词条 | The Oblongs | ||||||||
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| show_name = The Oblongs | image = The Oblongs title card.png | caption = The Oblong family. From the left: Bob, Pickles, Beth, Biff (blonde-haired conjoined twin), Chip (brown-haired conjoined twin), and Milo | genre = Animated sitcom Black comedy Surreal comedy | runtime = 22 minutes | opentheme = "Oblongs" by They Might Be Giants | composer = David Michael Frank David Schwartz | creator = Angus Oblong Jace Richdale | starring = Will Ferrell Jean Smart Pamela Adlon Lea DeLaria Jason Sklar Randy Sklar Becky Thyre Jeannie Elias Billy West Laraine Newman | country = United States | company = Jobsite Productions Film Roman Mohawk Productions Warner Bros. Television | network = {{Plainlist|
}} | picture_format = 4:3 SDTV |first_aired= {{Start date|2001|4|1}} | last_aired = {{End date|2002|10|20}} | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 13 | list_episodes = #Episodes }} The Oblongs is an American animated television series created by Angus Oblong and Jace Richdale. The series premiered on April 1, 2001 on The WB, and was removed on May 20, 2001, leaving the last five episodes unaired. The remaining episodes were later aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim, and later aired on Teletoon's "Teletoon Unleashed" block. The series is loosely based on a series of characters introduced in a picture book entitled Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children. It was produced by Jobsite Productions and Mohawk Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, and the theme song for the show was composed and performed by They Might Be Giants. A total of 13 episodes were produced. All thirteen episodes of The Oblongs were released on DVD on October 4, 2005. Setting and premiseThe series focuses on the antics of a family who live in a poor valley community, and as a result of pollution and radiation exposure, are all disabled or deformed. The pollution is the direct result of the lavish lifestyle of the rich community known as "The Hills", whose residents exploit and harm the valley residents with absolutely no regard for their safety or well-being. Social commentaryMany reviewers and fans see the series as a commentary on social stratification.[1] CharactersThe Oblong family
Milo's friends, "The Clubhouse Kids"
The Hill residents
The Valley residents
Minor characters
Episodes{{Episode table|background=#D1E231 |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |prodcode= |country=US |episodes={{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title={{anchor|Misfit Love}}Misfit Love |DirectedBy = Vincent Waller |WrittenBy = Jace Richdale |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|1}} |ProdCode = 236-001 |ShortSummary= Milo Oblong gets transferred to public school after his father, Bob, is taken off his job's insurance for filing too many claims, and falls for a beautiful, popular girl named Yvette who's really an alien. Meanwhile, Bob tries to find a second job to pay the medical bills. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=Narcoleptic Scottie |DirectedBy = Bob Jaques |WrittenBy = Scott Buck |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|8}} |ProdCode = 236-003 |ShortSummary=In an attempt to calm his hyperactivity, Bob and Pickles let Milo care for an injured Scottish terrier, but when the dog proves to be a bad influence on Milo, he's forced to give the dog up for adoption. Note: This is the first Oblongs episode to have the full opening. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=Milo Interrupted |DirectedBy = Kelly Armstrong |WrittenBy = Ben Kull |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|15}} |ProdCode = 236-009 |ShortSummary=After a Hill kid chucks a rock at the window of Mr. Bergstein's house, the mayor hires a Bible-thumping, gun nut named Mrs. Hubbard to investigate the Valley for dysfunctional families and juvenile delinquents when the Valley kids are accused of the incident. Meanwhile, Milo discovers that Helga's parents are missing and must care for her, making Bob suspect that Milo is abusing drugs. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title=Bucketheads |DirectedBy = Joe Horne |WrittenBy = Scott Buck |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|22}} |ProdCode = 236-011 |ShortSummary=Milo becomes an unlikely trendsetter for the Hill kids after Pickles sends him to school with a bucket on his head, but the fame goes to Milo's head when Milo sets out to create his own line of offbeat attire. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title=Heroine Addict |DirectedBy = Monte Young |WrittenBy = Jill Soloway & Scott Buck |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2001|4|29}} |ProdCode = 236-013 |ShortSummary=Pickles wins the chance at a shopping spree from a cigarette company, but when she passes out after smoking one too many cigarettes, Pickles decides to quit smoking (and drinking alcohol after inadvertently setting her finger on fire) -- and becomes a thrill-seeker after knocking out a woman during Tae-Bo class. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title=The Golden Child |DirectedBy = Linda Miller |WrittenBy = Leonard Dick |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|6}} |ProdCode = 236-008 |ShortSummary=Bob Oblong becomes depressed after learning all his suggestions to make Globocide better have been used as kindling for the factory's furnace. Meanwhile, Milo creates an energy drink called "Manic", and is named "The Corporate Messiah" by the higher-ups at Globocide. Note: On Adult Swim, the angry customer's line "Go back to France, you stupid kraut!" to the "A to Zed" shopowner had "kraut" (an ethnic slur against German people) muted. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |Title=Flush, Flush, Sweet Helga |DirectedBy = Monte Young |WrittenBy = Jace Richdale |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|13}} |ProdCode = 236-005 |ShortSummary=When Milo and his friends get caught crashing a Debbie birthday party, Helga ends up losing Debbie's locket and goes in the sewers to retrieve it, only to be stuck in the Valley's sewer pipes, and the Hill people don't see it as a problem -- until a failed attempt to get Helga out results in the Hill people annexing The Oblongs' house (which isn't affected by Helga being stuck in the pipes) for water. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |Title=Disfigured Debbie |DirectedBy = Joe Horne |WrittenBy = Jill Soloway |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|20}} |ProdCode = 236-002 |ShortSummary=Milo runs for class president, but loses to Debbie, who ends up an outcast after falling in a thresher. Note: This is the last episode to air on The WB before the series was cancelled. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |Title=Pickles' Little Amazons |DirectedBy = Skip Jones |WrittenBy = Ben Kull |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|8|25}} (on Adult Swim) |ProdCode = 236-004 |ShortSummary=Pickles gets arrested for neglecting Beth after trying to rescue her from a giant Venus flytrap and is sentenced community service by working as a den mother for a vaguely lesbian Girl Scout-esque troop called "The Little Amazons." Note: This is the first episode to air on Adult Swim after they picked up the rest of the unaired episodes from the show's second season. There were originally going to be 13 episodes for the second season, but only five episodes were produced. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |Title=Get Off My Back |DirectedBy = Jack Dyer |WrittenBy = Eric Friedman |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|9|8}} (on Adult Swim) |ProdCode = 236-006 |ShortSummary=An accident involving Insani-Glue and Milo getting chased by Biff and Chip results in Milo getting stuck to Biff and Chip's back, which cuts into their training for the two-man triathlon against Hill kids Jared and Blaine. Meanwhile, Beth feels left out and begins sticking herself to others. Note: On the Adult Swim version of this episode, Mayor Bledsoe's line after he pulls a gun on the other runners was "Move it, assholes!" (with "assholes" partially muted out). On the DVD, the line is changed to "Move it, pussies!" with no aural censorship to the last line. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=11 |Title=Please Be Genital |DirectedBy = Gary McCarver |WrittenBy = Leonard Dick |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|9|15}} (on Adult Swim) |ProdCode = 236-007 |ShortSummary=Bob gets his genitals crushed by a stripper wearing clogs during his best friend's bachelor party. When he confesses to Pickles that they can't have sex for two weeks, Pickles begins wondering whether or not her marriage to Bob is real. Meanwhile, Milo becomes an insomniac when Pickles and Bob stop having sex. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12 |Title=My Name Is Robbie |DirectedBy = Vincent Waller |WrittenBy = Jill Soloway |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|6}} (on Adult Swim) |ProdCode = 236-010 |ShortSummary=Bob gets his jaw injured at his company's theme park, and at the advice of company attorneys, is given a robotic body with the arms and legs he never had, which gives him the confidence to quit his job and become a lifeguard. |LineColor=D1E231 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=13 |Title=Father of the Bribe |DirectedBy = Michael Kim and Bob Jacques |WrittenBy = Eric Friedman |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|20}} (on Adult Swim) |ProdCode = 236-012 |ShortSummary= Biff and Chip get their driver's licenses and crash Bob's car during a drag race. Biff and Chip then buy Bob a new car at a police auction, and come across the Mayor's bribe money, which they spend on themselves, despite nightmarish harassment from city officials. Note: On the episode listings on the DVD cover, this episode is incorrectly listed as "Father of the Bride." |LineColor=D1E231 }} }} BroadcastThe show premiered on April 1, 2001 on The WB but failed to find an audience. On May 20, 2001, The WB aired "Disfigured Debbie," the second episode produced, as the season finale, leaving five episodes unaired. Reruns of the first eight episodes, and the five remaining episodes, aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim, in 2002. Reruns of the series continue to air intermittently on Adult Swim.{{update inline|date=October 2017}} In Canada, the series airs on Teletoon as part of "Teletoon Unleashed". In Australia, the show premiered on the Nine Network on December 8, 2001,[4] however due to insufficient ratings, it was withdrawn after one episode,[5] but was eventually shown in a late night/early morning time slot. The series aired from 2005 to 2006 on TBS's late night programming block, Too Funny To Sleep. Home releaseThe entire series released on two disc DVD set in the United States on October 4, 2005.
Awards and nominationsThe Oblongs won the Artios award in 2001 for Best Casting for Animated Voiceover – Television Mary V. Buck Susan Edelman.[8]See also
References1. ^"'The Oblongs' Shapes Up As A Toxic Treat". Eric Mink. New York Daily News. Retrieved November 26, 2012. 2. ^Episode 10, "Get Off My Back" 3. ^"Milo Interrupted" 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/articles/39/0C02AE39.aspx|title=Nine’s summer programming blitz |website=encoremagazine.com.au|accessdate=December 2, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200112/ai_n17778817/?tag=content;col1|title=Off-beat cartoon gets chop. |publisher=The Mercury|accessdate=December 2, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}} 6. ^{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Mike|title=The Oblongs – The Complete Series (2001)|url=https://www.amazon.com/Oblongs-Complete-Mike-Kim/dp/B000ABKHZC|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=July 6, 2011}} 7. ^{{cite web|last=Lacey|first=Gord|title=The Oblongs – Oblongs Back Shot and Specs|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Oblongs/3408|publisher=TV Shows On DVD.|date=May 12, 2005|accessdate=July 6, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019211644/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Oblongs/3408|archivedate=October 19, 2012|df=}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Artios Award Winners|url=http://www.castingsociety.com/press/42-artios-awards/80-previous-artios-awardr-winners#2001|publisher=Casting Society of America|accessdate=July 6, 2011}} External links{{wikiquote}}
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