Mutt & Stuff

Mutt & Stuff
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Sid and Marty Krofft Bradley Zweig
Starring	Calvin Millan[1] Puppeteers: Meegan Godfrey Donna Kimball Drew Massey Victor Yerrid
Opening theme	"Let's Go to Dog School"
Ending theme	"Let's Go to Dog School"
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	73 (41 aired)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bradley Zweig Cesar Millan Sid and Marty Krofft
Editor(s)	Jeff Murphy, Katie Boyum
Running time	21 minutes
Production company(s)	Sid and Marty Krofft Pictures Cesar's Way Nickelodeon Productions
Distributor	Viacom Media Networks
Release
Original network	Nick Jr.
Original release	July 10, 2015 – present
External links
Website

Mutt & Stuff is an American children's television series originally airing on Nick Jr. The series premiered on March 6, 2015, with an hour-long pilot^[2] and began airing regularly on July 10, 2015.^[3] It was created by Sid and Marty Krofft and Bradley Zweig. It stars Calvin Millan, the son of the series producer Cesar Millan.

Plot

Calvin Millan and his giant talking dog, Stuff, are in charge of a school for dogs.^[4]

Characters

• Calvin (portrayed by Calvin Millan) - The dog school's teenage teacher.
• Stuff (performed by Meegan Godfrey, face-performed and voiced by Drew Massey) - Calvin's giant stuffed dog and best friend. In the double-length special "H.R. Pufnstuf Comes to Mutt & Stuff," it is revealed that his uncle is the title character of the Kroffts' previous series H.R. Pufnstuf.^[5] He is very similar in appearance to Pufnstuf as well.
• Zoe and Davenport (performed by Donna Kimball and Drew Massey) - Two cats who comment on the action from a tree outside the dog school where they often exchanging jokes, similar to the characters of Statler and Waldorf from The Muppet Show. They have a tendency to fall out of their tree while laughing at their own jokes while stating that they are OK. They also wear glasses.
• Zippy - Calvin's pet dog.
• Cesar (portrayed by Cesar Millan) - Calvin's father.
• Melvin (performed by Victor Yerrid) - A red, talking fire hydrant that's outside the dog school. Tells Jokes.
• Grandma (performed by Kuma) - The dog in charge of the puppies while Calvin and Stuff are with the adult dogs.
• Bow Wow (voiced by Victor Yerrid) - The automated A.I. of the Bow Wow Chow Snack Machine that appears in later episodes.
• Marty and Sid - Two creepy talking trees that were a gift from Stuff's uncle, H.R. Pufnstuf, that live on the playground. They are named after the show's creators, Sid & Marty Krofft
• Noodles - A mouse who lives in the wall next to the puppy tunnel.
• Junior Shades - A small dog who wears sunglasses. He appears in the episode "Dogs on a Plane" as co-captain with Zippy. He appears again in "Sherdog Bones" as a student at Mutt and Stuff.
• Marco (portrayed by Ashton Arbab) - Calvin's cousin.
• H.R. Pufnstuf - Stuff's uncle who's from Living Island in the Krofft Series H.R. Pufnstuf
• Freddy - H.R. Pufnstuf's magic talking flute.
• Cling and Clang - H.R. Pufnstuf's Rescue Racer Crew. Like the original series, they never speak.

Other characters include the dogs' owners, such as Clover, Owen, and Luke (performed by Oskar Jacobs), who are Cuddles, Sunny, and Dude's owners respectively, Dr. Christina, the dogs' veterinarian, and the popcorn vendor (portrayed by Omar von Muller) that appears at the end of the episodes as well.

Episodes

One season has been ordered as of 2015.^[6]

Season		Episodes	Originally aired (U.S. dates)
			First aired	Last aired
	1	39[7]	July 10, 2015	October 6, 2016
	2	33[8]	August 19, 2016	TBA

Season 1 (2015–16)

No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
0	"Pilot"	Hugh Martin	Bradley Zweig	March 6, 2015	100[9]	N/A
1	"Hip Hop Dogs"	Hugh Martin	Dan Danko, Brian Elling & Corey Powell	July 10, 2015	101[9]	1.31[10]
2	"A Pawsome Circus Show"	Christian Jacobs	Dan Danko	July 17, 2015	105[9]	1.47[11]
3	"Zippy's Birthday Bash"	Jason DeVilliers	Brian Elling	July 24, 2015	104[9]	1.24[12]
Calvin puts together a surprise birthday party for his best friend, Zippy; Cesar gives Calvin some great advice that helps him find the perfect gift for his friend.
4	"The Fast & The Furriest"	Christian Jacobs	Brian Elling	July 31, 2015	111[9]	1.59[13]
Vroom Vroom! It's Race Day at Mutt & Stuff, and Calvin has invited race dog extraordinaire Mario Bonedretti to join in on the racing fun. The dogs learn a thing or two about playing by the rules when it's revealed that Mario may not be the rule-abiding champion he's made out to be.
5	"Doggy Movin'"	Jason DeVilliers	Corey Powell	August 7, 2015	103[9]	1.58[14]
Calvin and the other dogs work to get Pixie moving when she won't come out of her carrier.
6	"Lady Woof Woof"	Jason DeVilliers	Corey Powell	August 14, 2015	110[9]	1.33[15]
A famous rockstar dog visits Mutt & Stuff
7	"A Goldfish Opportunity"	Christian Jacobs	Brian Elling	August 21, 2015	106[9]	1.08[16]
Stuff gets a goldfish and learns how to take care of it
8	"Class Picture Day"	Hugh Martin	Dan Danko	August 28, 2015	102[9]	1.11[17]
Today is the class Picture Day for Mutt and Stuff. Everyone will get to dress up for their picture. When Rocket and Princess Pickles are fighting over a pirate hat because they both want to be pirates for Picture Day, Calvin and Ceasar tell the two dogs to take turns.
9	"Doggy Dino"	Hugh Martin	Corey Powell	October 2, 2015	114[9]	1.05[18]
10	"Get Along Little Piggy"	Christian Jacobs	Dan Danko	October 13, 2015	112[9]	1.18[19]
The class welcomes a new student, a pig named Norman to Mutt & Stuff.
11	"Skate Doggin'"	Hugh Martin	Corey Powell & Brian D. Clark	October 15, 2015	117[9]	1.01[20]
Today is the day everyone gets to go to the skate park. However Rocket has never ridden a skateboard before and is a little nervous about skateboarding for the first time. Calvin helps Rocket overcomes his nervousness and gets him on a skateboard.
12	"Ninja Dog[21]"	Jason DeVilliers	Brian D. Clark	October 16, 2015	119[9]	1.20[22]
13	"Cloudy with a Chance of Accidents[21]"	Jason DeVilliers	Dan Danko	November 10, 2015	108[9]	0.87[23]
14	"Achey Breaky Bark[21]"	Jason DeVilliers	Corey Powell	November 12, 2015	109[9]	1.02[24]
15	"Veterinary Loves Company[21]"	Hugh Martin	Brian D. Clark	November 13, 2015	113[9]	0.89[25]
When Mutt & Stuff began, Owen came up to Calvin and tells him that his dog Sonny is a little nervous about his visit to the vet. Stuff appears to be nervous when Calvin told him that he is going to the vet too with Sonny. So to avoid going to the vet, Stuff does many needless stuff. Calvin and Ceasar manage to calm down the dogs by saying that dogs will react on how they're acting and that going to the vet isn't scary at all.
16	"I Bark of Genie[21]"	Hugh Martin	Dan Danko	November 20, 2015	107[9]	0.86[26]
17	"A Very Mutty Christmas[21]"	Jason DeVilliers	Brian D. Clark	December 11, 2015	124[9]	0.92[27]
Today is Christmas Eve at Mutt & Stuff. Calvin explains to Stuff that Little Cricket ( or Cricket as she was called) has never seen snow before. The class read a story about Phil the Snow Dog who can magically makes snow for dogs who has Christmas spirit. When Stuff wishes for Cricket to see snow, it was magically snowing outside! The class all went to play in the snow and they found out that it was Phil the Snow Dog who makes snow at Mutt & Stuff because Stuff used his wish to wish for Cricket to see snow for the first time.
18	"Mutt & Stuff Express[21]"	Hugh Martin	Dan Danko	January 5, 2016	119[9]	1.13[28]
19	"Cleo Kibble[21]"	Hugh Martin	Evan Sinclair	January 7, 2016	120[9]	1.06[29]
When Calvin broke the Bow Wow chow snack machine trying to speed it up when he forgot snack time for the Mutt and Stuff picnic. He summons Cleo Kibble to help him fix the snack machine.
20	"Princess & the Cone[21]"	Jason DeVilliers	Corey Powell	January 8, 2016	123[9]	0.90[30]
Today is Royal Day at Mutt & Stuff and everyone is excited especially Princess Pickles. But Dr. Christina said that Princess Pickles has a rash and has to wear the cone for a whole week. The class tried playtime, snacktime, and dance class, but the cone seems to be in the way. Finally, they have arts & crafts and turn Princess Pickles' cone into a collar for a queen. They Royal Day begins and there's Sir Zippy, Stuff the dragon, King Rocket and finally Queen Pickles. They learn that you can make something that's in the way part of the fun.
21	"Take Me to your Pack Leader[21]"	Jason DeVilliers	Evan Sinclair	January 15, 2016	116[9]	0.90[31]
At Mutt & Stuff, the class gets a special visit from an alien dog named Wagnoid from the planet Sniff. Wagnoid came to Mutt & Stuff to find out why Mutt & Stuff is the greatest dog school in the galaxy. When Stuff accidentally broke Wagnoid's ship, Calvin and the class volunteered to help fix Wagnoid's ship so he can fly home to planet Sniff.
22	"Game of Bones[21]"	Hugh Martin	Dan Danko	January 22, 2016	118[9]	1.18[32]
Today is the day of the Doggy Olympics and Grumbles is afraid that he might not do well in the Doggy Games. Calvin's younger cousin Marco volunteered to watch the other dogs and Stuff while Calvin helps Grumbles get over his fear of competing in the Doggy Olympics.
23	"Dogs on a Plane[21]"	Hugh Martin	Brian D. Clark	January 29, 2016	121[9]	1.07[33]
The dogs take a plane ride to Hawaii
24	"H.R. Pufnstuf Visits Mutt & Stuff[21]"	Hugh Martin	Amara Nolan	February 15, 2016	125[9]	N/A
The class is getting ready for the arrival of Stuff's uncle H.R. Pufnstuf. Pufnstuf arrives and Calvin shows him Mutt and Stuff. Stuff thinks that he's not important to his uncle. In the end Calvin made Stuff the mayor of Mutt and Stuff to show Stuff that he's important too.
25	"Welcome Noodles![21]"	Hugh Martin	Evan Sinclair	February 23, 2016	127[9]	N/A
Calvin and the dogs tried to include their new class pet, a mouse named Noodles in all of their activities.
26	"Lights! Camera! Bark![21]"	Christian Jacobs	Evan Sinclair	February 25, 2016	128[9]	N/A
Guest starring Oscar Nunez
27	"Sherdog Bones[21]"	Jason DeVilliers	Julia Prescott	March 8, 2016	122[9]	N/A
When things starts to go missing, Calvin and the dogs become detectives to solve the mystery and get their stuffs back.
28	"Goat in 60 Seconds![21]"	Hugh Martin	Evan Sinclair	March 10, 2016	132[9]	N/A
When Stuff loses Jenny Jasper's prize-winning goat, Bubba. The class tried to find Bubba for the cutest goat competition.
29	"Pool Party[21]"	Hugh Martin	Brian D. Clark	June 10, 2016	140[9]	N/A
30	"Super Doggy Adoption[21]"	Hugh Martin	Julia Prescott	July 22, 2016	126[9]	1.42[34]
31	"Puppy Pirates![21]"	Shannon Flynn	Brian D. Clark	July 29, 2016	133[9]	N/A
32	"Amusement Bark[21]"	Christian Jacobs	Corey Powell	August 5, 2016	129[9]	N/A
33	"World Pup[21]"	Hugh Martin	Evan Sinclair	August 12, 2016	131[9]	N/A
34	"Gabi's Groom-A-Thon[21]"	Christian Jacobs	Brian D. Clark	August 30, 2016	130[9]	N/A
35	"Dogs in Space[21]"	Hugh Martin	Evan Sinclair	September 1, 2016	139[9]	N/A
36	"Ruffin' It Camping[21]"	Jason DeVilliers	Dan Danko	September 20, 2016	135[9]	N/A
The dogs go camping at Mutt & Stuff
37	"Ba-a-a-ack To School![21]"	Christian Jacobs	Corey Powell	September 22, 2016	138[9]	N/A
38	"Sick As A Dog[21]"	Jason DeVilliers	Dan Danko	October 4, 2016	136[9]	N/A
39	"Dinner With Cesar[21]"	Christian Jacobs	Evan Sinclair	October 6, 2016	137[9]	0.84[35]

Season 2 (2016–17)

No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	U.S. air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
40	"Basketball Dogs vs. the Harlem Globetrotters"	Hugh Martin	Dan Danko	August 19, 2016	206[9]	N/A
41	"The Happy Hallowoof Party"	Jason DeVilliers	Brian D. Clark	October 21, 2016	220[9]	N/A

Awards

2016: Mutt & Stuff was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series and Outstanding Directing in a Children’s or Preschool Children’s Series^[36]

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External links

• Mutt & Stuff on NickJr.com
• Mutt & Stuff at the Internet Movie Database