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Directed by
  
Charles A. Nichols

Composer(s)
  
Hoyt Curtin

Final episode date
  
27 November 1976

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Genre
  
Animation

Theme music composer
  
Hoyt Curtin

First episode date
  
14 August 1976

Network
  
CBS

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Also known as
  
''Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives''

Voices of
  
David JolliffeBob HastingsPatricia StichTara TalboyJim MacGeorgePaul Winchell

Cast
  
Paul Winchell, Bob Hastings, John Stephenson, Jim MacGeorge, Tara Talboy

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Clue Club (re-titled Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives in 1977–78) is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on CBS from August 14, 1976 to September 3, 1977.

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Overview

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Clue Club only had one season's worth of first-run episodes produced, which were shown on Saturday mornings on CBS (the original home of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, which Clue Club had replaced; Scooby-Doo was being groomed for its move to ABC).

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In the fall of 1977, cut-down versions of the half-hour episodes of Clue Club appeared under the new title Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives to showcase the show's basset and bloodhound which aired as a segment on the CBS Saturday morning package program The Skatebirds from September 10, 1977 to January 21, 1978. When The Skatebirds was cancelled in early 1978, Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives re-appeared as a segment alongside The Three Robonic Stooges on their half-hour show from January 28 to September 2, 1978, also on CBS.

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The full-length versions of Clue Club returned to CBS on Sunday mornings from September 10, 1978 to January 21, 1979, concluding the show's original network run. After a mid-1980s re-airing on USA Cartoon Express, it has since resurfaced on Cartoon Network (as part of the Mysteries, Inc. block) in the 1990s and Boomerang in the 2000s.

Plot

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Similar in format to Hanna-Barbera's successful Scooby-Doo, the show centers around four adolescent friends who open the title's private investigation agency out of Larry's suburban residence. They are Larry (19), Pepper (18), D.D. (16) and Dottie (13). They solve mysteries with the help of their two talking hounds, Woofer and Wimper. The dogs only talked to each other and the camera, they were not understood by the human characters. Clue Club mysteries usually involved investigating bizarre crimes such as a movie director vanishing or a two-ton statue disappearing into thin air. Their relationship to the police was closer than most of Hanna-Barbera's variations of the formula, with the local Sheriff often requesting their assistance on cases as well as making arrests at their conclusion.

Characters

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  • Larry (voiced by David Jolliffe) - The older member and leader of the Clue Club, Larry normally interviewed the suspect(s) and/or passed on the Club's findings to Dottie.
  • Pepper and D.D. (voiced by Patricia Stitch and Bob Hastings) - They typically searched for leads and/or evidence, which often led to them being chased by the culprit(s). Pepper is Dottie's elder sister and it was never revealed what D.D.'s initials stood for.
  • Dottie (voiced by Tara Talboy) - The youngest member of the Club (thirteen years old), she endured an arsenal of depreciating nicknames from her elder sister Pepper and friends: "half-pint", "short-stuff" and the like. A prodigy, she normally stayed at home; from there, Dottie provided case-solving information from her minicomputer and/or results from various forensic tests. She also had access to high-tech communications equipment, including audio/video links to the Club's car...and to their wristwatches, which doubled as pagers. Dottie's friends were highly protective of her, and resented it when she joined them in the field, which the girl frequently did after running out of "homework".
  • Woofer and Wimper (voiced by Paul Winchell and Jim MacGeorge) - Much of the comedy would come from Woofer, who would constantly accuse suspects without good reason without any proof, then later back-track while proclaiming his genius to satisfied his ego; and Wimper, a more down-to-earth, easy-going, yet intelligent dog, who would at times go along with his comrade’s schemes, and other times turn the tables on his pal. This, and Wimper's ability to find pertinent clues, elevated his character to equal status. Unlike Scooby-Doo, the dogs are only able to talk to each other and not to humans. They served in cases either as trackers or delivering messages and/or evidence back to Dottie to analyze. Both were shown wearing deerstalkers's caps on their respective heads.
  • Sheriff Bagley (voiced by John Stephenson) - The local Sheriff. who frequently relied on the Clue Club for assistance and arrested suspects at their conclusion.

    • Broadcast history

    Clue Club/Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives aired in these following formats on CBS:

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  • Clue Club (August 14, 1976 – September 3, 1977, CBS Saturday)
  • The Skatebirds (as Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives: September 10, 1977 – January 21, 1978, CBS Saturday) (rerun)
  • The Three Robonic Stooges (as Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives: January 28, 1978 – September 2, 1978, CBS Saturday) (rerun)
  • Clue Club (September 10, 1978 – January 21, 1979, CBS Sunday) (rerun)

    • Broadcast schedules (all EDT):

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  • August 14, 1976 – September 4, 1976, CBS Saturday 9:30-10:00 AM
  • September 11, 1976 – November 20, 1976, CBS Saturday 11:30 AM–12:00 PM
  • November 27, 1976 – September 3, 1977, CBS Saturday 8:30-9:00 AM
  • September 10, 1977 – November 12, 1977, CBS Saturday 9:30-10:30 AM
  • November 19, 1977 – January 21, 1978, CBS Saturday 8:00-9:00 AM
  • January 28, 1978 – September 2, 1978, CBS Saturday 8:00-8:30 AM
  • September 10, 1978 – January 21, 1979, CBS Sunday 9:30-10:00 AM

    • Merchandising

    In 1977–1979, merchandising for Clue Club included:

  • A coloring book: Clue Club Saves the Day
  • Rub-on transfers
  • A story book: Clue Club: The Case of the Missing Racehorse by Fern G. Brown, illustrated by Jim Franzen
  • A read & color book: Clue Club: The Racetrack Mystery
  • Jigsaw puzzles
  • A school tablet

    • DVD and digital media release

    On August 11, 2015, Warner Archive released Clue Club: The Complete Animated Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.

    References

    Clue Club Wikipedia
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