John Callahan's Quads!

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John Callahan's Quads!
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The main cast of John Callahan's Quads!.
Also known asQuads!
GenreComedy
Created by John Callahan
Developed by Andrew Nicholls
Darrell Vickers
Directed bySteve French
Chris Labonte
StarringJames Kee
Terri Hawkes
Matthew King
Cliff Saunders
Paul Haddad
Hamish Hughes
Diane Fabian
Marvin Kaye
Maurice Dean Wint
Linda Kash
Corinne Conley
Opening theme"My Life Such as It Is"
Ending theme"My Life Such as It Is" (Instrumental)
Composer John Clifford White
Country of originCanada
Australia
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
Running time30 minutes (including commercials)
Production companies SBS independent
Animation Works
Media World Features
Film Victoria
Nelvana
Original release
Network Teletoon's Adult Block/SBS
ReleaseFebruary 2, 2001 (2001-02-02) 
October 19, 2002 (2002-10-19)
Related
John Callahan's Pelswick

John Callahan's Quads! (or simply Quads!) is an adult animated sitcom produced by Nelvana. [1] It was created by and based upon the work of John Callahan, who also created another Nelvana-produced cartoon, Pelswick . The show aired on Teletoon's Adult Block in Canada, SBS in Australia, and in Latin America on Locomotion and Adult Swim. [2] The show never aired in the United States; however, the series was released on YouTube in 2018. This was one of the first shows animated completely using the Macromedia Flash software. 26 episodes were produced.

Contents

It was produced by Animation Works, Nelvana, Media World Features, SBS Independent, and Film Victoria, with support from ScreenWest and Lotterywest. It was first aired on Teletoon at Night on February 2, 2001. [3]

When Quads Won't Leave was an early title for the cartoon. [4]

Characters

Voice cast

Episodes

Season 1 (2001)

No.TitleWritten byOriginal release date [5]
1"Maimed Manor" Andrew Nicholls
Darrell Vickers
2 February 2001 (2001-02-02)
An able-bodied drunk named Reilly finds himself paralyzed after the driver, a local wealthy man named Mort Bromberg, runs him over. To keep from suing him, Mort gives Reilly a cash settlement and a mansion next to Mort and his social-climbing wife, Liz.
2"Bad Manors"Todd Thicke9 February 2001 (2001-02-09)
To raise money to keep the mansion, Reilly and the disabled friends he mocked in the first episode decide to rent out the mansion as a place for parties and conventions.
3"1-800-GIMP"Todd Thicke16 February 2001 (2001-02-16)
Liz Bromberg holds a telethon to raise money for "unfortunate gimps" and ropes in Reilly and his friends.
4"The Fraud Quad"Jeremy Hotz
Todd Thicke
23 February 2001 (2001-02-23)
Reilly is jealous of a swarthy, charming, Spanish man who may be faking his disability.
5"Christmas Holidaze"Alan Daniels17 December 2001 (2001-12-17)
Reilly's battle with overcoming his alcoholism is challenged over the Christmas holidays.
6"Life Wheel 3000"Ken Cuperus2 March 2001 (2001-03-02)
Reilly gets a wheelchair that begins to alienate him from his friends and girlfriend, Franny.
7"Gonad's Faust" Jennifer Pertsch 9 March 2001 (2001-03-09)
Reilly sells his soul so he can regain his sexual stamina.
8"Monkey in the Middle"Vito Viscomi16 March 2001 (2001-03-16)
Frustrated by his physical limitations following his accident, Reilly buys a helper monkey.
9"Son's Also Blinded"Kenn Scott
John Pellatt
23 March 2001 (2001-03-23)
Fontaine (the blind, African-American man of the group) is reunited with the son he never knew he had. Meanwhile, Franny wants to have a baby.
10"Guinea Pigs"Todd Thicke30 March 2001 (2001-03-30)
Reilly, Lefty, Fontaine, Griz, and Blazer get roped into medical experiments run by their counselor, Deborah Golden.
11"The Unkindest Cut"Steve French
Brandan Luna
6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)
Reilly accidentally finds himself running for city council against Liz Bromberg. Meanwhile, a beautiful thalidomide woman named Randy moves into the mansion, and Blazer discovers that Randy is transgender.
12"Fatal Distraction"Andrea Gillies13 April 2001 (2001-04-13)
Spaulding (Reilly's homosexual masseur) blackmails Reilly into being his boyfriend so he can catch the eye of his old flame, Bruce. Meanwhile, Griz's (the alcoholic bartender) cowgirl sister comes to town and has her eyes set on Spaulding, not knowing that he's not into women.
13"Spalding in the Family Way"Anthony Watt
Brandan Luna
20 April 2001 (2001-04-20)
Spaulding's parents come to visit and uses Reilly's hippie girlfriend, Franny, to trick his parents into thinking he's heterosexual. Meanwhile, Reilly and the rest of his friends help Griz clean up the bar in time for the health inspector's visit.

Season 2 (2002)

No.TitleWritten byOriginal release date [5]
14"The Church of Reilly"Ken Cuperus7 September 2002 (2002-09-07)
When Lefty (the hook-handed chef of the household) cooks an omelette that has an image of The Virgin Mary in it, Reilly sees this as a chance to make money off the religious by transforming into a smooth-talking, faith-healing preacher man, much to the disgust of his former Catholic school nun teacher.
15"Vacation to Lesbos"Todd Thicke8 September 2002 (2002-09-08)
Franny, upset that Reilly takes her for granted, decides to take a break from men and experiment with a woman...only to find herself in too deep when another woman falls for her.
16"To Slash or Not to Slash"Jennifer Pertsch14 September 2002 (2002-09-14)
While pursuing his dream of being a legitimate actor, Lefty soon lands gigs as serial killers in B-horror movies.
17"Let the Gimp Games Begin"Hugh Duffy15 September 2002 (2002-09-15)
Reilly starts his own Olympic Games for people with handicaps and disabilities.
18"Midnight Cash Cowboy"Steve Sullivan21 September 2002 (2002-09-21)
In order to fit in with the sexually experimental women of her country club, Liz Bromberg starts an affair with Fontaine.
19"Trial and Error"Jennifer Cowan22 September 2002 (2002-09-22)
Blazer meets a sexy, wild woman at a rave and takes her home...and things get sticky when the woman is found dead and Blazer is accused of her murder.
20"Gray Matter"Ken Cuperus28 September 2002 (2002-09-28)
A government worker investigates Reilly after discovering that he may be cashing the social security checks of a dead woman.
21"The Gambling Bug"Andrea Gillies29 September 2002 (2002-09-29)
Reilly's gambling addiction hits a new low when he loses the mansion and Franny.
22"The Magnificent Severed"Al Schwartz5 October 2002 (2002-10-05)
Liz Bromberg accuses Reilly of stealing her priceless rubies at the same time Reilly gets an inheritance from an uncle he never knew he had.
23"Griz Savant" Dan Signer 6 October 2002 (2002-10-06)
To save the Disability Center from shutting down, Reilly and his friends hold a talent show, but all of them are wildly untalented...except for Griz, who can play the piano like a pro while drunk.
24"Heaven Can Bite Me"Brendan Luno & Anthony Watt12 October 2002 (2002-10-12)
Reilly has a near-death experience after eating a booze-laced brownie.
25"Cripple Challenge"Brendan Luno & Anthony Watt13 October 2002 (2002-10-13)
Reilly and his friends become contestants on a Survivor-esque reality show for the disabled.
26"Cain and Enabler"Unknown19 October 2002 (2002-10-19)
Reilly becomes the sobriety sponsor to an ageing rock star.

References

  1. "Nelvana.com – Shows - Quads!". www.nelvana.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012.
  2. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 57. ISBN   9781476672939.
  3. "CANOE - JAM! - Welcome to Maimed Manor". Jam.canoe.ca. 2 February 2001. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. "The Man Behind Mr. Man, Part 1". Cold Hard Flash: Flash Animation News, Videos and Links. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (FTP). 2 March 2016.[dead ftp link](To view documents see Help:FTP) Alt URL