John Callahan's Quads!

John Callahan's Quads!
The main cast of John Callahan's Quads!.
Created by	John Callahan
Starring	James Kee Terri Hawkes Matthew King Cliff Saunders Pyaul Haddad Hamish Hughes Diane Fabian Marvin Kaye Maurice Dean Wint Linda Kash Corinne Conley
Opening theme	"My Life Such as it is" (Paralyzed for Life)
Ending theme	"My Life Such as it is" (Instrumental)
Country of origin	Canada Australia
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s)	SBS independent Animation Works Media World Features Film Victoria ScreenWest Lotteries Commission of Western Australia Nelvana Limited
Release
Original network	Teletoon/SBS
Original release	February 3, 2001 – May 1, 2002
Chronology
Related shows	Pelswick

John Callahan's Quads! is a Canada-Australia co-production cartoon, based upon work of John Callahan. The show aired on Canada's Teletoon, on Australia's SBS, and in Latin America on Adult Swim. It is noted for being one of the first shows animated completely using Macromedia Flash software.

It is produced by Animation Works, Nelvana, Media World Features, SBS Independent and Film Victoria, with support from ScreenWest and the Lotteries Commission of Western Australia. It was first aired on Teletoon on February 3, 2001. It is also viewable on Rogers Kids On Demand.

Characters

• Reilly O'Reilly
• Franny
• Spalding
• Blazer
• Lefty
• Fontaine
• Griz
• Mort Bromberg
• Liz Bromberg
• Deborah
• Sister Butch

Episodes

Season 1

Episode	Title	Original air date
1	Maimed Manor	February 2, 2001
2	Bad Manors	February 9, 2001
3	1-800-GIMP	February 16, 2001
4	The Fraud Quad	March 2, 2001
5	Christmas Holidaze	March 9, 2001
6	Life Wheel 3000	March 16, 2001
7	Gonad's Faust	March 23, 2001
8	Monkey in the Middle	March 30, 2001
9	Son's Also Blinded	April 6, 2001
10	Guinea Pigs	April 13, 2001
11	The Unkindest Cut	April 20, 2001
12	Fatal Distraction	April 27, 2001
13	Spalding in the Family Way	May 5, 2001

Season 2

Episode	Title	Summary
1	The Church of Reilly
2	Vacation to Lesbos
3	To Slash or Not to Slash
4	Let the Gimp Games Begin
5	Midnight Cash Bowboy
6	Trial and Error
7	Gray Matter
8	The Gambling Bug
9	The Magnificent Severed
10	Griz Savant
11	Heaven Can Bite Me
12	Cripple Challenge
13	Cain and Enabler

Voice cast

• James Kee - Reilly O'Reilly
• Terri Hawkes - Franny
• Matthew King - Spalding
• Cliff Saunders - Blazer
• Pyaul Haddad - Lefty
• Hamish Hughes - Griz
• Diane Fabian - Liz Bromberg
• Marvin Kaye - Mort Bromberg
• Maurice Dean Wint - Fontaine
• Linda Kash - Deborah
• Corinne Conley - Sister Butch

External links

• Animation Works site
• John Callahan's Quads! at IMDb
• Rotten Tomatoes page
• John Callahan's Quads! at TV.com