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Just to kind of flesh out the whole Tom Slick theme I got this from Wikipedia;
Tom Slick is the cartoon star of a series of shorts that aired within the half-hour, animated television series George of the Jungle (ABC, 1967). It was the work of Jay Ward Productions, the creators of Rocky & Bullwinkle and other satiric animated characters.
Freckled, all-American racecar-driver Tom Slick (voiced by Bill Scott) competes in various races with his trusty vehicle, the Thunderbolt Greaseslapper. He is accompanied by his girlfriend Marigold (June Foray) and his elderly mechanic Gertie Growler (Scott). His antagonist is Baron Otto Matic (Paul Frees) and his lackey Clutcher (Daws Butler), whom the Baron had a penchant for hitting across the head with a monkey wrench. Seventeen six-minute episodes were made.
In comic books, Tom Slick appeared as a backup feature in Gold Key Comics' two-issue George of the Jungle title (1969).
I can remember watching this cartoon, plus Super Chicken and George of the Jungle when I was a kid, I'm kind of surprised there was only 17 episodes made. Also remember watching the Wacky Racers cartoon, all back in the day when you got up early on a saturday morning, grabbed a bowl of cereal (Capt. Crunch!) and watched cartoons untill you went out and found your friends to play(not play video games, I had a Pong tho, lol).......
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