Burt Reynolds was the voice of Charlie the dog. When he first came to the microphone he made up what he called, “My wonderful dog voice." He was very proud of it, but it was awful. Then I called Dom DeLuise to see if he could suggest how to get Burt not to use his dog voice. Dom laughed and said, "Put me in the movie, call me Itchy. I can fix this." In the recording studio Dom and Burt sat side by side and when Burt started to use his dog voice, Dom looked at him and said, "What the hell is that, you're embarrassing me. Just be Burt, the audience loves Burt." And that is the reason Itchy, Charlie's wonderful friend is in the movie. - Don