Stroker and Hoop

Stroker and Hoop
Three of the main characters. From the left: C.A.R.R., Hoop Schwartz, and John Strockmeyer.
Genre	Action Comedy
Created by	Casper Kelly Jeff Olsen
Voices of	Jon Glaser Timothy "Speed" Levitch Curtis Armstrong Paul Christie
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	30 mins
Production company(s)	Williams Street Turner Studios Studio B Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	Adult Swim
Picture format	4:3 SDTV
Original release	August 1, 2004 – December 25, 2005
External links
Website

Stroker and Hoop is an American Adobe Flash animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The series is a parody of buddy cop films and television series such as Starsky & Hutch, and stars the voices of Jon Glaser as Stroker and Timothy "Speed" Levitch as Hoop. It contains the talking car element of the 1982 series Knight Rider, in "C.A.R.R.", voiced by Paul Christie. The names of the lead characters may be based on two Burt Reynolds characters, from Stroker Ace and Hooper.

Stroker and Hoop premiered on August 1, 2004, and ended on December 25, 2005, with 13 episodes. Adult Swim continues to air reruns of the series on an occasional basis.

Stroker and Hoop are a pair of private investigators from Los Angeles, who act and dress as if it is still the 1970s. In spite of each man's high opinion of himself, they're both completely inept losers: Stroker fancies himself a suave ladies man, but is generally unpopular and perceived by virtually every woman he meets as a repulsive chauvinist; and Hoop considers himself a crime-solving ace and master of disguise, when in fact he's a gullible nerd and all of his disguises are failures. Their only "advantage" over their competition is C.A.R.R., a talking AMC Pacer with its own neurotic personality. Because of their abysmal track record and less-than-stellar capabilities, the two men eke out livings solving crimes for people who can't afford to hire more competent detectives. Invariably, their attempts to solve a crime result in bloodshed, violence, and thousands of dollars worth of property damage.