Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (1963)
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales is a semi-educational animated cartoon TV series that originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1966. 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. The title is a play on “tuxedo and tails” formal wear.
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Episode 1 - The Treasure of Jack the Joker
Release Date: 1964-09-12Tennessee 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.
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Episode 2 - A Wreck of a Record
Release Date: 1964-09-19Tennessee, 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.
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Episode 3 - Miner Forty-Niner
Release Date: 1964-09-26Tennessee 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.
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Episode 4 - Helicopter Hi-Jinx
Release Date: 1964-10-03During 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.
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Episode 5 - Oil's Well
Release Date: 1964-10-10Tennessee'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.
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Episode 6 - Parachuting Pickle
Release Date: 1964-10-17When 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.
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Episode 7 - Wish Wash
Release Date: 1964-10-24Tennessee and Chumley start a laundry service in the Megapolis Zoo at the same time that Stanley Livingston and Flunky are assembling a tool shed.
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Episode 8 - Telescope Detectives
Release Date: 1964-10-31Tennessee 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.
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Episode 9 - The Eyes Have It
Release Date: 1964-11-07Tennessee 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.
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Episode 10 - Mad Movie Makers
Release Date: 1964-11-14Tennessee and Chumley go into the movie-making business. They turn to Phineas J. Whoopee for advice on filmmaking.
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Episode 11 - Snow Go
Release Date: 1964-11-21Eager to cash in on the skiing craze, Tennessee and Chumley try various schemes to turn the hill at the zoo into a ski slope.
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Episode 12 - The Big Question
Release Date: 1964-11-28Tennessee 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.
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Episode 13 - Brain Strain
Release Date: 1964-12-05Chumley 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.
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Episode 14 - Rocky Road to Diamonds
Release Date: 1964-12-12Tennessee 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.
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Episode 15 - X-Ray X-Perts
Release Date: 1964-12-19When 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.
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Episode 16 - Food Feud
Release Date: 1964-12-26A 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.
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Episode 17 - How Does Your Garden Grow?
Release Date: 1965-01-02Tennessee 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.
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Episode 18 - Perils of Platypus
Release Date: 1965-01-09Tennessee 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.
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Episode 19 - Hail to the Chief
Release Date: 1965-01-16Tennessee and Chumley get jobs as police officers. They learn about being police officers.
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Episode 20 - Physical Fatness
Release Date: 1965-01-23Phineas J. Whoopee gives Tennessee and Chumley some advice on fitness when Jerboa Jump challenges Chumley to a boxing match against Tiger Tornado.
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Episode 21 - Playing It Safe
Release Date: 1965-01-30Tennessee and Chumley get involved with gangsters who pose as bankers, trying to get a stolen safe open, so they learn about locks.
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Episode 22 - House Painters
Release Date: 1965-02-06Tennessee 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.
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Episode 23 - Admiral Tuxedo
Release Date: 1965-02-13Upon 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.
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Episode 24 - Three Ring Circus
Release Date: 1965-02-20Tennessee and Chumley escape from the zoo in order to join the circus. They learn how a calliope works.
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Episode 27 - Monster From Another Park
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Episode 30 - Catch a Falling Hammock
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Episode 34 - Telescope Detectives
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Episode 36 - Ponda That Moose
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