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Total Television created this [[Animated Series]] for [[CBS]] in 1963 as a response to the famous "vast wasteland" speech given two years earlier by Newton Minow, who was then head of the FCC.
 
Tennessee Tuxedo, a [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins|penguin]], and his walrus friend, Chumley, sought to improve their lives in the zoo. Despite gaining helpful information from their friend Phineas J. Whoopee, Tennessee and Chumley [[Failure Is the Only Option|still ran afoul]] of zookeeper Stanley Livingston.
 
Supporting segments included ''The Hunter'' and ''Tooter Turtle'', both repeated from ''[[King Leonardo and His Short Subjects]]'', as well as ''The World of Commander McBragg''. The series' voice talent included Don Adams as Tennessee Tuxedo, Bradley Bolke as Chumley and Larry Storch as Mr. Whoopee.
 
When CBS acquired the broadcast rights to ''[[Underdog (Animationanimation)|Underdog]]'' in 1966, Tennessee moved to [[ABC]], where it aired Sunday afternoons. In syndication, ''Tennessee Tuxedo'' ran on its own as a series and as a component of ''Underdog.''
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=== ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' provides examples of: ===
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* [[The Ditz]]: Chumley.
* [[Edutainment Show]]: An early example.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins]]
* [[Excellent Adventure]]: Tennessee in the Civil War
* [[Exploding Closet]]: Mr. Whoopee's 3D chalkboard is kept there.
* [[Expy]]: Commander McBragg displays a great deal of similarity to [[PG Wodehouse (Creator)|P. G. Wodehouse]]'s Mr. Mulliner and The Eldest Member. Physically and vocally, he strongly resembles the [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|actor]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFF235H55fY C. Aubrey Smith].
* [[Fat and Skinny]]: Chumley and Tennessee
* [[Gentleman Adventurer]]: Commander McBragg
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* [[The Munchausen]]: Commander McBragg, of course.
* [[Rain Dance]]: Chumley attempts one (indoors!) in the episode ''The Rainmakers'', and it does nothing. This is, of course, the lead-in to Professor Whoopee's explanation of what really makes rain.
* [[Rhymes Onon a Dime]]: As recited by Mr. Lizard the Wizard every time Tooter got himself into a jam.
{{quote| ''Drizzel, drazzel, drozzel, drome --''<br />
''Time for dis vun to come home''. }}
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