The Kwicky Koala Show facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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 Australia
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 Hanna Barbera Pty, Ltd.
Distributor	Worldvision Enterprises
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 12, 1981 (1981-09-12) – September 11, 1982 (1982-09-11)

The Kwicky Koala Show is a 30-minute Saturday-morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Hanna Barbera Pty, Ltd. 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 four short segments: Kwicky Koala, The Bungle Brothers, Crazy Claws and Dirty Dawg.

Segments

Kwicky Koala

Kwicky Koala (voiced by writer Bob Ogle) is similar to Avery's 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). Although koalas are native to Australia, Kwicky has an American accent rather than an Australian accent.

Episodes

The Bungle Brothers

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.

Episodes

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

Dirty Dawg

A vagrant Labrador Retriever named Dirty Dawg (voiced by Frank Welker impersonating Howard Cosell) seeks to improve life for himself and his friend Ratso the Rat (voiced by Marshall Efron) while staying ahead of a police officer named Officer Bullhorn (voiced by Matthew Faison).

Episodes

Cast

• Michael Bell - George, Ranger Rangerfield
• Peter Cullen - Bristletooth
• Marshall Efron - Ratso
• Matthew Faison - Officer Bullhorn
• Jim MacGeorge - Crazy Claws
• Allan Melvin - Joey
• Don Messick - Rawhide Clyde
• Bob Ogle - Kwicky Koala
• John Stephenson - Wilford Wolf
• Frank Welker - Dirty Dawg

Additional voices

• Marlene Aragon -
• Joe Baker -
• Jered Barclay -
• Hamilton Camp -
• Henry Corden -
• Jack DeLeon -
• Joan Gerber -
• Danny Goldman -
• Bob Holt -
• Annie Potts -
• Paul Ross -
• Bob Sarlatte -
• Marilyn Schreffler -
• Hal Smith -
• Lennie Weinrib -

Other appearances

• In the Cartoon Network bumper "Sick Days", a majority of cartoon characters call in sick to work, resulting in a programming problem due to the talent shortage. The result was CN airing a 24-hour Kwicky Koala Marathon, much to the viewers' dismay.
• Kwicky makes some cameo appearances in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. He appears as a tattoo in the episode "Deadomutt Part 2". He also appears in "SPF", where he, along with Dirty Dawg, appears as one of the victims of Cybersquatting, and in "The Death of Harvey" during the riots, laying in a road crater and moving his head. Additionally, Officer Bullhorn appears as a jury candidate in "Juror in Court".