The Oddball Couple

*The Oddball Couple*
The Oddball Couple
	Title card for DePatie-Freleng’s The Oddball Couple, featuring Fleabag (left) and Spiffy (right).
Genre	Children's television series; Animation; Comedy; Cartoon series
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; Robert Holt; Sarah Kennedy; Don Messick; Ginny Tyler; Frank Welker
Theme music composer	Doug Goodwin, arranged by Joe Siracusa
Composer	Doug Goodwin
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Producers	David H. DePatie; Friz Freleng
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises; Paramount Network Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 6 –; December 20, 1975

The Oddball Couple is an animated half-hour Saturday morning show that ran on the ABC TV network from September 6, 1975, to December 20, 1975. The show was a production of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with Paramount Television, distributed by CBS Television Distribution and is an animated adaptation of the Neil Simon play-turned movie-turned TV series The Odd Couple, which had just ended its run on March 7 of that year, after five seasons on ABC. The show initially aired at 11:30 am Eastern Time (ET) the first season and was switched to 12 noon ET.

Overview of series

The Oddball Couple features the misadventures of a dog named Fleabag and cat named Spiffy who live together under the same roof. Spiffy is a very orderly and polite cat who believes in cleanliness and organization while his roommate Fleabag is the exact opposite who is always rude, obnoxious, lazy and is always very disorganized and unorthodox. This relationship extends to their house – which is one-half mansion and one-half dilapidated shack – and even their car, which is half-pristine, half-junker. They have a secretary named Goldie Hound (a spoof on actress Goldie Hawn) who works in the office they share. The show consists of two segments lasting ten minutes each.

In the original Odd Couple series, neatnik Felix was a photographer while slob Oscar was a sportswriter. In this series, neatnik Spiffy was a writer while slob Fleabag was a photographer.

Episodes

Nº	Title	Original 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)

Voices

Joe Besser –
Joan Gerber – Goldie
Bob Holt –
Sarah Kennedy –
Don Messick –
Frank Nelson – Spiffy
Ginny Tyler –
Frank Welker –
Paul Winchell – Fleabag

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 Nunes, 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.
This picture has made the jurdisction of I.A.T.S.E., affiliated with A.F.L.-C.L.O.
© MCMLXXV DePatie-Freleng Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.
Based Upon the Play "The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon
Produced by: David H. DePatie & Friz Freleng
DFE Films · A DePatie-Freleng Production

DVD Release

This series was released for the first time on DVD from CBS via Amazon's CreateSpace on December 30, 2017. ^[1]^[2]

References

External links

[1] ttp://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Oddball-Couple-DVDs-Planned/23116

[2] ttp://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Oddball-Couple-DVDs-Available/23893

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v t e DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Founders	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
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)
Commissioned by 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)
Television shorts	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) 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	The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (NBC/TV special, 1973) 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) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (ABC/TV special, 1982)
See also	Marvel Productions Ltd. Saban Entertainment Here Comes the Grump (film) 1982 animators' strike

v t e Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s
First-run animated series	The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) The Smokey the Bear Show (1969–70) The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) Hot Wheels (1969–71) Skyhawks (1969–71) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) The Reluctant Dragon & Mr. Toad Show (1970-71) Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72) The Road Runner Show (1971–73) The Funky Phantom (1971–73) Jackson 5ive (1971–73) The Osmonds (1972–74) The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–74) The Brady Kids (1972–74) Kid Power (1972–74) Yogi's Gang (1973–75) Super Friends (1973–74) Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–75) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–75) Mission: Magic! (1973–74) Hong Kong Phooey (1974–75) The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77) Devlin (1974–76) These Are the Days (1974–76) The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–77) The Great Grape Ape Show (1975–76) The Oddball Couple (1975–77) Jabberjaw (1976–78) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77) The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976–77) Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976–77) The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–78) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show Laff-A-Lympics Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) (1977–79) Fangface (1978–79) Challenge of the Superfriends (1978–79) The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79) The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979–80) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) Spider-Woman (1979–80) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80)
First-run live-action series	American Bandstand (1957–87) Discovery (1962-71) Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970–72) Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970–72) Lidsville (1971–73) Curiosity Shop (1971–73) Make a Wish (1971–76) Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–75) The Lost Saucer (1975–76) Uncle Croc's Block (1975–76) The Krofft Supershow (1976–78) Bigfoot and Wildboy Dr. Shrinker Electra Woman and Dyna Girl Magic Mongo Wonderbug Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976–78) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) Kids Are People Too (1978–82)
Rebroadcasts	George of the Jungle (1967–70) Bewitched (1971–73) Jonny Quest (1970–72) H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73) The Monkees (1972–73) Speed Buggy (1975-76) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978) The Bugs Bunny Show (1973–75)
Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

v t e Neil Simon's The Odd Couple
Films	The Odd Couple (1968) The Odd Couple II (1998)
Television series	The Odd Couple (1970–1975) (episodes) The Oddball Couple (1975) The New Odd Couple (1982–1983) The Odd Couple (2015–2017) (episodes)
Television films	The Odd Couple Together Again