Garbage Pail Kids (TV series)

Garbage Pail Kids
Voices of Tara Strong
Cree Summer
Noam Zylberman
Michael Fantini
Alyson Court
Country of origin United States (cancelled)
Canada
No. of episodes 13
Production
Producer(s) Bob Hathcock
Running time 30 minutes
Distributor CBS Television Distribution

Garbage Pail Kids is a Canadian cartoon series which was produced in 1987, based on the popular Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, produced and directed by Bob Hathcock and co-written and developed by Flint Dille. Due to controversial themes, it never aired in the United States. However, it did air in most countries in Europe (mostly Iceland).

Synopsis

The series stars the characters Split Kit, Elliot Mess, Terri Cloth, Patty Putty, and Clogged Duane as gross looking kids with abilities to help others. In the first two episodes, they have normal alter-egos, which transform into their "Garbage Pail" identities; later episodes show them exclusively in their Garbage Pail looks (it is never explained how their Garbage Pail personae became permanent).

The show also features parodies of Hollywood famous movies like the Indiana Jones series, Superman, Conan the Barbarian, King Kong, and The Fly. It also has segments between stories, such as "Garbage Pail Groaners" (jokes) and "Would We Lie To You?" (facts).

Controversy

CBS ordered an entire season, and heavily promoted it in the run-up to the 1987-88 season. However, it was abruptly pulled a few days before its debut, and was replaced with an extra half hour of Muppet Babies, which was expanded to 90 minutes in order to fill the time-slot after Garbage Pail Kids was pulled from the schedule.

CBS removed the series from their schedule, following protests from Action for Children's Television, the National Coalition on Television Violence, and the Christian Leaders for Responsible Television (a part of the American Family Association). The reasons given were that the series ridiculed the handicapped, glorified violence, and served mainly as an infomercial for the cards.

Some advertisers, such as Nabisco, McDonald's and Crayola also pulled out, either due to pressure from interest groups, or the fact that a preview tape of the show was not available in time for review.

A few CBS affiliates, such as WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansas; KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma and KREM-TV in Spokane, Washington, opted not to carry the program, notifying CBS of their pre-emption weeks in advance of the debut.[1][2]

Despite never airing in the United States, it did air in several other countries, including Spain, Brazil, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Israel, Italy and the Philippines.

Episode guide

Episode # Segments
Episode 1
  • Open: Fun Busters Public Service Message
  • Junkoid Zone Aliens
  • Commercial: Friendly Al's Used Toy Store
  • "Would We Lie To You?": Toothie Ruthie/Nat Nerd
  • Batteries Not Included
  • "Garbage Pail Award": The Biggest Bully Around

June 7, 1988 (UK)

Episode 2
  • Open: Squishy
  • Pie Fight at the Okee Dokee Corral
  • Commercial: Anti-Kissing Creme
  • "Would We Lie To You?": Sherwood Forest/Hand Turns Green
  • Honest Abe Has A Close Shave
  • Wanted: The Cheater

June 9, 1988 (UK)

Episode 3
  • Open: Sturgeon General Warning
  • Idaho Spud and the Temple of Trash
  • Commercial: Automatic Tattler
  • Groaner: "Cows Can't Talk"
  • Justin Cleans Up
  • Wanted: Ivana Yakker

June 14, 1988 (UK)

Episode 4
  • Open: Cute Cartoon Characters Union's Protest
  • Oops! The Disaster Movie
  • Commercial: Clean Plate
  • Groaner: Eating the Whole Cake Will Make You Explode
  • The House That Dripped Crud
  • Wanted: The Borrower

June 16, 1988 (UK)

Episode 5
  • Open: Little Brother
  • Savage Stuart the Barbarian
  • Commercial: Homework Machine
  • Groaner: World's Most Powerful Glue
  • Green Dean Goes Out Of His Bean
  • Garbage Pail Award: Carly Cuts

June 21, 1988

Episode 6
  • Open: Mice Like It Too
  • R.A.L.F.
  • Commercial: Bully Kicker
  • Groaner: 3000 year old Mummy
  • Elliot Messed Up
  • Wanted: The Party Pooper

June 23, 1988

Episode 7
  • Open: Aliens Make Contact
  • Supernerd
  • Commercial: Sister Alarm
  • Groaner: Fish in the Bathtub
  • Mona Loser
  • Garbage Pail Award: The Babysitter

June 28, 1988

Episode 8
  • Open: Do Not Adjust Your TV
  • Kinky Konk
  • Commercial: Volume Control for Noisy Brothers
  • Groaner: 3 minute Eggs
  • Chris Messin' August
  • Wanted: The Bathroom Hog

June 30, 1988

Episode 9
  • Open: Couch Potatoes
  • Goldthumb
  • Commercial: Fake School Bell
  • Groaner: Good-for-Nothing Dog
  • An Egg-citing Adventure
  • Wanted: Teacher's Pet

July 5, 1988

Episode 10
  • Open: Simon Says
  • The Unmentionables
  • Commercial: Fake Rubber Blow-Up Kid
  • Groaner: Red-Handed
  • Heartless Hal
  • Garbage Pail Award: The Neighborhood Grouch

July 7, 1988

Episode 11
  • Open: Garbage Pail "Kiss"
  • The Pink Cat's Eye
  • Commercial: Cootie Detector
  • Groaner: You're Not Buying That
  • A Rhyme In Time
  • Garbage Pail Award: Mother of the Year

July 12, 1988

Episode 12
  • Open: The Family Dog
  • Shirley Dimples
  • Commercial: Bird Brain
  • Groaner: Man in the Soup
  • The Land of Odd
  • Wanted: Nosy Neighbors

July 14, 1988

Episode 13
  • Open: Kid's Drawing
  • The Fry
  • Commercial: Have a Nice Meal
  • Groaner: Mother Knows Best
  • A Fishy Story
  • Garbage Pail Award: Father of the Year

July 19, 1988

DVD release

Paramount Home Entertainment released Garbage Pail Kids: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 on April 4, 2006.

Cast

References

  1. "Spokane Chronicle - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. "WebCite query result". Geocities.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

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