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January 1999 - July 2000,
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Sony Animation, Columbia
TriStar Television |
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Dilbert
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Daniel Stern
Dogbert ......................................................................................
Chris Elliott
Alice
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Kathy Griffin
Boss
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Larry Miller
Wally
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Gordon Hunt
Dilmom
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Jackie Hoffman |
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Scott Adams'
hugely successful comic strip came to life in the animated
Dilbert. Like the comic strip, the animated version focused on
life in the workplace of corporate America; specifically the
life of Dilbert, an engineer whose lot in life was identifiable
in one form or another with the majority of working class America. The show
poked fun at office politics, corporate ethics, and
management's way of thinking - all the things Dilbert creator
Scott Adams witnessed and lived through when he occupied
middle management positions for two large corporations between
1979 and 1995. The syndicated comic strip immediately struck
a responsive chord with its audience and still appears in over
1,000 newspapers, but the animated version didn't do quite as
well. The prime time series had a faithful following, but its
target audience wasn't large enough to compete with shows that
had a wider appeal, and the show lasted for only two seasons.
Despite the shows short run, the comic strip and the sale
of Dilbert merchandise is still going strong. It isn't very
popular with the kids, but adults, who can relate to the style
of workplace it depicts, buy scads of desk calendars, pocket
protectors and other office supplies with his picture on them.
Over a dozen collections of strips have been available in both
hardcover and paperback. For a while during the late 1990s,
Dilbert was even the spokestoon for OfficeMax. It appears that
Dilbert's popularity will continue so long as the corporate
mentality and the human beings who have to work with it remain
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Season 1
The Name
The
Competition
The
Prototype
The
Takeover
Testing
Elbonian
Trip
Tower of
Babel
The Little
People
The Knack
Y2K
Charity
Holiday
The
Infomercial
Season 2
The Gift
The Shroud
of Wally
Art
The Trial
The Dupey
The
Security Guard
The Merger
Hunger
The
Off-Site Meeting
The
Assistant
The Return
The Virtual
Employee
The
Pregnancy
The
Delivery
Company
Picnic
The Fact
Ethics
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