"The Kwicky Koala Show" came along during the very early 80's as Hanna Barbara's efforts to keep the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons alive. To accomplish this veteran animator Tex Avery was brought in as the show's creator. The characters and story lines he came up gave a nod to the work he did back at MGM quite a few years before. Sadly Avery passed away before his new show could be completed. The end result was a show that did indeed entertain the older crowd who actually tuned in and remembered shows such as "Droopy", but with times and interest in change during the 80's, much of the younger set didn't "get" this show. Had Kwicky been around during the late 50's early 60's, he and his cast of characters would have been much more remembered.
The premise of the show is simple, divided up into several short segments. The first being Kwicky Koala...a slow talking but fast moving fellow happily evading his nemesis, the dimwitted Wilfred Wolf. The second segment of the show, Crazy Claws, a quick talking wildcat evading the dimwitted Rawhide Clyde and his sidekick dog Bristletooth, with the equally dimwitted park ranger acting as a referee and usually taking the brunt of the slapstick. The final segment..Dirty Dog and his sidekick Ratso, junkyard dwellers looking for the better life all while evading the dimwitted motorcycle cop Officer Bullhorn. And acting as MC's between it all in wraparound vignettes, were the Bungle Brothers..two dimwitted circus dogs who usually failed at their tricks in new and interesting manners.
Funny slapstick silliness, while entertaining, failed to generate much attention during the new hip (and heavily violence monitored) 80's.
The premise of the show is simple, divided up into several short segments. The first being Kwicky Koala...a slow talking but fast moving fellow happily evading his nemesis, the dimwitted Wilfred Wolf. The second segment of the show, Crazy Claws, a quick talking wildcat evading the dimwitted Rawhide Clyde and his sidekick dog Bristletooth, with the equally dimwitted park ranger acting as a referee and usually taking the brunt of the slapstick. The final segment..Dirty Dog and his sidekick Ratso, junkyard dwellers looking for the better life all while evading the dimwitted motorcycle cop Officer Bullhorn. And acting as MC's between it all in wraparound vignettes, were the Bungle Brothers..two dimwitted circus dogs who usually failed at their tricks in new and interesting manners.
Funny slapstick silliness, while entertaining, failed to generate much attention during the new hip (and heavily violence monitored) 80's.