History WesternAnimation / TheShnookumsAndMeatFunnyCartoonShow

''Schnookums and Meat'', created by Bill Kopp (of EekTheCat fame), is what happens when {{Disney}} tries to FollowTheLeader.

The series debuted in 1995. At a time when ''RenAndStimpy'' was doing well on {{Nickelodeon}}, this show was made to try and duplicate its success. The end result was an allegedly wacky series. Each episode was composed of three segments:

The show aired on Creator/{{CBS}}, where it lasted one season of thirteen episodes. It was later rerun on TheDisneyAfternoon, where it seemed even more out-of-place than ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', and eventually on ToonDisney. Only two comics were made out of it in ''DisneyAdventures'' magazine.

* FollowTheLeader: As mentioned, this aired at a time when ''RenAndStimpy'' was at its height.

* VocalDissonance: [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Shirley Pimple]], a villian in a Pith Possum short, is a little girl with the super-deep voice of [[BadassBaritone Brad Garrett]].

* VocalDissonance: [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Shirley Pimple]], a villian in a Pith Possum short, is a little girl with the super-deep voice of Brad Garrett.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: The other heroes seem to think that Pith Possum's name is "Super Rat".

* HeyItsThatVoice: JasonMarsden as Schnookums and Creator/FrankWelker as Meat.
** Creator/JeffBennett voicies both Pith Possum and Tex Tinstar, the latter using his ''JohnnyBravo'' voice. BradGarret is in both segments as well, as Commissioner Stress and Wrongo, respectively.
** JimCummings is the narrator in the "Tex Tinstar" segments and Pith Possum's main arch-foe Dr. Paul Bunion.
** Pith Possum's sidekick Obediah was voiced by [[Franchise/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]] himself, Pat Zimmerman.

* NamesTheSame: There was a SuperNintendo game called ''Tin Star'' about a robot cowboy, but it had nothing to do with this show's Tinstar.

* TalkingToHimself: Jeff Bennett voiced several characters in the ''Tinstar'' and ''Pith Possum'' segments

** Pith Possum's sidekick Obediah was voiced by [[MetalGearSolid Revolver Ocelot]] himself, Pat Zimmerman.

** JimCummings is the narrator in the "Tex Tinstar" segments.

** Creator/JeffBennett voicies both Pith Possum and Tex Tinstar, the latter using his ''JohnnyBravo'' voice. Brad Garret is in both segments as well, as Commissioner Stress and Wrongo, respectively.

* HairOfGold: Tinstar.

* '''Pith Possum, Super-Dynamic Possum of Tomorrow''': A {{superhero}} spoof, similar to ''DarkwingDuck'' but more extreme. Pith and his sidekick Obediah the Wonder Raccon protect Possum City from a variety of bad guys.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Polite Coyotes were modled after TheBeatles.

** JeffBennett voicies both Pith Possum and Tex Tinstar, the latter using his ''JohnnyBravo'' voice. Brad Garret is in both segments as well, as Commissioner Stress and Wrongo, respectively.

* HeyItsThatVoice: JasonMarsden as Schnookums and FrankWelker as Meat.

The show aired on {{CBS}}, where it lasted one season of thirteen episodes. It was later rerun on TheDisneyAfternoon, where it seemed even more out-of-place than ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', and eventually on ToonDisney. Only two comics were made out of it in ''DisneyAdventures'' magazine.

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Meat the dog.

At a time when ''RenAndStimpy'' was doing well on {{Nickelodeon}}, this show was made to try and duplicate its success. The end result was an allegedly wacky series. Each episode was composed of three segments:

* IGotBetter: Schnookums justifies his ridiculously-huge Christmas stocking by claiming it was due to [[BlatantLies his misshapen foot...which had since gotten all better]].

* HotScoop: Doris Dear, Pith Possum's equivalent to Lois Lane.

* InterspeciesRomance: Pith Possum ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Possum]]) and Doris Dear (Human).

''Schnookums and Meat,'' created by Bill Kopp (of EekTheCat fame) is what happens when {{Disney}} tries to FollowTheLeader.

At a time when ''RenAndStimpy'' was doing well on {{Nickelodeon}}, this show was made to try and duplicate its success. The end result was an allegedly wacky series. It was composed of three segments:

* '''Pith Possum''': A {{superhero}} spoof, similar to ''DarkwingDuck'' but more extreme. Pith and his sidekick Obediah the Wonder Raccon protect Possum City from a variety of bad guys.

* StoryArc: Unlike the other segments, ''Tex Tinstar'' actually had a continuing storyline complete with weekly cliffhangers, not unlike ''RockyAndBullwinkle''.

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: JasonMarsden as Schnookums and FrankWelker as Meat.