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Inch High Private Eye

Inch High, Private Eye
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Genre Animation
Comedy
Adventure
Mystery
Written by Fred S. Fox
David Harmon
Directed by Charles A. Nichols
Voices of Lennie Weinrib
Bob Luttrell
Kathy Gori
Don Messick
John Stephenson
Jean Vander Pyl
Composer(s) Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s) Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Producer(s) Iwao Takamoto
Alex Lovy
Cinematography Tom Barnes
Norman Stainback
George Epperson
Dennis Weaver
Editor(s) Milt Krear
Clifford Kohlweck
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor Taft Broadcasting (original)
Worldvision Enterprises (former)
Great American Broadcasting (former)
Turner Entertainment (former)
Warner Bros. Television Distribution (current)
Release
Original network NBC
Original release September 8, 1973 (1973-09-08) – August 31, 1974 (1974-08-31)

Inch High Private Eye is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 8, 1973, to August 31, 1974. Since the 1980s it has received a resurgence on cable television in the US, in repeats on USA Cartoon Express, Cartoon Network (as part of the Mysteries, Inc. block) and Boomerang. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio.

The titular character of Inch High Private Eye is a miniature detective (literally one inch high). Inch often enlists the help of his niece Lori (sometimes written "Laurie"), her muscle-bound friend Gator, and their dog Braveheart to help solve mysteries. Their primary mode of transportation is the Hushmobile, a streamlined car that makes virtually no noise while being driven, making it perfect for following criminals unnoticed. Inch works for The Finkerton Detective Agency (a wordplay lampoon of The Pinkerton Detective Agency), where the boss (Mr. Finkerton) constantly dreams of the day that he will fire him.

Inch High appears in a Cartoon Network commercial, where he teams up with Batman to fight crime, only to be crushed when running to the Batmobile.

He was also featured in an episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, in which he sues his employer for wrongful dismissal (for being too short to be a PI).

On April 24, 2012, Warner Archive released Inch High Private Eye: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.


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