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 Canada
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Bob Hathcock
Running time	30 minutes
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Garbage Pail Kids is a Canadian-American 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.

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

• Tara Strong - Patty Putty (ep 1-13), Still Jill (ep 3), Carly Cuts (ep 5)
• Cree Summer - Clogged Duane (ep 1-13), Trashed Tracy (ep 1), Squishy (ep 2), Plain Jane (ep 3), Heartless Hal (ep 10),
• Noam Zylberman - Split Kit (ep 1-13), Idaho Spud (ep 3), The Sturgeon General (ep 3)
• Michael Fantini - Elliot Mess (ep 1-13), Clint Hardwood (ep 2), Colonel Corn (ep 3)
• Alyson Court - Terri Cloth (episode 2-5, 7-13), Belle Button (ep 2), Lois Lamebrain (ep 7), Fay Hooray (ep 8)
• Len Carlson - Announcer (ep 1-13), Dan Rattle (ep 1 and 4)

External links

• Garbage Pail Kids at IMDb
• Retro Junk - Garbage Pail Kids