Taz-Mania

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This article refers to the cartoon. For the Australian island, see Tasmania

Taz-Mania
Genre	Animated comedy
Created by	Art Vitello
Directed by	Kieth Baxter Gary Hartle Leonard Robinson Doug McCarthy
Presented by	Warner Bros. Animation
Theme music composer	Richard Stone
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jean MacCurdy Tom Ruegger
Producer(s)	Art Vitello
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Original run	1991 – 1993

Taz-Mania is a 1991-93 cartoon show produced by Warner Bros. Animation, broadcast in the United States on Fox and elsewhere around the world. The show follows the adventures of the classic Looney Tunes character, Taz (The Tasmanian Devil) in the fictional land of Tazmania (based on Tasmania).

Similar to its other sister WB cartoons of its time, such as Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania frequently broke the fourth wall, and often made jokes from the fact that Taz could actually speak perfectly normally when he wanted to. The intro indicates that, in this rendering of Tasmania, "the sky's always yellow, rain or shine". The title song is performed by Jess Harnell.

Cast

• Jim Cummings - Taz Tasmanian Devil, Buddy Boar, Bushwhacker Bob, Wendell T. Wolf
• John Astin - Bull Gator
• Dan Castellaneta - Mr. Thickley
• Debi Derryberry - Jake Tasmanian Devil
• Miriam Flynn - Jean Tasmanian Devil
• Maurice LaMarche - Hugh Tasmanian Devil, Drew Tazmanian Devil, Daniel Platypus
• Rosalyn Landor - Constance Koala
• Kellie Martin - Molly Tasmanian Devil
• Rob Paulsen - Didgeri Dingo, Axl, Dog, Francis X. Bushlad, Timothy Platypus, Emu
• Phil Proctor - Willie Wombat

Episodes

• 01 - The Dog the Turtle Story
• 02 - Like Father, Like Son / Frights of Passage
• 03 - War & Pieces / Airbourne Airhead
• 04 - It's No Picnic / Kee-Wee ala King
• 05 - A Devil of a Job
• 06 - Battling Bushrats / Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
• 07 - Woeful Wolf
• 08 - Devil with the Violet Dress On / Kidnapped Koala
• 09 - in the Mist / Toothache Taz
• 10 - Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty / Enter the Devil
• 11 - Bewitched Bob
• 12 - Instant Replay / Taz and the Pterodactyl
• 13 - Pup Goes the Wendal / I'm Okay, You're Taz
• 14 - Comic Madness / Blunders Never Cease
• 15 - Mall Wrecked / A Dingo's Guide to Magic
• 16 - Road to Taz-Mania
• 17 - Boys Just Wanna Have Fun / Unhappy Together
• 18 - The Amazing Shrinking Taz and Co.
• 19 - Oh, Brother / Taz Babies
• 20 - Taz-Manian Theatre / The Bushrats Must Be Crazy
• 21 - Jake's Big Date / Taz Live
• 22 - The Outer Taz-Manian Zone / Here Kitty, Kitty Part II
• 23 - Taz-Mania's Funniest Home Videos / Bottle Cap Blues
• 24 - Heartbreak Taz / Just Be 'Cuz
• 25 - Sidekicked / Gone With the Windbag
• 26 - The Return of the Road to Taz-Mania Strikes Back
• 27 - Taz Like Dingo
• 28 - The Pied Piper of Taz-Mania / The Treasure of the Burnt Sienna
• 29 - Not a Shadow of a Doubt / Nursemaid Taz
• 30 - Home Dispair / Take All of Me
• 31 - Bird-Brained Beast / Ready, Willing, Unable
• 32 - We'll Always Have Taz-Mania / Moments You've Missed
• 33 - Food for Thought / Gone to Pieces
• 34 - A Midsummer Night's Scream / Astro Taz
• 35 - Driving Mr. Taz / Mean Bear / Taz Museum
• 36 - Ticket Taker Taz / Taz Squared
• 37 - Taz-Manian Lullaby / Deer Taz / A Taz-Manian Moment
• 38 - Hypno-Tazed / Mum's n' Taz
• 39 - Kee-Wee Cornered / But Is It Taz?
• 40 - Wacky Wombat / Molly's Folly
• 41 - Mutton for Nothing / Dr. Wendal and Mr. Taz
• 42 - The Man from M.A.R.S / Friends for Strife
• 43 - Merit Badgered
• 44 - Antenna Dilemma / Autograph Pound
• 45 - A Young Taz's Fancy / A Flea for You
• 46 - No Time for Christmas
• 47 - Taz-Mania Confidential / The Platypi Psonic Psensation Psimulator
• 48 - The Not So Gladiators / One Ring Taz
• 49 - The Thing That Ate The Outback / Because It's There
• 50 - Of Bushrats and Hugh
• 51 - Never Cry Taz / Bully for Bull
• 52 - Retakes Not Included / Pledge Dredge
• 53 - Bushlad's Lament / The Taz-Mania Comedy Institute
• 54 - The Taz Story Primer / Ask Taz
• 55 - Willie Wombat's Deja Boo Boo / To Catch a Taz
• 56 - It's a Taz's Life / Gee, Bull!
• 57 - Taz in Kee-Wee Land / Struck for Bucks / A Philosophical Moment
• 58 - Yet Another Road to Taz-Mania
• 59 - Bad Luck Bottlecap / A Story With a Moral
• 60 - Devil Indemnity
• 61 - Taz and the Emu Egg / Willie Wombat's Last Stand / K-Taz Commercial
• 62 - Feed a Cold / Sidekick for a Day
• 63 - Platypi on Film / One Saturday in Taz-Mania
• 64 - Doubting Dingo / Sub Commander Taz
• 65 - The Origin of the Beginning of the Incredible Taz-Man / Francis Takes a Stand

Video Games

Five video games based on the show were made 4 by Sega for the Sega Master System/Sega Game Gear, Sega Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and 2 licensed by Nintendo for the SNES and Game Boy.

DVD Release

Warner Bros. has not yet made any plans for a DVD release of the series. They did release 3 VHS tapes in 1993.

External links

• Taz-Mania at the Internet Movie Database
• Taz-Mania at TV.com
• Opening theme at RetroJunk
• Show clips