List of Eek! The Cat episodes
This is a list of episodes of the animated series Eek! The Cat and includes The Terrible Thunderlizards and Klutter! segments.
The first season of the show was broadcast on the now-defunct Fox Kids block in 1992 as Eek! The Cat and consisted of thirteen 20 minute episodes featuring Eek! The Cat.[1][2]
For the second season in 1993, the show format was changed to consist of two nine-minute segments. One was Eek! the Cat and the second was either Eek! the Cat or The Terrible Thunderlizards. When The Terrible Thunderlizards premiered, the series' title was changed to Eek! And The Terrible Thunderlizards. In the third season in 1994, the name was changed to Eek! Stravaganza, retaining the same format used in the second season.
In the fourth season broadcast in 1995, a new segment called Klutter was added, rotating with the Thunderlizards. The fifth season commenced broadcast in September 1996 although the show contained no new Klutter episodes, and the final episodes were aired in the summer of 1997.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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1 | 13 | September 11, 1992 | December 26, 1992 | ||
2 | 17 | September 25, 1993 | February 26, 1994 | ||
3 | 14 | September 10, 1994 | July 8, 1995 | ||
4 | 18 | September 9, 1995 | February 16, 1996 | ||
5 | 13 | September 9, 1996 | August 1, 1997 |
Episodes
Season 1 (1992)
The first season is titled Eek! The Cat and only consisted of episodes featuring the titular series.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "Misereek" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | September 11, 1992 | EC-01 |
Eek is desperate for something to eat, so he swaps places with Mittens the cat next door who is owned by a partially blind and deaf old lady. However, after she takes Eek to the zoo mistaking it for the vet, he has a series of painful misadventures with the animals. Eventually, he returns to his family who really missed him. | |||||
2 | 2 | "Bearz N' the Hood" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | September 19, 1992 | EC-02 |
Eek goes to the mall to get an autograph from the Squishy Bearz for Wendy Elizabeth. The Rat Pack show up impersonating the Bearz and steal the mayor's statue, holding it for ransom. Eek manages to save the statue and clear the Squishy Bearz name. | |||||
3 | 3 | "Catsanova" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | September 26, 1992 | EC-03 |
To earn his second wing, a one-winged Cupid suggests Eek fall in love with his lonely new neighbour, Annabelle. However, Annabelle's aggressive guard dog Sharky stands between the two. After many failed attempts, Cupid finally succeeds in uniting them and true love triumphs. Guest appearance: Buck Henry as Cupid. | |||||
4 | 4 | "Eek vs. the Flying Saucers" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | October 3, 1992 | EC-04 |
Eek is encounters a friendly alien pretending to need help for his Earth school project. The alien is actually a hideous monster named Zoltar who kidnaps Annabelle. Eek hides aboard an experimental space rocket and saves both Annabelle and the Earth. | |||||
5 | 5 | "Cape Fur" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | October 17, 1992 | EC-06 |
Eek rescues a cute bunny and Wendy Elizabeth and J.B. bring it into the house, however the mischievous bunny gets Eek into trouble and the family throw him out. Eek discovers the bunny is an evil psycho rabbit wearing a cute costume who is trying to kill and rob the family, but he manages to save them from a ticking time bomb. Guest appearance: Phil Hartman as Psycho Bunny. | |||||
6 | 6 | "HallowEek" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | October 31, 1992 | EC-05 |
On Halloween, Eek becomes separated from J.B and Wendy Elizabeth during trick or treating. At a cemetery, he encounters a lost ghost called Crypty and offers to help him find his ghostly family before midnight. Meanwhile a pretty witch plans to capture all the ghosts and traps J.B and Elizabeth to complete her spell. Eek manages to rescue the ghosts and the children from her clutches. | |||||
7 | 7 | "Eek's International Adventure" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | November 14, 1992 | EC-08 |
Eek and his family go on a trip to visit Uncle Vic in Idaho. On the plane, Eek is mistaken for a secret agent called "The Cat" by a sultry enemy spy named Sasha. Both are captured by the notorious Brain, but they escape and put a stop to the Brain's evil plot. | |||||
8 | 8 | "HawaiiEek 5-0" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | November 21, 1992 | EC-07 |
Annabelle falls in her swimming pool so Eek calls in the famous undersea explorer, Jacques L'Duck to save her, but their underwater submersible is attacked by Sharky. Annabelle, Eek and Jacques are sucked down the plughole and emerge on a tropical island populated by natives who make Annabelle their queen. However, when they prepare to sacrifice her, Eek comes to her rescue. | |||||
9 | 9 | "Great Balls of Fur" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | November 28, 1992 | EC-09 |
Melvis the Cat's singing career is fading, so he fakes his death and drops out. His desperate manager then tricks Eek into acting as Melvis to clinch a lucrative sponsorship deal. Eek's idiosyncratic performance boosts Melvis' popularity again so he decides to make a comeback, much to Eek's relief. | |||||
10 | 10 | "The Whining Pirates of Tortuga" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | December 5, 1992 | EC-10 |
Sharky chases Eek's neighbour kitten friends, Mushi, Cushi and Ed up a tree. While they wait for Sharky to leave, Eek tells them about his adventures in which he encountered the "whining pirates" and led a treasure hunt. Eek and the pirates suffered many perils together on a tropical island, but eventually found the lost treasure which was guarded by a huge pink dinosaur. When the dinosaur comes looking for his friend Eek, the kittens realize the story may be true. | |||||
11 | 11 | "The Eekcidental Tourist" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | December 12, 1992 | EC-11 |
Because Wendy Elizabeth gets a "D" in Geography, Mom takes the family on across the United States on an educational trip. Eek gets left behind in Washington, but hitches a ride with the Incredible Elmo to Niagra Falls. Eek frequently gets left behind and follows the family station wagon all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge. While they are in California, an earthquake sinks the rest of the US. | |||||
12 | 12 | "It's a Wonderful Nine Lives" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | December 19, 1992 | EC-13 |
It is Christmas and when a package falls out of Santa's sleigh, Eek decides to deliver it to its rightful recipient, an orphan living in Dudd City. Eek has a number of painful mishaps while helping others along the way, but eventually delivers the present and receives his own gift in return: everyone wishing him a Merry Christmas. The episode is told in rhyme. Guest appearance: Tim Curry as the narrator. | |||||
13 | 13 | "The Eeksterminator" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | December 26, 1992 | EC-12 |
Two hungry spiders move into Mom's spotless house on the day of Wendy Elizabeth's birthday. Eek gives her a termite farm, but then accidentally breaks the glass allowing the spiders to chase after the termites. A termite called Termee asks Eek for help to find the others, but Mom calls in an exterminator who uses a battlesuit with a likeness to The Terminator. All-out mayhem ensues involving Eek, Termee (now enlarged by radiation), the exterminator and Sharky, but everything is resolved by the time Wendy Elizabeth arrives home from school. |
Season 2 (1993–94)
The second season is titled Eek! and The Terrible Thunderlizards' and includes The Terrible Thunderlizards with Eek episodes. In the following list, "TTL" indicates a Terrible Thunderlizards cartoon.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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14 | 1 | "Shark Therapy" "Speed FrEek" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | September 25, 1993 | EC-14a EC-16a |
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15 | 2 | "Rocketship to Jupiter" "Eek's Funny Thing That He Does" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | October 2, 1993 | EC-17a EC-15a |
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16 | 3 | "Eekpocalypse Now!" "Eex Men" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | October 9, 1993 | EC-18a EC-22a |
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17 | 4 | "Quadrapedia" "Night on Squishy Mountain" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | November 6, 1993 | EC-21a EC-19a |
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18 | 5 | "Star TrEek" "Eeking Out a Living" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | November 13, 1993 | EC-23a EC-20a |
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19 | 6 | "TTL: Meat the Thunderlizards" "The Great Eekscape" | Savage Steve Holland Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | November 20, 1993 | EC-14b EC-24a |
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20 | 7 | "TTL: The Lava My Life" "Eek Goes to the Hot Spot" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | November 27, 1993 | EC-16b EC-24b |
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21 | 8 | "TTL: Tar and Away" | Savage Steve Holland | December 4, 1993 | EC-18b |
Bill and Scooter discover a tar pit which Bill declares as useless. Meanwhile, the Thuggosaurs discover a crashed flying saucer and a bowling ball which they decide are useless. While trying to cool their burning feet, Bill and Scooter run into the saucer and encounter two aliens shaped like chairs who are in need of the very tar the two cavemen discovered so they can return home. Meanwhile, the cavemen use the ball to invent a game they call "gowling". | |||||
22 | 9 | "It's a Very Merry Eek's Mas" | Savage Steve Holland | December 5, 1993[3][4][5] | EC-27 |
Christmas is approaching but Santa's reindeer and elves have gone on strike due to their poor working conditions, and then Santa slips and breaks his leg. Meanwhile, Sharky is depressed because he misses his own family so Eek offers to take him to Santa to grant him his wish. However, because of the situation at the North Pole, Eek volunteers to finish making the toys and deliver all the presents himself. His effort fills everyone with the Christmas spirit, including the reindeer and elves. Eventually, Eek not only deliver the presents but also returns Sharky to his family. Guest appearances: Shane and Sia Barbi as themselves, Bobcat Goldthwait as Blitzen and William Shatner as Santa Claus. | |||||
23 | 10 | "TTL: Always Eat Your Spinach" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | December 18, 1993 | EC-15b |
Huckleberry's parents force him to set Bill and Scooter free, even though they would rather stay. They sneak back into the house so Huckleberry's mom calls a pest exterminator but he is waylaid by the Thunderlizards who take his place to catch the humans. Amidst the chaos the Thunderlizards cause, Squatt creates a spinach monster with an enlarging spray intended for use on the humans. | |||||
24 | 11 | "TTL: All About Babs" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | January 1, 1994 | EC-22b |
Dinosaur scientists create a female human they call "Babs" (Bio-engineered Animated Biped Specimen) as a lure for Bill and Scooter so the Thunderlizards can trap them. However, the more intelligent Babs has her own agenda, as the Thunderlizards come under attack by Thuggosaurs. | |||||
25 | 12 | "TTL: The Frying Game" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | January 8, 1994 | EC-21b |
Bill and Scooter feel like they are frying to death as they cross a desert. Meanwhile, the Thunderlizards stumble into an underground facility where the Thuggosaurs have a missile aimed at Jurassic City. While the incompetent Thunderlizards try to stop the launch, the humans accidentally cause the entire facility to be destroyed. | |||||
26 | 13 | "TTL: Ice Age Kapades" "TTL: Something's Abyss" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | January 15, 1994 | EC-20b EC-26a |
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27 | 14 | "TTL: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Scooter" "TTL: Thundersaurus Wrecks" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | January 22, 1994 | EC-26b EC-17b |
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28 | 15 | "A Sharkwork Orange" "TTL: Let's Make a Wheel" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | February 5, 1994 | EC-25b EC-19b |
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29 | 16 | "TTL: T-Rex, Lies, and Videotape" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | February 19, 1994 | EC-23b |
While the Thunderlizards place surveillance cameras in the X-Zone to track the humans, they see the Thuggosaurs gathering flowers. The Thuggosaurs are filling them with explosives destined for Jurassic City, but the Thunderlizards sabotage their mission. Meanwhile, Scooter uses the cameras to invent the situation comedy and the footage of Bill being swallowed by a jungle slug becomes a hit on Jurassic City television. | |||||
30 | 17 | "Mountain Groan" | Savage Steve Holland & Bill Kopp | February 26, 1994 | EC-25a |
Eek, Annabelle, Elmo and the Squishy Bearz go camping on Mount McTropolis, but plans change when Elmo encounters a bigfoot. One by one, they are abducted by a mysterious character and the bigfoot is the prime suspect, but Annabelle discovers that Sharky is the abductor because he was not invited on the trip. |
Season 3 (1994–95)
For the third season the title was changed Eek! Stravaganza with Eek and Thunderlizards. "TTL" indicates a Thunderlizards cartoon.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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31 | 1 | "Paws" "In the Line of Fur" | Kati Rocky Savage Steve Holland | September 10, 1994 | EC-28 |
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32 | 2 | "Chariots of Fur" "Honey I Shrunk the Cat" | Pamela Wick & Savage Steve Holland | September 17, 1994 | EC-30 |
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33 | 3 | "Shark Doggy Dog" "Fatal Eektraction" | Savage Steve Holland Henry Gilroy | September 24, 1994 | EC-29b EC-31a |
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34 | 4 | "The Good, the Bad and the Squishy" "TTL: Birth of a Notion" | Kati Rocky | October 8, 1994 | EC-29a EC-37a |
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35 | 5 | "Eek's SnEek PEek" "TTL: The Thunder Years" | Savage Steve Holland | October 15, 1994 | EC-31b EC-37b |
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36 | 6 | "The Eex Files" "TTL: The Hurting Show" | Savage Steve Holland | November 5, 1994 | EC-32b EC-39a |
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37 | 7 | "Paw Sores" "TTL: T-Rex and Sympathy" | Savage Steve Holland | November 12, 1994 | EC-33a EC-38a |
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38 | 8 | "The Eeksorcist" "TTL: Boo Thunder" | Paul Germain & Savage Steve Holland Savage Steve Holland | November 19, 1994 | EC-32a EC-40b |
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39 | 9 | "Lord of the Fleas" "TTL: Postcards from the X-Zone" | Savage Steve Holland Kati Rocky | November 26, 1994 | EC-34b EC-38b |
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40 | 10 | "Eekstremely Dull" "TTL: Planet of the Crepes" | Savage Steve Holland | February 4, 1995 | EC-34a EC-39b |
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41 | 11 | "Eeksy Rider" "A Sharkdog Day Afternoon" | Henry Gilroy & Savage Steve Holland Savage Steve Holland | February 18, 1995 | EC-36b EC-33b |
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42 | 12 | "Rebel Without the Claws" "TTL: Cromagnon Farce" | Savage Steve Holland | February 25, 1995 | EC-35a EC-40a |
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43 | 13 | "This Eek's Your Life" | Sandy Fries & Savage Steve Holland | May 6, 1995 | EC-35b |
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44 | 14 | "Try Hard" | Frank Santopadre & Savage Steve Holland | July 8, 1995 | EC-36a |
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Season 4 (1995–96)
The fourth season of Eek! Stravaganza, started including another segment, called Klutter. In the following list, "TTL" indicates a Thunderlizards cartoon, and "K" a Klutter cartoon.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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45 | 1 | "Valley of the Dogs" "K: Klutter" | Savage Steve Holland | September 9, 1995 | EC-41a |
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46 | 2 | "Pup Fiction" "K: The Klutter and I (Infection)" | Savage Steve Holland | September 16, 1995 | EC-41b |
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47 | 3 | "Natural Bored Kittens" "TTL: Lizard of Aaaahs" | Savage Steve Holland | September 23, 1995 | EC-42a EC-46a |
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48 | 4 | "OutbrEek" "TTL: Arctic Blast" | Savage Steve Holland | September 30, 1995 | EC-43a EC-48a |
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49 | 5 | "Octopussy Cat" "K: Mixed Klutter" | Savage Steve Holland | October 7, 1995 | EC-43b |
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50 | 6 | "Going to Eekstremes" "TTL: Bi-Pedator" | Savage Steve Holland | October 21, 1995 | EC-42b EC 47b |
Guest appearance: Mr. T as Mr. T-Rex. | |||||
51 | 7 | "Dazed and Eekstremely Confused" "K: Franken-Klutter" | Savage Steve Holland | November 4, 1995 | EC-44a |
Guest appearances: John Landis and Fabio as themselves.
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52 | 8 | "Eek Space-9" "TTL: The Yawn of Man" | Savage Steve Holland | November 11, 1995 | EC-45a EC-46b |
Guest appearances: William Shatner as Commander Berzerk, David Duchovny as Agent Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Agent Dana Scully.
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53 | 9 | "The GraduEek" "K: Peanut, Klutter and Jelly" | Savage Steve Holland | November 18, 1995 | EC-45b |
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54 | 10 | "PolitEekly Correct" "TTL: Whatta Woild" | Savage Steve Holland | November 25, 1995 | EC-44b EC-49a |
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55 | 11 | "K: Night of the Living Spuds" | Savage Steve Holland | January 29, 1996 | TBA |
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56 | 12 | "TTL: Goop Dreams" | Savage Steve Holland | January 30, 1996 | EC-48b |
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57 | 13 | "TTL: It's a Thunderful Life" | Savage Steve Holland | February 1, 1996 | EC-49b |
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58 | 14 | "TTL: Thunder & Frightning" | Savage Steve Holland | February 5, 1996 | EC-50a |
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59 | 15 | "K: The Ghost of Goober Bottom Pond" | Savage Steve Holland | February 6, 1996 | TBA |
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60 | 16 | "TTL: The Thunder of it All" | Savage Steve Holland | February 7, 1996 | EC-50b |
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61 | 17 | "K: Bonfire of the Vanna Tea" | Savage Steve Holland | February 8, 1996 | TBA |
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62 | 18 | "TTL: The Magnificent 5½" | Savage Steve Holland | February 16, 1996 | EC-47b |
Guest appearance: Mr. T as Mr T-Rex and Nathan Wang as Nate the Dragon. |
Season 5 (1996–97)
No new Klutter episodes were made. In the following list, "TTL" indicates a Thunderlizards cartoon.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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63 | 1 | "DiabolEek" | Savage Steve Holland | September 9, 1996 | EC-51b |
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64 | 2 | "TTL: Pre-Hysteric Man" "TTL: Molten Rock-n-Roll" | Savage Steve Holland | September 13, 1996 | EC-53 |
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65 | 3 | "MystEek Pizza" | Savage Steve Holland | September 16, 1996 | EC-51a |
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66 | 4 | "Eek Bin Ein Berliner" "TTL: Thunder Valley" | Savage Steve Holland | September 20, 1996 | EC-52b EC-54a |
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67 | 5 | "Snowbored" | Savage Steve Holland | October 14, 1996 | EC-52a |
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68 | 6 | "Fists of Furry" | Savage Steve Holland | October 28, 1996 | EC-55a |
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69 | 7 | "The Island of Dr. Meow" "TTL: Home O'Sapien Alone" | Savage Steve Holland | July 7, 1997 | EC-55b EC-56b |
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70 | 8 | "Nightmare on Elmo St." "TTL: Night of the Living Duds" | Savage Steve Holland | July 14, 1997 | EC-54b EC-57b |
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71 | 9 | "Show Squirls" | Savage Steve Holland | July 18, 1997 | EC-57a |
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72 | 10 | "Eekscaliber" | Savage Steve Holland | July 21, 1997 | EC-59b |
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73 | 11 | "The FugEektive" | Savage Steve Holland | July 25, 1997 | EC-56a |
Guest appearances: John Walsh and "Weird Al" Yankovic as themselves. | |||||
74 | 12 | "The Sound of MusEek" "TTL: Oh... The Humanity" | Savage Steve Holland | July 28, 1997 | EC-58 |
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75 | 13 | "Rock-Eek 6" | Savage Steve Holland | August 1, 1997 | EC-59a |
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