Perhaps one of the greatest animators to ever live, Tex Avery had long since retired when he was lured out of retirement by longtime friends and iconic animation duo Hanna-Barbera to create and direct the Saturday morning series, The Kwicky Koala Show. Following his desire to recapture the chaotic craziness of his earlier MGM and Warner Brothers work, he created an energetic little marsupial that possessed the ability to teleport out of harms way by traveling at super speeds, accompanied by a mere “beep” sound. The prolific animation pioneer would unfortunately pass away in 1980, a year before the cartoon made its debut on CBS.

The show featured four distinct segments, one of which was Kwicky Koala, who subsisted on a steady diet of Eucalyptus leaves while staying out of reach of his nemesis, Wilfred Wolf who was always hot on his tail.

Crazy Claws featured a wildcat who sounded like Groucho Marx and shared similar eyebrows with the comedian. Utilizing a combination of razer-sharp wit and an equally sharp set of claws, he did his best to evade the pursuit of a fur trapper named Rawhide Clyde and his canine companion, Bristletooth. Set in a U.S. National Park, Clyde and his pup were doggedly pursued by Ranger Rangerfield, but he wasn’t anymore successful at catching the skunk-capped Clyde than the fur trapper was at catching Crazy Claws.  

Dirty Dawg was an unkempt canine vagrant (voiced to sound like Howard Cosell) who lived in the city dump with his rodent cohort, Ratso. He tried his best to keep he and his buddy fed while trying to constantly fend off the pursuit of Police Officer Bullhorn.

The Bungle Brothers consisted of a series of one-minute-long shorts that filled space between the other segments. Its stars were a pair of beagles named George and Joey who dreamed longingly of fame and fortune on the vaudeville stage but failed in their every attempt.

With the loss of Avery, a total of 16 episodes were all that were produced of The Kwicky Koala Show and the series would only last a single season. It has popped up occasionally on the Boomerang Network but there are no plans for a DVD release. It remains a final testament, however, to the legacy and talent of one of the true geniuses of the field.