Dumb and Dumber
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Network | ABC |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera New Line Television |
Distributor | Turner Entertainment |
Original release | October 28, 1995—February 3, 1996 |
Run time | 22 minutes |
Starring | Bill Fagerbakke Matt Frewer |
Executive producer(s) | Robert Friedman Sasha Emerson Sherry Gunther |
Producer(s) | Byron Vaughns |
Music composed by | Mark Mothersbaugh |
Writer(s) | Patrick Moran Bennett Yellin |
Director(s) | Kris Zimmerman (voices) |
Animation director(s) | Robert Alvarez Cullen Blaine Ron Campbell Marlene May |
Dumb and Dumber, also known as Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series, is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera, in association with New Line Television, for ABC's Saturday morning block. It ran from 1995 to 1996, airing 13 episodes that spanned one season. It is based on the 1994 live-action film of the same name, with the director, Peter Farrelly, his brother, Bobby, and Bennett Yellin returning as executive consultants, who co-wrote the film with him; Yellin was also a story editor and wrote the pilot. The stars, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, on the other hand, did not return, instead being replaced with Matt Frewer and Bill Fagerbakke, respectively.
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.
Episodes
Episode | Original air date |
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1x01 | October 28, 1995 |
1x02 | November 4, 1995 |
1x03 | November 11, 1995 |
1x04 | November 18, 1995 |
1x05 | November 25, 1995 |
1x06 | December 2, 1995 |
1x07 | December 9, 1995 |
1x08 | December 16, 1995 |
1x09 | January 6, 1996 |
1x10 | January 13, 1996 |
1x11 | January 20, 1996 |
1x12 | January 27, 1996 |
1x13 | February 6, 1996 |
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 28, 1995 on ABC
- United Kingdom and Ireland: January 1, 1996 at 8:30 am on Cartoon Network
Cast
Merchandise
Home media
In 1995, Turner Home Entertainment released two VHSes called Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series: Volume 1: Vroomin' to Las Vegas and Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series: Volume 2: Flooring it to Florida, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia; each VHS contained two episodes. The following year, Forward International Singapore released the series on LaserDisc, featuring all four episodes from the two VHS tapes, in Singapore.
On January 13, 2015, it debuted on DVD with Warner Archive Collection's Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series: The Complete Series.