The Oblongs: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The tight-knit Oblong clan lives in Hill Valley, a toxic valley downstream from your typical industrial waste site, which has caused a variety of bizarre physical and emotional abnormalities. At the head of the dinner table is the loving, limbless, tirelessly upbeat patriarch Bob Oblong and his adoring, alcohol-and-tobacco-addicted, bald-but-beautifully-wigged wife Pickles, who frequents the Rusty Bucket bar, owned by transsexual Anita Bidet (who was originally to be named Sofonda Cox!). The family includes their conjoined twin sons Biff and Chip, who share three legs and three buttocks, but can't seem to agree on anything; sweet, tattling, 4-year-old daughter Beth, sporting a cucumber-like growth sprouting from her head; and youngest son Milo, a one-haired optimist who has every childhood emotional disorder and behavioural problem ever diagnosed. Other members of the family include Bob's...

Series details

• Title: The Oblongs
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2001-04-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-10-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: The WB
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 6327
• IMDb ID: tt0219446
• TVDB ID: 73302

Cast and credited roles

• Becky Thyre — Debbie Klimer
• Billy West — George Klimer
• Jason Sklar — Chip Oblong
• Jean Smart — Pickles Oblong
• Jeannie Elias — Beth Oblong
• Lea DeLaria — Helga Phugly
• Randy Sklar — Biff Oblong
• Will Ferrell — Bob Oblong

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-04-01; final listed air date 2001-05-20; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-08-25; final listed air date 2002-10-20; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

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