The Wacky World of Tex Avery

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The Wacky World of Tex Avery
Genre Comedy
Slapstick
Format Animated series
Created by Brody Dowler
Voices of Billy West
Kathleen Barr
Ian James Corlett
Lee Tockar
Cree Summer
Terry Klassen
Maurice LaMarche
Alec Willows
Phil Hayes
Jane Montifee
Scott McNeil
Narrated by Maurice LaMarche
Opening theme "The Wacky World of Tex Avery (to the tune of Infernal Galop from Orpheus in the Underworld)"
Ending theme "The Wacky World of Tex Avery" (Instrumental)
Country of origin United States
Canada
France
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 65
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Les Studios Tex
Telcima SA
Distributor DIC Entertainment
Buena Vista Television
Broadcast
Original channel First-run syndication (U.S.)
YTV (Canada)
M6 (France)
Original run 1997 – 1998

The Wacky World of Tex Avery is a French, American, and Canadian cartoon television show produced by DIC Entertainment and created by Brody Dowler in 1997[1] and 1998. The series was named after Tex Avery, a cartoonist who is most famous for his work at Warner Bros. and MGM. The creator Brody Dowler describes the show as "homage to the brilliant, hilarious and groundbreaking animator Tex Avery and the wonderful squash-and-stretch cartoons of his era". The series was an attempt to capture the true aspect of the genius of Tex Avery and his classic characters such as Droopy, George & Junior & Screwball Squirrel.[2]

Contents

Segments [edit]

The show contains the following short series:[2]

  • Tex Avery: The cartoon stars a goat-riding cowboy (voiced by Billy West) who saves the day and his girl Chasity Knott (voiced by Kathleen Barr) from his nemesis Sagebrush Sid (voiced by Billy West). Based on Bob Clampett's (a fellow animator at Warner Bros Studios in the 1930s) "Red Hot Ryder" from Buckaroo Bugs (WB 1944). Always appears as the opening segment, although not every episode has a Tex Avery segment.
  • Einstone: The cartoon stars a brilliant caveman (voiced by Ian James Corlett) who is the world's first inventor. He tries to teach the other cave people how to be civilized with his inventions. A play on the name Einstein. Loosely based on Tex Avery's "The First Bad Man" {1955 MGM}.
  • Ghengis & Khannie: Ghengis the lion (voiced by Lee Tockar) leads his army across the world to conquer in the name of his Emperor (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) and meets a young female panda named Khannie (voiced by Cree Summer) who tends to ruin his conquering plans. A play on the name Genghis Khan. Ghengis is based on the lion from "Slap Happy Lion" (MGM 1947)
  • Maurice & Mooch: Maurice the Chicken (voiced by Terry Klassen) outwits Mooch the Fox (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) who constantly tries to eat him. Maurice is based on the canary character from "King-Size Canary", and acts rather like the pig boy in "One Ham's Family".
  • Pompeii Pete: A short bumbling Roman centurion from Pompeii (voiced by Ian James Corlett) was buried in lava and 2,000 years later is free to live in the modern world. His behavior annoys a businessman named Dan (voiced by Alec Willows).
  • Power Pooch: A normal dog (voiced by Phil Hayes) gained superpowers after licking a superhero's (parody of Superman) shoe and became a superhero himself along with his blue cat sidekick Little Buddy (voiced by Lee Tockar).
  • Freddy the Fly: An obnoxious fly (voiced by Billy West) bugs an obese billionaire named Amanda Banshee (voiced by Scott McNeil). Freddy is loosely based on one of Tex Avery's earlier characters, Homer the Homeless Flea.

Episodes [edit]

Season 1 [edit]

  • 1. Rodeo, Rodeo, Where for Art Thou Rodeo?/The Dis-Orderly/A Bird in the Brain Is Worth Two in the Bush
  • 2. The Not-So-Great Train Robbery/Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Wall/Marital Blitz
  • 3. Cabin Fever/Cruisin' for a Bruisin'/Breakfast in Bedlam
  • 4. Bottleneck Bear/Sitter Jitters/Flychiatry
  • 5. Driving Mr. Dan/Who Kilt the Conqueror?/Saur Loser
  • 6. Mine, Mine, Mine/Stupe De Jour/Teacher's Pest
  • 7. Silence Of The Lames/Aloha Oy!/Black and Blue Belt
  • 8. Cat Scratch Fervor/Say Goodnight, Freddy/Quiet Please
  • 9. Tell-Tale Fly/True or False Alarm/SSS-PEED
  • 10.Greek A-Boo/Toothpaste Pete/Cave Improvement
  • 11.A Man Called Horsey/Neanderthal Mom/Toy Store Story
  • 12.Disasterpiece Theater/You Take the High Road/Caveman and Wife
  • 13.What's Yours Is Mayan/Wish Upon a Star Traveler/Mile High Fly
  • 14.Gangster Rip/Himalaya Down and Die/The Ugh-Lympic Games
  • 15.Out of Shape, Out of Mind/Pain in the Rain Forest/Bank You Very Much
  • 16.Virtual Tex/Chicken Scouts/Pompeii Away
  • 17.Tex-Babies/Gunga Dan/Is There A Doctor In The Cave?
  • 18.Ever Herd of Cows?/The Return of Dr. Hydrant/Fortunate Fly
  • 19.Not Even a Sporting Chance/Fat Chance/La Misery
  • 20.Caddywhack/Mutts Attacks!/Dances on Lions
  • 21.Wish I Canoe You/Bug To The Future/Yes, We Have No Electricity
  • 22.Fly-Incarnation/Power Puppy/The One That Didn't Get Away
  • 23.Fat and Fatter/Cake Me a Bake/Count Danula
  • 24.The Toothless Fairy/A No-Etiquette Barbarian In King Arthur's Court/Look Who's Ughing
  • 25.Pony Distress/My Fair Freddy/Re-Pete Customer
  • 26.A-Hunting We Won't Go/Top Gun Shy/Sidekicked
  • 27.The President's Fly/The Long-Awaited Evil Twin Episode!/Donkey Conqueror
  • 28.Wrapped Up in His Work/Cyrano De Burg-A-Rock Head/Terminal Veloci-Pete
  • 29.Up a Tree Without a Paddle/Mechanically Declined/Power Pooch No More
  • 30.Water You Gonna Do?/Run for Your Lifeguard!/A Shoe Thing!
  • 31.Tallywho?/The Eggs-stra Terrestrial/Double-O Scussi
  • 32.Stagecoach Tex/Bored of the Flies/Slaphappy Birthday
  • 33.To Ape or Not to Ape/Tarred and Married/Peek-A-Boom
  • 34.What Big Feet You Have!/Peer Pressure/Doggie Pounded
  • 35.Just Plane Trouble/Can't Fly Me Love/P.P. Loves Fifi
  • 36.My Dinner With Mooch/Diamonds Are for Heifer/Squirrel Trouble
  • 37.Sagebrush Sindy/Courting Disaster/The Postman Always Barks Twice
  • 38.Chastity Peak/Ready, Willing and Cable/Crass Action Hero
  • 39.Aw, Mush!/The Wrath of Khannie/The Midas Touche
  • 40.That's Shoe Biz!/Dial M for Moron/I'll Take Manure

Season 2 [edit]

(NOTE: Episodes 41 through 65 are no longer shown in the current 2010-11 syndication package for unknown reasons.)

  • 41.Showdown at the OK Corral/Carnivores Anonymous/Presidential Pooch
  • 42.To Ape or Not to Ape/What, Me Hostage?/Coach Mooch
  • 43.Mutiny on the Poultry/The Running Dan/Mine, Mine, Mine
  • 44.Don't Shoot, It's a Shoot/Dawn of the Dan/Ever Herd of Cows?
  • 45.Tex-Files/Income Outcome/Asgard Me Not
  • 46.Moochini the Magnificent/Pumped Up!/Map-solutely Not
  • 47.Tex Meets Execs/Agent From H.O.R.D.E./SSSPEED
  • 48.Gunga Dan/Atlantis Shrugged/Mini the Mooch
  • 49.Driving Mr. Dan/Buzzin' Couzin'/20/20 Houndsight
  • 50.The Texorcist/The Return of Dr. Hydrant/May the Stressed Man Win
  • 51.Dan the Man Child/Queen Khannie/Backseat Bedlam
  • 52.Flea! Run Away!/Family Food/Remember the Rigmarole
  • 53.Armed Adillo/My Dinner With Mooch/Queasy Cuisine
  • 54.Tex-tra Credit/Power Puppy/Eski-No-Mo
  • 55.That's Shoe Biz!/Chicken Fried Cousins/Rich Meets Poe
  • 56.The Dog Who Would Be King/Butlervania/Gym Dandy
  • 57.Moby Cow/Dan's Best Friend/Unsurely You Jest
  • 58.Narrated Tex/Emperor on Holiday/Superchump
  • 59.Night of the Living Dumb/What Big Feet You Have/The Butlers Did It
  • 60.Corporate Takeover/The Dog Who Would Be King/Stressed Guest
  • 61.Moby Cow/Dan or Dana/Shoeless
  • 62.Justice of the Pieces/The Buddy Guard/The Meat Tree
  • 63.Tex and Sid's Blooper Spectacular/Time Flies, Chickens Don't/Men in Lavender
  • 64.The Original Origin Story/Harrier Pigeon/Bat-Dan
  • 65.Yearnin for a Learnin/The Stepford Chickens/French Twist

Cast [edit]

DVD releases and current-day syndication [edit]

The series is not available in the form of the original episodes, although there are individual DVD releases of Power Pooch, Pompeii Pete, and Tex Rides Again, each containing bonus episodes with other characters from the show like Freddy the Fly.

From September 2010 until September 2011, the program was a part of the weekday morning This is for Kids programming block for the digital subchannel This TV network, which is programmed by Cookie Jar Group; they acquired DiC in 2008.

On February 19, 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment released The Wacky World of Tex Avery- Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[3] The 3-disc set features the first 40 episodes of the series.

Most episodes of the show can now be seen on Hulu and Jaroo.com.

Reception [edit]

Reception for the show has mostly been negative with some calling it a disgrace to the name Tex Avery.[citation needed]

International broadcast [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Fritz, Steve (October 10, 1997). "Mania: Animated Shorts, Oct. 10, 1997". USA: Mania. Archived from the original on January 10, 1998. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "The Wacky World of Tex Avery", DIC Entertainment
  3. ^ http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Wacky-World-Tex-Avery-Volume-1/17866

External links [edit]

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