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''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' is a semi-educational animated cartoon TV series that originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1966.〔Christopher P. Lehman, American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary, 2006, p. 48〕 It was produced by Total Television, the same company that produced the earlier ''King Leonardo'' and the later ''Underdog'', and primarily sponsored by General Mills. (''Tennessee Tuxedo'' debuted on CBS on the same day that ''King Leonardo'' last ran on NBC.) The title is a play on “tuxedo and tails” formal wear. New short episodes〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3979936/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1〕 〔http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNFqe8e08EPDNLL76m_e6txt6IsVwnyfx〕 were created for YouTube in 2014 by Chuck Gammage Animation in Toronto, and Cartoon Lagoon Studios in New York. Sponsored by Trix cereal, they reside on 〔http://sillychannel.com〕sillychannel.com. They feature the voice talent of Chris Phillips, Robb Pruitt and Ashley Albert. ==Plot== The cartoon series revolved around Tennessee Tuxedo the penguin (voiced by Don Adams) and his best friend Chumley the Walrus (voiced by Bradley Bolke). The pair lived (not always willingly) at the Megapolis Zoo under the control of the ill-tempered zoo director Stanley Livingstone (voiced by Mort Marshall), a play on explorers Stanley and Livingstone, and his zookeeper assistant Flunky (voiced by Kenny Delmar). It was on one of Stanley’s journeys that Tennessee met Stanley. It was Chumley that Stanley had wanted, as Chumley was at the South Pole and was thus one of a kind: a South Pole walrus. Tennessee agreed to accompany Chumley and Stanley back to the zoo. At the zoo, Tennessee and Chumley had many friends to help them out, such as Yakkety Yak and Baldy the eagle (both also voiced by Kenny Delmar) amongst other inhabitants of the zoo. Three episodes also featured Howler, a dog that Tennessee got from his Uncle Admiration. Stanley was against Tennessee's having Howler on zoo grounds until Howler saved Stanley when he fell into a lake upon spying on Tennessee and Chumley's housing project for Howler. Tennessee and Chumley had a rival: Jerboa Jump the kangaroo rat (also voiced by Bradley Bolke). Jerboa later gained a henchman in a boxing tiger named Tiger Tornado (voiced by Kenny Delmar impersonating Muhammad Ali). Some of the episodes centered around Tennessee's trying to outsmart Jerboa at his own game and succeeding in the end. Tennessee and Chumley were constantly bedeviled by Rocky Maninoff (voiced by Jackson Beck impersonating Humphrey Bogart), a gangster who often called them “bo-bos” and ordered them to do his will at the point of his machine gun (which he sometimes referred to as his "violin"). Rocky had a dumb assistant nicknamed "Pretzel". Rocky Maninoff's name is an obvious pun on that of composer and musician Sergei Rachmaninoff. Tennessee and Chumley regularly escaped from the zoo, only to find trouble in the outside world. Whenever Tennessee would propose a hare-brained scheme, Chumley would be skeptical at first. Typically Tennessee would assure the dim-witted Chumley that his superior intelligence would carry the day, often with his catchphrase, "Tennessee Tuxedo will not fail!" More often than not, however, he did. Chumley would respond with his own catchphrase, "Duh, OK Tennessee." When faced with more trouble than they could bear, the pair would turn to their friend Phineas J. Whoopee (voiced by Larry Storch), the “Man with All the Answers” (as described on a newspaper ad about him). Mr. Whoopee, as he was known, was extremely knowledgeable on all subjects, and would frequently lecture the pair on diverse topics, from the physics behind the hot air balloon to how musicians become popular. His lectures were illustrated and animated on the Three-Dimensional Blackboard (3DBB for short) that he would retrieve out of an avalanche of junk from his overstuffed hallway closet. Other times, Tennessee and Chumley would have to overcome a personal problem to which children could relate, such as Chumley's requiring treatment for a toothache but fearing the dentist. At the end of each lecture from Mr. Whoopee, Tennessee praised his mentor with the line, “Phineas J. Whoopee, you’re the greatest!” The name also applies to when Mr. Whoopee shouts out in excitement: WHOOPIE!!!! In a few episodes, Whoopee made both Tennessee and Chumley promise not to fool around with dangerous things. Sometimes, Tennessee and Chumley had to see Mr. Whoopee again when they failed in their first attempt to solve things. This caused Mr. Whoopee to say: "But, I've tried to warn you...". Sometimes a warning from Whoopee came too late to help both Tennessee and Chumley. Stanley and Mr. Whoopee were never seen together, nor was Whoopee's name mentioned in Stanley's presence. The pair would then attempt to use their newly gained knowledge to get out of the trouble they had created, but would invariably end up in more trouble with Stanley Livingston, who'd punish them in different ways, ranging from having the police arrest them to making them scrub pots and pans in the Zoo Cafeteria for six months. Stanley even threatened to skin them alive many times. Some episodes end merely with Stanley chasing Tennessee and Chumley around the Zoo. A few times, they managed to succeed, including an episode in which the pair (along with Baldy) formed a musical group that gained so much popularity that they managed to star in Stanley's music show, while Stanley was reduced to carrying out his threat to eat his hat. On a Boing podcast, Underdog creator Joe Harris explained that F.C.C. commissioner Newton Minow declared television a "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 were. Occasional back segments included ''The World of Commander McBragg'', ''Klondike Kat'', ''Tooter Turtle'', ''The Hunter'', and ''The King and Odie'' (the last three were re-run from the earlier ''King Leonardo'' show). 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. Chumly 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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