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television series created by

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. It follows the surreal adventures of two

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siblings, Cow and Chicken. They are often antagonized by the Red Guy, a cartoon version of

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who poses as various characters to scam them. The pilot episode originally aired as part of the

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series '' What a Cartoon'' on November 12, 1995. The series later made its official debut on July 15, 1997, and ended on August 13, 1999, with a total of 52 episodes (104 segments) over the course of 4 seasons. ''Cow and Chicken'' was attached to another segment called ''

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'', which was later spun off into its own half-hour series on June 10, 1999. The series creator David Feiss directed all the episodes, with the co-directions of Monte Young, John McIntyre, and

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Series overview

Episodes

Pilot (1995)

Season 1 (1997)

This season was produced from November 1996 to June 1997.

Season 2 (1998)

13 half-hours of this season were produced from December 1997 to March 1998. 13 more half-hours were produced from July to November 1998, splitting off into a third season.

Season 3 (1998–99)

Season 4 (1999)

Episodes 40, 42–44, & 48 were shown as part of a special promotion called "Smelly Telly", where viewers could use

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cards to smell certain odors at different parts of the episodes, as instructed on screen.

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External links

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