The All-New Dennis the Menace

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The All-New Dennis the Menace
Also known asDennis the Menace
The Incredible Dennis the Menace[1][2]
Created bySean Roche
Bob Shellhorn[3]
Developed bySean Roche
Written byHank Ketcham
Sean Roche[4]
Lori Crawford[4]
Directed byBob Shellhorn
Voices ofAdam Wylie
Jeannie Elias
Dan Gilvezan
Greg Burson
June Foray
Katie Leigh
Anna Mathias
Music byTom Worrall[2]
Country of originUnited States
Italy
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerAndy Heyward[4]
ProducersBob Shellhorn
Kent W. Meredith (associate)[4]
Kurt Weldon (associate)[4]
Production companiesDIC Animation City
Reteitalia
Telecinco
Saerom Animation (animation)
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 18 (1993-09-18) –
December 11, 1993 (1993-12-11)[2]

The All-New Dennis the Menace is an animated series based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham that aired from September 18 to December 11, 1993 on CBS (while the 1986 series was still airing in syndication).[5]

It capitalizes on the success of a live-action film adaptation of the comic strip, released in 1993.[6]

Produced by DIC Entertainment and Reteitalia, S.p.A., in association with Spanish network Telecinco, it, like the latter, was sponsored by General Mills.

Cast[edit]

Additional voices[edit]

Episodes[edit]

No.TitleWritten byOriginal air date
1"Brother Rats"Sean RocheSeptember 18, 1993 (1993-09-18)
2"Hospitality"Doug MolitorSeptember 25, 1993 (1993-09-25)
3"It's a Guy Thing"Sean Roche & Barry O'BrienOctober 2, 1993 (1993-10-02)
4"Pains, Trains & Automobiles"Julianne KlemmOctober 9, 1993 (1993-10-09)
5"Like Master, Like Mutt"David Bennett Carren & J. Larry CarrollOctober 16, 1993 (1993-10-16)
6"Lock, Stock & Grumble"Eleanor Burian-Mohr & Jack HanrahanOctober 23, 1993 (1993-10-23)
7"Caution: Boy at Work"Bruce Shelly & Reed ShellyOctober 30, 1993 (1993-10-30)
8"Fortune Fix"Francis MossNovember 6, 1993 (1993-11-06)
9"Navy Destroyer"Sean RocheNovember 13, 1993 (1993-11-13)
10a"Yankee Doodle Dennis"David WeimersNovember 20, 1993 (1993-11-20)
10b"Mom's Helper"Francis MossNovember 20, 1993 (1993-11-20)
11"Wish You Weren't Here"Bruce Shelly & Reed Shelly
Story by : David Weimers		November 27, 1993 (1993-11-27)
12a"Pig Out"Jess WinfieldDecember 4, 1993 (1993-12-04)
12b"Battle of the Bonding"Doug MolitorDecember 4, 1993 (1993-12-04)
13"Dennis the Genius"Ed Ferrara & Kevin MurphyDecember 11, 1993 (1993-12-11)

Background and production[edit]

Music[edit]

The series' opening theme was adapted from the overture to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro.[7][8] The series' score also consists of classical music adaptations from overtures,[4] such as the one from Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

Release[edit]

United States[edit]

Buena Vista Home Video released two single-episode VHS tapes in 1994, featuring the episodes "It's a Guy Thing" and "Hospitality".

Australia[edit]

Roadshow Entertainment released several VHS tapes in Australia in the mid-90s.[9][10][3]

Magna Pacific released all 13 episodes (except "Pig Out" and "Battle of the Bonding") on three separate region 4 DVD volumes in Australia in 2004,[2][11][12][13]

United Kingdom[edit]

Anchor Bay UK released a single DVD volume in June 2004, containing the first four episodes of the series. This DVD was reissued under Anchor Bay's "Price Wise" budget DVD imprint in August 2006.

In June 2005, Avenue Entertainment released two DVD volumes containing two episodes each.

Other media[edit]

Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control[edit]

In 2002, DIC produced a Television Film as part of their DIC Movie Toons series, titled Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control. It originally premiered on television on Nickelodeon on October 27, 2002,[14][15] and was released on VHS and DVD shortly afterward by MGM Home Entertainment, and later aired internationally on Disney Channel and Toon Disney. Instead of duplicating the look and feel of this show, it harked back instead to the character designs from the better-known 1986 Dennis the Menace series, also produced by DIC. It marks the first Dennis the Menace project released after Hank Ketcham's death on June 1, 2001.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Shows A - L". Dicentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 2003-04-02. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  2. ^ a b c d Leszczak, Bob (2018-08-31). Single Season Sitcoms of the 1990s: A Complete Guide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1476670775. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  3. ^ a b "INCREDIBLE DENNIS THE MENACE - PAINS, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES/LIKE MASTER, LIKE MUTT". Australian Classification Board. February 14, 1994. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Perlmutter, David (2018-05-04). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  5. ^ Arnold, Mark (2017-06-15). Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace. ISBN 978-1629331195. Retrieved 2019-07-09. Despite the fact that this animated series was still airing on syndication as part of the Program Exchange, a second animated series was aired in 1993 on CBS [...]
  6. ^ Lowry, Brian (1993-03-21). "'Sonic' is the top hog on DIC toon slate". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  7. ^ All-New Dennis the Menace (1994 CBS series) Opening Theme, YouTube
  8. ^ Mozart - Marriage Of Figaro - Overture - YouTube
  9. ^ "INCREDIBLE DENNIS THE MENACE - HOSPITALITY/IT'S A GUY THING". Australian Classification Board. February 17, 1994. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  10. ^ "INCREDIBLE DENNIS THE MENACE - CAUTION! BOY AT WORK/NAVY DESTROYER". Australian Classification Board. January 17, 1995. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  11. ^ "DENNIS THE MENACE (DENNIS THE MENACE VOLUME 1 - NAVY DESTROYER/ WISH YOU WEREN'T HERE/ DENNIS THE GENIUS/ YANKEE DOODLE DENNIS/ MOM'S HELPER)". Australian Classification Board. October 6, 2004. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  12. ^ "DENNIS THE MENACE (DENNIS THE MENACE VOLUME 2 - "CAUTION! BOY AT WORK"/ THE FORTUNE FIX/ LIKE MASTER, LIKE MUTT/ LOCK, STOCK AND GRUMBLE". Australian Classification Board. October 6, 2004. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  13. ^ "DENNIS THE MENACE VOLUME 3 - BROTHER RATS/ HOSPITALITY/ IT'S A GUY THING/ PAINS, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES". Australian Classification Board. October 12, 2004. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  14. ^ Arnold, Mark (2017-06-15). Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace. ISBN 978-1629331195. Retrieved 2019-07-09. There was also an animated TV-movie called Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control released on October 27, 2002.
  15. ^ "Dennis The Menace: Cruise Control". MGM Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2004-05-06. Retrieved 2019-07-24.

External links[edit]

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