Tijuana Toads
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DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises was a Hollywood-based animation production company, active from 1963 to 1981. They produced theatrical cartoons, animated series, commercials, title sequences and television specials. Notable among these is The Pink Panther film titles and cartoon shorts and the Dr....
and released through United Artists
United Artists
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Plot
The series was about two toads, Toro and Pancho, who live in the MexicanMexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
city of Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...
. Throughout the cartoon they try to eat their prey, but always get out-smarted. They would sometimes themselves be targeted by a bird, Crazylegs Crane
Crazylegs Crane
Crazylegs Crane is a 16-episode made-for-television cartoon series produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1978 for The All New Pink Panther Show on ABC.-Production:This was Crazylegs Crane's first series dedicated solely to him...
, and would in turn always out-smart him.
The series introduced two characters who later got their own series. The Blue Racer
The Blue Racer
The Blue Racer is a series of 17 theatrical cartoons produced from 1972 to 1974.-Production:The cartoons are directed by Art Davis, Gerry Chiniquy, Sid Marcus, Bob McKimson, David Deneen, Bob Balser, Cullen Houghtaling and produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng...
first appeared in "Snake in the Gracias" before getting his own series in 1972. Crazylegs Crane also spun off to his own series for television in 1978 on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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, (both characters were voiced by Larry D. Mann
Larry D. Mann
Larry D. Mann is a Canadian actor. Prior to his acting career, he was a disk jockey on CHUM 1050 radio in Toronto in 1949. His best-known Canadian television exposure was in a Bell Canada series of commercials called "The Boss" in which he played the title role for ten years beginning in 1981...
, except in "Flight to the Finish" where Bob Holt voiced Crazylegs Crane).
Toro was voiced by actor Don Diamond
Don Diamond
Donald Alan "Don" Diamond was an American radio, film, and television actor who portrayed "Crazy Cat", the sidekick and heir apparent to Chief Wild Eagle on the popular 1960s television sitcom, F Troop .-Career:...
and Pancho voiced by Tom Holland
Tom Holland
Tom Holland may refer to:*Tom Holland , American film director*Tom Holland , British author*Tom Holland , British actor*Tom Holland , English footballer...
. Crazylegs Crane was voiced by Larry D. Mann
Larry D. Mann
Larry D. Mann is a Canadian actor. Prior to his acting career, he was a disk jockey on CHUM 1050 radio in Toronto in 1949. His best-known Canadian television exposure was in a Bell Canada series of commercials called "The Boss" in which he played the title role for ten years beginning in 1981...
. Directors are Hawley Pratt
Hawley Pratt
Hawley Pratt was an American film director, animator, and illustrator. He is best known for his work during the heyday of Warner Bros. Cartoons and as the right-hand man of director Friz Freleng as a layout artist and later as a director...
, Art Davis, Grant Simmons, and Gerry Chiniquy
Gerry Chiniquy
Germain Adolph "Gerry" Chiniquy was an American animator. He is best known for his work with Friz Freleng, at both Warner Bros. and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises....
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In 1976, NBC redubbed Tijuana Toads and renamed it Texas Toads to make the series less offensive
Political correctness
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. The toads' new names were Fatso and Banjo.
Filmography
| № | Title | Directed by: | Story: | Released: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tijuana Toads" | Hawley Pratt Hawley Pratt Hawley Pratt was an American film director, animator, and illustrator. He is best known for his work during the heyday of Warner Bros. Cartoons and as the right-hand man of director Friz Freleng as a layout artist and later as a director... |
John W. Dunn John W. Dunn John W. Dunn was a Scottish writer and animator for animated cartoons from 1955 to 1983.Dunn began his career at the Walt Disney cartoon studio, where his first story credit—Man in Space—received an Oscar nomination... |
1969 |
| 2 | "A Pair of Greenbacks" | Art Davis | John W. Dunn | 1969 |
| 3 | "Go For Croak" | Hawley Pratt | John W. Dunn | 1969 |
| 4 | "The Froggy Froggy Duo" | Hawley Pratt | John W. Dunn | 1970 |
| 5 | "Hop and Chops" | Grant Simmons | Dale Hale | 1970 |
| 6 | "Never on Thirsty" | Hawley Pratt | John W. Dunn | 1970 |
| 7 | "A Dopey Hacienda" | Hawley Pratt | John W. Dunn | 1970 |
| 8 | "Snake in the Gracias" | Hawley Pratt | John W. Dunn | 1971 |
| 9 | "Two Jumps and a Chump" | Gerry Chiniquy Gerry Chiniquy Germain Adolph "Gerry" Chiniquy was an American animator. He is best known for his work with Friz Freleng, at both Warner Bros. and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises.... |
John W. Dunn | 1971 |
| 10 | "Mud Squad" | Art Davis | John W. Dunn | 1971 |
| 11 | "The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi!" | Gerry Chiniquy | Dale Hale | 1971 |
| 12 | "Fastest Tongue in the West" | Gerry Chiniquy | Larz Bourne Larz Bourne Larz Bourne was an American cartoon writer for Famous Studios.-Work:* The Astronut Show* Hot Stuff the Little Devil* The Tom and Jerry Show * The All-New Popeye Hour* Casper's Halloween Special* The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show... |
1971 |
| 13 | "A Leap in the Deep" | Hawley Pratt | John W. Dunn | 1971 |
| 14 | "Croakus Pocus" | Art Davis | John W. Dunn | 1971 |
| 15 | "Serape Happy" | Gerry Chiniquy | John W. Dunn | 1971 |
| 16 | "Frog Jog" | Gerry Chiniquy | John W. Dunn | 1972 |
| 17 | "Flight to the Finish" | Art Davis | John W. Dunn | 1972 |
DVD release
It is unknown if Tijuana Toads will be released on DVD from MGM Home EntertainmentMGM Home Entertainment
MGM Home Entertainment is the home video and DVD arm of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-History:The home video division of MGM started in 1979 as MGM Home Video, releasing all the movies and TV shows by MGM. In 1980, MGM joined forces with CBS Video Enterprises, the home video division of the CBS television...
/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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