Dog City

The Big Squeak introduces us to the residents of Dog City and to Eliot's muppet world with high adventure. We meet our hero, Private Eye Dog, Ace Hart who with the help of Rosie O'Gravy, chief of police and Eddie, the wet-nosed news pup are out to sniff out clues to the mystery of the disappearing squeaky toys. Dog City is up in arms (paws, actually). Every dog's squeaky toy is disappearing. What dastardly criminal is stealing a dog's best friend - the squeaky toy? Who could be behind this heinous crime? And with what purpose? Ace, Rosie and Eddie have their paws full as they try to stop Bugsy, the Dogfather of the mob in Dog City and to return every squeaky toy to it's rightful owner, proving crime doesn't really pay.

A loose screw in Eliot's animation desk causes him great aggravation but it also becomes the inspiration for another adventure with Ace Hart, Private Eye Dog. Eliot's story pits Ace Hart against a criminal known only as Screwie Louie. Screwie Louie let’s one of life's little aggravations get to him and now he's gone over the edge. He's out to take every single screw out of Dog City. While Ace tries to save Dog City from Screwie Louie he discovers that Bugsy, the Dog city mob don has other plans for poor Louie. Bugsy is out to recruit Louie to join his team of specialized henchdogs. Can Ace, with Eliot's help, reach Screwy Louie before Bugsy's gang does? Stay tuned to another adventure of Ace Hart, Private Eye Dog to find out.

Eliot has been ordered by his boss to animate a story with a lot of violence in it. Unfortunately, this goes against Eliot's personal belief that violence is unnecessary. He wants to do the story his way, without having to resort to violence to make the story good or to get ratings. Unfortunately, Ace agrees with Eliot's boss and not Eliot. Ace is drooling to get his paws on the meanest, biggest, vilest criminal that Eliot can dream up. Ace convinces Eliot to go with the violence, and has Meat the Butcher unleashed on him. Meat has a mind of his own and quickly takes over the entire story, running completely out of Eliot's control. This puts Ace into a really tight spot - hanging over a meat grinder as Eliot scrambles to come up with a way to rescue Ace and rid Dog City of Meat the menace. Eliot decides that he can't do the story any way but on his own terms because he abhors violence, so he paints Ace into some funny situations. In the end Eliot's boss thinks the story is the best he's ever done and Eliot is glad he didn't have to resort to using violence.

Eliot is trying to help his friend Artie cope with starting a new school year at a brand new school. Artie is worried that he won't be able to make friends or fit in. This gives Eliot a bright idea for his nest Ace Hart adventure. Ace and Rosie have to rescue Eddie from a school that's being run by Bugsy the Mob boss and his henchdogs. Bugsy and his bad brood are trying to recruit young pups to join them in their life of senseless crime. The pups are taught to be mean, conniving, cheating, bad dogs. Eliot helps Ace into a disguise so he can get into the school unnoticed. Unfortunately, on his way to rescue Eddie, Ace is discovered by Bugsy’s goons and captured. Thank Dog! Rosie O' Gravy, chief of detectives is at the school undercover. But now that they are all trapped in Bugsy's dog house, who is going to rescue our hero and Eddie? Back in Eliot's muppet world, Artie discovers that it isn't so bad at a new school because school is whatever you make it.

Eliot is accused of having chewed Bruno's favorite slipper and he's placed under dog house arrest in his very own home. Being stuck with no way out, Eliot uses his situation to come up with his next Ace Hart story. Ace gets framed for a crime he didn't commit - stealing ‘The Sultan's Slipper’. But from behind bars, he can't absolve himself from his crime. Ace has to depend on Rosie O'Gravy, chief of Detectives, to help him out of his predicament. However, when Rosie's disguise is discovered, they are both trapped in the paws of Bugsy Vile and his gang.

Eliot Shag's inspiration for his next Ace Hart adventure comes from his television repair man who's nostalgic for the good ole days for radio. Ace Hart's latest case is to solve the murders at WFIDO radio before the soap opera ‘It's a Dog's Life’ loses all of it's stars. Little does Ace suspect that the clues to catching the dastardly criminal lie in the ‘sound of radio’. Stay tuned dear listeners as we uncover together the ‘whodunnit’.