Dennis the Menace is a 1985 English-language Animation Family series directed by Michael Maliani and produced by Jean Chalopin, Andy Heyward, Tetsuo Katayama and Joellyn Marlow under the banner of DiC Animation City in collaboration with Crawleys Animation. America's most well-known little terror, Dennis the Menace, gets into numerous scrapes and adventures with his dog Ruff and his friends Joey and Margaret. Dennis the menace features Brennan Thicke, Jeannie Elias, Marilyn Lightstone, Sharon Noble, Brian George, Phil Hartman and Donna Christie. The show is based on Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketcham. The music was composed by Shuki Levy along with Haim Saban. The series has a running time of 22 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 78 episodes during it's run of 2 seasons. Distribution rights for the series were acquired by DFS-Dorland/Program Exchange. America's most well-known little terror, Dennis the Menace, gets into numerous scrapes and adventures with his dog Ruff and his friends Joey and Margaret.