Dog the Bounty Hunter
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| Dog the Bounty Hunter | |
| Country of origin | United States of America |
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| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 126 |
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| Running time | 30 min episodes |
Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality television show on A&E which chronicles Duane "Dog" Chapman's operations at his job as a bounty hunter, at Da Kine Bail Bonds in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Dog is joined by his wife and business partner, Beth Smith Chapman, his sons Leland and Duane Lee, associate Tim Chapman (no relation, although Tim is often referred to as Dog's brother by Dog and the show's intro scene), and his daughter 'Baby' Lyssa Chapman. In season one, the team was joined by Dog's nephew Justin Bihag. In addition to Hawaii episodes, episodes have been filmed in Dog Chapman's home state of Colorado and the city of San Francisco. When dog catches his fugitives he talks them into doing good and changing their life style. Instead of just throwing them in jail like the police do. And also when they catch their fugitives they are very nice and compassionate. Production of and airing of the show was halted by A&E on November 2, 2007, after Dog Chapman was recorded uttering racial slurs. After Chapman's public repentance and vow to make amends, and after a show of support from fans and from black leaders including Roy Innis, on February 19, 2008, A&E announced that the show would return.[1] Reruns of Dog The Bounty Hunter, along with never before seen episodes from season 4, began airing on June 25, 2008. New episodes (the show's fifth season) began airing on July 16, 2008 and Season 6 started in February 2009.
On April 21, 2009, Dog was allegedly shot at in Colorado Springs, Colorado with a handgun while attempting to arrest a fugitive, Hoang Nguyen, along with his crew and bail bondsman Bobby Brown. The suspect escaped on a motorcycle and was captured by Dog about 6 hours later.[2] According to Dog's website and TMZ, Nguyen was arrested and charged with attempted homicide related to this shooting attempt of Dog and the Chapman family.[3]
On 15 May 2009, El Paso County Assistant DA dropped the attempted murder charge against the alleged shooter due to lack of evidence and conflicting statements by Dog, his son Leland, and Bobby Brown. The Prosecutors also claim that they have not received any footage from the incident which was allegedly filmed by the crew even though it has been requested.[4]
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[edit] Background
Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality television series starring Duane Chapman. The show is aired on A&E Networks in the USA and Canada, on Virgin 1 and Bravo in the UK, on Foxtel's channel FOX8 in Australia, on Prime Television in New Zealand and on RTL 2 in Germany.
The program spun off from Chapman's appearance in the show A&E Network's Take This Job, a program about people with unusual occupations. Both shows are produced for A&E by Hybrid Films, a New York-based production company. The concept of the program was to follow a family of bounty hunters as they capture fugitives. The show has been running for six seasons to date.
The television show follows the family's bail bond business, Da Kine Bail Bonds, which has locations in Oahu, in Kona on the Big Island, and also on the mainland in Denver, Colorado. Despite rumours to the contrary, all apprehensions of criminals are real, and despite being dramatized for television purposes, all criminals had valid warrants out for their arrest.
The television series led to an autobiographical book You Can Run But You Can't Hide, which chronicles his years before becoming a bounty hunter and also some of his more infamous hunts including the more controversial hunt that took him and his team to Mexico to capture serial rapist Andrew Luster. [5]
[edit] Starring
- Duane Chapman (Season 1 - Present)
- Beth Chapman (Season 1 - Present)
- Leland Chapman (Season 1 - Present)
- Tim Chapman (Seasons 1 - 4)
- Duane Lee Chapman (Season 2 - Present)
- Justin Bihag (Season 1, Season 3 (two episodes)
- 'Baby' Lyssa Chapman (Season 2 - Present)
- Wesley (Seasons 1 - 4, Old Office Manager)
- Bobby Brown (Season 2 - Present)
- Dave "Red" Wilhelm (Seasons 2 - 4)
Other family members and friends have also been featured during the course of the series.
[edit] Family Appearances
- Cecily Barmore (Beth's Daughter)
- Dominic (Beth's Son)
- Bonnie Jo Chapman (Beth & Duane's Daughter)
- Garry Chapman (Beth & Duane's Son)
- Abbie Mae Chapman (Lyssa's Daughter)
- Travis Chapman (Duane and Beth's Grandson)
- Dakota Chapman (Leland's Son)
- Cobie Chapman (Leland's Son)
- Dylan Chapman (Duane Lee's Son)
- Teresa Chapman (Duane Lee's Ex-Wife)
- Maui Chapman (Leland's Ex-wife)
- Davina Chapman (Tim's Ex-Wife)
- Tucker Chapman (Duane's son)
- Summer Rain and Autumn Sky Chapman (Tim's Daughters)
- Garry Smith (Beth's Late Father)
[edit] In popular culture
- Dog, his crew, and the TV show were all parody in an issue of MAD magazine
- Duane Chapman's book You Can Run But You Can't Hide was to be set for a February 2007 release[citation needed], but after his arrest and extradition case, his book was released on August 7, 2007.[6]. As of August 20, the book is number one on the Hardcover Nonfiction list of the New York Times Best Seller list.
- A parody of Dog appeared on The Simpsons, but instead of Dog, he was called Wolf.
- Dog and his crew were parodied in the tenth season South Park episode "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy." Cartman portrayed Dog, but was a hall monitor rather than a bounty hunter. In this episode, Cartman would chase around students accusing them of "hallway infractions" and attacking them with bear mace, which is the weapon of choice for Dog and the rest of his crew. Cartman also gave the students he caught moral lectures, spoofing the philosophizing Chapman does with fugitives while transporting them to jail.
- Dog was parodied in American Dad! episode "Joint Custody" when Roger dresses up as Dog, when he was trying to hunt down Jeff Fischer.
- Dog appeared as himself in the season two finale "The Trial" of the NBC show My Name Is Earl capturing Joy Darville in Mexico.
- Dog appeared with his wife Beth on the one hour special of Criss Angel: Mindfreak. Dog tied Criss up to a chair and lowered him into a hot tub. After four minutes, Criss loosened himself but could not fully free himself.
- Heavy metal artist Ozzy Osbourne sings "Dog, The Bounty Hunter" as Dog's theme song. The song can be heard on Ozzy's Prince of Darkness box set (CD #3).
- Several episodes in season three and four have music from NYC based dub reggae group Subatomic Sound System's "On All Frequencies" album as featured songs: Ghetto Champion, Criminal, and Doin' It.
- Dog was also parodied in the second episode of the fifth season of Reno 911. The character, "Tommy Hawk", was portrayed by Diedrich Bader.
- Another Dog parody appears on Psych, in the second season episode "Bounty Hunters!" The character's name was Byrd Tatums, and he was played by Kevin Sorbo.
- An impersonation of 'Dog' appears in Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's music video "Yahhh!."
- Dog appeared in an episode of The George Lopez Show, where George goes to his mom's neighborhood to pick up her pet dog and meets Dog instead.
- Dog appeared with Beth in the Corner Gas episode "Coming Distractions", in which during a daydream they showed up to arrest Brent.
- In Italy, starting in 2007, a special adaptation was aired on the GXT satellite channel. Characters were dubbed into a heavy Roman dialect; dialogues, while mostly faithful to the original, were changed to include references to the popular culture of Rome.
[edit] DVD releases
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Additional Information |
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| The Best Of Season 1 | 7 | January 25, 2005 | Features Dog's episode of Take This Job, Cast Bios, and Promos. |
| The Best Of Season 2 | 7 | March 28, 2006 | Features Cast Bios and a Pop Up Dog Hunting Quiz. |
| The Best Of Season 3 | 8 | February 27, 2007 | Features a Photo Gallery. |
| The Best Of Season 4 | 8 | August 26, 2008 | |
| The Wedding Special | 1 | December 12, 2006 | Features 5 featurettes titled:
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| The Arrest | 1 | September 25, 2007 | Features Additional Scenes. |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSSP8436520080220
- ^ http://www.gazette.com/articles/suspect_52225___article.html/trying_dog.html
- ^ http://www.dogthebountyhunter.com/story/news/dog_chapman_shot_at
- ^ http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/15/dogs-alleged-shooter-walks-on-murder-charge/
- ^ http://www.dogthebountyhunterbook.com/
- ^ Hank, Melissa (2004-07-10). "Dog: The Bounty Hunter, unleashed". TV Guide. http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca/TV_Guide/Interviews/Features/Articles/070410_dogthebountyhunter_MH. Retrieved on 2007-05-27.
