![]() The first of these was Don't Give Up the Sheep, released on January 3, 1953. Inspired by the Friz Freleng cartoon The Sheepish Wolf of a decade earlier (October 17, 1942), Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese (who had written the earlier Freleng cartoon) created Ralph and Sam for a series of shorts. He does, however, possess sufficient strength to incapacitate Ralph with a single punch once he catches him. He very rarely runs and tends to be sedentary in his movements. Sam Sheepdog, by contrast, is a large, burly Berger de Brie ( Briard) with white or tan fur and a mop of red hair that usually covers his eyes. Another crucial difference is that of personality: Ralph does not have the fanatical drive of the Coyote in pursuing his prey instead catching the sheep is only his weekday job as indicated by the time clock both he and Sam the Sheepdog punch at the start and end of the workday. He also shares the Coyote's appetite and persistent use of Acme Corporation products, but he covets sheep instead of roadrunners and, when he speaks (which is only in some cartoons, and even then usually only at the start and end of the cartoon), does not have the upper-class accent or the egotistical bearing of the Coyote. Coyote-brown fur, wiry body, and huge ears, but with a red nose in place of the Coyote's black one (usually) white eyes instead of the Coyote's yellow ones and, occasionally, a fang protruding from his mouth. Ralph Wolf has virtually the same character design as another Chuck Jones character, Wile E. The characters were created by Chuck Jones. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. ![]() Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog are characters in a series of animated cartoons in the Warner Bros. Sam (left) and Ralph (right) punching in to work in A Sheep in the DeepÄon't Give Up the Sheep (January 3, 1953 70 years ago ( ))
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