The Kwicky Koala Show
| The Kwicky Koala Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Animation Comedy |
| 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 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 |
| Distributor |
Taft Broadcasting (original) Worldvision Enterprises (former) Great American Broadcasting (former) Turner Entertainment (former) Warner Bros. Television (current) |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 12, 1981 – September 11, 1982 |
The Kwicky Koala Show is a 30-minute Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on CBS from September 12, 1981 to September 11, 1982. This series is notable for being among cartoon director Tex Avery's final works; he died during production in 1980. As it was produced in Australia, the Cartoon Network and later Boomerang broadcasts were sourced from PAL masters, rather than NTSC masters like many other Hanna-Barbera productions. Each segment has also been shown separately as filler between shows on Boomerang.
The Kwicky Koala Show contained the following four short segments: Kwicky Koala, The Bungle Brothers, Crazy Claws and Dirty Dawg.
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. (The animation shortcut used to facilitate this often went to extremes by making Kwicky disappear from one spot and reappear instantly in the next, with no intermediate smear frames.) For a koala, Kwicky has an American accent rather than an Australian accent (koalas are native to Australia).
A pair of beagles named George (voiced by Michael Bell) and Joey (voiced by Allan Melvin) seek vaudeville stardom. This segment is mostly short wraparounds.
...
Wikipedia