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| image                = Channel Umptee-3.png
| caption              =
| genre                = [[Comedy]]
| creator              = Jim George
| director             = Chris Headrick<br />Don Jurwich<br />[[Michael Peraza|Mike Peraza]]<br />David Schwartz<br />[[Robert Seeley|Bob Seeley]]
| developer            = Jim George<br />[[Norman Lear]]<br />[[John Baskin]]
| presenter            = 
| starring             = 
| voices               = [[Gregg Berger]]<br />[[Greg Burson]]<br />[[Alice Ghostley]]<br />[[Jonathan Harris]]<br />[[Rob Paulsen]]<br />[[David Paymer]]<br />[[Neil Ross]]<br />[[Susan Silo]]
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = Jim George
| opentheme            = "Channel Umptee-3 Theme" performed by Rob Paulsen, David Paymer, and Jonathan Harris
| endtheme             = "Channel Umptee-3 Theme" (instrumental)
| composer             = [[Walter Murphy]]
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 13
| list_episodes        = #Episodes
| executive_producer   = [[John Baskin]]<br />[[Norman Lear]]
| producer             = Jim George<br />Peggy George<br />[[Jeff Kline]]
| location             = 
| camera               = 
| runtime              = 21 minutes
| network              = [[The WB]] ([[Kids' WB]])
| company              = [[Adelaide Productions]]<br />[[Act III Communications|Act III Productions]]<br />Enchanté George<br />[[Columbia TriStar Television]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1997|10|20}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1998|02|25}}
| related              =  
}}

'''''Channel Umptee-3''''' (also known simply as ''Umptee-3'') is a [[Saturday morning cartoon|Saturday morning]] [[animated television series]] created by Jim George and produced by [[Norman Lear]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=121–122 }}</ref> It aired on [[The WB]] as part of the [[Kids' WB]] programming block from 1997 to 1998.<ref name="Variety 1997">{{cite news|title=WB's 'Umptee-3' has Norman Lear's signature|url=https://variety.com/article/VR1116677702|access-date=28 May 2011|newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 15, 1997|archive-date=April 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420032642/https://variety.com/1997/tv/news/wb-s-umptee-3-has-norman-lear-s-signature-1116677702/}}</ref><ref name=time>{{cite news|title=Television: Tube for Tots|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987416-1,00.html|access-date=28 May 2011|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=November 24, 2007 |first1=James|last1=Collins|first2=Jeanne|last2=McDowell|first3=William|last3=Tynan |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918105500/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987416-1,00.html|archive-date=2009-09-18}}</ref> The one-season cartoon was designed to teach children to appreciate the wonders of everyday things, such as sleep and water. The title is derived from the fictitonal number "[[umpteen]]". It was also the last television series that Lear was involved in as an executive producer until the 2017 revival of ''[[One Day at a Time (2017 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]''.

==Format==
Ogden Ostrich, Holey Moley (a mole), and Sheldon S. Cargo (a snail) drive around the world in a van with their own underground pirate television station.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |page=199}}</ref> Channel Umptee-3, which exists between other channels and is broadcast from a mobile station, tries to focus on a specific topic in each episode, but is normally diverted from it and shifted onto another topic; e.g., one episode started out discussing cats, but quickly segued into the subject of ownership (which was the real topic of that show). Meanwhile, "The Frumps" (i.e., Stickley Rickets and his henchmen) would try to shut the station down or increase their own power, but whatever plan they came up with would fail.

The show made great use of [[stock footage]], as did the earlier WB show ''[[Freakazoid!]]'' Also, the show sometimes made references to well-known films and TV shows; e.g., the episode "Yours, Mine, and Ours" included references to ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'', ''[[Harvey (1950 film)|Harvey]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]'', and ''[[The People's Court]]'', and the title was that of [[Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)|a classic film]].

==Characters==
===The Umptees===
* '''Ogden O. Ostrich''' ([[Rob Paulsen]]) – An excitable yellow [[ostrich]] who first came up with the idea for a television program to show everyone that "the world is a magical place" after pulling his head out of the ground one day and looking at the world around him. At the start of every episode, Ogden comes running up the camera yelling "Hey!" over and over.
* '''Holey Moley''' – A [[pantomime]] character. He is a large [[Mole (animal)|mole]] who carries a number of [[portable hole]]s that allow him and his friends to go anywhere.
* '''Sheldon S. Cargo''' ([[David Paymer]]) – A large pink [[snail]] whose shell is fitted with a [[unicycle]]-like wheel to help him get around. Sheldon is the serious, professional member of the team; he tries his best to hold the show together, despite Ogden's almost hyperactive behavior. His name is derived from the French word "escargot".
* '''Professor Edwin I. Relevant''' ([[Greg Burson]]) – The station's resident expert on everything. Ogden and the others turn to Professor Relevant for information on the day's topic in almost every episode.
* '''Test and Polly''' ([[Neil Ross]] and [[Susan Silo]]) – two [[newscaster]]s who work for Channel Umptee-3.

===The Frumps===
* '''Stickley Rickets''' (voiced by [[Jonathan Harris]]) – The elderly president of a corporation that produces [[box]]es. Because the "Umptee-doodies" (as he calls them) encourage people to take things out of boxes and look at them in a new way, he sees them as a threat to his business. So he constantly plots to shut them down and "put them in a box, where they belong."
* '''Pandora Rickets''' (voiced by [[Alice Ghostley]]) – Stickley's wife. She isn't nearly as obsessed as her husband where the Umptees are concerned. Pandora even likes to watch some of the shows, although she does not want Stickley to find out. Her name is derived from "[[Pandora's box]]".
* '''Ed and Bud''' (voiced by [[Neil Ross]] and [[Gregg Berger]]) – Two black-suited henchmen who carry out Stickley's orders and are almost never successful. Ed is the taller one, and Bud is the shorter, balding one.

===Other voices===
Other voice actors who appeared on the show included:
{{div col}}
* [[Charlie Adler]] 
* [[Susanne Blakeslee]]
* [[Jeff Bennett]]
* Liz Georges
* [[Jason Graae]]
* [[Maurice LaMarche]] 
* [[Pat Musick]]
* [[Julie Payne (post-1960s actress)|Julie Payne]]
* [[Patrick Pinney]] 
* [[Roger Rose]]
* [[Tara Strong|Tara Charendoff]] 
* [[Laura Summer]]
* [[Ron Taylor (actor)|Ron Taylor]]
* [[Frank Welker]] 
{{div col end}}

==Crew==
* [[Mark Evanier]] – Voice Director

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Music Show
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|10|25}}
| Aux3 = [[Music]]
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Umptee Sunrise
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|11|01}}
| Aux3 = The [[sun]]
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = The U.F.O. Show
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|11|08}}
| Aux3 = [[unidentified flying object|UFOs]] and [[extraterrestrial life]]
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = What's So Funny
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|11|15}}
| Aux3 = [[Laughter]] and [[humor]]
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = The Now Voyagers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|11|22}}
| Aux3 = [[Time]]
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Just Add Water
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|12|06}}
| Aux3 = [[Water]]
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Perchance to Dream
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|12|19}}
| Aux3 = [[Sleep]] and [[dream]]s
| ShortSummary = Ogden is determined never to sleep again because of a nightmare he'd had, and his friends try to explain to him that everyone needs to sleep.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Sale of the Century
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|01|02}}
| Aux3 = [[Money]]
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = The Fear Show
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|01|09}}
| Aux3 = [[Fear]]
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = The Weather Show
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|01|16}}
| Aux3 = [[Weather]]
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Yours, Mine, and Ours
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|02|06}}
| Aux3 = [[Ownership]]
| ShortSummary = The Umptees win an award in the form of a huge chocolate bunny, and Ogden and Sheldon argue over whether to eat it or display it; this leads to some information about ownership from Professor Relevant. Meanwhile, Stickley's men steal Holey Moley's portable hole, because Stickley believes that there's a fortune inside of it.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = The Lying Show
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|02|13}}
| Aux3 = [[Truth]] and [[lie]]s
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Words Are Weird
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|02|20}}
| Aux3 = [[Word]]s
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}}
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==Episode status==
Due to the short run and general obscurity of ''Channel Umptee-3'', only four episodes and the intro music have been found publicly after its initial airing.<ref>https://lostmediawiki.com/Channel_Umptee-3_(partially_found_Kids%27_WB_cartoon;_1997)</ref> Originally, the second, third, tenth and twelfth episodes were posted to [[YouTube]], but they were blocked worldwide by [[Sony Pictures]], leading them to be posted elsewhere, ultimately on the [[Internet Archive]].

Currently, Sony Pictures Television has the full rights to ''Channel Umptee-3'', and has the option to provide the series for streaming content providers. {{As of|2022}}, it is not yet available on any streaming platform, although it was rumored at one point to be potentially available on streaming platform [[Crackle (service)|Crackle]] sometime in late 2022/early 2023.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0179715|title=Channel Umptee-3}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/19980526072354/http://www.spe.sony.com/tv/kids/umptee3/ Official Website (via Internet Archive)]
*[https://archive.today/20131018182940/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Columbia_Pictures/Adelaide_Productions/Channel_Umptee-3/index.html Big Cartoon DataBase: Channel Umptee-3 index]
*[http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?s_search=umptee&Button_Update=Search&show_id=738 Toonarific Cartoons: Channel Umptee-3]

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{{Adelaide Productions}}

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