The Oddball Couple

*The Oddball Couple*
The Oddball Couple
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 composer	Doug Goodwin, arranged by Joe Siracusa
Composer	Doug Goodwin
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16 (32 segments)
Production
Producers	David H. DePatie; Friz Freleng
Editors	Bob Gillis (editing supervisor); Allan Potter; Joe Siracusa; Rick Steward
Running time	20 minutes (2 10-minute segments)
Production company	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 6 –; December 20, 1975

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]

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.	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)

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.
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

Home media

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

References

^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 434–435. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Markstein, Don. "The Oddball Couple". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^ 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.
^ "DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic". 28 May 2024.
^ "DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic". 28 May 2024.

External links

The Oddball Couple at IMDb

[Perlmutter-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.

[Woolery-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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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

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 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