Dilbert

Dilbert
"The Dilbert Zone"
Genre: Sitcom Comedy Animation Running Time: 22 minutes Country: United States Release Date: January 25, 1999 - July 25, 2000 Network(s): UPN (Original Airing) Comedy Central (Reruns) Fox Kids (Latin America) Created by: Scott Adams Distributed by: Columbia TriStar Television Starring: Daniel Stern Chris Elliott Larry Miller Gordon Hunt Kathy Griffin Jackie Hoffman Jason Alexander Tom Kenny Seasons: 2 Episodes: 30

Dilbert is an American animated sitcom adaptation of the comic strip of the same name, produced by Adelaide Productions, Idbox and United Media, and distributed by Columbia TriStar Television. The first episode was broadcast on January 25, 1999, and was UPN's highest-rated comedy series premiere at that point in the network's history; it lasted two seasons with thirty episodes on the network and won a Primetime Emmy before its cancellation. Reruns also aired on Comedy Central from 2002 until 2003.

Summary

The series follows the adventures of a middle-aged white-collar office worker, named Dilbert, who is extremely intelligent in regards to all things that fall within the boundaries of electrical engineering. Although Dilbert's intelligence greatly surpasses that of his incompetent colleagues at work, he is unable to question certain processes that he believes to be inefficient, due to his lack of power within the organization. Thus, he is consistently found to be unsatisfied with the decisions that are made in his workplace, because of the fact that many times he has many suggestions to improve the decision, yet is incapable of expressing them. Consequently, he is often found to show a pessimistic and frustrated attitude, which ultimately lands him in various comedic situations that revolve around concepts like leadership, teamwork, communication, and corporate culture.

Why It's The Dilbert Zone

1. This is the very first office comedy show, before "The Office".
2. It's very faithful to the original comics, as it stays true to Dilbert's "wacky" yet "relatable" feeling.
3. Memorable, funny and likable characters such as: Dilbert and Dobert.
4. The animation is great and looks exactly like it was lifted from the comic books done by Yeson Entertainment and Rough Draft Studios.
5. Great soundtrack, especially the theme song.
   • One interesting thing to know is that the intro is a remix of "The Forbidden Zone".
6. Many funny and clever jokes.
7. Interesting plot as it centers on the creation of a new product, the "Gruntmaster 6000". The first three episodes involve the idea process ("The Name", "The Prototype", and "The Competition" respectively); the fourth ("Testing") involves having it survive a malevolent company tester named "Bob Bastard", and the fifth ("Elbonian Trip") is about production in the famine-stricken fourth-world country of Elbonia. The prototype is delivered to an incredibly stupid family in Squiddler's Patch, Texas, during the thirteenth and final episode of the season, "Infomercial", even though it was not tested in a lab beforehand. The family's misuse of the prototype creates a black hole that sucks Dilbert in; he instantly wakes up in the meeting seen at the start of the episode, then locks his design lab to keep the prototype from being shipped out.
8. Great voice acting by Daniel Stern, Chris Elliott, Larry Miller, Gordon Hunt, Kathy Griffin, Jackie Hoffman, Jason Alexander and Tom Kenny.
   • 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin also delivered an excellent cameo appearance in the show.
9. "Pregnancy/The Delivery" are episodes that have done the "Male Pregnancy" trope right.

Bad Qualities

1. The show lasted very short as it ran for only 2 seasons and 30 episodes.
2. It can be boring sometimes.
3. The pacing is a bit slow.

Reception

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Trivia

• The show used to air on Fox Kids in Latin America.

Videos

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