The Kwicky Koala Show

Infobox Television
show_name = The Kwicky Koala Show
genre = Cartoon series
creator = Tex Avery
writer = Bob Ogle
director = George Gordon
Carl Urbano
Rudy Zamora
voices = Michael Bell
Peter Cullen
Marshall Efron
Matthew Faison
Jim MacGeorge
Allan Melvin
Don Messick
Bob Ogle
John Stephenson
Frank Welker
country = USA
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 16
list_episodes =
executive_producer = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
producer = Art Scott
editor = Gil Iverson
runtime = 30 min.
network = CBS
first_aired = September 12, 1981
last_aired = December 26, 1981
imdb_id = 0255738
tv_com_id = 25380

"The Kwicky Koala Show" is 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 (voiced by writer Bob Ogle) is very similar to Avery's popular Droopy, except that Kwicky can escape his pursuer Wilford Wolf (voiced by 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

# 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

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

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.

External links

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* [http://www.toonopedia.com/kwicky.htm Kwicky Koala] at Toonopedia
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=J4iSvJRZ0ZM The show's opening, on YouTube]