Bobby's World

Bobby's World (originally known as The World According to Bobby, to parody The World According to Garp) is an American animated television series, which ran from 1990 to 1998, on Fox Kids. It was about the daily life of Bobby Generic (/ˈdʒɛnərɪk/ GEN-er-ic) and his very overactive imagination on how he sees the world. The show was created by Canadian actor-comedian Howie Mandel. Mandel also provided the voice of both Bobby and his father Howard Generic. It was produced by Film Roman for Alevy Productions and Fox Kids Productions. The theme song for Bobby's World was composed by John Tesh, along with Michael Hanna.

History

Howie Mandel said that he accidentally created the voice that would be later used to voice Bobby when he was choking on a piece of cake. Two of Mandel's friends Jim Fisher and Jim Staahl signed an agreement with the Fox Corporation's then newly created television division in 1989. Fisher and Staahl asked Mandel to join them in creating a show based on Mandel's Bobby character and voice. Mandel said that he believed Fox did not think his stand-up routines were "family entertainment." He, Fisher, and Staahl (co-producers) recalled stories from their childhoods as they discussed the formation of the show. Mandel stated "that was the seed of Bobby's World." Later stories from the childhoods of writers Dianne and Peter Tilden along with Mitch Schauer were used as the basis of many of the stories. The other characters on the show were mixes of characteristics of the creators' parents' friends and relatives. Specifically, Uncle Ted was based on Fisher and Staahl's former comedy partner in a comedy trio formed by the three after leaving Chicago's Second City, called The Graduates. Amazingly, that partner Tino Insana read for and won the part of Uncle Ted.

List of Bobby's World episodes

This is a list of episodes from the Fox animated television series Bobby's World. The series premiered on September 8, 1990 and ended on February 23, 1998. A total of 81 half-hour episodes were produced.

Series overview

Episode list

Season 1: 1990-1991

The opening credits sequence, the black square, with the theme "Bobby's World", the closing credits sequence against a white paper background.

Season 2: 1991-1992

Season 3: 1992-1993

The closing credits sequence is against a background color with a chalk font.

Season 4: 1993-1994

Season 5: 1994-1995

The production numbers were the ones noted by the Fox network.

Season 6: 1995-1996

Against a blue background, we see the CGI clip animation, the title sequence, the words "BOBBY'S WORLD" in pink. The closing credits sequence against on a teal background. During the generic credits, the clip animates "Watch BOBBY'S WORLD Weekdays" and the 1993-1997 Fox Kids bug.

The production numbers were the ones noted by the Fox network.

Season 7: 1996