This week Pixar debuts “Dug Days” on Disney+: five animated shorts reuniting “Up’s” grumpy widower Carl with his excitable Golden Retriever, Dug, who can talk with a voice-activated collar.
It’s a warm and funny series of misadventures for Dug (voiced by creator/director Bob Peterson), made all the more noteworthy as a result of last week’s passing of 91-year-old Ed Asner.
He voiced Carl with his typical gruff exterior to hide a more affable nature.
Yet it’s especially sweet to see Asner end his career on a high note in “Dug Days,” with Carl settling into a more relaxed comfort zone.“Carl is laid back and at peace,” Peterson said.
“You can tell the way he stands and the fact that he doesn’t wear his jacket; he’s doing woodworking now.
I think his adventure was successful.”But while Carl is content to relax
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