Cousin Tex

For the character himself, see Cousin Tex (character).

Cousin Tex
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 Bill Loose John Seely Spencer Moore Jack Shaindlin
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 in the week of 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.

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

• Earth
  • United States
    • Pixie, Dixie and Jinks' residence

Objects

• Branding iron

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, Bill Loose, John Seely, Spencer Moore, and Jack Shaindlin.

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

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: Week of 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.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 15, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 on DVD.
  • June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.