Baggy Pants and the Nitwits

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
Composers	Steve DePatie Doug Goodwin
Country of origin	USA
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producers	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Editor	Rick Steward
Running time	30 min.
Original release
Network	NBC
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 Movie 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 IMDb
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• Baggy Pants and the Nitwits at SaturdayMorning.Pop-Cult.com
• Baggy Pants and the Nitwits at Toonarific.com