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Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
Genre	Cartoon series
Directed by	Brad Case Gerry Chiniquy Sid Marcus Robert McKimson Spencer Peel
Voices of	Ruth Buzzi Arte Johnson
Composer(s)	Steve DePatie Doug Goodwin
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Editor(s)	Rick Steward
Running time	30 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 10, 1977 – November 26, 1977

Baggy Pants and the Nitwits is a 1977 animated series, produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and broadcast on NBC.

Contents

1 Overview
2 Episode list
3 Cast
4 External links

Overview

Each half-hour episode contains two cartoon segments:

Baggy Pants is an anthropomorphic cat dressed as Charlie Chaplin's "Tramp" character, right down to the mustache and cane. His misadventures are somewhat reminiscent of Chaplin's, and there is no spoken dialogue in his cartoons.

"The Nitwits" is about an elderly superhero named Tyrone, who has come out of retirement, and his wife Gladys. These two characters are based on the ones played by Arte Johnson and Ruth Buzzi on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and are voiced by the same actors.

This cartoon ran for one season of 13 episodes; as of this writing, it has not been released on home video.

Episode list

№	Baggy Pants	Nitwits	Airdate
1	"Construction Caper"	"Earthquake McBash"	Sep-10-1977
2	"Lost Dog"	"The Dynamic Energy Robber"	Sep-16-1977
3	"Hobo and Forgetful Freddy"	"Splish Splash"	Sep-22-1977
4	"The Movie Man"	"The Hopeless Diamond Caper"	Sep-28-1977
5	"Circus Circus"	"The Evil Father Nature"	Oct-04-1977
6	"The Painter's Helper"	"Mercury Mike and his Jet Bike"	Oct-10-1977
7	"Electric Girlfriend"	"Rustle Hustle"	Oct-16-1977
8	"A Pressing Job"	"False Face Filbert"	Oct-22-1977
9	"A Haunting Experience"	"Genie Meanie"	Oct-28-1977
10	"Horse Laff"	"Chicken Lady"	Nov-03-1977
11	"The Magician's Assistant"	"Simple Simon and the Mad Pieman"	Nov-09-1977
12	"The Frog"	"The Hole Thing!"	Nov-15-1977
13	"Beach Fun"	"Ratman!"	Nov-21-1977

Cast

Ruth Buzzi - Gladys
Arte Johnson - Tyrone

External links

Baggy Pants and the Nitwits at the Internet Movie Database
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits at TV.com
Episode index at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits at SaturdayMorning.Pop-Cult.com
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits at Toonarific.com

v t e DePatie-Freleng Enterprises

Founders	David H. DePatie • Friz Freleng

Theatrical shorts (Original)	The Pink Panther (1964–1980) • The Inspector (1965–1969) • Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971) • The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971) • Tijuana Toads (1969–1972) • The Blue Racer (1972–1974) • Hoot Kloot (1973–1974) • The Dogfather (1974–1976) •

Theatrical shorts and Television specials commissioned for Warner Bros.	Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes (theatrical, 1964-1967) Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (CBS/TV special, 1977) Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (CBS/TV special, 1979) Daffy Duck's Easter Show (NBC/TV special, 1980)

Television shorts	Texas Toads (1976) • Misterjaw (1976) • Crazylegs Crane (1978)

Television shows	The Super 6 (NBC, 1966–1969) • Super President (NBC, 1967–1968) • Here Comes The Grump (NBC, 1969–1970) • The Pink Panther Show (NBC, 1969–1971) • The Pink Panther Meets The Ant and the Aardvark (NBC, 1970–1971) • Doctor Dolittle (NBC, 1970–1971) • The New Pink Panther Show (NBC, 1971–1976) • The Barkleys (NBC, 1972–1973) • The Houndcats (NBC, 1972–1973) • Bailey's Comets (CBS, 1973–1975) • The Oddball Couple (ABC, 1975–1977) • Return to the Planet of the Apes (NBC, 1975–1976) The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half-Hour and a Half Show (NBC, 1976–1977) Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (NBC, 1977–1978) What's New Mr. Magoo? (CBS, 1977–1979) Think! Pink Panther (NBC, 1978) The All New Pink Panther Show (ABC, 1978–1979) The Fantastic Four (NBC, 1978–1979) Spider-Woman (ABC, 1979–1980)

Television specials	Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14 (CBS/TV special, 1972) Luvcast U.S.A. (ABC/TV special) The Incredible, Indelible, Magical Physical, Mystery Trip (ABC/TV special, 1973) The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (NBC/TV special, 1973) Clerow Wilson's Great Escape (NBC/TV special, 1974) The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head (ABC/TV special, 1974) The Tiny Tree (NBC/TV special, 1975) My Mom's Having a Baby (ABC/TV special, 1977) Where Do Teenagers Come From? (ABC/TV special, 1980)

Dr. Seuss Television specials	The Cat in the Hat (CBS/TV special, 1971) • The Lorax (CBS/TV special, 1972) • Dr. Seuss on the Loose (CBS/TV special, 1973) • The Hoober-Bloob Highway (CBS/TV special, 1975) • Halloween Is Grinch Night (ABC/TV special, 1977) • Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (ABC/TV special, 1980)

See also	Marvel Productions Ltd.

v t e Children's programming on NBC in the 1970s

First-run animated series	Here Comes the Grump • The Pink Panther Show (1969–1978) • The Underdog Show • The Further Adventures of Dr. Dolittle • The Houndcats • The Roman Holidays • The Barkleys • Sealab 2020 • Around the World in 80 Days • Inch High, Private Eye • The Addams Family • Emergency +4 • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids • Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975) • Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch • The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty • Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975–1976) • CB Bears • The Young Sentinels • The New Archie and Sabrina Hour (1977) • I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali • Baggy Pants and the Nitwits • Yogi's Space Race • Galaxy Goof-Ups • The Godzilla Power Hour • Fantastic Four • Fabulous Funnies • The New Fred and Barney Show • Buford and the Galloping Ghost • Casper and the Angels • Fred and Barney Meet the Thing • The Super Globetrotters • The New Shmoo • The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–1980)

First-run live-action series	H.R. Pufnstuf • The Banana Splits Adventure Hour • Barrier Reef • The Bugaloos (1970-1972) • Mr. Wizard • Runaround • Lidsville • Sigmund and the Sea Monsters • Go • Run, Joe, Run • Land of the Lost (1974–1977) • Westwind • McDuff, the Talking Dog • Monster Squad • Big John, Little John (1976–1977) • The Kids From C.A.P.E.R. • Muggsy • Thunder • Search and Rescue • The Red Hand Gang • The Krofft Superstar Hour

Rebroadcasts	The Heckle and Jeckle Show • The Flintstones • The Woody Woodpecker Show • Deputy Dawg • The Jetsons • Josie and the Pussycats • Speed Buggy • Space Ghost and Frankenstein Jr. • Hong Kong Phooey • The Go-Go Globetrotters • Alvin and the Chipmunk • The Daffy Duck Show • Jonny Quest

Schedules	1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80

Related programming and topics	Animation in the United States in the television era

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