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* ''The Nitwits'' had Arte Johnson and Creator/RuthBuzzi reprise their roles of Tyrone Horneigh and Gladys Ormphby from ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''. Here, they were a married couple who fought crime with the help of Tyrone's cane, Elmo, which enabled him to fly and contained many gadgets.

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* ''The Nitwits'' had Arte Johnson Creator/ArteJohnson and Creator/RuthBuzzi reprise their roles of Tyrone Horneigh and Gladys Ormphby from ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''. Here, they were a married couple who fought crime with the help of Tyrone's cane, Elmo, which enabled him to fly and contained many gadgets.
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Notably the final cartoon Creator/RobertMcKimson worked on before his death in 1977 (just 19 days after the series premiered).

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* PortableHole: It's used in the Nitwits short "The Hole Thing!".

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* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: The Baggy Pants segment.
* PortableHole: It's used in the Nitwits short "The Hole Thing!".Thing!"
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This SaturdayMorningCartoon, produced by Creator/{{DePatie Freleng Enterprises}} for Creator/{{NBC}} in 1977, consisted of two shorts per half-hour episode:

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This SaturdayMorningCartoon, produced by Creator/{{DePatie Freleng Enterprises}} Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises for Creator/{{NBC}} in 1977, consisted of two shorts per half-hour episode:



* PortableHole: It's used in the Nitwits short "The Hole Thing!".

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* PortableHole: It's used in the Nitwits short "The Hole Thing!".Thing!".
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This SaturdayMorningCartoon, produced by Creator/{{DePatie Freleng Enterprises}} for Creator/{{NBC}} in the late 1970s, consisted of two shorts per half-hour episode:

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This SaturdayMorningCartoon, produced by Creator/{{DePatie Freleng Enterprises}} for Creator/{{NBC}} in the late 1970s, 1977, consisted of two shorts per half-hour episode:



* ''The Nitwits'' had Arte Johnson and Creator/RuthBuzzi reprise their roles of Tyrone and Gladys from ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''. Here, they were a married couple who fought crime with the help of Tyrone's cane, Elmo, which enabled him to fly and contained many gadgets.

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* ''The Nitwits'' had Arte Johnson and Creator/RuthBuzzi reprise their roles of Tyrone Horneigh and Gladys Ormphby from ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''. Here, they were a married couple who fought crime with the help of Tyrone's cane, Elmo, which enabled him to fly and contained many gadgets.



* AnimatedAdaptation: The first segment was adapted from Chaplin's silent films, and the second from a series of ''Laugh-In'' sketches.
* FunnyAnimal: Baggy Pants and his porcine foe.

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* AnimalFacialHair: Baggy Pants has a small mustache, and the pig has a black handlebar mustache.
* AnimatedAdaptation: The first segment was adapted from Chaplin's silent films, comedies, and the second from a series of ''Laugh-In'' sketches.
* CircusEpisode: The Baggy Pants short "Circus Circus".
* CodeName: Tyrone went by "Agony Nine".
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FunnyAnimal: Baggy Pants and his porcine foe.foe.
* MasterOfDisguise: The Nitwits' foe False Face Filbert.
* PortableHole: It's used in the Nitwits short "The Hole Thing!".
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This SaturdayMorningCartoon, produced by Creator/{{DePatie Freleng Enterprises}} for Creator/{{NBC}} in the late 1970s, consisted of two shorts per half-hour episode:
* ''Baggy Pants'' was a dialog-free cartoon, much like DFE's own ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther''. Its main character was a cat dressed like Creator/CharlieChaplin's Little Tramp. His foe was a pig with a black mustache.
* ''The Nitwits'' had Arte Johnson and Creator/RuthBuzzi reprise their roles of Tyrone and Gladys from ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''. Here, they were a married couple who fought crime with the help of Tyrone's cane, Elmo, which enabled him to fly and contained many gadgets.

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* AnimatedAdaptation: The first segment was adapted from Chaplin's silent films, and the second from a series of ''Laugh-In'' sketches.
* FunnyAnimal: Baggy Pants and his porcine foe.

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