December 17

Underdog, Shoeshine Boy’s heroic alter-ego, appeared whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred was being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff.
Underdog always speaks in rhymes, such as, “There’s no need to fear, Underdog is here!” His voice was supplied by Wally Cox.

Underdog is an American animated television series that debuted October 3, 1964, on the NBC network under the primary sponsorship of General Mills for 9 years.

A cartoon that showed us that even a shoeshine boy could be the biggest hero on the planet.

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Just outside my old backdoor
I heard my little dog snore...

Under the bright moonlight
she slept through the night...

Softly in the tall damp grass she lay
where come tomorrow she'll run and play...

I heard my little dog snore
just outside my old backdoor...

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I drove my brand new Silverado truck to the liquor store, feeling like I was back again. I noticed before I went in, a small dog, a beagle, attached to a tree outside. I patted him on the head and then I went in. Inside there was a man standing in front of me; in a line that was out the door. It was Election Day, the store had been closed all day. The faces looked more like mine than his. I spoke with him and he told me a familiar tale, one that I had heard before. One of loss and love. He spoke of an accident that took his memory and his job away and literally left him on the streets. There was no sadness in him, only hope and thankfulness. Leaving, he said goodbye to me, he walked out the door and gathered the small dog I had encountered earlier. As he walked across the bridge into the homeless unknown, I could hear my heart beat!

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