| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Director: | David Feiss |
| Based On: | Dumb and Dumber by Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly Bennett Yellin |
| Voices: | Matt Frewer Bill Fagerbakke Tom Kenny Bronson Pinchot Kath Soucie |
| Country: | United States |
| Composer: | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Network: | ABC |
| Company: | Hanna-Barbera Cartoons New Line Television |
| Num Episodes: | 13 (23 segments) |
| Executive Producer: | Sherry Gunther Sasha Emerson Robert Friedman |
| Producer: | Byron Vaughns |
Dumb and Dumber (also known as Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series) is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera and New Line Television for ABC. It is based on the 1994 comedy film of the same name. It premiered in October 1995, making it the last Hanna-Barbera show to air on a television channel other than Cartoon Network.[1]
Matt Frewer provided the voice of Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey's character in the film), while Bill Fagerbakke voiced the character of Harry Dunn (Jeff Daniels' character in the movie). The animated series was written by Bennett Yellin, co-writer of the original film. The series was cancelled after one season.[2]
Dumb and Dumber was one of three animated series based on Jim Carrey films premiering in the same year; the others are the 1995–2000 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective series, and the 1995–1997 .[3]
The cartoon revolves around the continued misadventures of Lloyd and Harry after reacquiring their dog shaped van now named "Otto". It also features a new character, Kitty, a female pet purple beaver who appears to be smarter than both men.
Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series is the final Hanna-Barbera-produced show to premiere on ABC (as well as the final Hanna-Barbera-produced show to air on broadcast network television) and one of the last Saturday morning cartoons on the network not associated with The Walt Disney Company. The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera in association with New Line Television (the television division of New Line Cinema, distributor of the original film).
In Britain, the series was screened on Cartoon Network before receiving terrestrial airings on Children 4 (unlike and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, two other shows based on a film starring Jim Carrey, both of which were shown by the BBC).
A VHS tape containing some episodes of the show, including "Dumb Luck", was released in Australia and Russia in the 1990s, but in the United States, the show was not released on home video until 2015.
Warner Home Video released Dumb and Dumber: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Warner Archive Collection in January 2015. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.[4]
A pop album called "Get Down Get Dumb" was released to promote the cartoon due to its popularity.
All 13 episodes of the series are available for purchase on Amazon Video, YouTube, and Google Play.