Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales Quiz

Answer: Penguin

Tennessee was supposedly found at the South Pole and brought back to America. Although he had many human traits he did not live in a house or drive or car like other cartoon animals of the day such as Mickey Mouse.

Answer: Don Adams

Don Adams more famous role was that of secret agent Maxwell Smart in the TV series "Get Smart".

Answer: Chumley

Chumley was often the skeptical accomplice of Tennessee and often got in trouble following his friend's advice.

Answer: Walrus

Discovered at the South Pole he was a one of a kind "South Pole Walrus ". The discoverer actually wanted to take Chumley to the US and Tennessee invited himself to come along with them.

Answer: In a zoo

Tennessee usually had some scheme to try to make life at the zoo better and when he would get in a jam he and Chumley would escape from the zoo to seek help from a friend.

Answer: Megalopolis

Tennessee and Chumley often found themselves in trouble as they would venture out into this fictional big city that had similarities to New York.

Answer: Phineas J. Whoopee

Larry Storch (of "F Troop" fame) provided the voice of Whoopee. The professor would often use the duo's troubles to teach the TV audience a history or scientific lesson.

Answer: Stanley Livingston

Livingston was the zookeeper of the Megalopolis Zoo. The name was an obvious reference to the famous missionary and African explorer David Livingstone and the journalist who rescued him, Henry Stanley.

Answer: Yippee

Baldy was an eagle and a resident of the zoo. Peanuts was an elephant and Flunky was the zookeepers' assistant. Other friends included Alfonse the giraffe and Yakkety the Yak.

Answer: The Three Dimensional Blackboard

Whoopee would use his magic three D board to teach Tennessee scientific principles or historical events that would hopefully help him out of whatever dilemma he was facing.

Answer: fail

Other memorable Tennessee Tuxedo quotes include "Follow me, Chumley" and "Phineas J. Whoopee, you're the greatest!"

Answer: Scrubbing pots and pans

The show would usually end with Tennessee and Chumley sitting in the middle of a large stack of dirty pots and pans. However, while scrubbing Tennessee would continue to remain optimistic about his condition.

Answer: Come on and see, see, see Tennessee Tuxedo

"Come on and see, see, see,
Tennessee Tuxedo.
See, see, see,
Tennessee Tuxedo.
He will be parachuting for you pleasure,
sailing seas in search of treasure,
anything so he can measure up to men.
That's Tennessee Tuxedo, a small penguin
Who tries but can't succeed-o.
Though he may fail as he vies for fame and glory
Still he tries in each new story tale."

Answer: Kangaroo Rat

Tennessee Tuxedo often won in the end in his bid to outwit Jereboah Jump at his own game.

Answer: True

In a 1961 speech the chairman of the FCC described TV as a "vast wasteland". In response "Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales" appeared on CBS-TV in hopes that it would educate as well as entertain children.