Dog City

This animated-live action puppet series follows the adventures of Ace Hart, a canine PI, and Eliot Shag, his 'real-life' German Shepherd animator.

Genre: Animation, Comedy

Director: Jim Henson

Cast:Ron White , Elizabeth Hanna , John Stocker , Stuart Stone , Kevin Clash , Joey Mazzarino , Brian Meehl , Tabitha St. Germain , Fran Brill

1Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 1 - The Big Squeak

September 26, 1992

Eliot Shag is having a tough time thinking up a new idea for an Ace Hart Adventure - until a squeaky toy named Mr. Mokey sparks his imagination. Unfortunately, the plot lands Ace nose-to-nose with the infamous gang of Bugsy the Dogfather and his mongrel mafia!

2Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 2 - Taming of the Screw

October 3, 1992

A loose screw in Eliot's animation desk causes him great aggravation, but it also becomes the inspiration for another adventure with Ace Hart.

3Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 3 - Meat, the Butcher

October 10, 1992

Eliot is ordered by his boss to draw a story with violence in it. Unfortunately, this goes against Elliot's belief that violence is unnecessary.

4Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 4 - Disobedience School

October 17, 1992

Eliot is trying to help his friend Artie cope with starting a new school year at a brand new school.

5Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 5 - The Dog Pound

October 31, 1992

Eliot is accused of having chewed Bruno's favorite slipper, and he's placed under dog house arrest in his very own home.

6Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 6 - Radio Daze

November 14, 1992

Eliot Shag's inspiration for his next Ace Hart Adventure comes from his television repair man who's nostalgic for the good ole days of radio.

7Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 7 - The Bloodhound

November 21, 1992

Eliot's suspicions and fears about Colleen's new friend result in a madcap adventure that has Dog City howling in fear.

8Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 8 - Adventures in Puppysitting

November 28, 1992

Coleen Barker, Eliot's neighbor, asks Eliot to puppysit her nephew Pomeroy.

9Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 9 - Ya Gotta Have Hart

December 19, 1992

Eliot Shag's boss at the network wants a more up-to-date, funky Ace Hart show. Buno delights in the news, hoping that Eliot will be evicted from his apartment.

10Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 10 - In Your Dreams

January 9, 1993

Eliot falls asleep at his animation table after a long hard day dreaming a new Ace Hart Adventure.

11Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 11 - Rocketship K-9

January 16, 1993

Bruno is convinced that aliens are invading Dog City. Eliot decides to take this as a cue for his next Ace Hart Adventure.

12Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 12 - Cats 'n' Dogs

January 23, 1993

Cats are moving into Eliot's apartment building, and Bruno will not allow it. This gives Eliot inspiration for his latest Ace Hart Adventure.

13Season 1

Dog City: Season 1 (1992): Episode 13 - Is It Arf?

January 30, 1993

Artie has decided he has a new detective hero--someone who uses a cool detecting kit to solve his mysteries.

1Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 1 - Boss Bruiser

September 18, 1993

Arch bad dog Bugsy Ville is sentenced to the Dog Pound after naming his dumb dumb nephew Bruiser as the gang's new Dogfather. But even with Ace and Roise hot on his tail, Bruiser somehow pulls off a series of brilliant crimes that prove every dog does have his day!

2Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 2 - Springer Fever

September 25, 1993

After meeting Artie's mother, Eliot catches Spring Fever. He creates an array of embarrassing romantic moments for Ace and Rosie while they attempt to rescue the mayor's secretary from the Vile gang.

3Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 3 - Much Ado About Mad Dog

October 2, 1993

Dog City's annual shipment of flea powder has been pilfered and Hijacked And Ace Hart the local flatpaw along with the lovely Chief of detectives Rosie O'Gravy are itching to sniff out the culprits! Ace finds himself barking up the wrong tree, untill though a poetry spouting bow wow named Mad Dog that lends Ace and the flatpaws a paw!

4Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 4 - Of Mutts & Mayors

October 9, 1993

Rosie and Ace become blues-singing hoboes when the newly-elected Mayor Vile strips them of their dog licenses.

5Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 5 - Who Watches the Watch Dog?

October 16, 1993

Eliot swaps superhero stories with Artie and decides it's time to introduce a superhero to Dog City. However, when the "Watch Dog" quickly rises to star status, Ace gets jealous.

6Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 6 - The Great Dane Curse

October 23, 1993

When Ace learns Eliot plans to invite Artie's mom on a date, Ace announces: romance is for saps. Eliot disagrees and sets up a classic film noir to prove his point.

7Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 7 - Out of the Mouths of Pups

October 30, 1993

Artie's enthusiasm plus some fun letters, inspire Eliot to do a story with all the favorite characters, featuring Eddie as kidnap victim. The Vile Gang get more chatter and advice from Eddie than they can stand.

8Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 8 - Farewell, My Rosie

November 6, 1993

When Rosie is missing, Ace is hired to find her. With clever sleuthing and a series of interviews, he discovers things about Rosie he never imagined.

9Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 9 - Old Dog, New Tricks

November 13, 1993

Eliot Shag is overjoyed when his former art teacher Scratch McCollie drops by for a vist, Until the old pooch starts giving out unwanted advice. But when Scratch's aging cartoon detective Sam Spayed teams up with Ace Hart it turns into a dog gone great adventure!

10Season 2

Dog City: Season 2 (1993): Episode 10 - Sick as a Dog

November 20, 1993

Eliot is ill but must meet a story deadline. Much to Ace's annoyance, Eliot's creative neighbors all pitch in to help, injecting their own styles to story and animation as they take turns.

1Season 3

Dog City: Season 3 (1994): Episode 1 - The New Litter

September 17, 1994

Ace Hart adventures in Jurassic Bark complete with the Bugsy Vile gang, while Eliot helps Artie grapple with the trials and tribulations of creativity. We also meet new characters for this season such as Yves'n Steven-Yves, a cat burglar whose attempts at stealing the guarded prized possession are always foiled by Steven, the happy go lucky guard dog. We get an introduction to Dot, Rosie's niece in the adventures of "Rosie and Dot." Finally we meet Mr. Moogie, Artie's animated squeaky toy.

2Season 3

Dog City: Season 3 (1994): Episode 2 - Doggy See, Doggy Do

September 24, 1994

Eliot shows Artie that learning can be fun after Terri voices her concern over Artie's poor math grade. Meanwhile, Ace Hart tries to solve a case involving Bernie, the big pink star of the wildly popular kiddy show and discovers it's the Vile gang. We also meet Bugsy vile in "His Master's Choice Theater" as he reads to us a twisted version of Aesop's fable. We also learn about proper puppy behavior in "Good Doggie, Bad Doggie, " where Ace Hart & Mad Dog demonstrate the fine points of puppy etiquette. And finally Mr. Moogie learns about math by diving into a blackboard and tackling multiplication.

3Season 3

Dog City: Season 3 (1994): Episode 3 - Comedy of Horrors

October 1, 1994

Eliot salutes the horror genre in this chiller thriller, but strange things start happening in his own building as Artie, Bruno and Eliot begin to think that Bruiser has gone mad in a case of mistaken identity. Meanwhile Ace Hart and Eddie have stumbled onto a plot by Rottweiler to take over the world with his Sci - Fido monster and Rosie as it's bride! Mr. Moggie takes us on an adventure under the bed as he confronts and triumphs over "The Thing under the bed." Our Dog City cast also puts a slant on their version of the well-known Edgar Allan Poe-em, "The Tell Tale Heart, Liver and Egg."

4Season 3

Dog City: Season 3 (1994): Episode 4 - Howl the Conquering Hero

October 8, 1994

Eliot helps Artie to understand that a hero doesn't have to be a superhero. Sometimes heroes are just ordinary dogs doing ordinary things, like his mom, Terri. Ace and Bugsy battle it out for the "Hero of the Year " award. Mr. Moogie saves the day by shrinking himself small enough to go into the stomach of the Presidog to fight a patch of bad grass. We also meet with the Woof Pack as they go rocketing off to the supermarket in search of biscuits.

5Season 3

Dog City: Season 3 (1994): Episode 5 - Reduce, Re-use, Retrieve

November 5, 1994

Artie has every doggie in the building recycling, but not before he makes life miserable, especially for Eliot!Meanwhile, Ace Hart uncovers another plot by the Baron Bon Rottweiler to take over the world when all the trees in Dog City are tree napped. "Rosie and Dot" go camping beside the Bugsy Vile gang and Mad Dog pays homage to Argbor Day by reciting a poem, and another installment of Yves and Steven finds cat burglar's attempts to steal the prize possession, foiled by Steven.

6Season 3

Dog City: Season 3 (1994): Episode 6 - Future Schlock

November 12, 1994

Eliot and Artie help each other overcome their fear of the future. While Ace and Eddie chase Rottweilers most recently commissioned world domination device -- a doggie door time portal machine. Yves la Chance's ancestor carries on the family name as the greatest cat burglar in the cosmos - but Stevens great great grandson hasn't changed a bit. He still dresses in the same uniform and still foils Yves attempts at every comic turn. Rosie and Dot take a trip to a futuristic amusement park where Rosie demonstrates to Dot, with the help of the Vile gang, how crime will be cleaned up in the future.

7Season 3

Dog City: Season 3 (1994): Episode 7 - No Pain, No Brain

November 19, 1994

Eliot kicks off a crash exercise course with Artie as his trainer so he can run with Terri in the Dog City marathon and learns that you can't get in shape overnight. Ace Hart gets his fair share of exercise at the Fido Olympics, as he tries to solve the mysterious disappearance of the athletes and ends up competing against Bugsy Vile! Mr. Moggie takes his turn at exercise in the time-honored tale of "The Tortoise and the Hare." And we are introduced to the Woof Pack superheroes - lead by the Watch Dog, and followed by Pectoral Pooch, Plastic Lassie, Wonder Whelp and Hear Boy!

8Season 3

Dog City: Season 3 (1994): Episode 8 - The Dog Days of Summer Vacation

November 26, 1994

It's the summer and everyone is excited, about to disperse on their vacations. Eliot however is stuck behind doing a show so he sends Ace and Rosie on a vacation, accompanied by Eddie and Dot.