A Little Off the Top

A Little Off the Top
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Premiere date	September 13, 1986
Starring	Frank Welker Pat Carroll Peter Cullen Dick Gautier Christina Lange Allan Melvin Don Messick Jonathan Schmock Susan Silo Susan Tolsky Chick Venerra Eugene Williams
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Story by	Mark Young
Writer(s)	Tony Marino
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"A Little Off the Top" is the first part of episode one of Foofur season one, and the first episode overall. It aired on September 13, 1986 on NBC. It was written by Tony Marino.

Fritz-Carlos becomes in a panicking state when he starts to lose his hair.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Annabell	Susan Tolsky
Louis	Dick Gautier
Sammy	Chick Vennera
Chucky	Allan Melvin
Baby	Peter Cullen
Foofur	Frank Welker
Rocki	Christina Lange
Fritz-Carlos	Jonathan Schmock
Hazel	Pat Carroll
Fencer	Eugene Williams
Purple dog	N/A
Dog on TV	N/A
Doctor Pavlov	Frank Nelson
Mrs. Escrow	Susan Silo
Pepe	Don Messick

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Willowby
      • Foofur's residence

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 13, 1986 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• An early, purple version of Burt appears to hang out with the main group. However, in the VHS version, he was completely edited out.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 15, 1988: Just For Kids Video releases Foofur and his Friends on VHS.