Dilbert

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The 361 users who count themselves as Dilbert fans have written a total of 32 reviews.

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Dilbert is a cubicle dwelling employee for a large soulless corporation. Each episode the show goes on many adventures that will leave you waiting for more. One simple phrase to describe Dilbert would be laugh out loud. The comical adventures that each story have are very well written by expert writers and...  more

Dilbert is a cubicle dwelling employee for a large soulless corporation. Each episode the show goes on many adventures that will leave you waiting for more. One simple phrase to describe Dilbert would be laugh out loud. The comical adventures that each story have are very well written by expert writers and voiced by an astonishing cast. The series is mainly about the main character Dilbertand his daily life at work. Although it is not always your typical days events that happens at the office. One of the many features this office has are little people living in the basement who apparently steal the company's markers and uses them to get high. Story lines expand from the world coming to an end for Y2K to the Dogbert trying to enslave the world! Dilbert truly is a show that you only see once in every 30 channels!

Characters:

Dilbert: Dilbert is your average "tech buff." He has a dog named Dogbert who frequently out-wits him. When push comes to shove you will most likely see Dilbert on the ground. He is an engineer, but often questions if he was meant to have that career. Often he tries to get his own office away from the fellow employees, but every scheme fails for one reason or another. Dilbert is the average struggling guy trying to get by at work one day at a time.

Dogbert: Dogbert is not your average dog. In fact he is nothing like a dog at all. On the outside he may look like "man's best friend", but on the inside he wants to rule man. In many episodes Dogbert tries to control the world, but in each episode his scheme fails for one reason or another. Although Dogbert may seem cute and fuzzy he is far from it. The relationship is basically the opposite between Dilbert and Dogbert. Though these two often disagree on many matters they always have each other's back….or at least most of the time.

Pointy-Haired Boss: He's every employee's worst nightmare. He has the laziness of Homer Simpson and the wacky comments of Peter Griffin. When those two are mixed watch out! Although he is often away from work he is the boss and as the boss he has the most power at the office. Now stupidity and leadership don't always work well together so just when you thought you figured him out he will surprise you with some wacky antic!

Alice: She is one of Dilbert's co-workers. Being the only female employee in the department, she puts up with a lot. Occasionally the guys at work may step out of their place, but she will always take care of that with some violence. Her cubical is located to the left of Dilbert's, but that doesn't stop her from making frequent visits. Certainly Alice is a force not to reckon with.

Wally: He is every employee's worst nightmare! He is very lazy and only goes to work just to be there thus receiving his pay check. He tries to use schemes to receive quick cash, but usually they don't work. He later learned in the series that trying to save up sick days for early retirement doesn't always work. The lesson learned in that was that over a period of time those days expire. Over all Wally is pretty much a small guy with a big mouth that frequently gets him in trouble.

Broadcast history:
Mon: 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Tue: 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Like many great shows Dilbert was short lived, but its memory lives on in eternity. Now, many are able to watch Dilbert on DVD and relive every wacky memory that the show has to offer. Not only has Dilbert become one of the most famous comic strips like Garfield, Peanuts, Blondie, etc. etc. but has become somewhat of a "hope symbol" to the daily working person. So pop the DVD in and let your bones ache from laughter!

Dilbert is based off of the hit comic strip series of the same name created by Scott Adams.
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• Family Guy, Futurama,...Dilbert?

  "Family Guy" came back, and "Futurama" is coming back.  For a long time, "Dilbert" was still shown on Comedy Central (I believe) on a regular basis, even though there are only 30 episodes.  So, if they brought it back, would you watch?

  "Family Guy" came back, and "Futurama" is coming back.  For a long time, "Dilbert" was still shown on Comedy Central (I believe) on a regular basis, even though there are only 30 episodes.  So, if they brought it back, would you watch?less

  jaded531 Last online 12 hrs, 37 mins ago
  15 comments, last one Jan 18, 2009 + Add Comment

• Why was Kathy Griffin uncredited?

  Every episode lists Jackie Hoffman in the credits, who does not appear in every episode as Dilmom. Meanwhile, Kathy Griffin is in every episode as Alice, but her name is not in the credits. Why is it like that?

  Every episode lists Jackie Hoffman in the credits, who does not appear in every episode as Dilmom. Meanwhile, Kathy Griffin is in every episode as Alice, but her name is not in the credits. Why is it like that? less

  BwayJ Last online Dec 14, 2009
  2 comments, last one May 27, 2008 + Add Comment

• Scott Adams Interview

  Below you will find a interiew with Scott Adams by The Celebrity Cafe! http://thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/scott_adams.html

  Below you will find a interiew with Scott Adams by The Celebrity Cafe! http://thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/scott_adams.html less

  abutler21 Last online Mar 5, 2008
  1 comments, last one Jan 28, 2008 + Add Comment

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  8 Great

  Un popular, Under rated, But fantastic!!! Come backkkk. :( hide show

  Dilbert was originally a comic strip written by Scott Adams who wrote strips in the paper but also wrote many Dilbert books from 1989-Present. The book (show) was about a man who works in an office Cubicle as an Engineer for a company that changes its name frequently. There's characters in the show like the boss, Alice, Wally, the guy who talks loudly and of course one of the smartest memorable cartoon characters ever, Dogbert! In 1999 the first season aired in America and it started to grow on people but it was on a network that wasn't very popular called UPN. The show unfortunately lasted only 2 seasons and finished at the end of 2000. It aired in other countries as well like Australia, England, Canada etc. And may i point out it has one of the coolest Intro's ever!!!
  
  The show was highly under rated like many good comedies or cartoons, but it wasn't the same as a normal cartoon because this one wasn't intended for Children even though there are some not intended for children like South park and Family guy... But this show was more of an intelligent humor in retrospect. I think it is wonderful apart from a few Dull story lined episodes but the humor is great and the voice acting is great and the animation isn't overly worked.
  
  In fact even though it was under minded it still won 1 Golden Globe award in 1999/2000... I only hope that maybe f they aired re-runs on tv more often A station would maybe ask Scott Adams to write Season 3? Un-likely but still
  Must watch show if you have free time on your hands.

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  Splendid_99 Added Dec 7, 2009 All my reviews
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  9.5 Superb

  Bring it back!!!!!! hide show

  Dilbert is probably my favorite animated show ever! It's based off of what is probably the best comic strip ever. The show the hilarious story of a cubical worker who works in a souless corporation with crazy and wacky co-workers. It's has great character design, and though it is based off of a comic strip, it's got a plot that works for a tv show with the comic strip humor worked into it. The situations they get into range from dilbert ending charitable giving among all the world, to dogbert writing a book about a fake medical condition. The show's craziness hilarity really blends well with the excellent plots. The only problem is that it cusses quite a bit so it isn't appropriate for kids.

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  jht1414 Added Aug 22, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Dilbert is a great cartoon series, not at a level for kids, but great for lovers of Dilbert hide show

  This series, based upon the Dilbert comic strip by Scott Adams. The way that each episode begins with a comedic sketch that sets up what will occur later on the episode. It is also great to watch the pointy-haired boss toy with the lives of the engineers under his watch. From the creation of the Gruntmaster 6000 and all the twists and turns that it goes through from Pointy-Haired Boss' idea to design, to the competition for the prototype of the Gruntmaster 6000, and to the trial through hell that the Gruntmaster 6000 goes through during testing. The episode with the testing on a "typical" family and that causing a black hole was probably my favorite episode. Something else I enjoyed was the trips to Elbonia. They were the most amusing episodes of the series. Overall, Dilbert, is a great cartoon series and very enjoyable.

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  msn26586 Added Jul 29, 2008 All my reviews
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  6.1 Fair

  I love Dilbert but somehow he fails to make the transformation from comic strip to cartoon without losing much of the humour. hide show

  Just about every worker can symphonise with at least one of the characters in Dilbert. It seems like everyone has had a clueless 'pointy haired' boss or been frustrated by co-workers traits that are well played out in the comic strips but these characters fail to connect in this animated version. The larger than life characters that provide the puns and punch lines in the comic strip version are sadly just background for much of the time in the TV version and thus it lacks much of the edge that makes Dilbert great.
  
  It seems that the shows producers have been unsure who their audience is, where they thinking that they where making a childs cartoon and not realizing that it is adults who live in Dilbert's world. The end result is a show that doesn't seem to meet anybodies expectations.

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  thedarkknight67 Added Jul 9, 2008 All my reviews
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  7.7 Good

  Nothing else is like the brilliance that is Dilbert! hide show

  I had only seen the cartoon a few times, before watching one episode of the series, after this, I went and brought the DVDs, the show is great, the animation, while being simple, is just great. The opening is great, the plots are hilarious and also the sureal meets smart humour take, is something that is exactly what i like. Dilbert had at least a season or 2 left in it, maybe even more. The comic strip is great, as well, but the series is just so brilliant. My favourite character is Dogbert, he's hilarious, and is a slightly more evil version of me, he's great, I also like Catbert, :lol:, I roll around on the floor cacking myself, everytime he comes on screen, he's a classic.
  
  All in all, I love this, if you see the DVD buy it, heck buy it for your friends even, that's how much I love the show.

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  captaindillo Added Dec 9, 2007 All my reviews