The Oblongs

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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,... more »

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 transexual 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 behavioral problem ever diagnosed. Other members of the family include Bob's mother, Grammy, who's a vegetable; Milo's narcoleptic scottie dog, Scottie; and the chain-smoking family cat, Lucky.

Milo used to go to a special school for "the pathologically high-spirited," but now enjoys his days at "normal" school with fellow valley outcasts including the zaftig, toad-like Helga Phugly; gothic and death-obsessed Creepy Susie; bulbous-bottomed Mikey Butts; and brainy, spitting, lower-jaw-lacking Peggy Weggy. Milo and the gang constantly clash with the Debbies, a giggling gaggle of wealthy, popular, seemingly cloned "hill" girls of the same first name. As far as the Debbies and their parents are concerned, anything that isn't perfect - like them - isn't worthy of their attention. "Normal" school is headed by Principal Davis. Other members of the school staff include Nurse Rench, who has a scary operating contraption in place of her right arm, and the homeroom teacher, Leland. Aside from hanging out in the clubhouse in the Oblongs'back yard, the kids often find themselves hanging out at the local store "A to Zed."

Bob's disregarding boss at Globocide Industries is the aristocratic father, George Klimer. His wife, Pristine, is a Barbie-like, former Debbie, who used to be school friends with Pickles when both girls lived in the hills - before Pickles married Bob and joined the "grotesque" side. Their attractive daughter, Debbie, is leader of the Debbies; and their not-too-bright but popular son Jared, together with his best friend Blaine, is a well-coifed tormentor of the Clubhouse kids.

Executive producer Bruce Helford ("The Drew Carey Show," "Norm[show]," "[show]Nikki") and writer/executive producer Jace Richdale ("The Simpsons") bring to animated life the strange world of underground cartoonist Angus Oblong. Created by Oblong and Richdale, this half-hour comedy series is executive produced by Helford, Richdale and Deborah Oppenheimer ("The Drew Carey Show," "Norm," "Nikki"), for Oblongs Productions, Inc. in associate with Mohawk Productions and Jobsite Productions, distributed by Warner Bros. Television.

Mary V. Buck and Susan Edelman are the winners of The Casting Society of America's, award for "Best Casting for Animated Television Voiceover" for The Oblongs.

The Oblongs is inspired by characters in the book "Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children" by Angus Oblong. Milo, Susie, Helga, the Debbies, and Milo's Narcoleptic Scottie all originated in this book, which is aimed at adults in the guise of a children's book.

Special thanks to Angus Oblong, without whom (the show and) much of the information in this guide would not have been possible! If you like the show, do yourself a favor, buy his book and check out angusoblong.com!less «

• Favorite Character

  Who's Your Favorite Character On Oblongs? I Can't Really Choose, But Helga Phugly (Milo's Toad-like Friend) Would Have To Be Mine.

  Who's Your Favorite Character On Oblongs? I Can't Really Choose, But Helga Phugly (Milo's Toad-like Friend) Would Have To Be Mine.less «

  lilhot342 Last online Jan 10, 2009
  27 comments, last one Dec 28, 2008 + Add Comment

• Sick of it!

  Why does adult swim still keep showing this they only show the same 4 episodes over and over again what happened to space ghost and sealab and brak it's not that great that they still need to show it let it die.

  Why does adult swim still keep showing this they only show the same 4 episodes over and over again what happened to space ghost and sealab and brak it's not that great that they still need to show it let it die. less «

  creedhigher Last online Jul 26, 2008
  2 comments, last one Sep 12, 2008 + Add Comment

• Its back.

  just ran a promo saying that The oblongs would be back on sunday nights.

  just ran a promo saying that The oblongs would be back on sunday nights. less «

  soundsofsilence Last online 3 hrs, 8 mins ago
  6 comments, last one Jul 4, 2008 + Add Comment

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  8.5 Great

  Pretty good. hide « show »

  This is one of the funniest shows on the funny show list.I mean,since South Park,Family Guy or Aqua Teen Hunger Force that are my favorite comedy shows,this one is one of them.This show seems to have a comedy side because Will Ferrell is in this show and he is great at his movies.Some of the characters are very funny and every end of a scene is very funny too.Milo is pretty funny,Helga is maybe kind of funny and Milo's brothers are much funny.This show is pretty much very funny and I give it a B because it kind of funny.

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  woahwoah678 Added Apr 15, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  A great show hide « show »

  I love this show. Its very funny. I cant believe they got will ferrell to do the voice for bob in this show. Some of the episodes are retarded but for the most part the episodes are funny. My fav is the one where pickles has to be a den mother and milo dresses in drag. I especially like the "urban survival" scene. That is my ALL time favorite episode. It sucks that they didnt make more then one season. I think the oblongs could have made it through at least three season. But I got the dvd of the serious so no hard

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  loaded007 Added Feb 5, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  A great show hide « show »

  I love this show. Its very funny. I cant believe they got will ferrell to do the voice for bob in this show. Some of the episodes are retarded but for the most part the episodes are funny. My fav is the one where pickles has to be a den mother and milo dresses in drag. I especially like the "urban survival" scene. That is my ALL time favorite episode. It sucks that they didnt make more then one season. I think the oblongs could have made it through at least three season. But I got the dvd of the serious so no hard

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  loaded007 Added Feb 5, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Never liked this at first now I love it hide « show »

  So Basically The show focuses on the antics of a family who live in a poor valley community who, as a result of extreme pollution and radiation, all are severely disabled and deformed, either physically or mentally. The pollution is the direct result of the lavish lifestyle of a rich community known as "The Hills," the residents of which continue to exploit and harm the valley residents with little regard for their safety or well being.
  
  I used to hate this show mostly because of its animation though I gave it a chance and now I love it! If anything reminds me of Invader Zim its how the Creater of The Oblongs had used characters from his book "Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children" just like Jhonen Vasquez used Character from Johnny the Homocidal Maniac. Overall this show is a great show and I recomend it to anyone with a sense of humour!

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  Bladez636 Added Sep 1, 2008 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  If you put the Addams Family and Family Guy together, you'd probably get this show. hide « show »

  What a wacky, insane bunch of characters the Oblongs are. You have a dad with no arms and legs. A mother who is a wig wearing alcoholic. Two twin boys who are actually siamese twins. A young son who has one hair on his head and different sized eyes. And last but not least, a cute little daughter who appears normal apart from the giant skin obsruction that comes out of her head. But don't worry, it's not their fault they look like this. They live in the Valley, a polluted infested suburb just below the exquisite one called the Hills. And where did all the pollution come from? Why the Hills of course! Why does no one change it? Because the Hills have all the rich people living there, and their the ones in charge. Almost right off the bat, you can tell this show was written for the outcasts. The world itself seems like a large high school, where the popular kids (the rich) rule and the ugly kids (the poor)can only watch and move on. Though sometimes they fight back. But usually with bad results. Still, you sit and watch, cheering them on, becuase the rich are the real losers. They do everything they can to the Valley people and with no thought of the concequences, so it's enjoyable to see the Oblongs succeed even in the little things. Milo, the young son with one hair, is one of favorite characters and is always the one striving most to be normal. Apart from him, I enjoy watching Will Ferrell voice the Dad, a man unaware of the tradegy around him, and he has that innocent voice to pull it off. On a closing note, I can say this show has an interesting aspect. It keeps your attention with the freaky characters and the jokes may not always make you laugh out loud but they do make you smile. Because they edge more or less on what the high school environment is like, but it also hints at reality as well. You may be brought back to the memories of that one freaky kid in the back row, or even one of the weirdos you've see on the street. But the message is simple of the Oblongs: Whether you're a freak or you're rich, we really are all the same, and you're simple minded to treat anybody different from yourself.

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  paul_panhook Added Jul 11, 2008 All my reviews