The Kwicky Koala Show

*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 producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Producer	Art Scott
Editor	Gil Iverson
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 12 –; December 26, 1981

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). 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

"Sink or Swim"
"Robinson Caruso"
"In a Pig's Eye"
"Robin Hoodwink"
"Kwicky Goes West"
"Collectors Item"
"The Incredible Lunk"
"Race to Riches"
"Kangaroo Kapers"
"Double Trouble"
"Around the World in 80 Seconds"
"Kwicky's Karnival Kaper"
"Scream Test"
"Disguise the Limit"
"Museum Mayhem"
"Cabin Crazy"
"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

Hat Dance - Dry Run - Cheap Trick
High Rollers - Teeter Totter Act - The Circus Cannon Act
Trapeze Act - Saw in Two - Unicycle
Big Pie Jump - Honk If You Love Joey - Sound Off
Joey Juggling George - The Toe Dancing Beagle or Whats Nureyev - The Barrel Jump
Karate Chop Act - Tarzan Swing Act - The Ventriloquist
Rope Twirling Act - High Wire Harness - The Marionette Act
Cream Pie - Ballonitics - Escape Artist
Rock Band - Circus Car - Dueling Trombones
Quiz Whiz Kid - Stilts - The Romeo and Juliet Act
Animal Trainers - Double Jump - Pie Faced
The Plumbers Helper - Bungle Ballet - Hang 20
The Big Bang - Flipped Out - Bucking Bull
Hamlet Lays an Egg - The Magic Ring Act - The Fly
Weight Weight Lifter - Droop the Loop - Heavy Ending
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

Crazy it's Cold Outside
The Claws Conspiracy
Crazy Challenges
Clyde's Birthday Surprise
The Ice Rage
Claws Encounters of the Worst Kind
Lookout Crazy
Crazy Camping
Gold Crazy
See Saw Claws
Choo Choo Crazy
Bearly Asleep
Old Blowhard
Snow Biz
Claws Ahoy
Rattletrap Rawhide

Dirty Dawg

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

Episodes

Pigskin Pooch
Dirty's Debut
Dirty Dawg's Faux Paw
Calling Dr. Dirty
Lo-Cal Pals
A Close Encounter of the Canine Kind
Pie-Eyed Pooch
Dirty Money
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Zoo
Urban Cowdawg
Dirty-O and Juliet
Sea Dawg Dirty
Little White Lie
The Great Dirtini
Disco Dawg
Marathon Mutt

Production credits

Executive Producers: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Producer: Art Scott
Associate Producer: Doug Paterson
Supervising Director: Ray Patterson
Directors: George Gordon, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora
Assistant Directors: Bob Goe, Terry Harrison
Story Editors: Tex Avery, Chuck Couch, Larz Bourne
Story Direction: David Barnes, Don Christinsen, Tom Dagenais, Don Dougherty, Carl Fallberg, Ed Gombert, Jan Green, Don Jurwich, Earl Kress, Lew Marshall, Floyd Norman, Bob Ogle, Lane Raichert, Mike Rowland, George Singer, Lee Snodgress, Howard Swift, Ernest Terrazas, Tom Yakutis, Darline Zambruski
Recording Director: Gordon Hunt
Animation Casting Director: Ginny McSwain
Voices: Marlene Aragon, Joe Baker, Jered Barclay, Michael Bell, Hamilton Camp, Henry Corden, Peter Cullen, Jack DeLeon, Marshall Efron, Matthew Faison, Joanie Gerber, Danny Goldman, Bob Holt, Jim MacGeorge, Allan Melvin, Don Messick, Robert Allen Ogle, Annie Potts, Paul Ross, Bob Sarlatte, Marilyn Schreffler, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Lennie Weinrib, Frank Welker
Graphics: Iraj Peran, Tom Wagatzke
Title Design: Bill Perez
Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
Musical Supervision: Paul DeKorte
Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
Design Supervisor: Bob Singer
Character Design: Kurt Anderson, Davis Doi, Jean Gilmore, Alice Hamm, Willie Ito, Scott Shaw, Michael Takamoto, Sandra Young
Layout Supervisors: Don Morgan, Steve Lumley
Key Layout: Gary Hoffman, Floyd Norman, Scott Shaw, John Tucker
Layout: Kurt Anderson, Cosmo Anzilotti, Dale Barnhart, Tom Coppola, Owen Fitzgerald, Bob Fosbury, Drew Gentle, Charles Grosvenor, Dave Hilberman, Mike Hodgson, Ray Jacobs, M. Mike Kawaguchi, Ken Landau, Jack Manning, Greg Martin, Terry Morgan, Mike O'Mara, Lee Orr, Phil Ortiz, Shane Porteous, Linda Rowley, Joe Shearer, Bob Smith, Andrew Szermenyei, Deane Taylor, Cliff Voorhees
Animation Supervisors: Jay Sarbry, Chris Cuddington
Animators: Frank Andrina, Ed Barge, Tom Barnes, Susan Beak, Bob Bemiller, Astrid Brennan, Lefty Callahan, Rudy Cataldi, Jesse Cosio, Zeon Davush, Ed DeMattia, Joan Drake, Dick Dunn, Peter Eastment, John Eyley, Gail Finkeldei, Arthur Filloy, Hugh Fraser, John Freeman, Luis Garcia, Peter Gardiner, Gerry Grabner, Alan Green, Nicholas Harding, Terry Harrison, Fred Helmich, Greg Ingram, Aundre Knutson, Rick Leon, Hicks Lokey, Pamela Lofts, Ernesto Lopez, Don McKinnon, Mircea Manta, Paul Maron, John Martin, Helen McAdam, Paul McAdam, Ken Muse, Costi Mustatea, Bob Nesler, Margaret Nichols, Eduardo Olivares, Spencer Peel, Barney Posner, Bill Pratt, Vivien Ray, Steve Robinson, Joanna Romersa, Don Ruch, George Scribner, Kunio Shimamura, Ken Southworth, Jean Tych, John Walker, Milan Zahorsky Jr.
Assistant Animation Supervisors: John Boersema, Martin Chatfield
Background Supervisors: Al Gmuer, Richard Zaloudek
Backgrounds: Lorraine Andrina, Fernando Arce, Milena Borkert, Gil DiCicco, Dennis Durrell, Zdenka Ebner, Flamarion Ferreira, Martin Forte, Robert Gentle, Eric Heschong, James Hegedus, Jim Hickey, Paro Hozumi, Michael Humphries, Victoria Jenson, Phil Lewis, Jerry Liew, Beverley McNamara, Michelle Moen, Judy Nicholson, Andy Phillipson, Phil Phillipson, Bill Proctor, Jeff Richards, Jeff Riche, Ron Roesch, Sue Speer, Dennis Venizelos, Ken Wright, Milan Zahorsky Sr.
Checking and Scene Planning: Jackie Banks, Ellen Bayley
Xerography: Star Wirth, Sven Christofferson
Ink and Paint Supervisors: Alison Victory, Narelle Derrick
Camera: Roy Wade, Ray Lee, Steve Altman, Shaun Bell, Candy Edwards, Tom Epperson, Chuck Fleckal, Curt Hall, Carole Laird, Liz Lane, Ralph Migliori, Joe Ponticelle, Cliff Shirpser, Paul Wainess, Brandy Whittington, Jerry Whittington
Technical Supervisors: Jerry Mills, Mark D'Arcy Irvine
Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Joe Citarella
Supervising Film Editors: Larry C. Cowan, Robert Ciaglia
Dubbing Supervision: Pat Foley
Music Editors: Cecil Broughton, Daniels McLean, Terry Moore, Robert Talboy
Effects Editors: Michael Bradley, Mary Gleason, Catherine MacKenzie, Joe Reitano, Kevin Spears, David Stone
Show Editor: Gil Iverson
Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
Production Manager: Jack Pietruska
Production Supervision: Judy Cross
Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
Executives in Charge of Production: Jayne Barbera and Margaret Loesch
A Hanna Barbera Production
This Picture Made Under the Juridiction of IATSE-IA Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.
© 1981 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.

Other media

This show was referenced in the following episodes of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law:
- In "Deadomutt, Part 2," it is 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 makes a cameo during the riots as he is seen crawling out of the sewers.

Home Media releases

A VHS release of the series was released by Worldvision Home Video. There has yet to be a complete series DVD release of the whole show for the Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection from Warner Home Video for general retail (which also owns most of Tex Avery's theatrical output, namely, the cartoons he directed at Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).

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