History Trivia / Doug

* TheDanza: Guy Hadley voices Guy Graham.

** It's all very complicated company politics. Jumbo Pictures first managed to sell some of their ideas to Creator/{{Viacom}} and become a partner, subsequently getting on Viacom's payroll. Shortly after ''Doug'' ended with its fourth season due to Nick no longer being able to afford the show (meanwhile, Jumbo went to work on ''Series/AllegrasWindow'', ''The Beginner's Bible'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/HoytNAndysSportsbender Hoyt'n Andy's Sportsbender]]''; the latter two being co-productions with Sony, whose Sony Wonder subsidiary had previously released the first ''Doug'' UsefulNotes/{{VHS}} sets), Disney convinced them to make new episodes for their new {{Saturday morning|Cartoon}} season on ABC (prior to 1996, Nick had a rule where the rights to any Nicktoon that ran under sixty-five episodes would revert back to the creators while Nick kept the airing and video rights). They cut off all ties with Viacom and then managed to partner up with Disney instead, getting on Disney's payroll. Which after 4 seasons and a movie, ended in another dispute because Disney forced both ''Doug'' and ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' to end with [[SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon sixty-five episodes and no more]]. They then broke up their ties with Disney, changed the company name to Cartoon Pizza, and learned the hard way the downsides of partnering up with a major television network.

** The Creator/{{Disney}} series: Compared to the Nick series, the Disney series was more challenging to come across (legally). The show was only released on UsefulNotes/{{VHS}} and, even then, it was only a select few episodes. Heck, ''TheMovie'' never saw a UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} release until recently as a Disney Movie Club-exclusive (although it's the Creator/ToonDisney cut, with some missing/altered scenes). The uncut version is available for video rental/purchase on Creator/{{Amazon}}, if you want to view the original version of it in this day and age. According to Jim Jinkins, Disney, which continues to hold the rights to ''Doug'' to this day, has not expressed interest in re-releasing or reviving the franchise, which is why the Disney series remains largely lost to time while the Nickelodeon series is still available in some capacity...or was, until Creator/DisneyPlus released the entire Disney series of ''Doug'' (including the movie) on November of 2019. Now fans of either Disney's ''Doug'' or the Nickelodeon ''Doug'' can enjoy the show in reruns.
** The movie ''was'' released on [[UsefulNotes/CompactDisc Video CD]] in many second world countries. The catch? '''''Was'''''. It's out of print, too.

** The Creator/{{Disney}} series: Compared to the Nick series, the Disney series was more challenging to come across (legally). The show was only released on UsefulNotes/{{VHS}} and, even then, it was only a select few episodes. Heck, ''TheMovie'' never saw a UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} release until recently as a Disney Movie Club-exclusive (although it's the Creator/ToonDisney cut, with some missing/altered scenes). The uncut version is available for video rental/purchase on Creator/{{Amazon}}, if you want to view the original version of it in this day and age. According to Jim Jinkins, Disney, which continues to hold the rights to ''Doug'' to this day, has not expressed interest in re-releasing or reviving the franchise, which is why the Disney series remains largely lost to time while the Nickelodeon series is still available in some capacity...or was, until Creator/DisneyPlus released the entire Disney version of ''Doug'' (including the movie) on November of 2019. Now fans of either Disney's ''Doug'' or the Nickelodeon ''Doug'' can enjoy the show in reruns.