Possible Possum

Possible Possum is a series of animated shorts for television, produced by Terrytoons. One of the final series to be produced in-house at New Rochelle before the studio chose to outsource to West Coast studios for the remainder of its active years. The series ran from 1965 to 1971, a year after Deputy Dawg ceased production.

1965

 * Frieght Fright
 * Darn Barn
 * Git That Guitar
 * The Toothless Beaver

1966

 * Watch the Butterfly

1968

 * Big Bad Bobcat
 * Surprisin' Exercisin'
 * The Rock Hounds
 * Mount Piney

1969

 * The Red Swamp Pox
 * The Bold Eagle
 * Swamp Snapper

1970

 * Surface Surf Aces
 * Swamp Water Taffy
 * Slinky Minky

1971

 * Berry Funny
 * Big Mo
 * Kooky Cucumbers

Why it Rocks

 * 1) The animators are able to take an existing character from a previous show and make him different while getting rid of the Pogo influence in the process.
 * 2) Possible Possum is famous for his catchphrase "It's possible, it's possible."
 * 3) * His personality is friendly and easy going, while being a hero type character at times.
 * 4) Good animation from Ralph Bakshi and other crew members.
 * 5) Best known for its supporting characters, such as Billy Bear and Macon Mouse. Including the antagonists.
 * 6) Wonderful country music scores from Philip A. Scheib.
 * 7) Great voice talents from Lionel Wilson.
 * 8) The shorts were released to DVD by Jerry Beck in the early 2000s.
 * 9) Character designs and simplistic backgrounds are fairly decent.
 * 10) While not as popular as Deputy Dawg, the show is an underrated classic to this day.
 * 11) This series ended Connie Rasinski's career at Terrytoons on a high note. It was also one of the kickstarts of Ralph Bakshi's career before he moved to Paramount's animation division for a brief time in 1967.
 * 12) The show's elements would later be incorporated into Wander Over Yonder.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There are some weak episodes that involve filler and/or wasted potential, such as The Toothless Beaver.
 * 2) This series ended up becoming the last show to be produced in-house at New Rochelle, which is pretty disappointing.
 * 3) Possible Possum and his pals never returned in the Curbside pilot.

Trivia

 * Before this show came into fruition, there was a character who originally had the same name (before being renamed to Muskie Muskrat) in the Deputy Dawg series.