- Spicy City
Infobox Television
show_name = Spicy City
caption =
genre =Science fiction
creator =Ralph Bakshi
writer = Various
director = Various
voices =Michelle Phillips
composer = John McCarthy
country =United States
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 6
executive_producer =Ralph Bakshi
co_exec =
producer = Catherine Winder
sup_producer =
asst_producer =
cons_producer =
co-producer =
runtime = 30 min.
channel =HBO
first_aired =July 11 ,1997
last_aired =August 22 ,1997
website =
imdb_id = 0149524
tv_com_id ="Spicy City" was an animated
television series which was created byRalph Bakshi forHBO . It was ascience fiction anthology series set in a futuristic city with a seamy side. [cite news |first=Scott |last=Moore |title=Fox's `King' Signals Prime Move |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-705437.html |publisher="The Washington Post " |date=February 9 ,1997 |accessdate=2008-09-01 ] [cite news |first=Jim |last=McConville |title=HBO creates animation division; HBO Animation will focus on adult-oriented fare. |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18747461.html |publisher="Broadcasting & Cable" |date=October 7 ,1996 |accessdate=2008-09-01 ] The series lasted for one season which consisted of six episodes. It received negative reviews. [cite news |first=Charles |last=Solomon |title=TV Review; 'Spicy City': Adolescent Humor for Adults |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/12955637.html?dids=12955637:12955637&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&date=Jul+11%2C+1997&author=CHARLES+SOLOMON&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=TV+Review%3B+%27Spicy+City%27%3A+Adolescent+Humor+for+Adults&pqatl=google |publisher="Los Angeles Times " |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date= |accessdate=2008-09-01 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] [cite news |first=Manuel |last=Mendoza |title=`Spicy City' is seasoned with sex, but its stories are half-baked |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D92E2D933EF0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |publisher="The Dallas Morning News " |date=July 18 ,1997 |accessdate=2008-09-01 ]Singer
Michelle Phillips provided the voice of the seductive narrator, who talks about something related to the episode's theme. The narrator also makes occasional appearances in the episodes but she does not play a key role in any of them.Episode guide
#"Sex Drive" Original airdate: July 11, 1997 (A female police detective and an android stripper uncover a plot to suck the intelligence from men with virtual exotic dancers)
#"Mano's Hands" Original airdate: July 18, 1997 (A strange tale of a bongo player's hands coming to life and terrorizing civilians after mob members chop them off)
#"Tears of a Clone" Original airdate: August 1, 1997 (A detective goes on a search to find a rich man's daughter, only to return with her clone instead)
#"Love is a Download" Original airdate: August 8, 1997 (A prostitute living with her abusive boyfriend finds true love in a 3D Internet world under the guise of a geisha)
#"An Eye for an Eye" Original airdate: August 15, 1997 (A ruthless female cop named Margo, known for betraying and blackmailing people, gets her comeuppance when she is arrested for killing her partner's wife and is sentenced to death bydissection )
#"Raven's Revenge" Original airdate: August 22, 1997 (Raven is hounded by futuristic police forces for being born with a DNA pattern that brands her as a freak)References
External links
*imdb title|id=0149524|title=Spicy City
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
