Brad Beard's animated series in 1993 "Family Dog" began his life a few years earlier as an episode of "Amazing Stories", a series of Anthology produced by Steven Spielberg, who used Clint Eastwood's talents (Among many other important directors). Also, titled "Family Dog", the episode was aired on February 16, 1987, and was characterized by a cute white terrier of some kind (with its pads provided by the bird) who lived in an ordinary suburbs with a family of white sitcom. The dog was once called "dog", but his real name was Jonah. The episode also starred in the legendary Stan Freberg as a family patriarch and Annie Potz as his wife. Dani Elfman and Steve Bartek secured the music, with Tim Burton contributing to the designs of the Fort characters.

The work was cut into three vignettes, all of which focused on the ways in which the family dog can force - and unfortunately - to be inserted into traditional family moments. In a short, the family dog only carries the bitterness of being a dog. In the second, the family dog eats Christmas ham. In the third, the dog was sent to school for obedience after failing to destroy the robbery. Even in 1987, the audience felt that the "family dog" episode was supposed to be the pilot on the back for a full animated series.

What, of course, was. The series "Family Dog" began on June 23, 1993, with Martin Mul and Molly checking the roles of parents. The premium and appearance of the series was almost identical to the "amazing stories" episode, as the dog still lived with the same family, including a troubled 10-year-old son (Zack Hucksteile Epstein) and an unconscious six-year-old daughter (Casey Cole). This time, Spielberg and Burton teamed up to serve as executive producers. Most of the episodes were directed by Chris Buck ("Frozen", "Desire") and/or Clive A. Smith (which handle segment of The notorious "Special Holiday of War of Starwives").

Unfortunately, the series was short -lived and only the last 10 episodes. It was canceled on July 28, 1993, in response to the indifference of the audience and a number of bad examinations.

Since it was a show, the lives of central people had to spread to the "family dog" TV series. They were declared Binsfords and were, to be honest, many as the Simpsons. Recall that Simpsons should have been contrary to the traditional family of Sitcom, expressing anxiety and clown, where there were, in traditional television, warmth and strange. Binsfords were the same in that they were small, caustic and angry for a lot of time. The dog was often blamed for destroying everything, but its well -intentioned cripples usually brought the family closer. For example, the dog loses a dog show in the cockpit episode just to destroy everything because it is thirsty, knocking over the frost sculpture. On driving home, Binsfords jokes just over the chaos.

Just like the "Simpsons", "family dog" was not pink or light. At least one of the stories included a dog to be bitten by a toxic mosquito, taken to a vet and almost dies. Another episode is for a homeless woman, while another is still about how the family home is almost burning. A "family dog" was more tragedy than comedy. Indeed, it was a little distorted. It may be created by a bird, but it can smell of Burton's influence on it, as the series carried its dark, carnival sense of humor.

But there are no critics. Ken Tucker for fun weekly Stunned by the hatred of the show, describing it as a "funny but dark story of a gray small dog football, despised by his disgusting family. A joke in the" family dog "of the birds was that the people who owned this lazy, fragrant, stupid rifle was even more pathetic." The Chicago Tribune's critic also hated And I felt everyone had to talk less. Meanwhile, the ratings remained low, and the show soon disappeared. It was only later available on Laserdisc, with several selected episodes released to VHS.

Of course, the hopes were high for a "family dog", and the series was even licensed for Super Nintendo's video game. Unfortunately, even the game was missed. In fact, the web site Time to extend Once stated is like one of the worst games of all time.

"Family Dog" failed only; Became notorious. The original "family dog" shorts could technically dating the Simpsons debut, but its expansion into the series was inserted by an explosion of animated shows that hit Primitim in the wake of that series. Indeed, a "family dog" has become one of the three expensive, high profile failures, all published in the early 90's and all with animated animals. Specifically, the "family dog" joined the plays "Capitol Crete" and "Fish Police", and both published in 1992, at the ashes. "Capitol Criteria", a cartoon starring animals in Washington DC, was a mixed bag, but the "fish police", a series of detectives in the area, was strangely strong. That, along with a "family dog", did not deserve his negative reception.

The above image is from The third episode "Treehouse of Horror" of "Simpsons", which was broadcast on October 29, 1992. You can clearly see the tombstones "Fish Police", "Capitol" and "family dog". The "family dog" had not been aired yet, but it was already dead. Animation enthusiasts knew that the "family dog" was raised as a series ... and then canceled before making it even to air waves. Her broadcasting in 1993 was considered a "burn", ie. View of the public made only of contractual obligation.

"Family Dog" is not available on streaming, but resourceful websites will be able to find low quality on the show's show here and there. It is certainly worth a look. Despite its reputation as a massive failure, the "family dog" is quite good. But yes, it's caustic.