The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show

The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
Created by Bill Kopp
Written by Bill Kopp
Directed by Jeff DeGrandis
Voices of Charlie Adler
Jeff Bennett
Corey Burton
Jim Cummings
Brad Garrett
Jess Harnell
Steve Mackall
Tress MacNeille
Jason Marsden
Frank Welker
April Winchell
Patric Zimmerman
Narrated by Jim Cummings ("Pith Possum" and "Tex Tinstar" segments)
Theme music composer John Jorgenson
Composer(s) Drew Neumann
Nathan Wang
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Bill Kopp
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Walt Disney Television Animation
Distributor Buena Vista Television
Release
Original network First-run syndication
Audio format Stereo
Original release January 2 – March 27, 1995

The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show is an animated comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and aired in 1995[1] as a spin-off of the show Marsupilami. The show was Disney's attempt to do a more "edgy" cartoon in the vein of The Ren & Stimpy Show and Rocko's Modern Life.

Premise

This animated series actually follows three different cartoon scenarios along with a few other segments.

Shnookums and Meat!

This segment involves a cat named Shnookums (voiced by Jason Marsden) and a dog named Meat (voiced by Frank Welker) who did not get along very well. Their owners are unseen stock characters only viewed from the neck down and named (appropriately enough) Husband & Wife (voiced by Steve Mackall and Tress MacNeille). Husband is always referring to their home as their "domicile" before the two leave their pets in charge while they are away.

Pith Possum: Super Dynamic Possum of Tomorrow

A spoof of the Batman comics (not unlike Darkwing Duck, only more extreme in its spoofing) with the superhero Pith Possum (voiced by Jeff Bennett) and his sidekick Obediah the Wonder Raccoon (voiced by Patric Zimmerman) fighting crime in Possum City when called by Commissioner Stress the Gorilla (voiced by Brad Garrett). Pith Possum's true identity is lowly tabloid copyboy Peter Possum. Pith Possum fights various enemies with his recurring one being a mad lumberjack named Dr. Paul Bunion (voiced by Jim Cummings). Pith Possum (even when in his true identity) also has developed a crush on a female human reporter named Doris Deer (voiced by April Winchell). It was stated that Pith Possum was an ordinary lab opossum until he gained ultra opossum-like abilities upon an experiment gone wrong. The titles of the episodes are completely unrelated to their contents but rather (usually) over the top titles always using the word 'dark' or 'darkness' and often with the words 'black' and 'night' (e.g., The Phantom Mask of the Dark Black Darkness of Black, Return of the Night of Blacker Darkness, Return of the Dark Mask of Phantom Blackness, etc.). Jim Cummings provided the narration in most episodes.

Tex Tinstar: The Best in the West

A parody of Wild West serials involving the cowboy Tex Tinstar (voiced by Jeff Bennett), his horse Here Boy, and Tex's friends Smelly Deputy Chafe (voiced by Charlie Adler), Percy Lacedaisy (voiced by Corey Burton), and Floyd the Insane Rattlesnake (voiced by Jess Harnell) who always get into trouble when pursuing a group of outlaws called the Wrong Riders consisting of Wrongo (voiced by Brad Garrett), Ian (voiced by Corey Burton in a homage to Paul Frees character Inspector Fenwick from Dudley Do-Right), and Clem. The end of each episode ends in a cliffhanger for next week (not unlike the serials or "Rocky and Bullwinkle"). Jim Cummings narrated each installment.

Episodes

The series had three segments. There were thirteen episodes of both Pith Possum: Super-Dynamic Possum of Tomorrow and Tex Tinstar: The Best in the West, and only seven of Shnookums and Meat as the rest of Shnookums and Meat where reruns from Marsupiliami show. [2]

# Title Original airdate Prod. code
1"*Weight For Me/The Phantom Mask of the Dark Black Darkness of Black/A Fistful of Foodstamps"2 January 1995 (1995-01-02)[3]SM-1

Weight for Me:

The Phantom Mask of the Dark Black Darkness of Black:

A Fistful of Foodstamps:
2"Ow, Hey!/Darkness on the Edge of Black/For a Few Foodstamps More"9 January 1995 (1995-01-09)SM-2

Ow, Hey!:

Darkness on the Edge of Black:

For a Few Foodstamps More:
3"Bugging Out!/Night of Darkness/The Good, the Bad, and the Wiggly"16 January 1995 (1995-01-16)SM-3

Bugging Out!:

Night of Darkness:

The Good, the Bad, and the Wiggly:
4"Poodle Panic/The Darkness, It is Dark/Low Pants Drifter"23 January 1995 (1995-01-23)SM-4

Poodle Panic:

The Darkness, It is Dark:

Low Pants Drifter:
5"Cabin Fever/Return of the Night of Blacker Darkness/Stale Rider"30 January 1995 (1995-01-30)[3]SM-5

Cabin Fever:

Return of the Night of Blacker Darkness: Ralph Bear and Al Dog pose as Pith Possum and Obadiah where they frame them for various crimes and even kidnap Doris Deer. Now Pith Possum and Obadiah must rescue Doris Deer and clear their names.

Stale Rider:
6"Pain in the Brain/Haunt of the Night in Blacker Darkness/Loathsome Dove"6 February 1995 (1995-02-06)SM-6

Pain in the Brain:

Haunt of the Night in Blacker Darkness:

Loathsome Dove:
7"Step-Ladder to Heaven/Bride of Darkness/The Magnificent Eleven"13 February 1995 (1995-02-13)[3]SM-7

Step-Ladder to Heaven:

Bride of Darkness: Shirley Pimple is tired of the citizens of Possum City living in the trees that make up most of Possum City's buildings. To remedy this, she unleashes her termite minions to devour the trees resulting in Pith Possum being called in to fight Shirley Pimple and her insect minions.

The Magnificent Eleven:
8"Kung Fu Kitty/Son of the Cursed Black of Darkness/Saddlesores, Sagebrush and Seaweed"20 February 1995 (1995-02-20)[3]SM-8

Kung Fu Kitty: This episode tells how Shnookums first met Meat when his owners purchase him to help deal with recent robberies to their house. In order to defend himself from Meat, Shnookums takes karate lessons.

Son of the Cursed Black of Darkness: Super Water Buffalo shows up in Possum City and starts setting up his own crimes in order to become Possum City's new superhero.

Saddlesores, Sagebrush and Seaweed:
9"I.Q. You Too/The Light of Darkness/Slap-Happy Trails"27 February 1995 (1995-02-27)[3]SM-9

I.Q. You Too:

The Light of Darkness: Pith Possum and Obadiah attend a superhero convention where they are not taken seriously by the attending superheroes. When Dr. Paul Bunion crashes the superhero convention, Pith Possum must prove himself to the superheroes by defeating him.

Slap-Happy Trails:
10"Something Fishy/Return of the Dark Mask of Phantom Blackness/My Spine Hurts"6 March 1995 (1995-03-06)[3]SM-10

Something Fishy:

Return of the Dark Mask of Phantom Blackness:

My Spine Hurts:
11"Night of the Living Shnookums/Dark of the Darker Darkness/The Vinyl Frontier"13 March 1995 (1995-03-13)[3]SM-11

Night of the Living Shnookums:

Dark of the Darker Darkness: While testing his latest gear, Pith Possum gets amnesia and thinks he is something else everytime he gets hit on the head. Obadiah must work to help Pith Possum regain his memory at the time when Supper Squirrel robs every food establishment in Possum City.

The Vinyl Frontier:
12"Jingle Bells, Something Smells/Dark Quest for Darkness/Hey, Careful, That's My Cerebellum"20 March 1995 (1995-03-20)[3]SM-12

Jingle Bells, Something Smells:

Dark Quest for Darkness:

Hey, Careful, That's My Cerebellum:
13"What a Turkey!/Light, or Dark Meat?/There Are Spiders All Over Me!"27 March 1995 (1995-03-27)[3]SM-13

What a Turkey!:

Light, or Dark Meat?:

There Are Spiders All Over Me!:

Cast

Crew

Production

Shnookums and Meat was created and written by Bill Kopp,[1][4] who also created Toonsylvania and Mad Jack the Pirate. The show was directed by Jeff DeGrandis. Kopp was the voice of Eek! The Cat and Yuckie Duck from The What-A-Cartoon! Show on Cartoon Network.

Segments on "Marsupilami"

Shnookums and Meat originated as a segment on Disney's 1993 series Marsupilami. Five episodes were shown on that series, and were later run again as part of the actual Shnookums and Meat series in 1995. These episodes were:

Broadcast history

The show aired on The Disney Afternoon on Mondays between January 2, 1995 and March 27, 1995 in the timeslot normally occupied by Bonkers. Reruns were later shown on Toon Disney. The Tex Tinstar segments were shown out of order on the Disney Channel UK in 2003 to fill the then frequently gapped schedule. The show last aired on Friday, July 6, 2007, on Toon Disney during the Mega Jam block.

Reception

The show had received mixed reactions upon its initial release. Some enjoyed the artistic design and humor of the show, while many criticized it due to it copying the designs and humor of John Kricfalusi's designs and characters in Ren and Stimpy. This is considered to be due to a lot of the Spumco artists working on the show.

Similar series

Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman of Animation World Magazine described The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show as one of two The Ren & Stimpy Show "clones", with the other one being 2 Stupid Dogs.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Reboy, Judith (1995). "Bill Kopp on The Record". Animato! #33. p. 60. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Wonderful World of Disney Television by Bill Cotter
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show Episode Guide". www.bcdb.com, May 13, 2012
  4. ↑ Reboy, Judith (Summer 1996). "Eekstravaganza Update". Animato! #35. p. 13. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Cartoons Aren't Real! Ren and Stimpy In Review." Animation World Magazine. Issue 5.12. March 2001. Retrieved on June 3, 2010.

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