THE DEPUTY DAWG SHOW - "The Space Varmint" (1960)

This week's Saturday Night Special is another space themed cartoon. From 1960, here's Episode two from the first season of "The Deputy Dawg Show," titled

"The Space Varmint."

 

"The Space Varmint" was recommended to me by my good pal and comix artiste Brian James Riedel.

From the late 80's, here's a couple of the covers of Brian's self-published comic series he called

"FAB ION." 

 

This story starts with Deputy Dawg putting up a wanted poster for Muskie Muskrat. He's been stealing eggs and the Deputy doesn't like it.

To show how much he cares, Muskie draws a mustache on his mug on the wanted poster!

Dayton Allen was the guy who did the voice for Deputy Dawg, and he was also the voice of Muskie Muskrat. In other episodes, he was also the voice of other colorful characters like Vincent Van Gopher

Then this varmint from space shows up!

Muskie and the Space Varmint hit it off right from the first.

They're good pals already!

To show his new friend how much he likes him, the Space Varmint goes and gets Muskie a bunch of eggs!

The Space Varmint really likes eggs too!

Of course Deputy Dawg thinks Muskie stole the eggs!

Muskie rats out The Space Varmint, and Deputy Dawg thinks it's just a tall tale until he faces the Varmint himself!

Muskie comes up with a distraction plan and borrows an egg from Al E. Gator, and Space Varmint is in heaven when he gives it to him!

There's just one problem, the shell on the alligator egg is to thick and hard, and the Space Varmint can't crack it open!

He does everything in his power to crack open the egg, and when nothing else works, he tosses it up in the air, and when it lands back on the ground, it cracks open and a baby alligator pops out and immediately attacks the Space Varmint!

The Space Varmint is no match for the baby alligator at all.

The Space Varmint gets the Hell out of there as fast as he can, and heads back to Mars or wherever he came from.

Thanx Brian! Dagnabbit!!