Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales - 1965-66

Tennessee, a wise-cracking penguin, and his dim-witted pal, Chumley, resided in the Megalopolis Zoo. They were constantly scheming against zookeeper Stanley Livingston and his assistant Flunky, in an attempt to raise the quality of zoo-life. Once Tennessee had his plan in mind, he was single-minded in his pursuit, exclaiming "Tennessee Tuxedo will not fail!" Once their projects failed- and they always failed- they would consult their educated friend, Phineas J. Whoopie, and his 3-D BB (a three dimensional blackboard). The 3-D BB helped demonstrate basic scientific principles through the use of instructional film clips.

[@johnetheridge5833]

I’m 61 years old and i love and still watch cartoons

[@cori1396]

That is sooo cool, good for you! 🥰

[@aphill8450]

57 me too. I loved Bullwinkle and underdog and all these old cartoons. I miss the true Saturday Cartoons. None of this crap they play now.

[@bobschmidt3610]

Same. I'm 62

[@davidkublin4446]

I'm 60..watching the cartoons grew up with all time. Like old friends.

[@PopsRacer61]

I'm 63 and still love and watch cartoons. I'm retired now but used to draw all sorts of cartoons for my coworkers. In fact, yrs ago, I used to paint murals of Disney characters in the bedrooms of people that had new borns. (great compensation for a hobby of course)

[@user-eq8zd6ps2f]

The wonderful cartoons 1960s and 70s cartoons are the best

[@jackiereynolds2888]

The 1960's had the very best collection of cartoons.

[@aarondigby5054]

Watched this as a kid growing up in the 60's; magilla gorilla, squiddly, underdog, snagglepuss, etc,...

[@chonqmonk]

@@aarondigby5054 Wasn't this one part of the Underdog group?

[@wyldebyll3089]

@@chonqmonk Yes. The company was first founded as Total Television and later renamed Leonardo Productions after there first cartoon King Leonardo and His Short Subjects.

[@awshade176]

@@aarondigby5054 Dudley DoRight; Yogi and BooBoo; Rocky and Bulwinkle; Heckle and Jeckle (talking magpies) I was born in 1951, these were my faves. My late mother liked Yogi Bear so much, she named MY dog, Yogi . . . lol😄

[@TheUnholyPosole]

Cartoons were a thing back then because they were trying to lighten people up from the War. Actors were peppy and positive too.

[@blazonbyrd5996]

Does anyone else remember cartoons when they taught valuable life lessons & how to fix things? I'm old enough to remember. Thanks, Cori!!

[@brianshook3289]

Pepperidge farm remembers!

[@blazonbyrd5996]

@@brianshook3289 LoL Brian I could hear that old man saying that quote about a great cookie!

[@tommycreely1594]

Aesop's Fables...?

[@frankhernandez6883]

Alas....Nowadays you just GOOGLE 😕

[@DurianKing70]

Yes, how about Inspector Gadget? 🤖👾👻

[@NickB1967]

RIP to Bradley Bolke, the voice of "Chumley", who passed away January 2019.

[@christoherwilliams6846]

Tijuana toads

[@jackiereynolds2888]

Larry Storch was someone else who could be so very entertaining with his voice. He is also listed in the credits.

[@aarondigby5054]

@@christoherwilliams6846 forgot momentarily about the Tennessee toads, "what him say"? The two Indians!!!

[@jamesalley4061]

Amen

[@NickB1967]

@@jackiereynolds2888 And RIP to Larry Storch, who just passed away as well (July 2022). I think he was the last living person who worked on these cartoons.

[@dm95422]

Thank You W. Watts Biggers, Jay Ward Productions & Hanna-Barbera for making my childhood happier & complete on Saturday mornings, back in the 1960's & 70's !! 👍👍👍

[@gern7535]

I was a child of the 60's and Saturday mornings from 7am to 1pm the TV belonged to us. We had a chaotic time to live through in the 1960s, but 2023 is much worse. And today we don't even have cartoons on Saturday mornings to lose ourselves in.

[@deborahwebb3598]

Wow, my husband is 70 and said he watched this when he was a young kid. Loved it!!!!

[@MarkORoth-fu2cy]

Don Adams was really good at playing Tennessee. And Don had that voice that We all grew up on as "Get Smart"

[@thomashugus5686]

God I forgot about this cartoon! I loved this cartoon as a kid!!😊

[@darkskinneddamsel8203]

Tennessee, Chumley and Mr. Whoopee, Hoppity Hooper, Fillmore Bear and Uncle Waldo Wigglesworth, and Commander McBragg helped to build a memorable childhood❣️

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

I grew up watching this in the 1970's and '80s. Shows like these were eduactional and talented. Now all of that is gone today.

[@sarahmcmann5253]

I love those characters

[@JerryM69]

Yes awesome cartoons! They need to bring these back!

[@BrockBaseball]

Love Commander McBragg I've known more then a few real life McBraggs in my time they aren't as fun as the cartoon.

[@thekinglymidas]

my grandfather showed me this cartoon when i was younger. i remember he would sometimes blurt out “see, see, see” and i always responded with “tennessee tuxedo!!!” unfortunately he passed away last year from brain cancer. i still miss him everyday, he was the coolest person in the world and the best grandfather i could’ve ever asked for. fly high papa, fly high. 🫶

[@dollyrama1132]

Don Adams was the voice of Tennessee...that's so cool.

[@maxrichey5711]

I thought that was him. Missed it by 'that' much.

[@tomperry1048]

@@maxrichey5711 Excellent!

[@nickalkire1187]

Yup….then he later voiced Inspector Gadget.

[@jonwiley2592]

Me again as a boy every Saturday morning. It was the best of times.

[@gregmark1688]

I think the idea of "Saturday Morning Cartoons" has disappeared now, but for generations of us who grew up between the 60s and the 2000s, it was a massive part of our childhood. And this show was one of the very first cartoons shown on Saturday mornings, in the early 60s, and helped create the whole thing.

[@brianshook3289]

Yes, the golden age of automobiles, music, and cartoons!

[@JT-un7dc]

I think it was the late 90s when they stopped Saturday morning cartoons. However one day grabbing a bowl of cereal sitting down and they were gone. I couldn't believe it. after, all these years of watching Saturday morning cartoons. So ridiculous at the federal government had to ruin it for children. Now if your kid has a smartphone and porn at their fingertips.

[@Fred-gi4uz]

We had the best of everything in our generation.

[@shanegarner7884]

I was born in 76 so raised in the 80's and 90's. Saturday morning cartoons are what we lived for. We didn't have video games and computers and shit. Lol! It was Saturday morning cartoons then out the door to run around outside until the street lights came on. When i heard my dads whistle it was time. Lol!

[@banjomechanic]

Indeed. The young smart phone kids have no idea what they’ve been denied!

[@UaghBrian2000]

I love how Don Adams, who played as Maxwell Smart, provided the voice for both Tennessee Tuxedo and Inspector Gadget.

[@MMB18abel]

Interestingly, TENNESSEE TUXEDO was before GET SMART.

[@UaghBrian2000]

@@MMB18abel I was unaware of that. Thanks

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

Don was great!

[@oofoot]

Was literally just thinking where do I know that voice

[@Stephanie-kz9fv]

feshgsehe11232

[@frederickpando9444]

Wow! Wow! Wee! Tennessee Tuxedo! In the mid 1960s this cartoon came on at noon in New York City and I would watch it when I was in grammar school and came home to have lunch.

[@AstroBaby_xX]

I just love how Mr. Whoopie gets so excited to teach

[@bryanthardin5514]

Tennessee tuxedo and Commander how I miss my Childhood

[@jeffreywright2294]

RIP Bradley 🙏 I remember this when I was kid

[@AndThen42]

Mr. Whoopi was the original Google without today’s constraints!

[@kelvintorrence5994]

He was the man,the real Deal

[@JerryM69]

"...and Whoopee-hee-hee!!"

[@kelvintorrence5994]

You got 2 love the old stuff,it's great

[@dammitbobby283]

This was my favorite after-school cartoon in the late 1970s. I would run home after school to try and watch this show. I loved how it showed how things work. It was an interesting educational cartoon.

[@johnmaggese9941]

❤❤❤❤

[@edwardguliford5813]

I have not seen Tennesse Tuxedo since II was a child. Thank you for showing this.

[@johanneslundie]

These take me back to my childhood ... Saturday morning cartoon time! I loved these and all the Jay Ward cartoons, and as Tim Anspachstates below, the educational explanations by "Phineas J. Whoopee" fir seamlessly into the cartoon, and gave a painless dose of book-learning to kids. Total fun!!!

[@DAquingil]

joboy My brothers and I loved watching Tennessee Tuxedo every morning before school in the seventies. As you say, Mr. Woopee’s educational talks were woven so seamlessly into the cartoons that we didn’t even realize it was educational. This is bringing back so many memories.

[@5argetech56]

MR. WHOOPEE was my favorite part of these cartoons! He made learning science, mechanics and history fun! His riddles were also funny in a corny way! 😊😉

[@patgalvez4563]

Mr Whoopee is basically Professer Marvel from the Wizard of Oz

[@robierobinson4741]

His voice will forever be heard in these delightful cartoons along with Don Addams and all the others that have lent their talents ♥️🙏🏼

[@brendajones1582]

Don't stop can't stop won't stop

[@johnpender358]

This cartoon brings back so many memories. A much simpler time and well...just much much better than todays times. I sure do miss those times. Im sure many fell the same. God bless everyone.

[@fivecitydirttracker4776]

Indeed. A time when waiting for a phone call was time put to something useful. Like practicing patients and tolerance.

[@danielfrank8840]

Tennessee Tuxedo never fails.

[@robertbeane8792]

56 yrs old here! Love the oldies!❤

[@melissadavis225]

O my this came up on my you tube feed just now forgot all about this cartoon use to watch this in the morning before I'd head to school this and Bullwinkle crazy how time sure flies ..

[@blizzardstormer5076]

I loved these old toon adventures of Tennessee texido

[@markd.holloman5187]

Thank you for this! I feel like a kid again❤

[@vulcanraven5491]

Mr Whoopie looks like Cap'n Crunch without his hat.

[@tonysaldzna2226]

My childhood! Wish l was back.

[@blizzardstormer5076]

Tennessee Tuxedo WILL NOT FAIL!!

[@tonysaldzna2226]

Will not fail by that much

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Or will he?

[@mofrakker]

Memories come flooding back. The genius of Don Adams was that he always played his characters straight no matter how ridiculous things got. Thank you for uploading this.

[@janiesippel225]

A cartoon that is not only entertaining, but educational too! I remember watching these when I was a kid. Thanks for posting! 😊❤

[@jonhohensee3258]

You don't remember that.

[@JerryM69]

It's amazing what you can learn from cartoons.

[@osiawideman4851]

One of my favorite cartoons growing up ❤

[@russellspearman5053]

I Love these old cartoons

[@mikefagan6840]

LOVED this & Go Go Gophers & Col. McBrag

[@renitaparkhurst6559]

I loved all cartoons like underdog and many others and I watched them when I was a little girl my brother used to watched them too.

[@nobleharvey9935]

People ask, how do you know that? I dunno 😕 Then I saw this again! OH, SO THAT'S HOW I KNOW STUFF! 😆 Bless Don Adams, and the rest of the team at the zoo, and of course, Mr. Whoppie! He was my teacher. I'll never forget that again!

[@scottburton9701]

Remember watching this when I was a youngster-Thanks for posting!

[@ghostmanscores1666]

I would watch these before school and think about what I learned here instead of my school work.

[@darrellmfume4020]

the video is clear, and sharp. 70's childhood watching these on channel 32 here in Chicago.

[@johnshields6852]

I was 6 I'm 1966, this was one of my favorites, the voices .lol

[@wallytverstol8627]

I used to love this cartoon. "Come along Chumly" lol

[@KJ-ek2ze]

What an amazing cartoon, they actually taught how to fix a faucet drip.

[@mikeoittinen5623]

Any present-day cartoon or animated computer graphics show is so foreign and strange to me. Tragic loss to a 70s kid like me.

[@mikeoittinen5623]

My words exactly, thanks. 1970s kid, too.

[@phillipschlegel6663]

I'm 67 this rings a bell😂❤

[@kerickwalters2749]

These are some great cartoons! Thanks for loading them up Cori!

[@cori1396]

Glad you like them!

[@tmasst07]

God Bless you and the YT algorithm for loading this up in my feed. I haven't seen Tennessee Tuxedo in years!!! My Dad introduced me to this. Wow wee what a treat in February 2023

[@erichb4021]

I loved watching old cartoons like this back in the 70,s before going ta sckool. Awesome video,s.👍🏼✌🏼🙏🏼

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

I knew the late Don Adams best as Inspector Gadget and Maxwell Smart from Get Smart ("Missed it by that much!"). I didn't know he was Tennessee Tuxedo until my psychiatrist mentioned it to me. I have to admit that Rocky in the first episode reminded me of Rocky from some Bugs Bunny cartoons (namely The Unmentionables, one of my personal favorite cartoons with Rocky and Mugsy).

[@lolnotlmao]

I am right now imitating this animation style for my video because this changed everything and I love it!

[@michaelgamez4974]

Use to watch this at lunch time when i was elementry

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

I used to watch Underdog and Tennessee Tuxedo when Nickelodeon reran the series. I really liked Mr. Whoopie not just for his lessons but he was honestly the only human in the show who encouraged Tennessee to keep learning and believed in him.

[@Johnlindsey289]

Oh man i was 10 when they had these shorts included on Underdog on Nick 26 years ago and i enjoyed these shorts and whe ni heard Tenessee spoke i was like "Inspector Gadget and Maxwell from Get Smart?"

[@NickB1967]

That was him.

[@IMEMINE.]

We sure had the best of times

[@jimdunne3696]

Chumlee, the best speech impediment in the cartoon universe!!! DUHHHH,WHOS WITH ME?

[@jimdunne3696]

Will accept Roger Rabbit as a finalist as well, tweety, couple of gangster from the Flintstones....”I’m hip, I’m hip...”

[@cori1396]

ME...ha-ha!!

[@jimdunne3696]

Cori ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@allen480]

Sylvester the cat and Foghorn Leghorn,

[@debnoble1800]

LOL

[@chicha1964]

my childhood!!!! thank you so much for uploading this.

[@kevinpayton2664]

I haven't seen Tennessee Tuxedo in years.

[@rtt1961]

Phineas J. Whoopee you're the greatest !

[@senordeviscaya]

Omg.. I grew up watching, in the '70's in L.A.😁😍😉😊🤗💛👏👌

[@Rob_1776]

This is what Cartoons are supposed to be!

[@mrtracywilliamson3809]

miss this ole cartoons thanks

[@rmadara]

On the DVD, in the special features section is the Tennessee Tuxedo theme song recording session....it's being conducted by radio sound engineer Ben Stern....name sound familiar???? It's Howard Stern's father!!!!😀

[@Fred-gi4uz]

Not only did we get to watch this on Saturday morning, but we got to watch it during our school day lunch break when I walked home from school at lunch to eat

[@nelsonvargas9527]

Extremely funny and quite educational , unlike todays garbage cartoons .

[@JerryM69]

I know. As animation quality gets better and more refined, unfortunately the overall cartoons get weaker.

[@philipblakely6030]

Heard that Don Adams (from Get Smart and the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo)..passed away at a retirement home and it was said his last years he was a very bitter and angry man. Sad way to go.

[@joannaedwards4504]

I used to love watching Get smart way back in the day when I was a teenager

[@lex3729]

He shoulda gone to see Mr Whoopi.

[@aarondigby5054]

@@joannaedwards4504 agent 99 was my first crush as a seven maybe eight year old.

[@JJJBRICE]

Mr. Adams was a veteran of WWII in the marines and awarded the Purple Heart for his participation in bloody battle in Guadalcanal . I am amazed by his gift of comedy after this. He experienced much in his early life that may have led to his situation at the end . We thank him for his service .

[@AstralPixie]

I loved Tennesee Tuxedo. "Thanks Mr. Whoopie".

[@joannaedwards4504]

The Man with all the answers

[@joeyday1252]

Used to love watching reruns of Tennessee Tuxedo (and also Super Chicken) back in the 80s. Thanks for posting this!

[@lindawalker8255]

Super Chicken was cool.sang the song last week.

[@JerryM69]

"You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred." I love Fred. "Roger Wilcox!"

[@lindagraham8157]

One of my favorite cartoons 😄

[@kayrobbie5840]

OMG!!! I thought I was the only senior citizen who grew up watching Fractured Fairy Tales, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Bugs Bunny, Tennessee Tuxedo, Charlie Brown. Those were good cartoons. The crap they call cartoons today are not as good.

[@andrewmueller1550]

I used to watch this show when I was younger

[@gogogogogirl]

SERIOUSLY AMAZING.

[@john-paulnagel2732]

Memories Thank You w a Tear

[@InflightTheMusical]

I never realized how gangster Tennessee Tuxedo was. He tried to take out Big Bill Bailey by feeding him lead based paint. Murder was hilarious back in the day!

[@barbarakirk3064]

The makers of Peep Show must have been fans because Big Mad Andy, who Jez had brought in to decorate, tried to commit suicide by eating paint.

[@michaeldean9338]

I always thought the voice of 'Tennessee' was Don Adams. I rarely got to see this series, (childhood 'schedules'). Great memories. Thanks for the post.

[@samuelrhodes9053]

T.T. makes learning fun .

[@hottotty13]

Crazy how I remember this cartoon. I was born in 72 but I’ve seen this. They must have replayed older cartoons in those days.

[@scitsalcoryp]

All lifes' lessons can be learned right here .

[@debnoble1800]

I luv it ! I forgot about this one

[@josemoreno3334]

Love this cartoon. And you always learn how things work.

[@gerrykeenan1888]

Amazing theme tune. Never seen this before, love it 😂

[@chaimbrownbasketball4730]

thank you for uploading this, many happy early 70's memories watching Tennessee Tuxedo, New Zoo Revue, and Underdog!

[@egreenbery]

Phineas J. Whoopie, you're the greatest !!!

[@ms.leewilliams18]

WoW!!! I remember watching these cartoons growing up 😃 Thanks for posting . 💯❤😃

[@TalkingGIJoe]

these old cartoons still have it all these years later...

[@Fred-gi4uz]

This would make a better educational video than most videos offered today for kids

[@CatherineBurk]

Back when I was 10 years old I never understood how come Tennessee tuxedo sounded just like Maxwell Smart?

[@sue.yessimmons4204]

Thank you for this.🥰

[@markd.holloman5187]

Love Chumley!

[@curlycindy]

Dang a cartoon that teaches you how to change a washer in a sink and basic plumbing!!! 🙂

[@mikezimmerman8916]

4:29 Now they’re seeing the man with all the answers, Mr. Whoopee. Sounds like the Shell Answer Man.

[@kevseb66]

OMGOODNESS! Mr Whoopee & Stanley Livingston. This brings back my childhood sooo bad. 16:48

[@SantiagoRevecoLepeReborn]

Tennessee Tuxedo is the name, and this is my chump, Chumley. Pleased to meet you!

[@coosmac]

I used to watch this religiously when I was a kid. (this and the Underdog)

[@patgalvez4563]

My older brother used to love doing Chumley