I happened onto The Dick Tracy Show when it ran on WPIX in New York; we got that on cable in Upstate New York, where I grew up. As a kid, I was always game for cartoons, but this one left me cold.
On the plus side, I liked what Everett Sloane did in voicing the lead character. Had there been a live-action version done during that decade, I would have chosen Robert Stack, not Ray MacDonnell for the role. I wanted to see more of Dick Tracy myself.
But that wasn't to be in this 1961 series.
We instead get these assistants, two of whom are these offensive ethnic stereotypes. And honestly, the producers should have known better by this period in time. Really inexcusable, and a real abomination of an animated production. Period.
On the plus side, I liked what Everett Sloane did in voicing the lead character. Had there been a live-action version done during that decade, I would have chosen Robert Stack, not Ray MacDonnell for the role. I wanted to see more of Dick Tracy myself.
But that wasn't to be in this 1961 series.
We instead get these assistants, two of whom are these offensive ethnic stereotypes. And honestly, the producers should have known better by this period in time. Really inexcusable, and a real abomination of an animated production. Period.