Pound Puppies is from long before I was born, but I was lucky enough to see reruns of it on Boomerang as a kid. I'd watch it before school every morning back then, and I was devastated when it was taken off the air. Now I can watch all the episodes again thanks to YouTube. I like the 2010 Pound Puppies series too, but it's not as good as this one.
Cooler, Howler, Bright Eyes, Whopper, and Nose Marie all live and work together at Holly's Puppy Pound, the 5 of them do the best they can to find loving masters for puppies and kittens who have no homes, and the 3 main villains, Katrina and Brattina Stoneheart and their cat named Catgut, always lose in the end and receive their comeuppance. As goofy as the Pound Puppies are, they constantly face serious problems, and they always show kindness and tenderness to those who are outcasts like them. Heartwarming, right? The show also has good morals like the value of friendship, sometimes giving is better than receiving, chores don't have to be boring, you can be anything, just because something feels too good to be true doesn't always mean it is, and more. This is one of the cartoons I've seen that most effectively shows the importance of friendship and compassion, alongside the Winnie the Pooh franchise.
Cooler has always been one of my favorite characters, mainly because of his laugh. It's so funny and not like any other laugh I've heard before! I heard that his laugh is based on Eddie Murphy's laugh. There's an episode where he says Elmer Fudd's catchphrase, "Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits." Coincidentally, I used to imitate both Cooler and Elmer Fudd's laughs all the time. There's also a Mount Rushmore parody in another episode. It's just like the real deal, except it has the heads of other Hanna Barbera dogs on it (Scooby Doo, Muttley, Huckleberry Hound, and Doggie Daddy) instead of presidents. How awesome is that!
I highly recommend Pound Puppies to both the young and old. If you love puppies and kittens like me, you'll probably love this show!