The Wacky World of Tex Avery

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The Wacky World of Tex Avery is a cartoon television show produced by DiC Entertainment in 1997 and 1998.

The series was named after Tex Avery, a cartoonist who died in 1980. The creators describe the show as "homage to the brilliant, hilarious and groundbreaking animator Tex Avery and the wonderful squash-and-stretch cartoons of his era." [1]

The show contains the following short series: [1]

  • Tex Avery - A goat-riding cowboy who saves the day from his nemesis Sagebrush Sid.
  • Einstone - A brilliant caveman tries to teach other cave people how to be civilized with his inventions. An obvious parody to the term Einstein
  • Ghengis & Khannie - Ghengis the lion travels across the world to conquer, he always meets a young female panda named Khannie. A play on the name Ghengis Khan
  • Maurice & Mooch - Maurice the chicken outwits Mooch the fox who tries to eat him.
  • Pompeii Pete - A short Roman solider from Pompeii was buried in lava and 2,000 years later is free to live in the modern world.
  • Power Pooch - A normal dog gained superpowers after licking a superhero's (parody of Superman) shoe and became a superhero himself along with his blue cat sidekick.
  • Freddy the Fly - An obnoxious fly who bothers Maurice, a fat rich lady.

each episode shows three different cartoons with almost all of the episodes show th "Tex Avery" segment

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  1. ^ a b "The Wacky World of Tex Avery," DiC Entertainment

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