The Gary Coleman Show

The Gary Coleman Show is a 30-minute American Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that originally aired on NBC during the 1982–1983 season.^[1] The series featured Gary Coleman as the voice of Andy LeBeau, an apprentice angel, who was dispatched back to Earth to earn his wings by helping others.^[2]

The show featured the voices of Gary Coleman, Lauren Anders, Jennifer Darling, Julie McWhirter Dees, Geoffrey Gordon, LaShana Dendy, Jerry Houser, Calvin Mason, Sidney Miller and Steve Schatzberg.^[3]

Synopsis

The character of Andy LeBeau was a spin-off character from Coleman's television film The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982).^[4]

In each episode, Andy was dispatched to help a child in need and resolve his problem by his supervisor and fellow angel, Angelica. The antagonist in each episode was Hornswoggle, a demon that only Andy could see, who tried to make Andy's mission more difficult, usually by getting him to make the wrong choice or by otherwise complicating the mission. It was up to Andy to correct whatever mistakes he made and foil Hornswoggle's plans.

Cast

• Gary Coleman – Andy LeBeau
• Lauren Anders – Chris
• Jennifer Darling – Angelica
• Julie McWhirter Dees – Lydia
• Geoffrey Gordon – Haggle
• LaShana Dendy – Tina
• Jerry Houser – Bartholomew
• Calvin Mason – Spence
• Sidney Miller – Hornswoggle
• Steve Schatzberg – Mack

Additional voices

• Rick Dees
• Patrick Fraley
• Billie Hayes
• Casey Kasem – Announcer (uncredited)
• Danny Mann
• Zelda Rubinstein
• Eric Suter
• Janet Waldo
• Frank Welker

Later years

The Gary Coleman Show aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang (the block and network) in the mid-90s and into 2006, when it was aired on Adult Swim before leaving Turner's schedules before 2010; the series has not seen any release since then.

References

1. ^ Hayward, Anthony (2010-06-01). "Gary Coleman: Child star of the television sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes' who faced legal and personal problems in later life - Obituaries - News". The Independent. Archived 2022-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
2. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 234–235. ISBN 978-1538103739.
3. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 176. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
4. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003. 2nd ed. McFarland & Co. pp. 365–366. ISBN 978-1476665993.

External links

• The Gary Coleman Show at IMDb