''Hoze Houndz'' is a Canadian animated
television program
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which premiered October 4, 1999 on
Family Channel. It features six
dalmatian dogs (Hozer, Squirt, Steamer, Fontaine, Crystal and Brooke) who work as
firefighter
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s in the fictional town of Bonehead Hollow.
Produced by Amberwood Entertainment, with production, pre-sales and licensing by
Alliance Atlantis
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (commonly known as Alliance Atlantis) was a Canadian media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Los ...
, each of the 78 half-hour episodes produced consisted of two 11 minute stories with interstitials.
The 2002 episodes "Hockey Night in Bonehead Hollow" and "Phantom in the Arena" featured
Ron MacLean
Ronald Joseph Corbett MacLean (born April 12, 1960) is a Canadian sportscaster for the CBC and Rogers Media, best known as the host of ''Hockey Night in Canada'' from 1986 to 2014 and again since 2016. MacLean is also a former hockey referee.
...
and
Don Cherry
Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. He played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins. After concluding a playing career in the A ...
voicing commentators at hockey games, parodying their own real-life roles with ''
Hockey Night in Canada
''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') is a long-running program of broadcast ice hockey play-by-play coverage in Canada. With roots in pioneering hockey coverage on private radio stations as early as 1923, ...
''.
Cast
*
Rick Jones as Hozer, Squirt
*
David L. McCallum
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The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...
as Melvin McKie, Duncan McDrool
*
Norm Berketa as Klock (season 1)
*
Kevin Tysick as Murry, Smirk, Klock (season 2)
*
Lianne Picard-Poirier
Lianne is a female given name, sometimes short for Juliana (disambiguation), Juliana, (and can therefore mean ''youthful'' or ''dedicated to Jupiter (mythology), Jupiter'') or a combination of Lia and Anna. The name "Lianne" is also French for "cl ...
as Crystal, Brooke
*
Kristen C. Smith as Mole Person, Reporter, The Torch
*
Anne Lishman as Fontaine (season 1)
*
Thelma Farmer as Fontaine (season 2)
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Timothy Mooney as Bob
*
Dean Hagopian
Dean Hagopian is a Canadian actor, voice actor, former radio personality, musician and record producer.
Biography
Starting in the 1960s, Hagopian worked at numerous radio stations including CKOY in Ottawa, CFOX, where he worked the morning sh ...
as Additional Voices
*
Tori Hammond
Tori may refer to:
Places
* Tori (Georgia), an historic province of the nation of Georgia
* Tori Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia
** Tori, Estonia
* Tori, Ghana, a village in the kingdom of Chumburung, Ghana
* Tori, Järva County, Estonia
* T ...
as Peggy
*
Dean Hawes as Additional Voices
*
John Koensgen
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* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second Ep ...
as Additional Voices
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Terrence Scammell as Additional Voices
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Kate Hurman as Additional Voices
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Brady Moffatt as Additional Voices
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Michael O'Reilly as Additional Voices
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Debbie Murphy as Additional Voices
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Paul Rainville
Paul may refer to:
People
* Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people
* Paul (surname), a list of people
* Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament
* Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...
as Additional Voices
*
Ross Wilson as Additional Voices
*
Peter Dillon
Peter Dillon (15 June 1788 – 9 February 1847) was a sea captain engaged in the merchant trade, explorer and writer. Dillon discovered in 1826–27 the fate of the La Pérouse expedition.
Early career
Peter Dillon was born in Martinique, Fra ...
as Additional Voices
*
John Stocker as Additional Voices
*
Genevieve Spicer
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as Additional Voices
*Jerri Southcott as Additional Voices
*Dave Brown as Additional Voices
*
Kevin Tysick as Additional Voices
Credits
*Sheldon Wiseman - Executive Producer
[
*Neil Hunter - Creative Producer, Director, Story Editor
*Stacey Eberschlag - Director
*Chris Butler - Storyboard Supervisor
*Dave Brown - Layout Supervisor
*Mike Stevens - Posing Supervisor
*Derek Bond - Design Supervisor
*Peter R. Brown - Overseas Animation Supervisor
*Edmund Egan - Music
*Michael O'Hara - Layout Artist
]
Broadcast
In addition to running on Family Channel in Canada, the show was also broadcast in Spain.
See also
* Dog City
''Dog City'' is an animated television series that was produced by Nelvana Limited and Jim Henson Productions in association with Channel 4 and Global Television Network. The series ran for three seasons, airing on Fox Kids from September 26, 1 ...
* Road Rovers
''Road Rovers'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation that premiered on Kids' WB on September 7, 1996, and ended after one season on February 22, 1997. It was later shown on Cartoon Network from ...
* Basket Fever
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0290964
1990s Canadian animated television series
2000s Canadian animated television series
1990s Canadian children's television series
2000s Canadian children's television series
1999 Canadian television series debuts
2006 Canadian television series endings
Amberwood Entertainment
Animated television series about dogs
Canadian children's animated comedy television series
Canadian English-language television shows
Television series by Alliance Atlantis