Cartoons We Loved - Dudley Do-Right
January 31st 2011 03:04
For those who have been hiding under a rock however, Dudley Do-Right is basically an inept Canadian mounty who along with almost equally inept RCMC (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) chief, Inspector Fenwick were charged with the duties that well only a Mountie could perform.
Fenwick also had a daughter Nell whom Dudley had a crush on, however, Nell had a crush for Dudley's horse who was simply named "Horse".
To round off the plot there there was also the sinister Snidley Whiplash.
In the bigger scheme of things, Dudley Do-Right should have been relegated to the cartoon scrap heap - having little in the way of redeeming characterisations which would sit and and scream 'icon' - yet the 30 or so episodes live on with the character of Dudley not gracing printed T's around the world, but also finding favour with film producers back in 1999 when Brendan Fraser starred in the big screen role.
In fact, the theme music for Dudley Do-Right includes a small portion of Franz von Suppé's Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna, while for TV fans - a majority of the narrations from the cartoon series were done by William Conrad, who later went on to find fame as Frank Cannon in the 70s cop series 'Cannon'.
Yet inspite (or perhaps due to) its chessy nature, Dudley Do-Right has survived and along with Nell, Snidley Whiplash, Inspector Fenwick and 'Horse' are all part of a cartoon series which justifyably deserves the title as 'one we loved'.
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