The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
| The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police | |
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The title screen for The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
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| Created by | Steve Purcell |
| Voices of |
Harvey Atkin Robert Tinkler Tracey Moore Tony Rosato Patrick McKenna Dan Hennessey Ron Rubin Aron Tager Catherine Disher Tony Daniels Rick Jones |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Patrick Loubert Michael Hirsh Clive A. Smith Robert Ross Gwenn Saunders Eckel |
| Producer(s) | Nelvana Limited |
| Running time | 10–12 minutes |
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| Original network |
Fox Kids (USA) YTV (Canada) |
| Original release | October 4, 1997 – April 25, 1998 |
The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police is an American/Canadian animated television series starring Sam & Max, a duo of private investigators composed of Sam, an anthropomorphic dog, and Max, a lagomorph or "hyperkinetic rabbity-thing." The show was created by Steve Purcell, also creator of the original comic book series. The series first aired in October 1997 on Fox Kids in the United States and YTV in Canada, producing 24 episodes and winning the 1998 Gemini Award for "Best Animated Series" before it was canceled in April 1998. With the exception of the first and last episodes, which each had a running time of about 20 minutes, each episode was approximately 10 minutes in length, and were usually aired in pairs.
The series revolves around the freelance police accepting missions from the mysterious Commissioner, whom they have never seen. The assignments usually lead them into far-off and exotic locales such as the Moon, Mount Olympus, the center of the Earth or the mutant inhabited waters of Bohunk Lagoon. In between these assignments, the pair also manage to squeeze in fridge-spelunking, time traveling, Bigfoot-hunting and numerous other escapades. There were also holiday themed episodes, such as visiting a prison on Christmas and delivering an artificial heart on Valentine's Day.
Selected episodes from the series had been released in three separate compilations on VHS by Sullivan Entertainment. The episodes included in the VHS compilations are as follows:
On March 11, 2008, the complete series was released by Shout! Factory. Features include original case art by Steve Purcell, three 'educational' shorts, an interview with Purcell, a short featurette about Telltale Games, an art gallery, an "Original Series Bible", a flash-based cartoon titled 'Our Bewildering Universe' and a playable demo of Ice Station Santa. A sticker of the Sam & Max title card was also included.
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