Dippy

Dippy

September 12, 1970 (estimated) TV Episode The Reluctant Dragon

Studio
Rankin Bass Productions, Mushi Studios
Animation studio
Mushi Studios
Distributor
Videocraft International

Synopsis

Tobias is a friendly dragon with one problem. He has a severe allergy to daisies, and spews fire whenever he sees one.

Characters

Tobias, King Herman, Sir Malcolm, Little Girl, Ugliola, Irving the Bold, Sir Andrew

Credits

Directing

Director
Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass

Producing

Producer
Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass

Writing

Writer
Romeo Muller, William J. Keenan
Based On Original Characters from The Reluctant Dragon By
Kenneth Grahame

Voices

Voice
Paul Soles (Tobias), Claude Ray, Carl Banas, Donna Miller

Music

Music
Maury Laws, Jules Bass

Crew

Character Design
Paul Coker, Jr.
Editorial Supervision
Irwin Goldress
Recording Supervision
Bernard Cowan
Sound Engineer
Murray Shields
Animation Supervision
Steve Nakagawa
Script Editor
William J. Keenan

Companies and other credits

  • Animation Production: Mushi Studios

Production notes

This series ran until September 17, 1972.

Two "Reluctant Dragon" cartoons and one "Mr. Toad" cartoon were seen in each episode.

Cartoons include "The Campscout Girls" (The Reluctant Dragon), "Cowardly Herman" (The Reluctant Dragon), "The Demolition Derby" (Mr. Toad) "The Dragon Robot" (The Reluctant Dragon), "Gentleman's Gentleman" (Mr. Toad), "How Not to Be a Wizard" (The Reluctant Dragon), "If It's Wednesday It Must Be Viking Land" (The Reluctant Dragon) "Micemaster Road," "Never Count on a Corn Flower" (The Reluctant Dragon), "Wretched Robin Hood" (The Reluctant Dragon), "The Haunted Castle" (Mr. Toad), and "Tobias, the Terror of the Tournament" (The Reluctant Dragon).

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