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 – August 31, 1974 |
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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