The Oddball Couple facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Oddball Couple |
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Title card for DePatie-Freleng’s The Oddball Couple, featuring Fleabag (left) and Spiffy (right).
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| Genre | Children's television series Animation Comedy Cartoon series |
| 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(s) | Doug Goodwin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 16 (32 segments) |
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| Producer(s) | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Editor(s) | Bob Gillis (editing supervisor) Allan Potter Joe Siracusa Rick Steward |
| Running time | 20 minutes (2 10-minute segments) |
| Production company(s) | DePatie-Freleng Enterprises Paramount Network Television |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 6 – December 20, 1975 |
The Oddball Couple is a fun animated TV show that aired on the ABC network. It ran on Saturday mornings from September 6 to December 20, 1975. This cartoon was made by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Paramount Television. It was based on the popular live-action TV series The Odd Couple, which had just finished its run.
Meet the Oddball Couple
The Oddball Couple tells the funny adventures of two very different friends who live together. There's a neat and tidy cat named Spiffy, and a messy, lazy dog named Fleabag. Spiffy loves everything to be clean and organized. Fleabag, on the other hand, is quite untidy and doesn't care much about cleanliness.
Their different personalities are easy to see in their home. Their house is half fancy mansion and half old, broken-down shack! Even their car shows their differences: it's half shiny and new, and half rusty and old. They also have a secretary, Goldie Hound, who helps them in their shared office. Each episode of the show has two short stories, each about 10 minutes long.
In the original Odd Couple TV show, the neat character was a photographer, and the messy one was a sportswriter. In this cartoon version, Spiffy the neat cat is a writer, and Fleabag the messy dog is a photographer.
Episodes of the Show
The Oddball Couple had one season with 16 episodes. Each episode was split into two shorter stories, making a total of 32 segments. The show aired every Saturday morning.
Voice Actors
Here are the talented people who gave voices to the characters in The Oddball Couple:
- Joe Besser
- Joan Gerber as Goldie
- Bob Holt
- Sarah Kennedy
- Don Messick
- Frank Nelson as Spiffy
- Ginny Tyler
- Frank Welker
- Paul Winchell as Fleabag
