Season 1

Taz-Mania (1991), Season 1 is the Warner Bros cartoon you can watch online on iFILM — 26 episodes that finally hand the Tasmanian Devil his own show and a whole family to go with it.

The season rolls out the full cast fast. Taz holds down a job as a bellhop at the absurd Hotel Tasmania, puts up with his younger siblings, argues with his dad, and bolts from anyone who wants him stuffed and mounted. Around him swirl a dingo, a jackal, a pair of nosy crocodiles and a kiwi bird somehow dimmer than Taz himself. Two short stories per episode, almost no real dialogue from the star — he growls, chews and flattens the scenery.

This is early-nineties Saturday-morning animation through and through: quick cuts, old-school short-cartoon gags, jokes pitched at the whole family. It's for anyone raised on Looney Tunes who wants to pass them down. Stream Taz-Mania Season 1 online on iFILM.