This is my attempt at arranging the opening and closing themes of an interesting hybrid television from the early 1990s, "Dog City." The show is partially animated and partially live-action, employing Jim Henson's Muppet characters (although Henson himself died in 1990, so he never got to see this).

Dog City focuses on the lives of various anthropomorphic dogs and cats that reside in two different worlds - a live-action world portrayed by puppets and an animated world. The stories themselves focus on animator Eliot Shag and his cartoon creation (and practical alter ego) canine private investigator Ace Hart, both of whom are German Shepherd. Each episode focuses on Eliot creating new animated stories featuring Ace for a television program named after the character with Ace playing out the stories that Eliot devises from inspiration he has from real-life events in his apartment building within his cartoon series' setting of Dog City. Both Eliot and Ace maintain a brotherly relationship as the latter knows he is a cartoon character and often breaks the fourth wall to speak with Eliot in regards to various issues he encounters during the animating of episodes, often when something he is doing or the story itself doesn't feel right to him.

During the live-action sequences, Eliot faces different problems relating to his work life and his personal life, including contending with his building's grouchy bulldog superintendent Bruno. As a recurring gag, many of the characters made for Eliot's cartoon series are based on the residents of the building that he knows of and interacts with - Bruno himself being the inspiration for the character of Bugsy Vile, a notorious crime boss whom Ace regularly has to deal with in many of the plots Eliot devises, alongside Artie, Eliot's young friend and animator assistant, being the idea behind Ace's own sidekick Eddie, a young newspaper boy.

During the first series, Eliot has feelings for his close neighbor Coleen, the inspiration for Ace's own love interest Rosie, chief of police for Dog City. The later series replaced Eliot's love interest with Artie's mother Terri. In some episodes, Eliot also spends time animating additional side stories alongside the main stories that Ace stars in.

My arrangements are for a small jazz combo:

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Trumpet
Alto saxophone
Tenor saxophone
Baritone saxophone
Trombone
Piano
Acoustic bass
Drum set
Tambourine

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These arrangements (C) me and me alone
Original music written by Phil Balsam
Dog City (C) Nelvana, Jim Henson Productions, and everyone else who owns the rights

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Dog City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qgI1D4zMH0 (Is It Arf?)