TV Alert: Tennessee Tuxedo

[TheBlueHombre]

I found that Tennessee Tuxedo will be on TV on the BFC Channel (Black Family Channel) starting on Monday, July 3 at 6:30 a.m. PDT. I've set my DVR to record it and I'm looking forward to seeing this classic show on TV again. There were no details from the on-screen guide on whether other cartoons from the series would be shown. It just mentions Tennessee and Chumley being on the program.

I found this totally by accident. I was searching to see if the classic Agatha Christie movie, "Ten Little Indians" would be on TV soon and instead found out about "Tennessee Tuxedo." I immediately searched for "Go-Go Gophers" but had no luck with them, just Tennessee.

[Jon Cooke]

It is most likely the syndication package from the Program Exchange with shows made up of either Tennessee/Tooter Turtle/Aesop and Son or Tennessee/Mr. Peabody/Fractured Fairy Tales.

Black Family Channel has also been known to show Underdog in the past (which will be where you'll find the Gophers).

[TheBlueHombre]

It is most likely the syndication package from the Program Exchange with shows made up of either Tennessee/Tooter Turtle/Aesop and Son or Tennessee/Mr. Peabody/Fractured Fairy Tales.

Black Family Channel has also been known to show Underdog in the past (which will be where you'll find the Gophers).
Thanks for the heads up on "Underdog", Jon. It is also starting July 3 and my DVR will be recording it as well.

[MarkTheShark]

BFC had been airing "Tennessee Tuxedo" at 8:30 AM M-F (Chicago time) and also on Saturday mornings (I think at 8:00 AM) for the last several months, though it seemed to not be on the last week or two.

I followed these showings, trying to fill in the gaps and get shows which either I missed or were skipped by Me-TV in Chicago (which aired "Tuxedo," "Underdog" and "Bullwinkle" for several months in 2005). I did succeed in getting a few shows I needed, but only a few, because from what I have seen, BFC only airs the first 34 episodes (#901-#934) and then repeats them again. The total package consists (or consisted) of 140 half-hours, with 70 Tuxedo cartoons (which repeat in the second half of the series with different supporting cartoons). BFC also frequently skips an episode here and there or mixes up the order a little. Saturday showings tended to be repeats of an episode already aired earlier in the week, from what I saw. Also, their logo bug is omnipresent in the corner throughout the show...but if you're lucky, you might pick up a clean version of a Tuxedo or a Rocky bumper here and there.

So if you need any of the first 34 shows, now's your chance.

Coincidentally (or not), and very disappointingly, the first 34 Tuxedos exactly correspond to the Tennessee Tuxedo cartoons which are repeated in the syndicated Underdog half-hours.

It would be cool if they'd surprise me and air episodes they haven't aired before.

I have been going through all of these DVD-Rs and trying to catalog all the shows I got...it's a huge job identifying all the cartoons and segments in each show. I'm in the process of trying to compile a list of them. If anyone is looking for any Underdogs, Bullwinkles, Tuxedos or Do-Rights, drop me a line.

[corey3rd]

these cartoons look worse than bootlegs. But at least they are complete unlike the package run on Boomerang.