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'{{short description|American cartoon TV series}} {{Refimprove|article|date=July 2007}} {{Infobox television | show_name = Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales | image = TuxdeoChum.jpeg | image_size = 250px | caption = Stanley Livingston, Tennessee Tuxedo, Chumley | genre = {{Plainlist| * [[Animation]] * [[Comedy]] }} | camera = | picture_format = | audio_format = | runtime = 30 minutes | creator = | director = | executive_producer = Peter M. Piech | producer = {{Plainlist| * Treadwell D. Covington * [[Joe Harris (illustrator)|Joe Harris]] * [[W. Watts Biggers]] * Chet Stover }} | writer = {{Plainlist| * [[W. Watts Biggers]] * Chet Stover }} | starring = | voices = {{Plainlist| * [[Don Adams]] * [[Jackson Beck]] * [[Bradley Bolke]] * [[Kenny Delmar]] * Mort Marshall * [[Norman Rose]] * Delo States * Ben Stone * [[Larry Storch]] * [[Allen Swift]] }} | narrated = {{Plainlist| * [[Kenny Delmar]] ("Tennessee Tuxedo" and "The Hunter" segments) * [[Norman Rose]]/[[Allen Swift]] ("The King and Odie" segments) }} | theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist| * Treadwell D. Covington * [[Joe Harris (illustrator)|Joe Harris]] * [[W. Watts Biggers]] * Chet Stover }} | opentheme = | endtheme = | company = {{Plainlist| * [[Total Television]] * Leonardo Television }} | distributor = [[The Program Exchange|DFS Program Exchange]] | country = [[United States]] | location = | language = English | network = [[CBS]] | first_aired = September 28, 1963 | last_aired = January 29, 1966 | num_series = | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | related = | website = }} '''''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales''''' is an [[animated cartoon]] TV series that originally aired on [[CBS]] from 1963 to 1966.<ref>Christopher P. Lehman, American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary, 2006, p. 48</ref> It was produced by [[Total Television]], the same company that produced the earlier ''[[King Leonardo and His Short Subjects|King Leonardo]]'' and the later ''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]'', and primarily sponsored by [[General Mills]]. (''Tennessee Tuxedo'' debuted on CBS on the same day that ''King Leonardo'' last ran on NBC.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Heintjes |url=http://cartoonician.com/whatever-happened-to-total-television-productions/ |title="Whatever Happened to Total TeleVision productions?," '&#39;Hogan's Alley'&#39; #15, 2009 |publisher=Cartoonician.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-15}}</ref>) The title is a play on the “[[tuxedo]]” dinner jacket worn as formal wear. New short episodes<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3979936/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNFqe8e08EPDNLL76m_e6txt6IsVwnyfx</ref> were created for [[YouTube]] in 2014 by Chuck Gammage Animation in Toronto, and Cartoon Lagoon Studios in New York. Sponsored by Trix cereal, they resided on<ref>http://sillychannel.com</ref> sillychannel.com. They feature the voice talent of [[Chris Phillips (voice actor)|Chris Phillips]], Robb Pruitt and Ashley Albert. ==Plot== {{plot|date=December 2018}} The cartoon series revolves around Tennessee Tuxedo the [[penguin]] and his friend Chumley the [[walrus]]. The pair live at the Megapolis [[Zoo]] along with several of their friends, such as Yakkety [[Yak]] and Baldy the [[Bald eagle|Eagle]]. Four episodes also featured Howler, a [[dog]] that Tennessee got from his Uncle Admiration. There are several recurring antagonists that Tennessee and Chumley have to deal with. The most common is the ill-tempered zoo director Stanley Livingston. Also seen are Rocky Maninoff, a [[gangster]] who often orders them to do his will at the point of his machine gun, and Tennessee's rival Jerboa Jump the [[kangaroo rat]]. All three of these bad guys have sidekicks: Livingston has his zookeeper assistant Flunky, Maninoff has a dumb assistant called Pretzel, and Jerboa has Tiger Tornado, a boxing [[tiger]], as his henchman. Tennessee and Chumley regularly escape from the zoo, only to find trouble in the outside world. Whenever Tennessee proposes a hare-brained scheme, Chumley is skeptical at first. Typically Tennessee assures the dim-witted Chumley that his superior intelligence will carry the day, often with his catchphrase, "Tennessee Tuxedo will not fail!" Chumley then responds with his own catchphrase, "Duh, okay Tennessee." When faced with more trouble than they can bear, the pair turns to their friend Phineas J. Whoopee, the “Man with All the Answers". Mr. Whoopee is extremely knowledgeable on all subjects, and will frequently lecture the pair on diverse topics, from the [[physics]] behind the [[hot air balloon]] to how musicians become popular. His lectures are illustrated and animated on the Three-Dimensional Blackboard (3DBB for short) that he retrieves out of an avalanche of junk that always falls out of his overstuffed hallway closet when he opens the door. At the end of each lecture from Mr. Whoopee, Tennessee praises his mentor with the line, “Phineas J. Whoopee, you’re the greatest!” Sometimes, Tennessee and Chumley have to see Mr. Whoopee again when they fail their first attempt to solve things. This causes Mr. Whoopee to say: "But I've tried to warn you...". Other times, Tennessee and Chumley have to overcome a personal problem children can relate to, such as Chumley's requiring treatment for a toothache but fearing the dentist. The pair then attempt to use their newly gained knowledge to get out of the trouble they created, but frequently end up in more trouble with Stanley Livingston, who punishes them in different ways, from having the police arrest them to making them scrub pots and pans in the Zoo cafeteria for six months. Some episodes merely end with Stanley chasing Tennessee and Chumley around the Zoo. ==Production== On a Boing podcast, ''Underdog'' creator Joe Harris explained that F.C.C. commissioner [[Newton Minow]] declared television a "[[Television and the Public Interest|vast wasteland]]" in terms of educational material. Efforts were subsequently made to include education in programming. He added that in this show, Tennessee and Chumley were portrayed as the ones who were being educated, so that children would not feel that they were being lectured to, even though they actually were. Occasional back segments included "[[Commander McBragg|The World of Commander McBragg]]", "[[Klondike Kat]]", "[[Tooter Turtle]]", "The Hunter", and "[[King Leonardo and His Short Subjects|The King and Odie]]" (the last three were re-run from the earlier show ''[[King Leonardo and His Short Subjects]]''). Don Adams used his well-known “clippy” voice characterization for the voice of the “small penguin, who tries but can’t succeed-o,” which he said was an exaggeration of actor [[William Powell]]’s voice. Bradley Bolke's characterization of Chumley seemed to be taken from [[Charlie Cantor]]'s voice and personality of Clifton Finnegan on the ''[[Duffy's Tavern]]'' radio show of the 1940s; there Finnegan played a somewhat similar dimwitted sidekick to the scheming but good-natured bartender Archie. Chumley would ask Tennessee a riddle before and in between the segments, in which Mr. Whoopee came up with the humorous answer on his Three-Dimensional Blackboard, usually ending with laughter. Sometimes Tennessee would ask Whoopee a riddle and Whoopee would come up with the humorous answer. ==Episodes== ===Series overview=== <onlyinclude>{{Series overview | color1 = #0000A0 | link1 = #Season 1 (1963–64) | episodes1 = 26 | start1 = {{Start date|1963|9|28}} | end1 = {{End date|1964|3|21}} | color2 = #979797 | link2 = #Season 2 (1964–65) | episodes2 = 24 | start2 = {{Start date|1964|9|12}} | end2 = {{End date|1965|2|20}} | color3 = #500050 | link3 = #Season 3 (1965–66) | episodes3 = 22 | start3 = {{Start date|1965|10|2}} | end3 = {{End date|1966|3|12}} | color4 = #B11030 | link4 = #Season 4 (2014; YouTube) | episodes4 = 5 | start4 = {{Start date|2014}} | end4 = {{End date|2014|8|18}} }}</onlyinclude> ===Season 1 (1963–64)=== {| class=wikitable style="width:95%; background:#FFFFFF" |- style="color:#FFFFFF" ! style="background:#0000A0; width:20px"| {{abbr|Nº|Overall episode number}} ! style="background:#0000A0; width:20px"| {{abbr|Ep|Episode number by season}} ! style="background:#0000A0"| Title ! style="background:#0000A0; width:135px"| Air date {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Mixed-Up Mechanics | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|9|28}} | ShortSummary = After Stanley Livingston brings them to the Megapolis Zoo, Tennessee and Chumley find a job outside the zoo—which will prove to be their first of many—as mechanics. Their first customer is Rocky Maninoff, who warns them to repair his car, or else. Tennessee takes advice from a newspaper ad to see Phineas J. Whoopee to learn how cars work. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Rainmakers | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|10|5}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley get jobs as weathermen. A farmer demands they make rain for his cauliflower crops or he will use his shotgun on them. Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Lamplighters | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|10|12}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley learn how lights work when the darkness prevents Tennessee from reading his book. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Telephone Terrors or Dial 'M' for Mayhem | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|10|19}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee wants to have a telephone in each animal's quarters. Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee to learn how a telephone works. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Giant Clam | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|10|26}} | ShortSummary = When Stanley Livingston wants to obtain a [[giant clam]] for the Megapolis Zoo, Tennessee and Chumley sneak out of the zoo to obtain one for him. Tennessee and Chumley visit Phineas J. Whoopee to learn where they can find a giant clam. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Tic Toc | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|11|2}} | ShortSummary = The Megapolis Zoo receives a clock tower. Chumley accidentally shoots an arrow at the clock and Stanley Livingston orders Tennessee and Chumley to remove the arrow. Tennessee and Chumley learn how clocks work from Phineas J. Whoopee. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Scuttled Sculpture | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|11|9}} | ShortSummary = The Megapolis Zoo receives a statue of Stanley Livingston that will be dedicated to him tomorrow. When Chumley accidentally wrecks it, Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Snap That Picture | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|11|16}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley get jobs as photographers. Their first job is to take the picture of the Mayor of Megapolis for his poster advertisement. How do cameras work? Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Zoo's News | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|11|23}} | ShortSummary = When ordered by Stanley Livingston to spread the news to the other animals of an upcoming event, Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee for ways to do so. Phineas tells them about newspapers. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Aztec Antics | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|11|30}} | ShortSummary = When Jerboa Jump arrives at the zoo, Stanley Livingston arranges for some archaeologists to make a trip to Mexico to find some artifacts to go with Jerboa's exhibit. Tennessee and Chumley learn about the Aztecs from Phineas J. Whoopee. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Coal Minors | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|12|7}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley assemble a stovepipe oven to heat their quarters. They learn how coal is obtained from Phineas J. Whoopee. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Hot Air Heroes | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|12|14}} | ShortSummary = When ordered by Stanley Livingston to spread the news of the town picnic at the Megapolis Zoo, Tennessee and Chumley, having already tried telephones and newspapers, turn to Phineas J. Whoopee for other ideas. Phineas tells them about hot-air balloons. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Irrigation Irritation | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|12|21}} | ShortSummary = During a drought, Tennessee tries to figure out how to get water to his watermelon crops. Meanwhile, Stanley Livingston is warned by the Chief of Police not to waste water during the drought on pain of arrest. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = TV Testers | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1963|12|28}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley get jobs as TV repairmen. Their first customer is Rocky Maninoff, who orders them to repair his television, or else. Meanwhile, the Chief of Police gets word from Stanley Livingston that Tennessee and Chumley have escaped from the zoo. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = By the Plight of the Moon | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|1|4}} | ShortSummary = After getting knocked out, Tennessee dreams he is to be the first astronaut penguin to take a rocket to the moon. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Lever Levity | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|1|11}} | ShortSummary = In a follow-up to "[[#ep11|Coal Minors]]," the tunneling that Tennessee and Chumley did for their coal mine has caused the foundation of Stanley's office to settle to one side. While Stanley and Flunky go into town to find someone to build a new foundation, Tennessee tries to straighten the foundation. When nothing seems to work, Tennessee and Chumley go to Phineas J. Whoopee for help. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = The Bridge Builders | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|1|18}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley get jobs as bridge builders. Rocky Maninoff wants them to build a bridge following his gang's bank robbery, or else. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Howl, Howl, the Gang's All Here | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|1|25}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee receives a dog named Howler from his uncle and tries to hide him from Stanley Livingston. To make a new home for Howler, Tennessee and Chumley call on Phineas J. Whoopee, who advises them on building Howler a house near a lake in Megapolis Woods. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Sail Ho! | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|2|1}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley go up against Jerboa Jump in a yacht race to determine who will end up leading the Zoo's Yacht Club. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Tell-Tale Telegraph | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|2|8}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee dreams that he, Chumley, Yakkety and Baldy are at a fort headed by Stanley Livingston that keeps suffering Indian attacks. Tennessee and his friends must find a way to warn the fort of approaching Indians. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Rocket Ruckus | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|2|15}} | ShortSummary = Upon hearing Jerboa Jump brag that he has been in a rocket, Tennessee and Chumley visit Phineas J. Whoopee to learn how rockets work. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = All Steamed Up | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|2|22}} | ShortSummary = After Stanley has a steam locomotive put in the zoo to take children for rides, Tennessee tries to prove he can operate it as well... and proceeds to wreck it while Stanley is away. Phineas J. Whoopee explains how locomotives work. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = Tale of a Tiger | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|2|29}} | ShortSummary = A new animal named Tiger Tornado appears to be a narcoleptic, but he becomes a fierce fighter at the sound of a boxing-ring bell. Jerboa Jump teams up with Tiger and the two make the other zoo animals kowtow to their wishes. Tennessee and Chumley consult Phineas J. Whoopee on how to defend themselves. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 24 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = Dog Daze | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|3|7}} | ShortSummary = In a follow-up to "[[#ep18|Howl, Howl, the Gang's All Here]]," Stanley has problems with Howler the Dog when he mistakes the Mayor of Megapolis for an attacker. Stanley and the Mayor warn to Tennessee control Howler or the Mayor will have Howler detained. They consult Phineas J. Whoopee about dog training. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 25 | EpisodeNumber2 = 25 | Title = Brushing Off a Toothache | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|3|14}} | ShortSummary = Chumley has a toothache and Tennessee tries various ways to get rid of the tooth. When one of the attempts ends up breaking Stanley Livingston's motor scooter, Tennessee and Chumley escape from the zoo and see Phineas J. Whoopee about how to deal with a toothache. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 26 | EpisodeNumber2 = 26 | Title = Funny Honey | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|3|21}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley need honey from the bears of the Bearville section of the Megapolis Zoo. | LineColor = 0000A0 }} |} ===Season 2 (1964–65)=== {| class=wikitable style="width:95%; background:#FFFFFF" |- style="color:#FFFFFF" ! style="background:#979797; width:20px"| {{abbr|Nº|Overall episode number}} ! style="background:#979797; width:20px"| {{abbr|Ep|Episode number by season}} ! style="background:#979797"| Title ! style="background:#979797; width:135px"| Air date {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 27 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Treasure of Jack the Joker | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|9|12}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley hear about the treasure of Jack the Joker hidden somewhere in the Megapolis Zoo, but Stanley Livingston does not allow digging on zoo grounds. They learn about compasses. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 28 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = A Wreck of a Record | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|9|19}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee, Chumley, and Baldy form their own folk band for Stanley Livingston's music show, but Stanley wants only hit artists for it. Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee to learn how they can make a recording and become stars. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 29 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Miner Forty-Niner | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|9|26}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley find a map that to a gold mine and turn to Phineas J. Whoopee to learn how to get there. They learn about gold. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 30 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Helicopter Hi-Jinx | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|10|3}} | ShortSummary = During a heat wave in Megapolis, Tennessee and Chumley's plans to leave the zoo to get fans for the animals are repeatedly thwarted by Stanley Livingston and Flunky. Tennessee and Chumley recall the time they asked Phineas J. Whoopee about how helicopters work. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 31 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Oil's Well | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|10|10}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee's friend Freddy Cat inherits an oil field that is supposedly haunted, and Jerboa Jump tries to scare Freddy into selling him the land cheaply. They learn about oil drilling. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 32 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Parachuting Pickle | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|10|17}} | ShortSummary = When Rocky Maninoff pulls off a bank robbery and escapes by airplane, the money falls into the Lost Mountains. Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley answer his ad and are forced to parachute down to recover the stolen money, or else. They learn about parachuting. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 33 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Telescope Detectives | AltTitle = Private Eye Detectives | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|10|31}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley become private detectives. Hotel manager Mr. Hothead hires them to deal with the robberies committed by Slippery Hood, who has eluded every hotel detective. In order to get a better stake-out on Slippery Hood's hotel room, Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee, who tells them about telescopes. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 34 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Wish Wash | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|10|24}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley start a laundry service in the Megapolis Zoo at the same time that Stanley Livingston and Flunky are assembling a tool shed. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 35 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = The Eyes Have It | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|11|7}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee competes against Jerboa Jump in the finals of a bowling tournament. Jerboa tricks Tennessee into thinking that something is wrong with his eyes and gives him glasses made from the bottoms of glass bottles. Phineas J. Whoopee explains to Tennessee how the eyes work. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 36 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Mad Movie Makers | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|11|14}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley go into the movie-making business. They turn to Phineas J. Whoopee for advice on filmmaking. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 37 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Snow Go | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|11|21}} | ShortSummary = Eager to cash in on the skiing craze, Tennessee and Chumley try various schemes to turn the hill at the zoo into a ski slope. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 38 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = The Big Question | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|11|28}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee is convinced a radio quiz show is going to call him for an upcoming cruise prize, so he goes about trying to steal Stanley's radio and eventually learns how to make his own radio. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 39 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Brain Strain | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|12|5}} | ShortSummary = Chumley looks like a local millionaire. Tennessee has Chumley impersonate the moneyed one when Chumley gets amnesia and starts to think that he is the millionaire. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 40 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Rocky Road to Diamonds | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|12|12}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley get jobs at Stonecutter's Jewelry Store. Mr. Stonecutter tells them that they must protect the diamonds or they will go to jail. Rocky Maninoff robs the store and hides out on a ship. While being pursued by the ship's crew, Tennessee and Chumley run into Phineas J. Whoopee, who tells them about diamonds. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 41 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = Hooray X-Ray | AltTitle = X-Ray X-Perts | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|12|19}} | ShortSummary = When Tennessee and Chumley are ordered by Stanley Livingston to get back the rare coin with which they accidentally paid the paper boy, they trace the coin's path to a bakery and then to a cookie from that bakery that Chumley ate. How shall they recover the coin? Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee, who tells them about x-rays. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 42 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Food Feud | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1964|12|26}} | ShortSummary = A reporter from the ''Megapolis Tribune'' approaches Tennessee to ask him about his feuds with Jerboa Jump. Tennessee tells him about the feud between the Tennessees and the Jerboas, which old Phineas Whoopee was called in to resolve. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 43 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = How Does Your Garden Grow? | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|1|2}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee is tired of eating fish all the time and wants to grow a vegetable garden, much to the objection of Stanley Livingston. Tennessee manages to get the Mayor's wife on his side, and Tennessee and Chumley ask Phineas J. Whoopee for advice on growing a vegetable garden. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 44 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Perils of Platypus | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|1|9}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley get a [[platypus]] for a roommate and deny him access to the pool. When the platypus leaves the zoo and they are ordered by Stanley Livingston to get the platypus back, Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee for help and learn that the platypus lives in Australia. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 45 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Hail to the Chief | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|1|16}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley get jobs as police officers. They learn about being police officers. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 46 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Physical Fatness | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|1|23}} | ShortSummary = Phineas J. Whoopee gives Tennessee and Chumley some advice on fitness when Jerboa Jump challenges Chumley to a boxing match against Tiger Tornado. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 47 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = Playing It Safe | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|1|30}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley get involved with gangsters who pose as bankers, trying to get a stolen safe open, so they learn about locks. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 48 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = House Painters | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|2|6}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley try painting the Zoo, waste it all, learn about making paint, and do a beautiful job covering a building with clay. They learn about paint. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 49 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = Admiral Tuxedo | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|2|13}} | ShortSummary = Upon escaping to the docks, Tennessee falls asleep and has a dream wherein he is the admiral of a ship ordered by the Queen to go after some pirates. They learn about navigation. | LineColor = 979797 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 50 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = Three Ring Circus | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|2|20}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley escape from the zoo in order to join the circus. They learn how a calliope works. | LineColor = 979797 }} |} ===Season 3 (1965–66)=== {| class=wikitable style="width:95%; background:#FFFFFF" |- style="color:#FFFFFF" ! style="background:#500050; width:20px"| {{abbr|Nº|Overall episode number}} ! style="background:#500050; width:20px"| {{abbr|Ep|Episode number by season}} ! style="background:#500050"| Title ! style="background:#500050; width:135px"| Air date {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 51 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Big Drip | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|2}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and Chumley get jobs as plumbers. Their first customer is Rocky Maninoff, who wants them to fix a leaky pipe in his hideout before he returns from his bank robbery, or else. Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee to learn about plumbing. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 52 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Boning Up | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|9}} | ShortSummary = Stanley Livingston orders Tennessee and Chumley to guard the new dinosaur exhibit. Unfortunately, Howler gets in and dismantles the dinosaur skeletons. They learn about dinosaur bones. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 53 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Smilin' Yak's Sky Service | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|16}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee and his friends, Chumley and Yak, start a flying service. Their first customer is Rocky Maninoff, who wants them to fly him to safety after a bank job, or else. They learn about flying a plane. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 54 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Teddy Bear Trouble | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|23}} | ShortSummary = When Chumley's teddy bear goes missing, Tennessee turns private eye in order to find it. They learn about fingerprints (dark and light surfaces). | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 55 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Sword Play | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|10|30}} | ShortSummary = When ordered by Stanley Livingston to clean the medieval exhibit at the museum, Tennessee is knocked unconscious by a fallen suit of armor and dreams that he is a knight fighting a dragon. Tennessee learns about steel. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 56 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Phunnie Munnie | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|11|6}} | ShortSummary = The boys, Tennessee and Chumley set up a printing press. Their first customer is Rocky Maninoff, who wants them to print counterfeit money for him, or else. They learn about printing. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 57 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Romance of Plymouth Rock | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|11|13}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee is putting on a play about the Pilgrims called ''The Romance of Plymouth Rock''. Jerboa Jump and Tiger Tornado plan to join the play as Indians so that they can sabotage it. When Jereboah claims that the Indians were not friendly to the Pilgrims, Tennessee calls in Phineas J. Whoopee for help on the history of the Pilgrims. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 58 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Zoolympics | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|11|20}} | ShortSummary = Phineas J. Whoopee advises Tennessee and Chumley on how to be in shape for the Zoolympics. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 59 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = The Tree Trimmers | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|11|27}} | ShortSummary = On Christmas Eve, Stanley Livingston orders Tennessee and Chumley to guide the arriving tree trimmers to the Christmas tree. Tennessee and Chumley trim the tree with the help of Yakkety and Baldy until the ornaments are destroyed. Tennessee and Chumley ask Phineas J. Whoopee for help on making ornaments. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 60 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Goblins Will Get You | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|12|4}} | ShortSummary = Following a trick-or-treating on Halloween, Tennessee eats too much candy and dreams that he is in a haunted forest with an evil witch and her goblin servants. They learn about maple syrup. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 61 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = The Cheap Skates | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|12|11}} | ShortSummary = Wanting ice skates, Tennessee Tuxedo, and his friends, Chumley, Yak, and Baldy try producing an ice show for Sewonya Button (Yak's cousin), but need to learn how to build a rink first. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 62 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Going Up | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|12|18}} | ShortSummary = Washington's Birthday celebration causes the friends to try putting a Liberty Bell decoration atop a zoo tower. They learn about elevators (cab, pulley, counterweight). | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 63 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Monster from Another Planet | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1965|12|25}} | ShortSummary = Tiger, wanting a better life, pretends to be an extraterrestrial, forcing Tennessee & Chumley into servitude. They learn about spacemen. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 64 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Signed and Sealed | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|1}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee's cousin Percy is coming to visit. Needing money to fix up their place, the friends rent to Big Bill Bailey with a crafty four-week lease. They learn about leases and contracts, and ultimately learn that Percy can be a demanding guest. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 65 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = The Barbers | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|8}} | ShortSummary = Tennessee buys a barber shop and he and Chumley go to work as barbers. They get Rocky Maninoff as a customer, who wants them to make him a new man, or else. Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee for help in haircutting and applying specific make-up. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 66 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = Catch a Falling Hammock | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|15}} | ShortSummary = The guys learn about termites that are causing the trees holding their hammock to fall. They learn about termites. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 67 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = Peace and Quiet | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|22}} | ShortSummary = An employment agency promises jobs to the pair, but they manage to fail at all of them. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 68 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Robot Revenge | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|1|29}} | ShortSummary = Yak and Baldy build robots to do their work. Tennessee and Chumley turn to Phineas J. Whoopee, who tells them about hearts. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 69 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = There Auto Be a Law | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|2|5}} | ShortSummary = The guys build a car for an auto race, and decide to make and sell copies of the car to pay the entrance fee. They learn about production line manufacturing. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 70 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Samantha | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|2|12}} | ShortSummary = Chumley falls in love and Whoopee tries teaching him about the finer points of etiquette and deportment. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 71 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = That Is Horse | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|3|5}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 72 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = Ponda That Moose | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1966|3|12}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 500050 }} |} ===Season 4 (2014; YouTube)=== {| class=wikitable style="background:#FFFFFF" |- style="color:#FFFFFF" ! style="background:#B11030; width:20px"| {{abbr|Nº|Overall episode number}} ! style="background:#B11030; width:20px"| {{abbr|Ep|Episode number by season}} ! style="background:#B11030"| Title ! style="background:#B11030; width:110px"| Air date {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 73 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Go South | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2014}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 74 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Be Like Baldy | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2014}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 75 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Dinner Party | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2014}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 76 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Catch the Cable Man | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2014}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B11030 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 77 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Yakety Yak | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2014|8|18}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = B11030 }} |} ==Syndication== Later reruns of ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' are quite different from the original network series, like most cartoon series produced by Total Television. The first 34 ''Tennessee Tuxedo'' cartoons were incorporated into syndicated prints of ''[[Underdog (TV series)|The Underdog Show]]''. That syndicated package actually was a revised version of another earlier (mid-1960s) syndicated series called ''[[Cartoon Cut-Ups]]'' which initially featured first season segments of Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, and Commander McBragg. In fact, the syndicated ''Underdog Show'' includes some artifacts such as the ''Cartoon Cut-Ups'' closing, combining portions of the original ''Tennessee Tuxedo'' and ''Underdog'' closings, effectively eliminating the punch line of the visual "Post No Bills" joke in the original ''Underdog'' closing. It also includes the final teaser at the end of the show in which announcer George S. Irving says, "Looks like this is the end...but don't miss our next ''Cartoon Cut-Ups'' show!" (The line was redubbed to say "Underdog" instead of "Cartoon Cut-Ups".) In syndication, ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' features different supporting cartoon segments compared to the show's original network run, including some cartoons from the [[Jay Ward]] studio. The first 39 syndicated episodes (#901–939) include "[[Tooter Turtle]]," "[[Bullwinkle's Corner]]" (followed by a vintage ''[[Rocky and His Friends]]'' commercial bumper), and "[[Aesop And Son]]." For syndicated episodes #940–945 and again from #956 through the end of the episode cycle, the supporting segments are all Jay Ward cartoons: "[[Peabody's Improbable History]]," "[[Mr. Know-It-All]]," and "[[Fractured Fairy Tales]]." Syndicated shows #946 through #955 repeat the "Tooter Turtle," "Bullwinkle's Corner", and "Aesop And Son" cartoons already shown in episodes #901–910. Each of the seventy ''Tennessee Tuxedo'' cartoons themselves appears twice over the 140 syndicated shows, in addition to the repeats of the first 34 segments as part of the syndicated ''Underdog Show'' (during a recent run on the [[Black Family Channel]] cable network, only shows #901–934 were aired). In its first season during its original network run, ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' featured segments of "The Hunter" and "The King And Odie". Both segments originated on the 1960 series ''King Leonardo And His Short Subjects'', but ''Tennessee Tuxedo'' included 26 newly produced segments of both, which were not seen on the original ''King Leonardo'' program (and were not syndicated as part of that package either). The following season, "The Hunter" began appearing as a segment on ''The Underdog Show'', and the "Hunter" spot in ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' was filled by repeated segments of "Tooter Turtle" (a character also previously seen on ''King Leonardo And His Short Subjects''). The "Tooter" cartoons shown on ''Tennessee Tuxedo'' were all repeated segments; no new segments were produced. Between 1968 and 1970, "Tooter Turtle" and "The Hunter" were seen as part of ABC-TV's ''[[The Dudley Do-Right Show]]''. The 26 "Hunter" and "King & Odie" segments originally produced for ''Tennessee Tuxedo'' are seen in syndicated reruns as part of the ''Dudley Do-Right And Friends'' package (which also is different from the 1968–1970 ''Dudley Do-Right Show''). ==DVD releases== A DVD titled ''The Best of Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' was released by [[Classic Media]] in 2006. It contains 15 "sort of educational" episodes from the series. The series introduction and end credits do not seem to appear on the DVD if an episode is selected, but if "Play All" is selected, the series introduction will appear at the start of the episodes and the end credits will appear after the last episode. One of the two "extras" on the DVD is a set of about ten audio-only outtakes from the recording of this version of the theme song. During the session the engineer is heard speaking to the musicians and singers. The voice of the engineer was revealed on June 28, 2007, on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' as the voice of Howard's father Ben Stern. The other "extra" is a short collection of corny riddles (originally presented as show transitions) posed to Mr. Whoopee and his 3DBB by Chumley and Tennessee. Example: What has four legs and only one foot? A bed. On March 6, 2012, [[Shout! Factory]] released ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales: The Complete Collection'' on DVD in Region 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Tennessee-Tuxedo-Tales-Complete-Collection/16384 |title=Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales DVD news: Press Release for Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales - The Complete Collection |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103233238/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Tennessee-Tuxedo-Tales-Complete-Collection/16384 |archivedate=2014-01-03 |df= }}</ref> ==Cultural references== Austin Russell, a prominent employee and cast member of the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]'s ''[[Pawn Stars]],'' is nicknamed [[Chumlee]] after the ''Tennessee Tuxedo'' character.<ref name=MeetChumlee>[http://www.history.com/shows/pawn-stars/bios/austin-chumlee-russell "Meet the Pawn Stars: Austin (Chumlee) Russell"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627183648/http://www.history.com/shows/pawn-stars/bios/austin-chumlee-russell |date=2012-06-27 }}. History.com, Retrieved March 5, 2011.</ref><ref>Harrison, Rick. [http://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&tbo=1&q=%22have+dinner+with+us%2C+Chumlee%22&btnG=Search+Books 204 ''License to Pawn'']</ref> {{wikiquote}} ==References== <References/> ==External links== * {{IMDb title|0214375|Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales}} * [http://www.boing.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=440806 Boing Podcast: Joe Harris interview] * {{tv.com show|tennesse-tuxedo-and-his-tales|Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales}} {{Children's programming on CBS in the 1960s}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tennessee Tuxedo And His Tales}} [[Category:1960s American animated television series]] [[Category:1970s American animated television series]] [[Category:1963 American television series debuts]] [[Category:1972 American television series endings]] [[Category:CBS network shows]] [[Category:Total Television]] [[Category:Television series by Universal Television]] [[Category:American animated television programs featuring anthropomorphic characters]] [[Category:American children's animated comedy television series]] [[Category:Animated television series about penguins]]'