Otto's Best Friend

Otto's Best Friend
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Premiere date	October 28, 1995
Run time	22:15
Starring	Bill Fagerbakke Matt Fewer Tom Kenny Bronson Pinchot Kath Soucie
Music composed by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Writer(s)	Len Janson Bennett Yelin
Storyboard artist(s)	Jerry Eisenberg Gregory Emison Jeffrey Marsh William Miller Robert Nesler Andres Tejeda
Director(s)	Kris Zimmerman (voices)
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez Cullen Blaine III Ron Campbell Marlene May
Art director(s)	Deane Taylor
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"Otto's Best Friend" is the first episode of Dumb and Dumber season one. It aired on October 28, 1995 on ABC. It was written by Len Janson and Bennett Yelin, produced by Byron Vaughns, and voice directed by Kris Zimmerman.

Harry and Lloyd to go Paris (Texas) to enter Otto in a rich guy's car show.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Lloyd Christmas	Matt Frewer
Harry Dunne	Bill Fagerbakke
Kitty	N/A
Weenie Van Vanderbilt	Tom Kenny
Dimsy Dumbster	Bronson Pinchot
Announcer (voice only)	Brian Pinchot
Waitress	Kath Soucie
Ed McMahon

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Texas
      • Paris
        • Better Baked
        • Vanderbilt residence
          • Weenie Vanderbilt Wild Car Garage
      • Gay Paree Diner
  • France
    • Paris
      • Eiffel Tower
• The Sun
• The Moon

Objects

• Turbo Pop

Vehicles

• Otto
• Weenie's boat

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music

The music was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

• Executive producers: Robert Friedman, Sasha Emerson, Sherry Gunther
• Story editors: Patrick Moran, Bennett Yelin
• Production manager: Patty Jausoro
• Production coordinator: Paul Trandahl
• Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
• Talent coordinator: Collette Sunderman
• Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
• Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
• Original main character designers: C. Miles Thompson, Craig McCracken
• Character designers: Michael Q. Ceballos, Gregory Miller, Marc Perry, Dan Krall
• Background key designer: Don Vanderbeek
• Background designers: Flamarion Ferreira, Andrew Ice, Paul Rudish
• Storyboard artists: Jerry Eisenberg, Gregory Emison, Jeffrey Marsh, William Miller, Robert Nesler, Andres Tejeda
• Timing supervisor: Donna Mouliot
• Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Cullen Blaine III, Ron Campbell, Marlene May
• Animatics: Chris Harman, David Knott, Harry McLaughlin
• Scanner: Pat Hazen
• Animation checker: Catherine Peterson
• Lip assignment: Jeffery Peterson
• Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
• Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
• Color stylist: Cynthia McIntosh
• Background painters: Al Gmuer, Natasha Garmash, Stephen Lee, Gary Sevlaggio
• Main title, design, storyboard, and direction by: David Feiss
• Art director: Deane Taylor
• Graphics artist: Michael Q. Ceballos
• Overseas animation: Sunwoo Animation
• Overseas animation director: Mike Kaweski
• Post-production executive: John Forrest Niss
• Supervising film editor: Tom Gleason
• Track readers: Jim Hearn, Kay Douglas, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson
• Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
• Post-production coordinator: Gail D. Silvers
• Sound effects editors: Tim Gedemer, David Farmer
• Dubbing mixers: Terry O'Bright, Keith Rogers
• Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
• Colorist: Scott Ostrowsky
• On-line editor: Tim Clark
• Production liaison: Heather Kenyon
• Production assistants: Diana Ritchey, Kirin Daugharty, Jeff Ho, Jessika Portillo, Jeffrey Collins
• Executive in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca
• Development executive: Jeff Holder
• Creative consultants: Charles B. Wessler, Steve Stabler, Brad KrEceuevoy
• Executive consultants: Peter Farrelly, Bennett Yellin, Bobby Farrelly

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 28, 1995 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• Harry mentions "Donald Rump," which is either their version of Donald Trump, an infamous businessman (who later became the 45th President of the United States from 2017-2021, and wants to be the 47th President of the United States in 2025), Harry making a joke, or he's an idiot who couldn't get Donald's name right.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • August 1996: Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series: Volume 1: Vroomin' to Las Vegas on VHS.
• In Singapore:
  • 1996: Forward International Singapore releases Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series on LaserDisc.
• In the United States:
  • January 13, 2015: Warner Archive Collection releases Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series: The Complete Series on DVD.