The Kwicky Koala Show

The Kwicky Koala Show
Genre	Cartoon series
Created by	Tex Avery
Written by	Bob Ogle
Directed by	George Gordon Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora
Voices of	Bob Ogle John Stephenson Michael Bell Peter Cullen Marshall Efron Matthew Faison Jim MacGeorge Allan Melvin Don Messick Frank Welker
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Art Scott
Editor(s)	Gil Iverson
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions (Warner Bros. Television)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	02012-09-12 September 12 – December 26, 1981 (1981-12-26)

The Kwicky Koala Show is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1981 for CBS. The TV program is notable for being among cartoon director Tex Avery's final works. Avery died during production in 1980 and the show 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. Each segment has been shown separately in-between shows on the Boomerang Network.

Kwicky Koala

The protagonist Kwicky Koala (voiced by writer Bob Ogle) is similar to Avery's popular Droopy, except that Kwicky can escape his pursuer Wilford Wolf (voiced by John Stephenson, impersonating Paul Lynde). The difference is that Kwicky moves at super-speed, which looks more like vanishing into thin air with an accompanying "beep" sound effect, much like Speedy Gonzales.

Episodes

1. "Sink or Swim"
2. "Robinson Caruso"
3. "In a Pig's 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"
17. "Hunger Pangs and Pzings"

The Bungle Brothers

A pair of dogs named George (voiced by Michael Bell) and Joey (voiced by 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 (voiced by Jim MacGeorge impersonating Groucho Marx) uses his sharp wits and equally sharp claws to evade the fur trapper Rawhide Clyde (voiced by Don Messick) and his dog Bristletooth (voiced by Peter Cullen) in a U.S. National Park run by Ranger Rangerfield (voiced by 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. Rattletrap Rawhide

Dirty Dawg

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

Episodes

1. Pigskin Pooch
2. Dirty's Debut
3. Dirty Dawg's Faux Paw
4. Calling Dr. 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

Home Media releases

• A VHS release of the series was released by Worldvision Home Video. There has yet to be a DVD release of the show.

External links

• The Kwicky Koala Show at the Internet Movie Database
• The Kwicky Koala Show at TV.com
• Kwicky Koala at Toonopedia