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The Oddball Couple
Oddballlogo.jpg
Title card for DePatie-Freleng’s The Oddball Couple, featuring Fleabag (left) and Spiffy (right).
Genre Cartoon series
Directed by Gerry Chiniquy
Robert McKimson
Voices of Frank Nelson (Spiffy)
Paul Winchell (Fleabag)
Joan Gerber (Goldie)
Joe Besser
Robert Holt
Sarah Kennedy
Don Messick
Ginny Tyler
Frank Welker
Theme music composer Joe Siracusa
Composer(s) Doug Goodwin
Country of origin  United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 16
Production
Producer(s) David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
Running time 30 min.
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run September 6, 1975 – December 20, 1975

The Oddball Couple was an animated half hour Saturday morning show that ran on the ABC TV network from September 6, 1975 to September 3, 1977. The show was a production of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with Paramount Television and was an animated homage to the Neil Simon play-turned movie-turned hit TV series The Odd Couple, which was ironic because this series premiered the same year that the show to which it paid homage was canceled by ABC. The show initially aired at 11:30am ET the first season and was switched to 12 Noon ET the following season.

Contents

[edit] Overview of series

The Oddball Couple featured the misadventures of a dog and cat who lived together under the same roof. The cat's name was Spiffy and the dog's name was Fleabag. Spiffy was a very orderly and polite cat who believed in cleanliness and organization while his roommate Fleabag the dog was the exact opposite who was always rude, obnoxious, lazy and was always very disorganized and unorthodox. This relationship even extended to their house, which was one-half mansion and one-half dilapidated shack- and even their car, which was half-pristine, half junker. They had a secretary named Goldie who worked in the office they shared. The show always had two segments lasting ten minutes.

[edit] Episode list

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

[edit] Voices

[edit] Production credits

  • Story Editor: Bob Ogle
  • Writers: Bob Ogle, Joel Kane, David Detiege, Earl Kress, John W. Dunn
  • Supervising Director: Lew Marshall
  • Animation Directors: Gerry Chiniquy, Robert McKimson
  • Storyboard Directors: Bill Perez, Art Leonardi, Jan Green, Gary Hoffman
  • Graphic Design: Ric Gonzales, Gary Hoffman, Dick Ung, Al Wilson, Ken Landau, Coral Kerr, Adam Szwejkowski, Susan Scholefield
  • Animation: Norm McCabe, Bob Matz, Virgil Ross, Bob Bemiller, Bob Richardson, Jim Davis, Nelson Shin, Bill Numes, Don Williams, Joel Seibel, Bob Bransford, John Freeman, Bill Carney, Warren Batchelder, George Jorgensen, John Gibbs, Bob Goe
  • Background Supervised by: Richard H. Thomas
  • Backgrounds: Mary O'Loughlin, Don Watson
  • Ink and Paint Supervisor: Gertrude Timmins
  • Xerography: Greg Marshall
  • Film Editors Supervised by: Bob Gillis
  • Film Editors: Joe Siracusa, Rick Steward, Allan Potter
  • Voices: Paul Winchell, Frank Nelson, Joan Gerber, Frank Welker, Sarah Kennedy, Don Messick, Joe Besser, Ginny Tyler, Bob Holt
  • Music by: Doug Goodwin
  • Main Title Music Arranged by: Joe Siracusa
  • Conducted by: Eric Rodgers
  • In Charge of Production: Lee Gunther
  • Camera: Ray Lee, Larry Hogan, John Burton, Jr.
  • Production Mixer: Steve Orr
  • Sound by: Producer's Sound Service, Inc.
  • Based Upon the Play "The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon
  • Produced by: David H. DePatie & Friz Freleng

[edit] External links
Founders
Theatrical shorts (Original)
The Pink Panther (1964–1980) • The Inspector (1965–1969)   • Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971) • The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971) • Tijuana Toads (1969–1972) • The Blue Racer (1972–1974) • Hoot Kloot (1973–1974) • The Dogfather (1974–1976) •
Theatrical shorts and Television specials
commissioned for Warner Bros.
Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes (theatrical, 1964-1967) Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (CBS/TV special, 1977) Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (CBS/TV special, 1979) Daffy Duck's Easter Show (NBC/TV special, 1980)
Television shorts
Texas Toads (1976) • Misterjaw (1976) • Crazylegs Crane (1978)
Television shows
The Super 6 (NBC, 1966–1969) • Super President (NBC, 1967–1968) • Here Comes The Grump (NBC, 1969–1970) • The Pink Panther Show (NBC, 1969–1971) • The Pink Panther Meets The Ant and the Aardvark (NBC, 1970–1971) • Doctor Dolittle (NBC, 1970–1971) • The New Pink Panther Show (NBC, 1971–1976) • The Barkleys (NBC, 1972–1973) • The Houndcats (NBC, 1972–1973) • Bailey's Comets (CBS, 1973–1975) • The Oddball Couple (ABC, 1975–1977) • Return to the Planet of the Apes (NBC, 1975–1976) The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half-Hour and a Half Show (NBC, 1976–1977) Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (NBC, 1977–1978) What's New Mr. Magoo? (CBS, 1977–1979) Think! Pink Panther (NBC, 1978) The All New Pink Panther Show (ABC, 1978–1979) The Fantastic Four (NBC, 1978–1979) Spider-Woman (ABC, 1979–1980)
Television specials
Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14 (CBS/TV special, 1972) Luvcast U.S.A. (ABC/TV special) The Incredible, Indelible, Magical Physical, Mystery Trip (ABC/TV special, 1973) The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (NBC/TV special, 1973) Clerow Wilson's Great Escape (NBC/TV special, 1974) The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head (ABC/TV special, 1974) The Tiny Tree (NBC/TV special, 1975) My Mom's Having a Baby (ABC/TV special, 1977) Where Do Teenagers Come From? (ABC/TV special, 1980)
Dr. Seuss
Television specials
The Cat in the Hat (CBS/TV special, 1971) • The Lorax (CBS/TV special, 1972) • Dr. Seuss on the Loose (CBS/TV special, 1973) • The Hoober-Bloob Highway (CBS/TV special, 1975) • Halloween Is Grinch Night (ABC/TV special, 1977) • Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (ABC/TV special, 1980)
See also
First-run animated series
The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963-1970) • The Smokey the Bear Show • The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969-1971) • Hot Wheels (1969-1971) • The Hardy Boys (1969-1971) • Skyhawks (1969-1971) • The Adventures of Gulliver (1968-1970) • Fantastic Voyage (1968-1970) • Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970-1972) • The Road Runner Show • The Funky Phantom (1971–1973) • The Jackson 5ive (1971–1973) • The Osmonds (1972-1974) • The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972-1974) • The Brady Kids (1972–1974) • Kid Power (1972-1974) • Yogi's Gang (1973-1975) • Super Friends • Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973-1975) • Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973) • Mission: Magic! (1973-1974) • Hong Kong Phooey (1974-1976) • The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974-1977) • Devlin (1974-1976) • These Are the Days (1974-1976) • The Tom and Jerry Show (1975-1977) • The Great Grape Ape Show (1975-1976) • The Oddball Couple (1975-1977) • Jabberjaw (1976-1978) • The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour • The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976-1977) • The All-New Super Friends Hour • Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show • Laff-A-Lympics • Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) • Fangface (1978-1979) • Challenge of the Super Friends • The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978-1979) • The World's Greatest Super Friends • The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk • Rickety Rocket) (1979-1981) • Spider-Woman (1979-1980) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
First-run live-action series
Rebroadcasts
George of the Jungle (1967-1970) • Bewitched • Jonny Quest (1970–1972) • H.R. Pufnstuf • The Monkees (1972–1973) • Speed Buggy • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Schedules
Related programming and topics
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