.., at this moment I don't have much memory of that pill. I have a trick memory though, it could come back to me at any moment.
I don't either, and I watched it in it's original run in the 60s. Maybe I missed them, or they had been edited out. Or maybe, at 73, I just forgot about it.
I used to watch Underdog but today is the first time I noticed Shoeshine boy was virtually naked! Censors slipped up there.
that Happen with the character "Tweety Bird" in the early days of his cartoon he was seen naked like a new born bird..with pink skin......it got past the Censors untill one cartoon Tweety was being chased by two cats....one cat said "hear comes the naked Genius now" The Censors hit the roof hearing that and demand Tweety wear clothes. instead he was painted Yellow to make it seem he had his feathers.
If I’m not mistaken, the late Wally Cox was the voice of Underdog. He also made many appearances on the original ”Hollywood Squares” TV game show. One of my favorite TV characters. 👌
Wally Cox voicing Underdog was mentioned in the video.
Love love love Underdog. It's simpli🎉was pure genius. I believe I have all the episodes on DVD.
Underdog was great. The dramatic reading, the music, and a hero who was a totally inept klutz, who still made you root for him. Truly an Underdog. And that baggy, ill fitting costume!
And there were so many catchphrases...
There's no need to fear. Underdog is here!
Oh where oh where has my Underdog gone? Oh where, oh where can he be?
Thank you, Shoeshine Boy. You're humble and loveable.
Bless you, sir. (Crunch)
Looks iike this is the end!
Not bird, nor plane, not even frog. Its just little old me... (embarrassed laugh) Underdog.
When Polly's in trouble, I am not slow! So it's hip, hip hip and away I go!
❤ Underdog as a kid and his theme song
I loved Underdog so much as a very young kid. I usedc to watch it in the early 70s on WNEW TV ch. 5 in NYC. But it was also his companion shows that made me laugh so hard like Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumbly, and the legendary Commander McBragg. lol
"Not bird, nor plane nor even frog...it's just little old me --- (CRASH)...underdog.""
Maybe Underdog was an early adopter of Senzu Beans?
Every Underdog story has a first defeat, which Underdog must overcome. The inevitability of his bounce-back is part of the joke.
He hit that supet-speed and beat everybody up.
I use to watch it every morning
I love Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales!!
I Always Wanted to See a Origin Story of U-Dog.
I forgot about this...thanks for the memories. I loved this. Better than eating tide pods...lol
Underdog is a legendary cartoon superhero. 😀👍🐶
There is a backstory for Underdog in a book written by Buck Biggers and Chet Stover. I covered it on my channel.
Get the cool... Get the cool Shoeshine.
I grew up watching the cartoon growing up. But strangely I appreciated and still enjoyed it when I got older. Don’t forget Fractured Fairy Tales. 😁
My first superhero that I ever encountered was Underdog in reruns back in the very early 1970s 😊. He was also my first Halloween 🎃 costume!
Basically to paraphrase Robin Williams 'Underdog was speeding his titties off'.
parts of two of Underdog's creators' names -- specifically, Watts Biggers and Treadwell Covington -- could be characters' names.
I liked Underdog more than Mighty Mouse. I also enjoyed Top Cat,Yogi Bear,Huckleberry Hound,Popeye,and Tennessee Tuxedo which he's probably the reason i like the penguins from Madagascar. Of course I enjoyed all the "regular" cartoons such as Tom and Jerry,Bugs Bunny,The Jetsons, Flintstones,etc. Boy did you bring back memories with this video. Thank you ❤
I have all the Top Cat episodes on DVD. Fun stuff. Tennessee Tuxedo with his side-kick Chumley, and Mr.Whoopee with his 3DBB (Three Dimensional Black Board) I wish I had. And of course King Leonardo, with his aide Odie Eau Cologne, and the baddies Itchy Brother and Biggie Rat.
The Disney live-action movie prompted at least introduced Underdog to the 2000s kids and prompted me to watch the old cartoon series.
As a kid I LOVED Underdog. As an adult, I can understand how popping pills would be seen as a bad thing. Still, Simon Bar and RiffRaff were wonderful villains. Now do a video on Secret Squirrel..
Not bird nor plane, nor even frog. It's just little old me *CRASH*...Underdog...
Always loved Underdog. Wally Cox was the perfect voice for this unusual hero.
There was always a bit of a controversy in later years because Shoeshine Boy had to take a pill to get his superpowers. There was an article that noted the problem with Underdog and also with another great classic cartoon Roger Ramjet who had to take a "proton energy pill" to get his superpowers. Then, it dryly noted that no one ever complained that Super Chicken had to drink a martini to get HIS.
[Not even exaggerating - there were several episodes where Super Chicken complained about the amount of vermouth in his "super sauce."]
He sure was humble and lovable.
me, watching the first phone booth get destroyed: um, the phone booth is history.
Narrator, several scenes later: a complete obliteration of the phone booth itself.
Call it "illustrated radio"!
Underdog was the man , my all time favorite as a kid
I had a theory when i was a kid after first seeing Underdog on TV is that he might have been a part of a secret experiment involving either the military or the space program.
The Underdog theme slaps. Most cartoons would have been satisfied with ONE great verse, but Underdog had the one that opens the video and also "When in this world the headlines read of those whose hearts are filled with greed and rob and steal from those who need the cry goes out with blinding speed for Underdog." But in retrospect between Underdog's Super-Energy Pills and Roger Ramjet's Proton Pills, kids' cartoons really did seem to be pushing better living through chemistry in the 60s.
I loved this show even as a kid in the 90s. I wanted to be a shoe-shine boy just like Underdog!
Gotta love Nickelodeon reruns :D
"I feel fine when I sit down, but when I stand up, things spin around!"
Lol, that Underdog voice. Thanks Rich.
Underdog was one of my dad's favorite shows.
Would love to see these restored to their unaltered versions in HD.
Underdog!!! Electric!!! I remember watching this as a kid..
Back in the '60s, many super-heroes didn't have (or need) origin stories---we never knew the origins of Space Ghost, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, Young Samson and Goliath, the Impossibles, the Herculoids.
In fact, the only super-heroes I knew of that had an origin were The Mighty Mightor, Shazzan, (more or less), and Moby Dick, the super-whale.
It was just entertaining enough that they were there to battle the forces of evil, and preserve peace and justice throughout the galaxy.
I remember having to get up at like 6:30 in the morning to catch Underdog on Saturday mornings. I wasn't around early enough to catch it when it first ran as a new show and the only time it came on when I was a kid was super early.
My 70s Saturday mornings started out with Underdog. I think it came on after the farm report at 6:30 am. Those were the days.😊
I guess I'm the first...to admit one of my tattoos is underdog
Aww how awesome
and it is located where?
I had a girlftiend in the 90's with a stragically placed Winnie the pooh bear tatt.
" When Polly's in trouble , I am not slow ! So it's hip, hip, and away I go !"
0:26 *Did Inch High Private Eye have an origin story?*
*In 1967 two Live Action comedies came up with the same premise. Captain Nice and Mr. Terrific.*
*Scheduled 30 minutes apart on the same night, it was possible to watch both.*
Inch High Private Eye had an origin in the title sequence of his cartoon where it was shown him being hit by a shirk ray.
When I was a small kid, Riff Raff used to scare the heck out of me! Haha! It seems to be a shame that Don Adams didn't embrace voicing Tennessee Tuxedo more because it was always a favorite of mine!
Thanks for sharing one of my earliest TV memories.
Simon bar Sinister: what a great villain name. This 'toon, along with Tennessee Tuxedo and Super Chicken were my favorites at the time. Another canine "superhero" that came along later was "Hong Kong Phooey," who was also just a humble character, a janitor.
HongKong Phooey never accomplished anything, it was always his assistant but Phooey got the credit.
Man I used to love this show as a kid!👍👍👍
I used to watch this after school in the early 90s. Had no idea it’s original run was in the 60s
A interesting thing in the 2000's the movie how they give him a origin story how he went to rejected dog police and get superpower by accident from the experiment of Simon Bar Sinister.. Is a bad movie, but this would be a good form of origin story
I thought it was Hong Kong Fui but cut me slack I was not even thought of yet .
ive noticed that about a great many of our comic book heros. they save the day like an atom bomb going off.
Mickey Mouse+Superman=Mighty Mouse
Snoopy+Superman=Underdog
Underdog+Kung Fu=Hong Kong Phooey
Being a Superman fan, I was curious to watch Underdog. And I loved it. Starting with that great theme song and the adventures all the way through. I liked how it was parody of Superman, and how they did it.
Underdog was a regular for me growing up so thanks for vid - my suggestions wish list are Westwind (with Van Williams), "Superheroes" (Coo Coo Man, Tornado Man, etc) and Tennesse Tuxedo (who was briefly mentioned here).Thanks
Underdog was definitely my favorite, with Super Chicken in second place!! Thanks for the video. ✌️
Super Chicken had his "Super Sauce," which gave him his super powers. Such great cartoons.
@@johntiggleman4686 "Get the super-sauce Fred!"
I didn't know this was a cartoon. I've just seen the live action movie, which I'm fond of and think about sometimes still. Literally just earlier today I briefly had that theme tune in my head.
I find it hilarious that some TV execs thought this cartoon could lead to childhood drug use, yet during the same time period The Flintstones were in cigarette commercials.
I think that cigarettes were far more acceptable back then and the flintstones were the equivalent of adult animation back then even though it’s very tame
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!
It's a frog!
When I was younger, if any kid was on the swings and wanted someone to give them a big push, we always requested, “Give me an underdog!“ I have no idea if that was inspired by the show or not.
Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog...
Crash into a billboard. "It's just little old me...Underdog".
I grew up watching him. As a kid, I thought his superhero costume was baggy to hold all his extra energy pills. It wasn't his abs.
Very good documentary, in Brazil this character was called "O Vira-latas", something like the trashcan turner. Very nostalgic for my childhood, when it was shown in the 80s on local TV stations.
Gotta love cartoons from that time ! No preachy woke bullshit !
I saw later rerun Underdog episodes. Probably early 1970s. So the power pill was already gone. Didn't know about it until I saw this.
I remember when I was 10 in 92 that summer watching reruns on Nickelodeon and been one of my favorite animated shows.
And I had the hots for sweet Polly. I tell you they got away with hot furry chicks in the last century like her, Cleo on heathcliff, Minerva Mink on animaniacs, Julie Bruin on tiny toons, Jenny on Bucky O’hare, m’ress in Star Trek tas, mutated Selina Kyle in that Batman the Animated Series episode where Selina Kyle got turned into a literal cat woman, Lola bunny in space jam, gadget Hackwrench, Angel in rock and rule, Goldie in rock a doodle, gandra dee on Ducktales, Felicia in darkstalkers, Callie Briggs and swat Kats ladies, Rebecca Cunningham and the talespin women, Aisha Clan Clan from outlaw Star, maid Marian, Colleen on road rovers, Mallory on mighty ducks, carbine on biker mice from mars, mirage on Aladdin the series, Kit mambo and Brenda on animalympics, to cheetara and pumyra on thundercats lol
Me too
@@GeraldM_inNC
You remember on Nickelodeon?
BREAK'EM OFF SOME, UNDERDOG!!!!!!
fun fact: underdog had a macy’s parade balloon from 1965 to 1984. unfortunately, the balloon no longer exists
LOVE UNDERDOG and UNDERDOG ALONE... So he took Super Energy pills.. He was as bad ass as can be....
It's always bothered me when a team was deemed the underdog. I always thought that it meant the team was good....like Underdog.
UD was off that addycaine combo 😭😭😭 🐕🫡
I don't think we ever had this in the UK.
I think Underdog’s energy/vitamin pill taking is more in common with Captain America’s Super Soldier Serum. But, instead of taking it once for all of Cap’s life, Underdog’s pills is mostly like Superman needing the sun to maintain his powers whenever Underdog feels his weakness of the Kryptonite effects of using up too much super power in the first arc episode to be continued in later episodes when he does take his pill finally.
I remember watching this show when I was a kid.
either I constantly misheard his name as aderton or I missremember it.(english is not my first language, there is also a chance it got localized.)