Channel Umptee-3

Channel Umptee-3
Genre	Cartoon series
Created by	Chris Headrick Don Jurwich
Directed by	Chris Headrick Don Jurwich Michael Peraza Jr. David Schwartz Bob Seeley
Voices of	(See article)
Theme music composer	Walter Murphy
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Baskin Norman Lear
Producer(s)	Jim George Peggy George Jeff Kline Robert Seeley Ping Warner
Running time	30 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	Adelaide Productions Act III Television Enchanted George Productions Columbia TriStar Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	The WB (Kids' WB)
Audio format	Dolby Surround
Original release	October 25, 1997 – February 20, 1998

Channel Umptee-3 (also known simply as Umptee-3) is a Saturday morning animated television series created by Jim George and produced by Norman Lear that aired on The WB in 1997. Ogden Ostrich, Sheldon S. Cargo (a snail), and Holey Moley (a mole, of course) drive around the world in a van with their own underground television station, while fleeing the wrath of corporate-villain Stickley Rickets (Stickley and his henchmen are often called “The Frumps” by Ogden). This one-season cartoon show was designed to teach kids to appreciate the wonders of everyday things, such as sleep and water. The title is derived from the fictitious number “umpteen.” It was also the last television series that Lear was involved in as an executive producer until One Day at a Time.

Channel Umptee-3, which exists between other channels and is broadcast from a mobile station, tries to focus on a specific topic in each episode, but is usually diverted from it and shifted onto another topic; e.g., one episode started out discussing cats, but quickly segued into the subject of ownership (which was the real topic of that show). Meanwhile, “The Frumps” (i.e., Stickley Rickets and his henchmen) would try to shut the station down or increase their own power, but whatever plan they came up with would fail.

The show made great use of , as did the earlier WB show Freakazoid! Also, the show sometimes made references to well-known movies and TV shows; e.g., the episode “Yours, Mine, and Ours” included references to Cats, Harvey, Star Wars, Dragnet, and The People’s Court, and the title was that of a classic movie.

Other voice actors who appeared on the show included:

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