Baby Blues (US TV series)

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Baby Blues was a cartoon on The WB and, later, Adult Swim, based on the Baby Blues strips of comics. It aired from July 28, 2000 - March 10, 2002.

In 2000, "Baby Blues" was adapted into an animated cartoon, which aired on The WB Television Network for a few weeks in the summer, from July 28, 2000 to August 25, 2000. The animated version featured Darryl and Wanda raising the infant Zoe as their first child, as distinct from the comic strip's storyline at the time which showed Zoe as the older sister to Hammie. Mike O'Malley supplied the voice of Darryl, while Julia Sweeney played Wanda.

The Baby Blues television series differed from the comic strip by focusing on Darryl and Wanda's relationship with the Bittermans, a neighbor family with three children (Rodney, Megan, and Shelby); Kenny, Darryl's co-worker; and Bizzy, the babysitter for Zoe. Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott had little creative control over the animated version. [1]

The WB typically aired two episodes each week, thus enabling eight different episodes to be shown in the five-week run, but abandoned plans to air additional episodes which had been completed. Previously unaired episodes were later shown by the Cartoon Network in its Adult Swim block, and on TeleToon in Canada. Like fellow WB primetime animated series The Oblongs and Mission Hill, this show was cancelled after 13 episodes.

The opening theme song was "It's All Been Done" by Barenaked Ladies.

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[edit] Season 1: 2000

Episode Code # Production # Title Original airdate
1 101 "God Forbid"  July 28, 2000
After failing to find a candidate both she and Darryl like, Wanda asks Melinda to be Zoe's guardian. Wanda is stunned to learn Melinda expects her and Darryl to reciprocate, considering Wanda asked Melinda before consulting Darryl, who thinks Melinda's husband is a Neanderthal. 
2 102 "Bizzy Moves In"  July 28, 2000
Bizzy moves in with the MacPhersons and lands in the middle of their marital brawl, which starts when Darryl gives Wanda a minivan for her birthday. Wanda thinks he is implying that she's getting old and she starts hanging out with Bizzy's friends to prove she's not. 
3 103 "Rodney Has Two Daddies"  August 4, 2000
Darryl feels his masculinity is threatened after Wanda rhapsodizes over Carl's ability as a repairman. Darryl gets an unexpected chance to prove himself when Rodney asks him for gourmet cooking lessons behind Carl's back. 
4 104 "Hurtin' Inside"  August 4, 2000
After overhearing Darryl's negative comments about her sociopath boyfriend, Bizzy dumps him. 
5 105 "The Bitterman Hillbillies"  August 11, 2000
Carl's promotion to groundskeeper of a big-league baseball team makes Darryl green with envy, while his first purchase -- a big-screen TV -- makes Darryl bitter with jealousy. 
6 106 "World's Greatest Dad"  August 11, 2000
Melinda invites Wanda to take a day off to go to a ceramic painting place. To pacify Darryl, the ladies arrange for him and Carl to have their own fun day out -- with the kids. 
7 107 "Rodney Moves In"  August 18, 2000
Darryl and Wanda are exhausted when Zoe's continuous crying keeps them up all night. Wanda looks to Carl for some help who in turn is looking for some help with Rodney. They soon see that Rodney's the only one that can make Zoe stop crying. 
8 108 "Ugly Zoe"  August 25, 2000
Wanda anxiously awaits an interview at a prestigious preschool with Zoe. Carl gets stuck with a $200 bill after Rodney causes damage at a carnival freak show, then makes the kid work to pay him back. Wanda's anxiety turns to panic when she notices Zoe's head plagued with ugly lesions. 

[edit] Season 2: 2002

Episode Code # Production # Title Original airdate
9 201 "Wanda Proof"  January 20, 2002
. Wanda promises Darryl that she would feed Zoe Apricots, but doesn't because she knows zoe hates them. While changing zoe, Bizzy asks about it. Zoe then falls off the table. In the emergency room, the think about getting their home baby proofed. When Wanda takes Zoe's temperature with aa rectal thermometer, she discovers that she injected mercury into her daughter's butt. She decides not to tell Darryl she went to the emergency room again, but when Darryl bumps into the doctor, he finds out what happened 
10 202 "The Bad Family"  January 27, 2002
.Due to being in the wrong place at the wron time, the Macphersons are being thought of as Alcoholic Porn addicts 
11 203 "Teddy Cam"  February 3, 2002
.Darryl installs a camera in a teddy bear to make sure Wanda is not having an affair with bizzy's boy friend 
12 201 "A Baby Blues Christmas"  February 24, 2002
.Back right after Zoey was born, the family has some trouble introducing here to the bittermans, and celebrating christmas 
13 205 "Wanda Moves Up"  March 10, 2002
.Wanda and Darryl learn to appreciate each other's roles a little more, as Wanda opens her own business and Darryl becomes a stay-at-home dad. 

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