Baggy Pants and the Nitwits

Baggy Pants and the Nitwits
Genre	Cartoon series
Created by	Arte Johnson
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	USA
Original 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.
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 10 – November 26, 1977

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

Overview

Each half-hour episode of Baggy Pants and the Nitwits contained two cartoon segments: the Baggy Pants segment and the The Nitwits segment.

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 were based on the characters whom Arte Johnson and Ruth Buzzi acted out in sketches on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, when they were regulars on that program, and the same two actors provided the characters's voices. (Johnson himself was credited, in the opening titles of the according segment, as having "created [The Nitwits] for television.")

The series ran for 13 episodes; it has not been released on home video.

Episode list

Nº	Baggy Pants / Nitwits	Air date
1	"Construction Caper / Earthquake McBash"	September 10, 1977 (1977-09-10)
2	"Lost Dog / The Dynamic Energy Robber"	September 17, 1977 (1977-09-17)
3	"Hobo and Forgetful Freddy / Splish Splash"	September 24, 1977 (1977-09-24)
4	"The Moving Man / The Hopeless Diamond Caper"	September 28, 1977 (1977-09-28)
5	"Circus Circus / The Evil Father Nature"	October 1, 1977 (1977-10-01)
6	"The Painter's Helper / Mercury Mike and His Jet Bike"	October 8, 1977 (1977-10-08)
7	"Electric Girlfriend / Rustle Hustle"	October 15, 1977 (1977-10-15)
8	"A Pressing Job / False Face Filbert"	October 22, 1977 (1977-10-22)
9	"A Haunting Experience / Genie Meanie"	October 29, 1977 (1977-10-29)
10	"Horse Laff / Chicken Lady"	November 5, 1977 (1977-11-05)
11	"The Magician's Assistant / Simple Simon and the Mad Pieman"	November 12, 1977 (1977-11-12)
12	"The Frog / The Hole Thing!"	November 19, 1977 (1977-11-19)
13	"Beach Fun / Ratman!"	November 26, 1977 (1977-11-26)

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
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits at the Big Cartoon DataBase
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits at SaturdayMorning.Pop-Cult.com
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits at Toonarific.com

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 by 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)

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	The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (NBC/TV special, 1973) 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) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (ABC/TV special, 1982)

See also	Marvel Productions Ltd. Saban Entertainment

Children's programming on NBC in the 1970s

First-run animated series	The Perils of Penelope Pitstop Here Comes the Grump The Pink Panther Show (1969–78) 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 Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–75) Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975–76) 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 (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet The Thing (1979-80) The Super Globetrotters The New Shmoo (1979–80) The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80)

First-run live-action series	H.R. Pufnstuf The Banana Splits Adventure Hour Barrier Reef The Bugaloos (1970–72) Mr. Wizard Runaround Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Go Run, Joe, Run Land of the Lost (1974–77) Westwind McDuff, the Talking Dog Monster Squad Big John, Little John (1976–77) 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 The Alvin Show 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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