Foofur

Foofur is a kind-hearted blue dog living in a large mansion in the town of Willowby, the house where he was born.

A group of dogs and a cat secretly live with him and have made the mansion their home.

Foofur and his friends' peace is threatened when Mrs. Escrow, a real-estate agent, tries again and again to sell the house.

Foofur and the gang do everything they can to foil the sale and keep living in the mansion without being discovered.

Pepe, Mrs. Escrow's Chihuahua, senses something suspicious and keeps trying to expose Foofur and his friends.

Foofur - the hero.

A tall, kind blue dog who leads the group living in the mansion.

Rocki - Foofur's young niece.

Louis - a large, strong bulldog in the group.

Annabell - an old English sheepdog and Louis's mate.

Fritz-Carlos - a tiny schnauzer in the group; called "Fritzi" in the Hebrew opening.

Hazel - a cocker spaniel and Fritz-Carlos's mate.

Blackie - the group's cat, also mentioned in the Hebrew theme.

Mrs. Amelia Escrow - the agent trying to sell the mansion.

Pepe - Mrs. Escrow's Chihuahua, trying to reveal the animals in the house.

Many guest and supporting characters appeared, including Abigail and Georgie.

The series aired in Israel in Hebrew on Channel 1 in the late 1980s.

Voice credits for the Hebrew version include Hani Nachmias, Shimon Cohen, Yehoyachin Friedlander, Haim Hadar, and Shirley Stern.

Dub direction and production are attributed to Yaakov Shem Tov.

Yehoyachin Friedlander voiced Foofur among other roles; Shimon Cohen voiced Louis and Fritz-Carlos; Haim Hadar voiced Barak; Shirley Stern voiced Abigail and Blackie among others.

The Hebrew opening theme was performed by Hani Nachmias to Hebrew lyrics by Amos Atinger.

The line "Foofur is the little dog" and the hero's name in the song led the show to be remembered sometimes as "Foofur the Little Dog," though the Hebrew title is simply "Foofur."

Foofur was among the dubbed animated series aired for children on Channel 1 in the late 1980s.

As early as 1989, Israeli children's books based on Foofur were published by Maor, including Foofur at the Cute Circus and Foofur - Animal Welfare.

The series was created by Phil Mendez and produced with Hanna-Barbera Productions and SEPP International.

It ran for two seasons with 26 half-hour programs split into 46 short stories.

In the United States it aired on NBC from 1986 to 1987.

Following the TV series, a Foofur comic book series was published in the United States starting in 1987 from Marvel, initially under the Star Comics imprint, for six issues.

Israel also saw children's books based on the characters in the late 1980s.