Raw Toonage is a half hour Disney animated cartoon series aired on the ABC network in the fall of 1992. Twelve episodes total were produced.
The show was a proving ground of sorts for never before seen Disney characters, with shows like Marsupilami; He's Bonkers; and, Shnookums and Meat. The show also featured a poupourri parody of music videos: Totally Tasteless Videos.
Raw Toonage typically opened with an introduction by a famous character from Disney (such as Donald Duck, or Goofy), who attempted to share some of their expertise with the audience; then the show had a few of the above mentioned shorts chained in a row, rounding out the half hour.
Several of the cartoons in Raw Toonage were ultimately spun off into their own Disney series:
- Marsupilami
- He's Bonkers!, into Bonkers. He's Bonkers! had a different character idea than the half hour show it was spun off into; Bonkers D. Bobcat typically had somewhere to go in a hurry, causing misery for one Jitters A. Dog along the way. His girlfriend, Fawn Deer, rounds out the recurring characters in He's Bonkers!
- Schnookums and Meat, into The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show