''The Oddball Couple'' is an American

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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. It is an adaptation of the television

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'' The Odd Couple'', which had ended its run that year, after five seasons on ABC.

Plot

''The Oddball Couple'' features the misadventures of a dog named Fleabag and cat named Spiffy, who live together under the same roof. 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

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) 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

Joe Besser Joe Besser (born Jessel Besser, August 12, 1907 – March 1, 1988) was an American actor and comedian known for his impish humor and wimpy characters. He is best known for his brief stint as a member of The Three Stooges in movie short subject ...

Joan Gerber Joan Gerber (July 29, 1935 – August 22, 2011) was an American voice actress who provided voices for a variety of cartoons. Her most challenging voice role was "all the children in a Japanese train wreck" for a ''Godzilla'' television episode ...

as Goldie * Bob Holt * Sarah Kennedy *

Don Messick Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor, known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered voice roles include Scooby-Doo; Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in ''The Flintsto ...

* Frank Nelson as Spiffy * Ginny Tyler *

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as Fleabag

Episodes

Production credits

* Story Editor: Bob Ogle * Writers: Bob Ogle, Joel Kane, David Detiege, Earl Kress, John W. Dunn * Supervising Director: Lew Marshall * Animation Directors: Gerry Chiniquy,

Robert McKimson Robert Porter McKimson Sr. (October 13, 1910 – September 29, 1977) was an American animator and illustrator, best known for his work on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons from Warner Bros. Cartoons and later DePa ...

* Storyboard Directors: Bill Perez, Art Leonardi, Jan Green, Gary Hoffman * Graphic Design: Ric Gonzales, Gary Hoffman, Dick Ung, Al Wilson, Ken Landau, Coral Kerr, Adam Szwejkowski, Susan Scholefield * Animation: Norm McCabe, Bob Matz, Virgil Ross, Bob Bemiller, Bob Richardson, Jim Davis,

Nelson Shin Shin Neung-kyun (; born 1939), also known as Nelson Shin, is a South Korean animation director who is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea. He founded Akom in 1985. Career In the 1970s, Shin worked as an ...

, Bill Numes,

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, Joel Seibel, Bob Bransford, John Freeman, Bill Carney, Warren Batchelder, George Jorgensen, John Gibbs, Bob Goe * Background Supervised by: Richard H. Thomas * Backgrounds: Mary O'Loughlin, Don Watson * Ink and Paint Supervisor: Gertrude Timmins * Xerography: Greg Marshall * Film Editors Supervised by: Bob Gillis * Film Editors: Joe Siracusa, Rick Steward, Allan Potter * Voices:

, Frank Nelson,

, Sarah Kennedy,

, Ginny Tyler, Bob Holt * Music by: Doug Goodwin * Main Title Music Arranged by: Joe Siracusa * Conducted by: Eric Rodgers * In Charge of Production: Lee Gunther * Camera: Ray Lee, Larry Hogan, John Burton Jr. * Production Mixer: Steve Orr * Sound by: Producer's Sound Service, Inc. * This picture has made the jurdisction of I.A.T.S.E., affiliated with A.F.L.-C.L.O. * © MCMLXXV DePatie-Freleng Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. * Based Upon the Play "The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon * Produced by: David H. DePatie &

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (; August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, Film director, director, Film producer, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons ...

* DFE Films · A DePatie-Freleng Production

Home media

This series was released on DVD from CBS via Amazon's

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on December 30, 2017.

References

External links

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