Dick Spanner, P.I.

  • Rank #
  • Premiered: May 1987
  • Episodes: 22
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • Channel 4
  • Unknown
  • Animation Children Science-fiction

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Season 1
1x1
The Case of the Human Cannonball (1)
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Air date
May 03, 1987
Dick Spanner gets his first case, which is to find Harry the human cannonball for a mysterious woman.
1x2
The Case of the Human Cannonball (2)
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May 10, 1987
Dick Spanner is framed by Lieutenant O'Grady for Murder Juan - the first degree murder of a Mexican.
1x3
The Case of the Human Cannonball (3)
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May 17, 1987
On the run from Lieutenant O'Grady, Dick Spanner takes refuge at Mae East's basement apartment.
1x4
The Case of the Human Cannonball (4)
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May 24, 1987
Looking for clues as to the whereabouts of Harry the human cannonball, Dick Spanner goes to see the Fat Man, who gives him a lead - and a dog to go with it.
1x5
The Case of the Human Cannonball (5)
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May 31, 1987
Dick Spanner goes to The Crow Bar for a drink, but he's drugged and kidnapped.
1x6
The Case of the Human Cannonball (6)
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Jun 07, 1987
After being rescued in the nick of time by Lieutenant O'Grady, Dick Spanner heads to Signor Allova's Flying Circus to investigate.
1x7
The Case of the Human Cannonball (7)
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Jun 14, 1987
Dick drops into the big top and interviews the strong man.
1x8
The Case of the Human Cannonball (8)
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Jun 21, 1987
A rigged elevator leads to trouble for Dick Spanner.
1x9
The Case of the Human Cannonball (9)
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Jun 28, 1987
Dick Spanner's magnetic attraction proves to be a nuisance.
1x10
The Case of the Human Cannonball (10)
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Jul 05, 1987
When Dick visits Mexico in search of Harry the human cannonball, he becomes so inebriated that he doesn't realize everyone is trying to murder him.
1x11
The Case of the Human Cannonball (11)
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Jul 12, 1987
Dick Spanner discovers an elaborate plot to sneak illegal aliens across the border.
1x12 Season finale
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (1)
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Jul 19, 1987
'Too Tall' Johnson sues Dick Spanner over the loss of height, but he agrees to drop the lawsuit if Spanner can find the family's parrot, Polly, so the detective heads to Ivywood.
1x13
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (2)
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Jul 26, 1987
Dick Spanner rolls into Ivywood, where he meets silent screen star Gloria Vamp and gets fingered by George Lifeboat and Edward G. Hobson.
1x14
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (3)
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Aug 02, 1987
After Dick gets a moose head stuck on his own, he's whisked away to Sing a Song of Penitentiary, and joins his cellmate in an escape.
1x15
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (4)
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Aug 09, 1987
Dick escapes from prison and returns to Ivywood, where's he's cornered again by George Lifeboat and Edward G. Hobson.
1x16
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (5)
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Aug 16, 1987
Dick uncovers a plot to keep tall actors out of Ivywood.
1x17
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (6)
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Aug 23, 1987
After learning of a money-laundering scheme, Dick returns to Gloria Vamps, where the talls inform him that the smalls are taking over movie city.
1x18
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (7)
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Aug 30, 1987
Dick falls into Von Strongbow's jam factory, and then he returns to The Brown Trilby to discover the smalls have taken over.
1x19
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (8)
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Sep 06, 1987
Dick interrogates The Maltese Parrot; Mae returns home and the smalls continue their takeover of Ivywood.
1x20
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (9)
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Sep 13, 1987
After hanging around on the bridge, Dick is tailed throughout Ivywood by Lieutenant O'Grady. Meanwhile, Mae East gets a job in a strip club.
1x21
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (10)
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Air date
Sep 20, 1987
Dick spills his guts to Lieutenant O'Grady.
1x22 Show finale
The Case of the Maltese Parrot (11)
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Air date
Sep 27, 1987
Various hijinks ensue on the set of "Flash Gordon Meets Ben-Hur on the Forbidden Planet," as the talls confront the smalls.

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