Dilbert: Season 1

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UPN | Season Premiere Date: January 25, 1999

Starring: Gordon Hunt, Jim Wise, Larry Miller

Summary: Dilbert is a cubicle dwelling employee for a large soulless corporation. Each episode the show goes on many adventures that will leave you waiting for more. One simple phrase to describe Dilbert would be laugh out loud. The comical adventures that each story have are very well written by expert writers and voiced by an astonishing cast. TheDilbert is a cubicle dwelling employee for a large soulless corporation. Each episode the show goes on many adventures that will leave you waiting for more. One simple phrase to describe Dilbert would be laugh out loud. The comical adventures that each story have are very well written by expert writers and voiced by an astonishing cast. The series is mainly about the main character Dilbertand his daily life at work. Although it is not always your typical days events that happens at the office. One of the many features this office has are little people living in the basement who apparently steal the company's markers and uses them to get high. Story lines expand from the world coming to an end for Y2K to the Dogbert trying to enslave the world! Dilbert truly is a show that you only see once in every 30 channels!

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Dilbert: Dilbert is your average "tech buff." He has a dog named Dogbert who frequently out-wits him. When push comes to shove you will most likely see Dilbert on the ground. He is an engineer, but often questions if he was meant to have that career. Often he tries to get his own office away from the fellow employees, but every scheme fails for one reason or another. Dilbert is the average struggling guy trying to get by at work one day at a time.
Dogbert: Dogbert is not your average dog. In fact he is nothing like a dog at all. On the outside he may look like "man's best friend", but on the inside he wants to rule man. In many episodes Dogbert tries to control the world, but in each episode his scheme fails for one reason or another. Although Dogbert may seem cute and fuzzy he is far from it. The relationship is basically the opposite between Dilbert and Dogbert. Though these two often disagree on many matters they always have each other's back….or at least most of the time.

Pointy-Haired Boss: He's every employee's worst nightmare. He has the laziness of Homer Simpson and the wacky comments of Peter Griffin. When those two are mixed watch out! Although he is often away from work he is the boss and as the boss he has the most power at the office. Now stupidity and leadership don't always work well together so just when you thought you figured him out he will surprise you with some wacky antic!

Alice: She is one of Dilbert's co-workers. Being the only female employee in the department, she puts up with a lot. Occasionally the guys at work may step out of their place, but she will always take care of that with some violence. Her cubical is located to the left of Dilbert's, but that doesn't stop her from making frequent visits. Certainly Alice is a force not to reckon with.

Wally: He is every employee's worst nightmare! He is very lazy and only goes to work just to be there thus receiving his pay check. He tries to use schemes to receive quick cash, but usually they don't work. He later learned in the series that trying to save up sick days for early retirement doesn't always work. The lesson learned in that was that over a period of time those days expire. Over all Wally is pretty much a small guy with a big mouth that frequently gets him in trouble.

Broadcast history:
Mon: 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Tue: 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Like many great shows Dilbert was short lived, but its memory lives on in eternity. Now, many are able to watch Dilbert on DVD and relive every wacky memory that the show has to offer. Not only has Dilbert become one of the most famous comic strips like Garfield, Peanuts, Blondie, etc. etc. but has become somewhat of a "hope symbol" to the daily working person. So pop the DVD in and let your bones ache from laughter!

Dilbert is based off of the hit comic strip series of the same name created by Scott Adams.
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Creator: Scott Adams

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation, Business

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. The Infomercial
Air Date: May 24, 1999
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S1:E12. Holiday
Air Date: May 17, 1999
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S1:E11. Charity
Air Date: May 10, 1999

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Terry Kelleher

Jun 27, 2013

What I found in the first two shows was a lot of smart, pointed humor aimed at corporate bureaucracy, mendacity and absurdity. I didn't even notice till late in the second episode that the animation itself was something less than eye-popping. Read full review

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VisserEight

Mar 6, 2012

A severely underrated show filled with amazing plots, witty jokes and lovable characters, all done while never losing the taste of the original Dilbert comic-strip, where insanity and outrageous situations reigning the world is the accepted social norm.
Like Freakazoid, its a show way aheadA severely underrated show filled with amazing plots, witty jokes and lovable characters, all done while never losing the taste of the original Dilbert comic-strip, where insanity and outrageous situations reigning the world is the accepted social norm.
Like Freakazoid, its a show way ahead of it's time and audience; its kind of reasonable for this show to fail and vanish in the current market, given the audience nowadays have to be blasted with popular culture references and toilet humor every single minute to keep them on their seats; its kind of sad to see how a great show like Dilbert have to fade away almost unrecognized.
Although I can still go back to the comic strips even if this show is discontinued, I will still miss this fantastic show.… Expand

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FranzHcritic

Jul 24, 2014

Heavily underrated TV series. Sharp wit, a clever satirical depiction of white-collar jobs, and pure comedy gold. This, like 'Office Space', was unsuccessful due to the inexperienced marketers, who can't seem to sell 'smart' humor that's not overtly raunchy or ridiculous to where it's funny.Heavily underrated TV series. Sharp wit, a clever satirical depiction of white-collar jobs, and pure comedy gold. This, like 'Office Space', was unsuccessful due to the inexperienced marketers, who can't seem to sell 'smart' humor that's not overtly raunchy or ridiculous to where it's funny. And just as good as the comic strip.… Expand

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Kai82

Mar 29, 2020

It is based on the legendary comic strip Dilbert from Scott Adams. The comic strip is about the insanity in (big) companies with the themes being leadership, quality assurance, IT, product development / testing, (mis)management, social relationships, fraud, all kinds of estimations, socialIt is based on the legendary comic strip Dilbert from Scott Adams. The comic strip is about the insanity in (big) companies with the themes being leadership, quality assurance, IT, product development / testing, (mis)management, social relationships, fraud, all kinds of estimations, social interactions and more. Scott Adams has a great sense of humour paired with a good observation skill and many ideas. He uses hyperbolism, sarcasm, dark humour, subversion and irony in a most entertaining way. Often you think it is too much of hyperbolism or insanity until you find things that also happened in the company you are working for. This happen to me 3 times since I started reading the daily comic strips and it is frightening. The others strength are the memorable characters and stereotypes. We have Wally the Einstein of avoidance of work. Alice is the best engineer with only Dilbert close to her level. She has anger issues and her fist of death is feared (only in the comic). The not name pointy haired boss is incompetent on all levels and nearly always lacks the basic understanding. Dogbert is the smartest dog of the world and a master of persuasion with nearly no moral boundaries. Catbert the evil director of human resources likes to make all employees life worse. Loud Howard is just what the name says loud. Finally Dilbert the protagonist is the stereotype for an engineer with lack of social competences. The cast carries the insanities of management and work through the stories. Season 1 starts good but the next episodes are nothing special. Towards the second half each episode gets better with the final episode being a masterpiece. The art style is well transferred from the comic strip and initially recognizable. The intro and soundtrack work great. The humour is the strength of the whole show. While I don't find all episode great even the weaker once were entertaining. It only got better with the next season. Overall a great start for a new show.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: November 2, 1999
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 25, 1999
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  S1:E13. The Infomercial
  Air Date: May 24, 1999
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  S1:E12. Holiday
  Air Date: May 17, 1999
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  S1:E11. Charity
  Air Date: May 10, 1999
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  S1:E10. Y2K
  Air Date: May 3, 1999
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  S1:E9. The Knack
  Air Date: April 21, 1999
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  S1:E8. Little People
  Air Date: April 5, 1999
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  S1:E7. Tower of Babel
  Air Date: March 22, 1999
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  S1:E6. Elbonian Trip
  Air Date: March 1, 1999
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  S1:E5. Testing
  Air Date: February 22, 1999
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  S1:E4. The Takeover
  Air Date: February 15, 1999
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  S1:E3. The Prototype
  Air Date: February 8, 1999
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  S1:E2. The Competition
  Air Date: February 1, 1999
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  S1:E1. The Name
  Air Date: January 25, 1999