The Oddball Couple

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The Oddball Couple
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Genre Comedy
Based on The Odd Couple
by Neil Simon
Directed by Gerry Chiniquy
Robert McKimson
Voices of Frank Nelson (Spiffy)
Paul Winchell (Fleabag)
Joan Gerber (Goldie)
Joe Besser
Bob Holt
Sarah Kennedy
Don Messick
Ginny Tyler
Frank Welker
Theme music composerDoug Goodwin, arranged by Joe Siracusa
ComposerDoug Goodwin
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16 (32 segments)
Production
Producers David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
EditorsBob Gillis (editing supervisor)
Allan Potter
Joe Siracusa
Rick Steward
Running time20 minutes (2 10-minute segments)
Production company DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseSeptember 6 (1975-09-06) –
December 20, 1975 (1975-12-20)

The Oddball Couple is an American animated television series that aired on ABC on Saturday mornings for 16 episodes from September 6 to December 20, 1975. The show was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, and was distributed by Viacom Enterprises. [1] It is an adaptation of the television sitcom The Odd Couple , which had ended its run that year, after five seasons on ABC. [2]

Contents

Plot

The Oddball Couple features the misadventures of a dog named Fleabag and cat named Spiffy, who live together under the same roof. [3] Spiffy is an orderly and polite cat who is a stickler for cleanliness and organization, and Fleabag is rude, obnoxious, lazy, untidy and very disorganized. Their disparate personalities are reflected in their house –which is one-half mansion and one-half dilapidated shack –and even in their car, which is half-pristine and half-junker. They have a secretary named Goldie Hound (a play on the name Goldie Hawn) who works in the office they share. The show consists of two segments lasting 10 minutes each.

In the original Odd Couple series, Felix the neat freak was a photographer and slovenly Oscar was a sportswriter. In this series, Spiffy the neatnik is a writer and Fleabag the slob is a photographer.

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Spiffy's Man Friday"
"Who's Zoo"		September 6, 1975 (1975-09-06)
2"A Day at the Beach"
"Fleabag's Mother"		September 13, 1975 (1975-09-13)
3"Spiffy's Nephew"
"To Heir Is Human"		September 20, 1975 (1975-09-20)
4"A Royal Mixup"
"Paper Airplane"		September 27, 1975 (1975-09-27)
5"The Bighouse and Garden"
"The Talking Plant"		October 4, 1975 (1975-10-04)
6"Family Album"
"Hotel Boo-More"		October 11, 1975 (1975-10-11)
7"Irish Luck"
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Werewolf?"		October 18, 1975 (1975-10-18)
8"Dive Dummers"
"Do or Diet"		October 25, 1975 (1975-10-25)
9"Klondike Oil Kaper"
"Old Bugeyes Is Back"		November 1, 1975 (1975-11-01)
10"Mugsy Bagel"
"TV or Not TV"		November 8, 1975 (1975-11-08)
11"Ali Cat"
"The Joker's Wild"		November 15, 1975 (1975-11-15)
12"Cinderbag"
"Momma Fleabag"		November 22, 1975 (1975-11-22)
13"Do It Yourself, Fleabag"
"Roman Daze"		November 29, 1975 (1975-11-29)
14"Fleabag's Submarine"
"Foreign Legion"		December 6, 1975 (1975-12-06)
15"Bats in the Belfry"
"Superhound"		December 13, 1975 (1975-12-13)
16"Jungle Bungle"
"Talent Scouts"		December 20, 1975 (1975-12-20)

Production credits

Home media

This series was released on DVD from CBS via Amazon's CreateSpace on December 30, 2017. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 434–435. ISBN   978-1538103739.
  2. ↑ Markstein, Don. "The Oddball Couple". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 204–205. ISBN   0-8108-1557-5 . Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic". 28 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic". 28 May 2024.
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