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|image= [[File:Tex rides Jinks.png|300px]]
|image= [[File:Tex rides Jinks.png|300px]]
|caption= [[Cousin Tex (character)|Cousin Tex]] rides [[Mr. Jinks]].
|caption= [[Cousin Tex (character)|Cousin Tex]] rides [[Mr. Jinks]].
|prodno=
|prodno= E-14
|premiere= Week of [[September 29]], [[1958]]
|premiere= Week of [[September 29]], [[1958]]
|run_time= 7:17
|run_time= 7:17
|cast= [[Don Messick]]<br />[[Daws Butler]]
|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
|writers= [[Charles Shows]]<br />[[Dan Gordon]]
|writers= [[Charles Shows]]<br />[[Dan Gordon]]
|directors= [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]]
|directors= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
|previous= Cousin Tex
|previous= Cousin Tex
|next= Judo Jack
|next= Judo Jack
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===Filming===
===Filming===
==Music==
==Music==
The score was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
 
==Crew credits==
* Production supervisor: [[Howard Hanson]]
* Animator: [[Carlo Vinci]], [[Michael Lah]]
* Layout artist: [[Ed Benedict]]
* Background artist: [[Montealegre]]
* Titles artist: [[Lawrence Goble]]
* Story sketch artists: Charles Shows, Dan Gordon


==Release==
==Release==
Dates are in order of release:
Dates are in order of release:
* United States: September 29, 1958 in syndication
* United States: September 29, 1958 in syndication


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*  
* The Yowp blog also credits Michael Lah as an animator, even though he is left out on-screen.<ref>Yowp, Don M. ([[May 2]], [[2009]]). [https://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2009/05/pixie-and-dixie-cousin-tex.html "Pixie and Dixie - Cousin Tex"]. ''Yowp''. Retrieved [[November 4]], [[2011]].</ref>
 


==Errors==
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[[Category:Pixie and Dixie]]
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[[Category:Written by Dan Gordon]]

Revision as of 21:13, 4 November 2022

For the character himself, see Cousin Tex (character).
Cousin Tex
Tex rides Jinks.png
Cousin Tex rides Mr. Jinks.
Production number E-14
Premiere date Week of September 29, 1958
Run time 7:17
Starring Don Messick
Daws Butler
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Charles Shows
Dan Gordon
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
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"Cousin Tex" is the first episode of Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks season one, and came as a segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. It aired on September 29, 1958 in first run syndication. It was written by Charles Shows and Dan Gordon, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Cousin Tex comes to visit from Texas to see Pixie and Dixie, then after Jinks tries to get rid of him, he treats Jinks like a horse.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Pixie Don Messick
Dixie Daws Butler
Mr. Jinks Daws Butler
Cousin Tex Daws Butler
Cousin Pecos Don Messick


Locations

Objects

  • Branding iron

Vehicles

  • None

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: September 29, 1958 in syndication

Behind the scenes

  • The Yowp blog also credits Michael Lah as an animator, even though he is left out on-screen.[1]


Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

References

  1. ^ Yowp, Don M. (May 2, 2009). "Pixie and Dixie - Cousin Tex". Yowp. Retrieved November 4, 2011.