Series synopsis
Cow and Chicken is an American animation comedy kids television series that premiered on Cartoon Network on September 16, 1997. It ended on August 13, 1999. It was created by David Feiss. It stars Charlie Adler, Candi Milo, Dee Bradley Baker and Michael Dorn.
Follows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam them.
Premise
Follows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam them.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Charlie Adler as Cow / Chicken / The Red Guy / I.R. Baboon (voice)
- Candi Milo as Mom / Teacher (voice)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Dad (voice)
- Michael Dorn as I.M. Weasel (voice)
- Stuart Pankin as Sergeant / Mailman / Duck Walla (voice)
- Glenn Shadix as Poopy the Clown / Gate Guard / Prisoner (voice)
- Robert Ridgely as Dr. Chunks (voice)
- Jess Harnell as French Prime Minister / Admiral Bullets / Workman (voice)
Supporting cast
- Gregg Berger as Mr. Draftsman / Worker #1 / Workman (voice)
- Gail Matthius as Nurse / Woman #1 (voice)
- Mitzi McCall as Receptionist (voice)
- Kerrigan Mahan as Countdown Guy / Announcer (voice)
- Jerry Sroka as Paramedic #1 / Traffic Pilot (voice)
- Patrick Pinney as Super Hero #2 (voice)
- Nora Dunn as Bearded Girl / Lady Fan #1 (voice)
- Tony Pope as Boy / Cousleau (voice)
- Mary Waronor as Queen of Yurp (voice)
- Bronson Pinchot as Oscar / Guard / Old Wardrobe Man (voice)
- David Lodge as Doolunch / Guy #1 (voice)
- Susan D. Williams as Singing Kid 3 (voice)
Guest cast
- Stuart Pankin as Sergeant / Mailman / Duck Walla (voice)
- Glenn Shadix as Poopy the Clown / Gate Guard / Prisoner (voice)
- Robert Ridgely as Dr. Chunks (voice)
- Jess Harnell as French Prime Minister / Admiral Bullets / Workman (voice)
- Gregg Berger as Mr. Draftsman / Worker #1 / Workman (voice)
- Gail Matthius as Nurse / Woman #1 (voice)
- Mitzi McCall as Receptionist (voice)
- Kerrigan Mahan as Countdown Guy / Announcer (voice)
- Jerry Sroka as Paramedic #1 / Traffic Pilot (voice)
- Patrick Pinney as Super Hero #2 (voice)
- Nora Dunn as Bearded Girl / Lady Fan #1 (voice)
- Tony Pope as Boy / Cousleau (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 156 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 39 | September 16, 1997 | December 16, 1997 |
| Season 2 | 39 | January 13, 1998 | April 7, 1998 |
| Season 3 | 39 | August 15, 1998 | May 3, 1999 |
| Season 4 | 39 | April 26, 1999 | August 13, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Field Trip to Folsom Prison On a field trip to the penitentiary, Chicken switches places with a hardened criminal named Red. |
September 16, 1997 |
| 2 |
The Girl's Bathroom Chicken, Flem and Earl are fascinated by the girls' bathroom. |
September 16, 1997 |
| 3 |
This Bridge, Not Weasel Bridge I.M. Weasel must complete the trans Atlantic Bridge. |
September 16, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fluffy the Anaconda Mom and Dad decide to let Cow have a pet. She choose an anaconda, after it eats Chicken, and she hears his voice from inside the snake, and assumes the snake can sound just like Chicken. Cow names the anaconda, Fluffy, and Fluffy soon grows attached to Chicken, as its full-coarse dinner. |
January 13, 1998 |
| 2 |
The Laughing Puddle Chicken, Flem, and Earl play a game of kickball. Cow's udders kick the ball into the bushes, where Chicken, Flem and Earl discover a laughing puddle. After Flem and Chicken run back out, they forget the ball, and go back to discover that Earl is in the puddle. Chicken sends Flem after him, and he is stuck too. Chicken then gets Mom and Dad, who jump into the puddle, and Chicken drops Cow in there to save everyone. Chicken is then the only one left, until he discovers the puddle is a doorway to Boneless Chicken's nightclub. |
January 13, 1998 |
| 3 |
I.R. Mommy I.R. finds an abandoned baby and adopts him as his son. |
January 13, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Can Cow Come Out and Play? The Red Guy is depressed because no one will play with him. After seeing Cow has Crabs the Warthog, he wants to play with her because he has Crabs's doll house. When he askes to play with Cow, she tells him not if he was the last man on earth. With that he locks the entire world in a trailer, and is the last man standing: but Cow still won't play with him. |
August 15, 1998 |
| 2 |
Horn Envy Cow has a crush on Crag, the smartest kid in school, but is ignored by him. Her friends try to convince her that her horns are too small, so she tries every way to make them bigger by decorating them with coat hangers, paper masche, and even chocolate chip weenies. Cow later learns that Crag wasn't interest in Cow, because he had a crush on one of her friends. |
August 15, 1998 |
| 3 |
Time Weasel Weasel creates a time machine that I.R. uses to go back in time, but Weasel discovers that I.R. is destined to solve all kind of problems at certain periods. |
August 15, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chachi, the Chewing Gum Seal Chicken tells Cow that she's not artistic, so she in return, sculpts a seal out of a stick of chewing gum, and an entire machine full of bubblegum balls. Cow wishes that her chewing gum seal, whom she names Chachi, was real. Suddenly, a wishing star grants her wish, and Chachi is a real, miserable, ho-hum seal. |
April 26, 1999 |
| 2 |
Black Sheep of the Family Cow and Chicken get a visit from their cousin, Black Sheep (who really is in both terms). While Mom and Dad run away, Cow and Chicken try to make Black Sheep feel at home, but when he compliments Flem and Earl in scientific terms, they assume that Black Sheep is a dangerous criminal. Cow tries to help Black Sheep, who everyone changes their minds about, after he saves a woman's life from a heart attack. |
April 26, 1999 |
| 3 |
Enemy Camp Weasel and I.R. remember the days in which they were good friends, until they were sent to Enemy Camp. |
April 26, 1999 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Cartoon Network |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 16, 1997 |
| Last aired | August 13, 1999 |
| Runtime | 6 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday |