The Dick Tracy Show

This article is about the 1960s cartoon series. For the comic strip on which it is based, see Dick Tracy.
The Dick Tracy Show
Also known asThe Adventures of Dick Tracy
GenreCrime, adventure, comedy
Created byChester Gould
Written by
Directed by
Presented byUPA
Voices of
Theme music composerCarl Brandt
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes130
Production
Executive producers
EditorTed Baker
Running time5 minutes
Original release
NetworkFirst-run syndication
ReleaseJanuary 1, 1961 (1961-01-01) –
January 1, 1962 (1962-01-01)
Related
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
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The Dick Tracy Show is an American animated television series based on Chester Gould's comic strip crime fighter. The series was produced from 1961 to 1962 by UPA.[1]

In the show, policeman Dick Tracy employed a series of cartoony subordinate flatfoots to fight crime each week, contacting them on his two-way wristwatch radio.[2] Tracy himself hardly appeared on the show at all.[3] The opening was designed so that local TV hosts dressed as policemen could introduce the cartoon by barking orders into a prop intercom, with Tracy answering "Okay, chief, I'll get on it right away."[3]

A live action show, Dick Tracy, aired on ABC from 1950 to 1951.[4]

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 245–247. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 148–149. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.