Editing Santa's Little Helper (section)

===Sounds===
[[File:Dan Castellaneta cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Dan Castellaneta]] currently voices Santa's Little Helper.]]
Although cast member [[Dan Castellaneta]] occasionally voiced Santa's Little Helper for [[bit part]]s,<ref name="Jean-dogofdeath"/> American voice artist [[Frank Welker]] most often provided the sounds of the dog and other animals on the show from "Bart's Dog Gets an 'F{{' "}}, which aired on March 7, 1991, to "[[Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily]]", which aired on October 1, 1995.<ref name="Vitti-doggetsF">{{cite video |people=Vitti, Jon |date=2002 |title=The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season ''DVD commentary for the episode "Bart's Dog Gets an 'F{{' "}}'' |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> He said on his official website in 2007 that he liked portraying Santa's Little Helper because the dog was a "sympathetic" character.<ref name=welker/> Welker has been praised by staff members for his performances on the show. [[David Mirkin]] has noted that "he can do anything, and it fits perfectly. You forget you're listening to a guy, and he's a pleasure to work with."<ref name="Mirkin">{{cite video |people=Mirkin, David |date=2005 |title=The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season ''DVD commentary for the episode "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"'' |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Groening has commented that he was "unbelievably good" at doing animal noises.<ref name="Groening"/> After 1995, Castellaneta voiced Santa's Little Helper on his own while Welker performed other animal noises until his full departure in 2002, when he was denied a pay raise.<ref name=welker/> In the "questions and answers" section on his website, Welker revealed that the reason he stopped performing as Santa's Little Helper was because "The producers thought... 'Hmmm, Dan barks pretty good, and we are already paying him and he seems to like doing the dog thing... why do we need to pay Welker who comes in here, spends less than an hour, eats all the doughnuts, refuses to come to rehearsals... let's just give the damn dog to Dan!'"<ref name=welker>{{cite web |last=Welker |first=Frank |title=Ask Frank |url=http://www.mkbmemorial.com/FWHp/ask_frank.html#05 |publisher=The Frank Welker Homepage (official website) |access-date=2011-08-14}}</ref>