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The Kwicky Koala Show
GenreCartoon series
Created byTex Avery
Directed byGeorge Gordon
Carl Urbano
Rudy Zamora
Voices ofMichael Bell
Peter Cullen
Marshall Efron
Matthew Faison
Jim MacGeorge
Allan Melvin
Bob Ogle
John Stephenson
Frank Welker
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
ProducerArt Scott
EditorGil Iverson
Running time30 min.
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 12, 1981 –
December 26, 1981

The Kwicky Koala Show was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1981 for CBS. The program is notable for being among cartoon director Tex Avery's final works (Avery died during production in 1980).

Kwicky Koala was broadcast for one season on CBS. For unknown reasons, the Cartoon Network (and later Boomerang) broadcast was sourced from PAL masters rather than the original NTSC masters. Though each segment has been shown separately in-between shows on the Boomerang Network.

Kwicky Koala

The protagonist Kwicky Koala (Bob Ogle who wrote some of the episodes) is very similar to Avery's popular Droopy, except that Kwicky could escape his pursuer Wilford Wolf (John Stephenson) by moving at super-speed (which looks more like vanishing into thin air with an accomping "beep" sound effect), much like Speedy Gonzales.

Episodes

  1. Sink Or Swim
  2. Robinson Caruso
  3. In A Pigs Eye
  4. Robin Hoodwink
  5. Kwicky Goes West
  6. Collectors Item
  7. The Incredible Lunk
  8. Race To Riches
  9. Kangaroo Kapers
  10. Double Trouble
  11. Around The World In 80 Seconds
  12. Kwicky's Karnival Kaper
  13. Scream Test
  14. Disguise The Limit
  15. Museum Mayhem
  16. Cabin Crazy

The Bungle Brothers

A pair of dogs named George (Michael Bell) and Joey (Allan Melvin) seek vaudeville stardom. This segment is mostly short wraparounds.

Episodes

  1. Hat Dance - Dry Run - Cheap Trick
  2. High Rollers - Teeter Totter Act - The Circus Cannon Act
  3. Trapeze Act - Saw In Two - Unicycle
  4. Big Pie Jump - Honk If You Love Joey - Sound Off
  5. Joey Juggling George - The Toe Dancing Beagle Or Whats Nureyev - The Barrel Jump
  6. Karate Chop Act - Tarzan Swing Act - The Ventriloquist
  7. Rope Twirling Act - High Wire Harness - The Marionette Act
  8. Cream Pie - Ballonitics - Escape Artist
  9. Rock Band - Circus Car - Dueling Trombones
  10. Quiz Whiz Kid - Stilts - The Romeo And Juliet Act
  11. Animal Trainers - Double Jump - Pie Faced
  12. The Plumbers Helper - Bungle Ballet - Hang 20
  13. The Big Bang - Flipped Out - Bucking Bull
  14. Hamlet Lays An Egg - The Magic Ring Act - The Fly
  15. Weight Weight Lifter - Droop The Loop - Heavy Ending
  16. Ice Follies - Punchy Pirates - Spring Is In The Air - Concert Pianist

Crazy Claws

A wildcat named Crazy Claws (Jim MacGeorge impersonating Groucho Marx) used his sharp wits and equally sharp claws to evade the fur trapper Rawhide Clyde (Bob Ogle) and his dog Bristletooth (Peter Cullen) in a U.S. National Park run by Ranger Rangerfield (Michael Bell).

Episodes

  1. Crazy It's Cold Outside
  2. The Claws Conspiracy
  3. Crazy Challenges
  4. Clyde's Birthday Surprise
  5. The Ice Rage
  6. Claws Encounters of the Worst Kind
  7. Lookout Crazy
  8. Crazy Camping
  9. Gold Crazy
  10. See Saw Claws
  11. Choo Choo Crazy
  12. Bearly Asleep
  13. Old Blowhard
  14. Snow Biz
  15. Claws Ahoy
  16. Battle Trap Rawhide

Dirty Dawg

A canine vagrant named Dirty Dawg (Frank Welker impersonating Howard Cosell) seeks to improve life for himself and his rodent friend Ratso (Marshall Efron) while staying ahead of Officer Bullhorn (Matthew Faison).

Episodes

  1. Pigskin Pooch
  2. Dirty's Debut
  3. Dirty Dawg's Faux Paw
  4. Calling Dirty
  5. Lo-Cal Pals
  6. A Close Encounter Of The Canine Kind
  7. Pie-Eyed Pooch
  8. Dirty Money
  9. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Zoo
  10. Urban Cowdawg
  11. Dirty-O And Juliet
  12. Sea Dawg Dirty
  13. Little White Lie
  14. The Great Dirtini
  15. Disco Dawg
  16. Marathon Mutt

Other Media

  • This show was referenced in the following episodes of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law:
    • In "Deadomutt, Part 2," it's revealed that Harvey has a tattoo of Kwicky on his left arm.
    • In "SPF," Kwicky and Dirty Dawg (in non-speaking cameos) are two of the characters Harvey calls to the stand in a case involving cybersquatting.
    • In "The Death of Harvey," Kwicky made a cameo during the riots as he is seen crawling out of the sewers.
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