The Get Along Gang
An animated adaptation for a series of greeting cards characters created by the Ohio-based company American Greetings. The main setting is the fictional town of Green Meadow, which is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. A group of preadolescent kids form a social club which regularly meets in an abandoned caboose. The members have different personal interests and personality flaws which can cause arguments, but they learn to rely on each other and to prioritize the team's needs over their own. The main external threat to the team is the local bully Catchum Crocodile and his sidekick Leland Lizard. The main internal threat is the club member Bingo Beaver. He is primarily motivated by greed, and he is not above taking advantage of his friends for profit-making schemes.
- 1984-1986
- 1 season
- CBS
- Animation, Family
- TV-Y
An animated adaptation for a series of greeting cards characters created by the Ohio-based company American Greetings. The main setting is the fictional town of Green Meadow, which is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. A group of preadolescent kids form a social club which regularly meets in an abandoned caboose. The members have different personal interests and personality flaws which can cause arguments, but they learn to rely on each other and to prioritize the team's needs over their own. The main external threat to the team is the local bully Catchum Crocodile and his sidekick Leland Lizard. The main internal threat is the club member Bingo Beaver. He is primarily motivated by greed, and he is not above taking advantage of his friends for profit-making schemes.
Season 1 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 1984
Episode 0
Pilot
Sun, May 6, 1984 30 mins
The gang participates in their town's annual scavenger hunt, but the stakes are made even higher when Bingo makes a bet with Catchum that, if Catchum wins, he and Leland get the gang's clubhouse.
Episode 1
Zipper's Millions/Half a Map Is Better Than None
Sat, Sep 15, 1984
Zipper learns that he's to inherit a large fortune, but must claim it by noon; The gang find a treasure map but Catchum learns about it too.
Episode 2
Caboose on the Loose/Montgomery's Mechanical Marvel
Sat, Sep 22, 1984
Catchum steals the clubhouse and Bingo's attempt to get it back results in it rolling away; Montgomery builds a robot moose named Hermie for the science fair but it's sabotaged by Catchum, causing Hermie to go on a rampage.
Episode 3
Head in the Clouds/Hunt for the Beast
Sat, Sep 29, 1984
The gang enter a kite-flying competition; The gang end up in the mountains where Zipper is taken by a strange beast.
Episode 4
Woolma's Birthday/The Get-Along Detectives
Sat, Oct 6, 1984
Woolma runs away, thinking her friends forgot her birthday, and befriends a skunk carny; The gang become detectives and search for crook Sammy the Sneak.
Episode 5
The Get-Along Gang Go Hollywood/Them's the Brakes
Sat, Oct 13, 1984
Montgomery's uncle Marty comes to town to shoot a movie but is framed for bank robbery; While hosting Dottie's cousin Wilton, the gang end up in a mine that's haunted by a ghost.
Episode 6
A Pinch of This, a Dash of That/Bingo's Tale
Sat, Oct 20, 1984
Montgomery creates an anti-gravity formula and Bingo tries to sell it; Bingo must overcome his fear of water to stop the dam from breaking.
Episode 7
Engineer Roary/Pick of the Litter
Sat, Oct 27, 1984
The gang work to save the travel museum; The gang pick up trash so the swamp won't be the site of a new dump but Catchum keeps messing it up.
Episode 8
Nose for News/The Lighthouse Pirates
Sat, Nov 3, 1984
The gang and Catchum hunt for stories that'll make them junior reporters; Zipper and Bingo get caught in the middle of a gang of crooks hiding in the lighthouse.
Episode 9
The Wrong Stuff/Uneasy Rider
Sat, Nov 10, 1984
The gang help Mr. Hoofnagel relive his glory days as a pilot; Portia takes over Braker's paper route for money to buy a bike.
Episode 10
The Get-Along Gang Minus One/Camp Get-Along
Sat, Nov 17, 1984
Bingo learns that he's moving away but the others don't believe him; Both halves of the gang go camping and the girls fare better than the boys.
Episode 11
Bingo's Pen Pal/Follow the Leader
Sat, Nov 24, 1984
Bingo's athletic pen pal Susie comes to town and thinks that Zipper is Bingo; Catchum takes over the school's parade float in a scheme to get free food.
Episode 12
School's Out/The Bullies
Sat, Dec 1, 1984
Catchum and Leland frame the gang for slacking on a test and they plot revenge; The gang run afoul of the Pig sisters and Catchum escalates the animosity between them.
Episode 13
That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles/Snowbound Showdown
Sat, Dec 8, 1984
The gang start a cookie-selling business but Catchum and Leland sow discontent among them; The gang partake in winter fun while Zipper finds a rival in Officer Growler's nephew.