The Kwicky Koala Show is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera 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
The headliner, 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 accompanying "beep" sound effect, much like Speedy Gonzales.
Episodes
- Sink or Swim
- Robinson Caruso
- In a Pig's Eye
- Robin Hoodwink
- Kwicky Goes West
- Collector's 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. Includes cameos by other characters.
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 What's 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 Plumber's 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 Bob Ogle) 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).
In his memoir My Life in Toons, Joseph Barbera recalls where, during his brief tenure at the Terrytoons studio, he storyboarded a Kiko the Kangaroo episode (not produced) which had as his adversary a character he called "Dirty Dog," with "Dirty Doug" as an alternate name therefor.
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
End Credits Stills
Availability
Warner Archive released The Kwicky Koala Show: The Complete Series 11 October 2016 as a manufacture-on-demand title on Region 1 DVD.
Production Credits
- Executive Producers: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Supervsing Producer: Jim Rowley
- Producer: Art Scott
- Associate Producer: Doug Paterson
- Assistant Producer: Linda Houston
- Supervising Director: Ray Paterson
- Director: George Gordon, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora
- Assistant Director: Jim Rowley
- Associate Director: Bruce Deck
- Supervsing Writer: Mark S. Bernthal
- Writer: Stephen White
- Associate Writer: Kate Taylor
- Assistant Writers: Bob Goe, Terry Harrison
- Story Editors: Tex Avery, Chuck Couch, Larz Bourne
- Story Direction: David Barnes, Don Christinsen, Tom Dagenias, 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
- Creative Director: Marc Brown
- Creative Writer: Marc Brown
- 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
- Layout: Kurt Anderson, Cosmo Anzilotti, Dale Barnhart, Tom Copolla, Owen Fitzgerald, Bob Posbury, Drew Gentle, Charles Grosvenor, Dave Hilberman, Mike Hodgson, Ray Jacobs, M. Mike Kawaguchi, Ken Landau, Jack Manning, Greg Martin, Terry Morgan, Mike O'Hara, Lee Orr, Phil Otiz, Shane Porteous, Linda Rowley, Joe Shearer, Bob Smith, Andrew Szemenyei, Deann Taylor, Cliff Voorhees
- Animation Supervisors: Jay Sarby, Chris Cuddington
- Animators: Frank Andrena, Ed Barge, Tom Barnes, Susan Beak, Bob Bemiller, Astrid Brennan, Lefty Callahan, Rudy Cataldi, Jesse Corseo, Zeon Davush, Ed DeMattia, Joe Drake, Dick Dunn, John Eylee, 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, Mircia Manton, Paul Marin, 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, Joe Walker, Milan Zahorski Jr.
- Assistant Animation Supervisors: John Boersema, Martin Chatfield
- Background Supervisors: Al Gmuer, Richard Zalouder
- 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 Hizumi, Michael Humphries, Victoria Jensen, Phil Lewis, Jerry Liew, Beverley McNamara, Michelle Moen, Judy Nicholson, Andy Phillipson, Phil Phillipson, Bill Proctor, Jeff Richards, Jeff Riche, Ron Roesch, Sue Spear, Dennis Venizelos, Ken Wright, Milan Zahorski 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, Sean Bell, Candy Edwards, Tom Epperson, Chuck Fleckel, Curt Hall, Carole Leard, 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
- © 1981 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.