The Oddball Couple Explained

Genre:Comedy
Director:Gerry Chiniquy
Robert McKimson
Voices: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:United States
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:16 (32 segments)
Producer:David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
Editor:Bob Gillis (editing supervisor)
Allan Potter
Joe Siracusa
Rick Steward
Runtime:20 minutes (2 10-minute segments)
Company:DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Network:ABC

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 housewhich is one-half mansion and one-half dilapidated shackand 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

Production credits

Home media

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

References

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