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  The Oblongs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pickles Oblong is the chain smoking, alcoholic mother who was originally a Hill resident but moved to the valley after meeting Bob.
Milo Oblong, the middle child, is afflicted with numerous mental and social conditions, including everything from attention deficit disorder to diabetes.
Tommy Vinegar is a spoof of Tommy Hilfiger and is Pickles's ex-boyfriend.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Oblongs   (1554 words)

  
 The Oblongs
The shows centers around the antics of a family who live in a poor valley community, and as a result of extreme pollution and radiation, are all severly handicapped[?] and deformed.
The pollution is the direct result of the lavish lifestyle of a rich community known as "the Hills", who continue to exploit and harm the valley residents, with little regard for their safety or well being.
Milo Oblong, the middle child, who is afflicted with numerous medial and social conditions, including everything from attention deficit disorder to diabetes.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/The_Oblongs.html   (361 words)

  
 The Oblongs: Putting the "Fun" Back in Dysfunctional.
One of the funniest new shows has got to be The Oblongs with its irreverent off-the-wall humor.
The premise of the show is simple: The Oblongs are a not-so typical family who live in a valley, downstream from an industrial waste site.
The Oblongs doesn't seem to be on the WB's fall schedule.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/television_review/67668   (537 words)

  
 Zap2it - TV features - 'The Oblongs': Geek Love Among the Ruins
Nevertheless, the dark little offering from Angus Oblong (based on his book ?Creepie Susie: And 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children?) is as fresh as the air in the show?s toxic waste-strewn Valley is not.
And while love endures, Murphy?s Law reigns: When young Milo Oblong learns his dog is being taken away, he lets out a howl that scares a flock of birds, who scatter and promptly fly into the rudders of plane.
"The Oblongs" premieres Sunday, April 1 on the WB at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.
tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,274|66768|1|10,00.html   (368 words)

  
 labnotes: the oblongs Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 frequently goes to the Rusty Bucket bar.
Beth is the little girl of the Oblong family, and the only thing that isn't normal about her is the odd, pink, pickle-shaped tumor sticking out her head.
Bob Oblong learns that his family may lose their medical coverage and they cannot file any more claims, which means Milo can finally attend public school with his friends in the Hills, where he develops a crush on a mysterious girl named Yvette.
labnotes.defnotion.com /archives/television/the_oblongs   (699 words)

  
 The Oblongs TV Show - The Oblongs Television Show - TV.com
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!)....
Oblongs has to be my favorite even toping Family Guy, well not quite.
www.tv.com /oblongs/show/2255/summary.html   (408 words)

  
 "The Oblongs..."
The Oblongs is an animated series based on the book, Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children by Angus Oblong.
The show was also Created by Oblong, animated by Film Roman, produced by Warner Brothers and aired for one season on The WB in the Fall of 2001 ad.
Pickles (Voiced by the stunningly beautiful and talented oscar-winning Jean Smart.) is a boozing, bald headed, wig-wearing floozy happily married to the love of her life, Bob Oblong.
www.angusoblong.net /theoblongs.html   (429 words)

  
 The Oblongs - Twisted Animation At Its Best - Episodes, Guide & More
The Oblongs are a physically deformed and socially inept family living in a town called HillValley.
Pickles (Voiced by the lovely and talented Jean Smart.) is a boozing, bald headed, wig-wearing floozy happily married to the love of her life, Bob Oblong.
The Oblongs is inspired by characters in the book "Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children" by Angus Oblong.
www.oblongs.net   (668 words)

  
 Science Fiction Movie and TV Reviews
The Oblongs, a loving family that just happen to reside near a toxic industrial waste site, live in the valley with other deformed and affected "have-nots," while the beautiful and rich "haves" live up on the hill.
Bob Oblong (voiced by Ferrell) is a factory worker with no arms or legs who adores his bald but beautiful wife, Pickles (voiced by Smart).
The press release calls The Oblongs "a clever comic parable of society's ills" and a "laser-focused social satire." But it's not clever, and the satire isn't sharp.
www.scifi.com /sfw/issue205/screen.html   (642 words)

  
 Toxic Dump: The Oblongs - Ragged Edge magazine 2001 Issue 3
The show, based on the books and characters created by Angus Oblong, is about a dysfunctional family living in a polluted valley on the wrong side of the tracks.
The three children (or is it four??) consist of Siamese twin boys, a little girl with a penis growing out of her head, and a psychiatrically disabled boy.
Supposedly created for an adult, i.e., "mature," audience, The Oblongs will no doubt become as popular with kids -- and immature adults -- as South Park has, which is also rated for "mature" audiences.
www.ragged-edge-mag.com /0501/0501ft4.htm   (362 words)

  
 The Oblongs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Below is an email I received somtime ago regarding a Petition to call for the removal of a new television show - "The Oblongs" airing on the WB channel.
The show is an animated cartoon series featuring a disABLED family, "The Oblongs" as the stories main characters.
April 1st began the premiere of the WB's newest cartoon, "The Oblongs".
reachoutmag.com /SummerFall01/oblongs.html   (659 words)

  
 Oblongs, The - Oblongs Back Shot and Specs
Welcome to the toxic, twisted world of the Oblongs, a perversely funny, satirical animated series inspired by characters in Angus Oblong's book Creepy Susie and a regular denizen of Cartoon Nerwork's [adult swim].
With laser-sharp wit, maladjusted matriarch Pickles Oblong, her irrepressibly sunny husband Bob and their brood of oddities Biff, Chip, Milo and Beth gleefully cope with their shortcomings while dealing with the indignities of being "different" in a "normal" world.
The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional.
www.tvshowsondvd.com /newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3408   (207 words)

  
 Warped Humor in 'Oblongs' / WB's animated show akin to 'South Park'
Angus Oblong worked the counter at the Royal Ground coffee shop at Polk and Vallejo and sold his underground comics on the side.
The Oblong clan resides in a frame house in an industrial valley, alongside a toxic waste pond.
Based on Oblong's "Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children," the show is a barrage of verbal and sight gags focusing especially, in the pilot, on Milo's circle of geeky friends.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/30/DD82275.DTL   (638 words)

  
 The Oblongs (a Titles and Air Dates Guide)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Pamela Segall Adlon as the voice of Milo Oblong / Jared Klimer / the Debbies
Jeannie Elias as the voice of Beth Oblong / Susie / Mikey
Any sales or other uses of this document are expressly forbidden, without the specific consent of the author(s).
epguides.com /Oblongs   (290 words)

  
 The Oblongs - Zap2it - TV Show
Jeannie Elias as Beth Oblong, Susie and Mikey
A clever comic parabel of society's ills, "The Oblongs" depicts the warped world of a bizarre yet loving family of have-nots who live in a toxic valley and can't seem to beat the caste system of the beautiful people living high on the hill.
Executive producer Bruce Helford ("The Drew Carey Show") and writer/executive producer Jace Richdale ("The Simpsons") bring to animated life the strange world of underground cartoonist Angus Oblong ("Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children").
tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,273|3452|1|,00.html   (106 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Oblongs - The Complete Series: DVD: Vincent Waller,Bob Jaques,Skip Jones,Monte Young,Joe Horne,Gary ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Based on Angus Oblong's underground cartoon world, The Oblongs are so much dysfunctional as slightly non-functional.
The Oblongs is a great, hilarious show about a twisted family living in a severely twisted town.
For being "Pre-9/11" the writers were totally in tune with the New World Order's plans (Futurama season One was also), even before their biggest staged event in the history of mankind.
www.amazon.com /gp/product/B000ABKHZC   (1363 words)

  
 The Oblongs - The TV IV
The Oblongs - The TV IV And the Nominees Are...
The Oblongs is a cartoon based on the book Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children by Angus Oblong.
It aired originally on The WB in the fall of 2001.
tviv.org /The_Oblongs   (186 words)

  
 Tendo City: Wii have come to party. - The Oblongs
We must have different senses of humor, because I think The Oblongs is hilarious.
Oblongs isn't bad; even if it isnt terribly funny by today's standards, its original.
Anyway, I've watched a few episodes of the show and I found it to be somewhat funny, but it wasn't really too great.
www.tcforums.com /forums/showthread.php?t=2423   (666 words)

  
 AWN Headline News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
OBLONGS on Sunday, August 4, 2002 at 10:30 pm during Adult Swim,
The Oblongs is a series about a typical close-knit family that just
Warner Bros. Television, THE OBLONGS debuted on The WB in 2000.
news.awn.com /index.php?newsitem_no=7124   (275 words)

  
 DVDFanatic.com News: 10/04/05 - DVD REVIEW: "The Oblongs...The Complete Twisted Series"
In mid-July, The Oblongs… The Complete Twisted Series was released as a Best Buy exclusive; until now, that was the only place you could purchase it.
The show follows the abnormal Oblong clan as they cope with their shortcomings and deal with the indignities of being “different” in a ”normal” world.
Of interesting note: Angus Oblong chose to have his identity concealed in order to protect his true identity from those who would use such information in their ongoing efforts to destroy the universe.
www.dvdfanatic.com /news.php?id=0510041   (1288 words)

  
 Memorable Quotes from "The Oblongs..." (2001)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Beth Oblong: Daddy has a magazine with naked ladies hugging.
Beth Oblong: I know but it's so cold that I can't pronounce the th.
Beth Oblong: Don't worry she'll be back for her next probation condition.
us.imdb.com /title/tt0219446/quotes   (295 words)

  
 04/01/01: Futurama, The Simpsons, and The Oblongs
The Simpsons - It seems to me when the writers have no new ideas at all, The Simpsons take a trip.
The Oblongs - I haven't laughed that much with a comedy pilot since Futurama premiered.
Some of that stuff should have been on "Sick and Twisted"...I mean the cat coughing up its own lung and playing with it was great.
www.mrcranky.com /movies/tomcats/14.html   (73 words)

  
 The Oblongs: The cartoon on the WB network - DailyCandy
The Oblongs: The cartoon on the WB network - DailyCandy
Last Sunday night, we were padding around the house when the telly rang.
Having the shape of or resembling a rectangle or an ellipse.
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Description: Angus Oblong brings characters inspired by his book CREEPY SUSIE AND 13 OTHER TRAGIC TALES FOR TROUBLED CHILDREN to the screen in THE OBLONGS.
Each member of the family is deformed in some unusual way--a consequence of their close proximity to the swamp--but they all stick together and remain a close, loving unit.
So while dad, Bob Oblong, may not posses any limbs, and his conjoined twin sons, Biff and Chip, may have three legs, it doesn`t stop them from enjoying life alongside the similarly deformed residents of their community (named Hill Valley).
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 eBaum's World Forum - The Oblongs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I like The Oblongs because the father is played by Will Ferrell.
The show is also funny, because of how these people live in a city where chemicals are dumped.
I thought it would be good since it had Will Ferrel in it, but it never really made me laugh.
forum.ebaumsworld.com /printthread.php?t=2813   (274 words)

  
 A Petition to save "The Oblongs" - Signatures
We endorse the A Petition to save "The Oblongs" Petition to Warner Bros. Television.
PetitionOnline.com has disabled the display of email addresses for signatories who chose to make their address public.
The A Petition to save "The Oblongs" Petition to Warner Bros. Television was created by Television Viewers and written by Jon Acello (RiverUnbroken@aol.com).
www.petitiononline.com /mod_perl/signed.cgi?oblongs&1251   (150 words)

  
 "The Oblongs..." (2001)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
"The Oblongs" are so politically incorrect that the show never stood a chance of survival.
People oft compare it to "The Simpsons," (same writers and exec producers), but the fact that most of the characters are disfigured was the bullet-in-the-head to the show.
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for "The Oblongs..." (2001)
www.imdb.com /title/tt0219446   (442 words)

  
 Oblongs, The @ Toonarific Cartoons
There's Bob Oblong (Will Ferrell - Saturday Night Live), the limbless upbeat Dad; Pickles (Jean Smart - Designing Women), his adoring, bald, alcoholic wife; conjoined twin sons Biff (Randy Sklar - Apt.
When the Oblongs and their malformed neighbours gaze upwards and strive to fit into the conformist population of "beautiful people" above, they meet with disdain.
But someone should warn the naysayers- because ready or not, here come THE OBLONGS.
www.toonarific.com /show.php?show_id=2668   (207 words)

  
 The CHUD.COM Message Boards - The Oblongs
At least 50-75% of Adult Swim is comedic GOLD (Sealab, Harvey Birdman, Aqua Teen, hell, even Space Ghost C2C has its moments) and the rest, like Mission Hill and The Oblongs are still very good.
As a lifetime animation mark, Adult Swim makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
OBlongs is good, but whenever i see it there is a 70% chance i see the episode with the "oh god oh god" banging on the headboard that puts the kid to sleep thing.
www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=71983   (392 words)

  
 oblongs - OneLook Dictionary Search
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