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| Created by | Tom Snyder Carl W. Adams Holly Schlesinger |
| Developed by | Holly Schlesinger Matt Harrigan (episodes 1-3, 5) |
| Starring | H. Jon Benjamin Melissa Bardin Galsky Patrice O'Neal Holly Schlesinger |
| Opening theme | "O'Grady (The Diary of Abigale Colletti)" by Kelly Osbourne |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Carl W. Adams Alyssa Cooper |
| Producer(s) | Jack Ferraiolo (season 1) Will Shepard (season 2) |
| Production company(s) | Noggin LLC Soup2Nuts |
| Distributor | Viacom Media Networks |
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| Original network | The N (Noggin) |
| Original release | July 30, 2004 – April 24, 2006 |
O'Grady is an American animated television series created by Tom Snyder, Carl W. Adams, and Holly Schlesinger for Noggin's teen-oriented programming block, The N. The show was animated at Snyder's Soup2Nuts studio. It features the voices of H. Jon Benjamin, Melissa Bardin Galsky, Patrice O'Neal, and Holly Schlesinger playing a group of four teenagers living in the town of O'Grady. In each episode, the characters experience a different supernatural phenomenon while also facing ordinary high school challenges.
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Plot
The series is set in the fictional town of O'Grady, which is periodically plagued by a force called "The Weirdness." The Weirdness affects its residents in strange ways, and its effects usually last for several days. For example, it causes people to project their private thoughts in bubbles over their heads, or produce clones of themselves every time they get angry. The focal characters of the show are four students of O'Grady High: Kevin, Abby, Harold, and Beth.
Characters
Main characters
- Kevin Harnisch (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) is a slacking teenager who never wants to do hard work. He likes to find ways to use the Weirdness for his own gain. He is in a band with Harold and Iris, but the band has never progressed past a few shows. He has a crush on Abby but would never admit it.
- Abby Wilde (voiced by Melissa Bardin Galsky) is a fashion-oriented average teenager. She attempts to improve her life around her by trying to "help" Beth’s employer gain business by selling non-eco or vegan friendly items in a local health food store. Abby and Kevin have feelings for each other, as shown in many episodes. Abby's longtime love interest is Pete Klesko, but she never manages to make him feel the same way.
- Harold Oscar Jenkins (voiced by Patrice O'Neal) is Kevin's best friend who works at Eets-A-Pizza. He can be a little nerdy and often is uncomfortable with Kevin's various schemes. He is genuinely kindhearted and good-spirited, and he likes hanging around with Kevin because he sees the good in him.
- Beth Briggs (voiced by Holly Schlesinger) is a blue-haired environmentalist vegetarian, portrayed as a concerned hippie with big ideas. She is Abby's best friend and is usually shown to be the opposite of Kevin. She has good intentions but is naive. She tends to believe anything she hears and always manages to change the story if she retells it.
Supporting characters
- Phillip Demorio (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) is the smartest student at O'Grady High. He is nerdy, wealthy, and is almost always seen wearing a tie. He speaks very aristocratically in a British accent. Although Kevin tends to make fun of him when they hang around, Phillip is shown to be very self-confident and enjoys showing off his dancing skills.
- Iris (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) is a neurotic German exchange student and a devoted fan of techno music. She is part of Kevin and Harold's band. She speaks with an accent, is obsessed with chocolate, and often misunderstands what others are saying to her. She sometimes speaks entire sentences in German.
- Pete Klesko (voiced by Larry Murphy) is the most popular student in school. He plays on the lacrosse team, and Abby has had a crush on him for a long time, despite him not being able to remember her name. He has a very dull personality but is still nice.
- Donald Alan Lipschitz (voiced by Larry Murphy) is a monotone-speaking substitute teacher. He says "Oh, Lord" frequently whenever something bad happens. He also seems to suffer a reverse effect to every Weirdness. He has to teach classes whenever the staff become victims to the Weirdness and is often teaching every class the main characters attend.
- Dr. Myers (voiced by Bill Braudis) is the school principal. He has braces and is balding. He is not very intelligent or skilled at running the school. He and Mr. Lipschitz have a somewhat unnatural friendship, with both being a little annoyed of the other.
Additional voices
- Alonzo Bodden
- Amy Poehler
- Conan O'Brien
- Dannah Feinglass Phirman
- David Cross
- Dina Pearlman
- Jon Glaser
- Mark Rivers
- Matt Walsh
- Paula Plum
- Rachel Dratch
- Rob Corddry
- Sam Seder
- Sirena Irwin
- Todd Barry
- Tom Kenny
- Will Arnett
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 13 | July 30, 2004 | May 13, 2005 | |
| 2 | 6 | March 3, 2006 | April 24, 2006 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2004–05)
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| 1 | 1 | "Sweats" | July 30, 2004 | 101 |
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As the Weirdness causes people who sweat to have their insecurities physically magnified, Kevin, Beth and Abby make a documentary about O'Grady and Harold worries about an upcoming wrestling match.
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| 2 | 2 | "Clones" | August 6, 2004 | 102 |
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The Weirdness creates a clone every time a person loses their temper. Harold is jealous and lonely when he finds that he cannot create a clone for himself, while Abby and Kevin are horrified to discover that their clones are romantically interested in each other.
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| 3 | 3 | "Party Gong" | August 13, 2004 | 103 |
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The Weirdness causes short term memory loss (signified by the bang of a gong), which Kevin exploits to convince Beth that she is having a party while her family is out of town. Meanwhile, Harold tries to track down the source of a mysterious phone number he finds himself in possession of.
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| 4 | 4 | "O'Grady Idol" | August 20, 2004 | 104 |
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The Weirdness causes everyone to act like cats. Meanwhile, Kevin and Abby compete against each other in the O'Grady Idol singing contest, and Beth struggles to judge them impartially.
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| 5 | 5 | "Magnets" | September 3, 2004 | 105 |
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The Weirdness causes people to act as magnets, attracting and repelling objects from themselves. Meanwhile, Beth asks Abby for help facing the future of coffee shops, and Kevin almost gets Harold fired from his job at Eets-a-Pizza.
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| 6 | 6 | "Sign Language" | September 10, 2004 | 106 |
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The Weirdness makes public service signs come to life. Abby takes dance classes with Phillip, While Kevin uses the sign icons for his own personal gain, and Beth and Harold take Driver's Ed.
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| 7 | 7 | "Bubble Heads" | December 31, 2004 | 107 |
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The Weirdness causes people's inner thoughts to appear in bubbles over their heads, preventing them from lying. Beth uses the Weirdness to get great deals on clothing, while Kevin and Harold's friendship is strained by the truth and Abby finally gets a chance to hang out with her crush Pete Klesko when she finds out there both going to an upcoming concert except she seems to have misplaced her ticket.
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| 8 | 8 | "Robo-Babies" | April 1, 2005 | 108 |
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The Weirdness causes everyone who yawns to instantly teleport. The class is assigned robo-babies to care for, which exhausts Abby, while Beth avoids her 'husband' Harold and Kevin tries to spin the assignment into a scheme for cash.
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| 9 | 9 | "Cop 'Stache (a.k.a Mall Cop)" | April 8, 2005 | 109 |
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The Weirdness makes it impossible to insult someone else, much to the chagrin of Abby's friends after she changes her look to impress Pete Klesko. Kevin becomes a mall cop, and Harold falls in with the popular crowd.
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| 10 | 10 | "Sugar Hill" | April 15, 2005 | 110 |
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. The Weirdness creates soundtrack music to the characters' lives. O'Grady High goes without sugar. Beth and Abby find that the lack of sweets strains their friendship, while Kevin gets rich from black-market sugar sales.
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| 11 | 11 | "Old Cold" | April 22, 2005 | 111 |
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The Weirdness causes people to age 30 years when they sneeze. Kevin convinces Harold, Beth and Abby to skip to avoid their elderly classmates, but they run into a few kinks. Meanwhile Mr.Lipschitz finds he has become younger and decides to make a few more golden memories.
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| 12 | 12 | "No Pain, No Gain" | May 6, 2005 | 112 |
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The Weirdness makes everyone invincible to pain, which Harold uses to his advantage by joining the football team to impress his dad. Also The Guru New You's, a popular makeover show, comes to O'Grady which leads to disastrous results for Beth, and Kevin tries out for the annual crazy stunt competition.
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| 13 | 13 | "Remotes" | May 13, 2005 | 113 |
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The Weirdness causes remotes to work on people. Abby joins the cheerleading squad to get Pete's attention, and Harold and Kevin decide to open a club in Kevin's garage, while Mr. Lipschitz uses his remote to screw around with Dr. Myers.
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Season 2 (2006)
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| 14 | 1 | "Frenched" | March 3, 2006 | 119 |
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The Weirdness makes everyone float when they're happy and turn their feet into lead if they're mad or sad (which makes them sink). Abby and Kevin both get jobs at the public pool, Beth prepares to go to Paris and Harold has to deal with Phillip, who is working with him. This episode guest starred Conan O'Brien and Amy Poehler.
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| 15 | 2 | "Vacation" | March 10, 2006 | 114 |
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The Weirdness makes people periodically have to urinate. Whilst Beth helps build homes for the destitute, Kevin sees an opportunity. Iris becomes obsessive in a single white female way about Abby while Harold becomes obsessed with an aged arcade game.
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| 16 | 3 | "A Stronger O'Grady" | March 17, 2006 | 115 |
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The Weirdness gives all women super strength, leading to Beth becoming a contender in the school elections. Meanwhile, Iris uses her new strength to insert the joys of techno music into the lives of her fellow students, whether they like it or not. Also Abby starts to develop feelings toward her substitute teacher which leads to a few problems when she finds out a shocking secret about him.
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| 17 | 4 | "The Fly" | April 10, 2006 | 116 |
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The Weirdness causes animals to be able to speak, so Harold uses a fly to learn and spread the gossip of the high school.
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| 18 | 5 | "Big Jerk on Campus" | April 17, 2006 | 117 |
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The Weirdness causes people to become invisible when they hold their breath. One of Kevin's older brothers, Randy visits from college and Abby takes a liking to an emo boy who likes to hang out in strange places. This episode guest starred David Cross.
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| 19 | 6 | "Cut the Cord" | April 24, 2006 | 118 |
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The Weirdness forces certain people to stay together; when they attempt to leave, a glowing cord comes out and ties them together. Abby and Harold sign up for a big brother/sister program. Beth discovers Mr. Lipschitz used to be a famous singer. Also, Kevin wins the chance to be on his favorite radio show. This episode guest starred Will Arnett.
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Broadcast
The series aired on Noggin in the US as part of the channel's nighttime programming block for teenagers, The N. It aired on MTV in Latin America, Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom, Family Channel in Canada, and 2×2 in Russia.
Home releases
Although O'Grady has never been released on DVD, some episodes are available for purchase through iTunes. It was available on Amazon Video. In 2013, TeenNick aired reruns of the show. And in 2014, Nick released "Best of O'Grady" in iTunes.
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