The Wacky World of Tex Avery

Tex Avery was one of the true greats of animation; his last work may have been for "The Kwicky Koala Show," but at least he was involved with it. "The Wacky World of Tex Avery" only used his name, and it tried to adopt his style of animation... but they forgot one little thing.

They forgot to make it funny.

The various components were hyperactive, but they weren't exactly amusing; and it wasn't like it was particularly well done animation-wise either. Even the theme music wasn't original. People wanting decent cartoons from France are better off with "Insektors"; for the true wacky world of Tex Avery, see the real cartoons he did and avoid this insult.

Incidentally, DIC is short for Diffusion, Information, Communication. All of which imply intelligence, which is in even shorter supply here than in most of the shows from that company.

I had the misfortune to be involved with the broadcast of this series on a UK TV Channel a few years back. Every minute spent in front of it was painful.

Given the originality & sheer inventiveness that Tex Avery brought to his creations I'm not quite sure how the producers of this 'homage' were able to live with themselves. Poor animation, hackneyed (and distinctly unfunny) jokes, coarseness in place of genuine humour - all these things added together made this probably one of the very worst animation series I've ever had anything to do with. And THAT is saying something, believe ME..

Using Tex Avery's name in conjunction with this rubbish would no doubt have had him spinning in his grave.

I don't want to just hate on anything or anyone, but this series is an insult to your intelligence and to Tex Avery. For Les Studios Tex to glom onto his name and then produce the waste of frames that they have is reprehensible. It's almost criminal. I've seen their products reviewed on other websites, and when I happened across some episodes on TV and watched for myself I couldn't have agreed more with the detractors. It isn't even so much about using Tex Avery's name or the blatant ripping off of his style (and poorly done at that), it's that this work isn't funny, it isn't well written, it's not even particularly animated with any originality or innovation. It appears to be a very elaborate, extensive attempt to make some money off of anyone who can't, or doesn't care to, distinguish between the classic Tex Avery cartoons and pale, pale imitations. I would request that the graphic for this page be changed for two reasons: 1) That's the cover to an MGM cassette of authentic Tex Avery cartoons, thus misleading and confusing as to the subject of this page, and 2) It's an insult and injustice to Tex Avery himself and the studio of brilliant talent who worked under him.

"The Wacky World of Tex Avery" is one of the weirdest and surreal shows i've seen but at the same time, is one of the funniest shows i've seen. The show is great when it tries to parody different subjects, for example the educative cartoons, the classic movies and even the other versions of Tex Avery's Work. Great for animation fans, great for cartoon fans but maybe too weird for some people. The lost half is the best one of the two, it has more coherent stories and it's easier to get into it. The first half isn't bad by any means but it can probably be too weird for some people. There's an episode where Power Pooch must stop a hijacked plane . Definitively not for everyone, but is still a funny, surreal and -of course- twisted show. Good for kids and adults.

I always found this show quite grotesque as a child.

Let's first come to the intro: The characters jump around like crazy, making shrill singing, farting and sniffling noises, and drooling.

The character design is, in my opinion, quite disturbing: almost all of the characters have a really weird bulbous nose, which, due to its color, looks like a tomato, potato or plum. Sagebrush Sid, Tex Avery's opponent, also has two equally strange pointed ears in addition to his red bulbous nose (which, in combination with his rough voice, suggests that he is a heavy alcoholic). And of all people, Einstone (one of two fairly likeable characters in this show - I'll talk about him and the others further down) has the ugliest nose of all: a thick, droopy nose covered in warts and hair. The stupid cavemen that Einstone always has to deal with are shaped like salt or pepper shakers. The worst thing, however, is the character design of Freddy the Fly, who looks like a stereotypical tramp.

The drawing style is average at best.

Now let's get to the content of the show and the behavior of the characters: What bothers me most is that the "good" characters in this show are often much more devious and sadistic than their "evil" counterparts. By that I mean Freddy the Fly, Pompeii Pete, Khannie and Maurice. It has also been occasionally implied that some characters (such as the cavemen in the Einstone segment and Pompeii Pete) are only feigning stupidity to drive their opponents insane or into dangerous/painful situations.

The only likeable characters in this show for me are:

1) Einstone, who, despite being the main character of his segment and one of the few likeable characters in the show, always gets everything while the stupid cavemen who surround him always get nothing.

2) Power Pooch: Although he is a "heroic fool" and I find it a bit odd that he has to chew on a superhero's smelly old shoe to become a superhero, he behaves in a morally exemplary manner, unlike most of the other characters in this show.

Furthermore, the humor in this show is mostly quite crude, obscene, or (in many instances) simply unfunny.

The worst episodes I can remember, in my opinion, are "Breakfast In Bedlam" (Maurice & Mooch), "Dawn of the Dan" (Pompeii Pete) and "Bored of the Flies" (Freddy the Fly).

Since this show at least has two likeable characters (even if their segments may be as bad in content as the rest of the show), I'm giving it two instead of one out of ten stars.