The Gary Coleman Show is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

 that originally aired on NBC

NBC

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 during the 1982-1983 season.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gary-coleman-child-star-of-the-television-sitcom-diffrent-strokes-who-faced-legal-and-personal-problems-in-later-life-1987910.html

Synposis

The series featured Gary Coleman

Gary Coleman

Gary Wayne Coleman was an American actor, known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and for his small stature as an adult. He was described in the 1980s as "one of television's most promising stars". After a successful childhood acting career, Coleman...

 as the voice of Andy LeBeau, an apprentice angel

Angel

Angels are mythical beings often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles along with the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος, a translation of in the Hebrew Bible ; a similar term, ملائكة , is used in the Qur'an...

, who was dispatched back to Earth to earn his wings by helping others. The half-hour series was based on Coleman's 1982 made-for-TV movie The Kid with the Broken Halo

The Kid with the Broken Halo

The Kid with the Broken Halo is a 1982 made-for-television movie starring Gary Coleman, Robert Guillaume, June Allyson, Mason Adams and Ray Walston about a wise-cracking "angel-in-training" who needs constant help from his frustrated heavenly teacher. The comedy was directed by Leslie H...

. In each episode, Andy was dispatched to help a child in need and resolve his problem. The antagonist in each episode was Hornswoggle, 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. Oddly enough, Angelica couldn't perceive Hornswoggle; this had a tendency to complicate things and get Andy in trouble.

The character of Haggle, voiced by Geoff Gordon, was the first cartoon character to rap. Gordon was an NBC page when he was cast. Each 30-minute episode consisted of two 15-minute segments. Thirteen 30-minute episodes were produced. Jennifer Darling

Jennifer Darling

Jennifer Darling is an American actress and voice actress. While her body of work as a voiceover artist greatly eclipses that of her on-stage career, she is, perhaps, nevertheless known best to most people as Peggy Callahan, the secretary to Oscar Goldman in the television series The Six Million...

, who played Lebeau's supervising angel Angelica, uses her nasal voice in a similar fashion to that of a future role, Ayeka of Tenchi Muyo OVA.

Episode list

1. "Fouled Up Fossils/Going, Going, Gone"
2. "You Oughtta' Be In Pictures/Derby Daze"
3. "Hornswoggle's Hoax/Calamity Canine"
4. "Cupid Andy/Space Odd Essey"
5. "Hornswoggle's New Leaf/Keep On Movin' On"
6. "Mansion Madness/Wuthering Kites"
7. "In the Swim/Put Up or Fix Up"
8. "Haggle and Double Haggle/The Royal Visitor"
9. "The Future Tense/Dr. Livingston, I Presume"
10. "Haggle's Luck/Head in the Clouds"
11. "Teacher's Pest/Andy Sings the Blues"
12. "Easy Money/Take My Tonsils -Please-"
13. "The Prettiest Girl in Oakville/Mack's Snow Job"

Cast

• Lauren Anders - Chris
• Gary Coleman
  Gary Coleman
  Gary Wayne Coleman was an American actor, known for his childhood role as Arnold Jackson in the American sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and for his small stature as an adult. He was described in the 1980s as "one of television's most promising stars". After a successful childhood acting career, Coleman...
  
   - Andy LeBeau
• Jennifer Darling
  Jennifer Darling
  Jennifer Darling is an American actress and voice actress. While her body of work as a voiceover artist greatly eclipses that of her on-stage career, she is, perhaps, nevertheless known best to most people as Peggy Callahan, the secretary to Oscar Goldman in the television series The Six Million...
  
   - Angelica
• LaShanda Dendy - Tina
• Geoff Gordon - Haggle
• Jerry Houser
  Jerry Houser
  Jerry Houser is an American character actor and voice actor in film and television.-Career:Houser was born in Los Angeles, California. Since 1971, he has appeared in countless films, TV series, animated series, and commercials...
  
   - Bartholomew
• Casey Kasem
  Casey Kasem
  Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
  
   - Announcer
• Calvin Mason - Spence
• Julie McWhirter
  Julie McWhirter
  Julie McWhirter is an Indiana-born voice actress and impressionist best known for her work as Kanga in "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore". Her voice acting also includes numerous Hanna-Barbera cartoons, such as Jeannie, Jabberjaw, Casper and the Angels, Drak Pack and The Smurfs...
  
   - Lydia
• Sidney Miller
  Sidney Miller (actor)
  -As actor:*1988 Memories of Me*1983-1985 Dungeons & Dragons *1972 Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask*1955 The Donald O'Connor Show *1954 Dragnet...
  
   - Hornswoggle
• Steve Schatzberg
  Steve Schatzberg
  Steve Schatzberg is an American voice actor who is also known as Steven Schatzberg.He was probably best known for doing the singing voice of Piglet in two films of Winnie the Pooh which included Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving.He also...
  
  - Matt

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