Ox Tales: Season 1 - 80 Episode s
1x28 - There Goes My Shell!
April 20, 1989
Tad’s shell rolls downhill and falls into a hole. Boes and Tad go down the hole to get the shell back. The hole reaches the edge of a cliff and there is a river at the bottom of the cliff. It seems that Tad’s shell has rolled down to the river. Tad wears leaves and then a mushroom to substitute his shell, but Rambau takes Tad for a funny—looking creature and try’s to eat him. To make it worse, Boes puts a barrel, a bag and then a tub on Tad. Tad demands that he is not doll to dress up. Meanwhile, the crocodile and the eagle carry Tad’s shell away...
1x29 - Bees’ Bee—Sting Blues
April 27, 1989
Boes loves honey. one day he follows a honeybee and finds the honeybee’s nest. However, Mark the bear reaches the nest first and eats up all the honey. Drop the bee thinks that Boes has stolen all his honey and Stings Boes. Boes gets enough of sharp pointed things on his back. He wants to lick honey, but Mark gets him wherever he goes, and bee’s impatience are very dangerous...
1x30 - A Full House
May 4, 1989
Crown the Eagle carries baby rabbits to her nest, where her two chicks hungrily await food. The rabbits bravely fight against the chicks and win. They even eat Crown’s nest. Next Crown carries mice and a crocodile egg to her nest. The chicks peck at the egg, when it cracks a crocodile appears and opens its jaws. The chicks are scared and run. Now Crown has to work very hard to feed her large family. While Boes enjoys fishing, Crown snatches his lunch. Boes wonders when Crown has become a vegetarian...
1x31 - No More Clogs
May 11, 1989
Boes finished his farm work for today. He steps on the open—air fire, attempting to put it out, but his clogs catch fire. He dives into a well in order to put out his burning clogs. as he loses his clogs, he starts to make a new pairs, but some are too big and some too small. Boes gets a good idea. The clogs, which are too big for his feet can be used for, water—skiing. Tad uses his shell as a surfboard and the race start...
1x32 - The Baby Carrier
May 18, 1989
Many animal babies are born in this time of the year. Buggy the Stork is busy carrying them to their nests. She gets sick and tired of the work so she leaves it for Boes to carry. Now Boes has to take care it. Then Buggy carries other baby animals such as a baby turtle, a baby ostrich, a baby lion, a baby giraffe, etc. which changes Boes house into a kindergarten for baby animals. Boes and Tad do not know what to do with all these baby animals.
1x33 - The Trials of an Adopted Mother
May 25, 1989
Gourmesh spends all day looking for worms, with her head in the ground. Boes tells her to stop digging for worms,He wants her to keep an egg warm so that a chick can hatch. Gourmesh does not like the idea, but she has got no choice and sits on the egg. The egg hatches and a cute chick appears, but it does not look at all like its mother. Actually it is a swan’s chick. Before long, the swan’s chick grows up to be a full—grown swan. It swims in the river and flies in the sky, but of course Gourmesh cannot. Seeing that, Boes tries to teach Gourmesh how to swim and fly...
1x34 - Hot Dog! This is Love!
June 1, 1989
One day a cute little dachshund named Mary winks at Tays. Of course Tays falls in love with her at first sight. However, Mary is the type who is everybody’s friend and can’t decide on only one man. She’s even nice to the Bull....
1x35 - Fore! Watch that Ball!
June 8, 1989
Boes is a terrible golf player but he is crazy about is. Tad tells him that just hitting balls around won’t do him any good and that he should go to a golf course if he wants to practice golf. Learning that he is supposed to hit the ball into a hole when he plays, he asks the moles to dig holes in the ground. Now he has so many holes—in—one that he believes that he is a genius golf player. Tad complains that if Boes golf fever does not cool down it will be too dangerous for others to walk around outside...
1x36 - To Fish or To Be Fished
June 15, 1989
Boes goes fishing in the river, but he doesn’t have even a single bite. Then Buggy appears and catches a lot of fish. Next a pelican appears and catches a lot of fish too. Boes gets upset and throws away his fishing rod. He uses his pants for a net but that idea does not work well. He won’t give up. Now he tries to catch earthworms and then even Gourmesh. Tad feels sorry for Does and sends him a glass bowl with golden fish in it.
1x37 - Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!
June 22, 1989
The hens lay eggs and sit on them. While they do so, two of their natural enemies appear. One is Wiler the Fox and the other is Boes. The hens manage to get rid of Wiler, but Boes is a tough one to deal with. He’s got a lot of nerve stealing eggs from the hens. The hens are upset and use the whole bag of tricks in order to protect their eggs from Boes, but...
1x38 - Does the Bad Flute Player
June 29, 1989
Boes takes up flute and now he’s crazy about it, which annoys the animals in the woods. He tries to make a snake dance with his flute, but the snake refuses to dance and closes the lid of the basket. Tad, Boes best friend, tries to be nice to him, but every time Boes plays the flute, his shell is taken apart. Even Tad cannot stand Boes playing flute any longer. Tays hides himself in the ground. Boes is happy to learn that the Hippo enjoys his flute for some reason..
1x39 - Does Shears Sheep
July 6, 1989
Mary the Sheep is a tomboy. She won’t listen to Tays the Watchdog who is no good at watching sheep. She kicks lays and runs away, Tays cries. Boes tells Lay to go and find Marry. Tays finds Mary all right, but a lion and a wolf are after Mary. Tays fights with the lion and the wolf to protect Mary, but.
1x40 - Don’t Ruin My Fields
July 13, 1989
While Boes plows his fields, Gourmesh comes to catch earthworms. Boes asks Gourmesh to help him plow the fields. Gourmesh just runs around and ruins the fields. While Boes sews seeds, the hens and birds come and pick them all. Boes decides to protect the fields from them and stands in the shape of a scarecrow. Now that the birds are scared away, the rabbits and caterpillars are beginning to eat them all. Now it is a time to be reaping at last. The elephant, the sheep and the horse come and eat all the vegetables. Boes asks Tays to get rid of them, but...
1x41 - Oh My House!
July 20, 1989
One day a terribly strong wind blows. The sheep hair is rolled up because of the wind and Tad is sent flying. Even Boes’ house is blown away. Although Boes loses his house, he is not worried, saying that he can sleep anywhere. He puts his bed on a tree, but the Beaver bites the tree trunk and the tree falls down. Then Boes puts up a grass tent, but the Sheep come and eat it all. Now Boes decides to live in a cave, but...
1x42 - Tays Versus Tiger
July 27, 1989
Tays the dog is jealous of Tiger the Cat, since Boes plays only with the cat and he even lets the cat sleep in his bed. Now Tays is afraid that he will be dismissed if he doesn’t score points with Boes. He tries to cath a mouse but Boes gets angry with him. Tays gets a neurosis at last. Tad feels sorry for Tays and tells Boes to be nice to Tays. One day...
1x43 - Peep the Skunk Breaks Wind
August 3, 1989
Pee the Skunk breaks wind that smells awful. Flowers and grass fade and bees fall. Tad and the Lion faint. The Gorilla falls out off the tree. Boes gets an idea and puts a stopper into Peep’s behind in order to block his evil smell. Peep’s belly is full of gas and swells like a balloon. At last the gas removes the stopper. Boes next catches Peep and puts him in a cask. Peep breaks wind in the cask and faints, but...
1x44 - The Adventure in the Desert
August 10, 1989
An eagle flies. Boes shoots an arrow at the eagle, but the arrow misses the eagle and hits a coconut. The coconut falls onto Rambau’s head. Rambau gets angry and throws the coconut at Boes. The coconut hits Boes on the head and Boes faints. The eagle descends and clutches Boes. Boes asks Tad and Tays to help him and the two catch Boes’ tail. The eagle carries the three away and lets go of them onto a desert. Now the three are lost in a vast area on earth. They dig a hole to reach the other side of the earth, but they get nowhere. Boes cannot stand the perching heat of the sun and shoots an arrow at the sun...
1x45 - Happy Birthday, Boes!
August 17, 1989
It’s Boes’ birthday today and Boes is going to have a party. He walks through the woods and asks the animals to visit him with presents. Tad makes a fancy cake for Boes, consulting a Cooking book. He puts the cake on the table and walks out to take a bath, then the Fox and the Cat appear and they eat the cake. Now the party is going to start...
1x46 - No More Bananas
August 24, 1989
Banana trees have lots of bananas. Rambau the Gorilla Climbs up the banana trees to eat the bananas. He throws the banana peels away. Phant the Elephant eats Boes’ bananas and throws the banana peels away. Now the ground is full of banana peels. Boes, Tad and other animals step on the banana peels and fall down. They have nothing to do but wait until Rambau and Phant finish eating bananas.
1x47 - Run, Run, Larry!
August 31, 1989
Larry the Cheetah is a fast runner but never able to catch his game, since he just enjoys the race with his game. He is proud of his shining claws, too, and he always sharpens them. Charra the Little Monkey is very smart and agile. The two are good rivals, but Charra always makes fool of Larry. One day Larry is after Charra, but when Charra disappears all of a sudden...
1x48 - Rambau Falls in Love
September 7, 1989
Rambau the Gorilla falls in love with a female gorilla named Lyra and spends all day doing nothing. He is Surprised to learn that Lyra is a tomboy, but he won’t give up. He gives Lyra many different presents to make her pay attention to him. He does many different things to please her, but Lyra is superior to him in everything. Seeing Rambau feel small in the presence of Lyra, Boes and Tad decide to cheer him up, but....
1x49 - The Mischievous Crow
September 14, 1989
Bura the Crow is a thief. He makes a fool of everyone in the woods, stealing something from them. He steals sausages and cheese from Boes and calls him a fool. Boes is now very angry with him. Boes and Tad decide to teach him a good lesson. They set a trap to catch him but in vain. Dura just takes a nap using Boes’ umbrella and cushion. Seeing this, Boes sets another trap to catch Bura and…
1x50 - Close Your Mouth, River
September 21, 1989
River the Crocodile has got a big mouth. He is always hungry and awaits his game to come, with his mouth wide open, but he is never able to catch any. Being afraid of River’s horrible—looking teeth, Rabbits, ducks and storks etc. avoid him. One day Boes throws trash into River’s mouth. An alarm clock is in the trash. Every time River walks up to his game, the clock rings. River starts crying...
1x51 - Beaver the Carpenter
September 28, 1989
Billy the Beaver has gotten married recently. Billy and his wife are busy building their new house while Boes and Tad enjoy fishing. Boes is angry at the beavers because he cannot catch fish as they make terrible noises. Boes starts to grill fish burning the beavers tree branches. Lilly the Beaver’s wife is angry with Boes. The beavers start biting Boes’ table and chair. They bite the hen’s’ coop and lays’ house too....
1x52 - Boes Flies in the Air!
October 5, 1989
Crown the Eagle and Buggy the Stork fly in the sky. Seeing the birds fly, Boes wants to fly too. Tad says to him that he cannot fly since he is not a bird, but Boes won’t listen to Tad. He goes to the hencoop and picks feathers from the hens. He attempts to fly using the feathers, but of course he fails. The hens tremble from cold and sneeze. Next he decides to build a glider, using his bed sheet, pillowcase, underpants, socks etc. No wonder the glider falls. He tries time and time again, but flubs it. Tad wants to make Boes’ dream come true and collects many balloons and...
1x53 - An Adventure on the Whale Island
October 12, 1989
Boes and the gang go on a picnic on a raft. While they are taking a nap, the raft is carried as far as the ocean. Now they are hungry and thirsty, but they have nothing to eat or drink. Then a storm attacks them and they find themselves on a strange island....
1x54 - The Flower Guard (en)
October 19, 1989
Boes discovers a flower that he believes is very rare. He gets into various wild predicaments trying to protect the flower, which proves to be far from rare
1x55 - I’m the Champ
October 26, 1989
Boes starts working out in order to beat Rambau, who has been going around punching the other animals. After training very hard, he and Rambau enter the ring and fight to a surprise ending….
1x56 - A Boes Lullaby
November 2, 1989
Ted cannot sleep. Boes tries to help him out, but his little acts of kindness keep escalating so that he ends up keeping Ted awake rather the putting him to sleep.
1x57 - A Bundle of Trouble
November 9, 1989
Boes and Tad save a young boar. They decide to become its foster parents, but it soon proves too much for them — as well as the other animals — to handle...
1x58 - Boes the Painter”
November 16, 1989
Boes who is always up to mischief, starts painting everything, his house, lays house, birds, storks and other animals. He boasts that he is a genius artist, but the animals are all angry with him....
1x59 - An Adventure in the South Pole
November 23, 1989
It is summer now. It is so hot that Boes and the gang cannot stand the heat. They plan to go somewhere to avoid the heat and start on a journey by canoe. They take the wrong waterway and reach the South.
1x60 - Mirror, Mirror
November 30, 1989
A monkey steals Boes’ mirror and causes trouble by blinding everyone with it. Boes tries his best to get it back, to no avail. He finally gets a bright idea …
1x61 - Guardian of the Forest
December 7, 1989
Boes decides to become the guardian of the forest in order to protect the weak animals. He and Tad wander through the forest with a flashlight and see some amazing things …
1x62 - Boes the Dentist!?
December 14, 1989
One day, while Does is fishing, his line gets caught on the decayed tooth of a shark. He pulls the tooth out and is rewarded by the shark. This makes Boes think that he might make a good dentist. He goes about fixing the teeth of the other animals, but ends up causing more damage than good …
1x63 - The Merry Carpenter
December 21, 1989
One day Boes notices that Tays’ doghouse is getting too small. This gives him the idea to design and build houses that will perfectly fit each of the animals. He begins by gathering materials for the house. With the sometimes-unwilling help of some of the animals, he gathers enough material for the house. he begins building, with some interesting results …
1x64 - Let’s go Mountain-Climbing!
December 24, 1989
Boes gets up early one morning in order to go mountain—climbing. However, as Tad points out, there are no mountains in the area. They set out to find some mountains to climb and encounter some amazing things....
1x65 - Let’s have Physical Exercise
December 28, 1989
Boes and other animals eat too much and they all suffer from excessive eating and lack of physical exercise. Boes suggests they all have some exercise, but....
1x66 - Boes the Detective?
January 4, 1990
The snow has laid pretty deep. Having nothing to do, Boes is going to play his flute, but he finds it is missing. Boes believes that someone has stolen it and goes out with Tad and lays to catch the thief.
1x67 - The Boes & Tad Orchestra
January 11, 1990
Boes discovers the excitement of rhythm while feeding the pigs. Soon, he and Tad are leaving behind a path of destruction as they get carried away. A crocodile becomes a wonderful instrument and soon all of the animals join in. But the best instrument of all turns out to be Tad...
1x68 - Boes the Great Artist
January 18, 1990
One day, Tad and Boes decide to create a work of art of natural materials. Boes gets the wrong idea and begins to collect nuts and berries. Tad shows him what art is all about, which gets Boes interested in making his own creation. Boes’ work ends up in failure while the other animals make wonderful creations. This makes Boes resolve to show what a great artist he is, even stronger.
1x69 - This is Kindness!
January 25, 1990
Boes discovers how good it feels to be kind to others. He goes about doing “good deads”, but ends up, as always, causing more trouble than good …
1x70 - The Boesian Theory of Evolution
February 1, 1990
Boes uncovers some bones while digging a well. He and Tad decide that they are the bones of Gourmesh’s ancestors, Tad then gives a lecture on the Theory of Evolution with some interesting Results …
1x71 - Baby Elephant Havoc
February 8, 1990
Tad finds a baby elephant that has wandered away from his herd. He leaves the elephant with Boes while he goes in search of that herd. The baby elephant is very rascal and causes a lot of trouble for Boes....
1x72 - The Special Art Contest
February 15, 1990
Boes is good at archery. He’s good enough to hit a target right in the center. Now he wants to hit a moving target and asks Cal the rabbit and others to be his targets. Tad suggests they have a contest so that the animals may show their special arts. Boes agrees and asks the other animals to join the contest....
1x73 - A Bicycle built for two-enty
February 22, 1990
When Boes’ bicycle breaks down, all of the animals run off with the different parts. Boes decides to build his own, but finds that the other animals have fashioned their own wheels and are able to travel faster than he can. He finally gives up and decides to build one great bicycle for all of them, with wild results.
1x74 - Go to Sleep, Mark
March 1, 1990
It is nearly winter now. So it is a season when bears are supposed to be in hibernation, but Mark the bear is still active outside. Boes and Tad decide to persuade Mark to hibernate and attempt to do various things....
1x75 - What a Sportsman!
March 8, 1990
Boes is quite proud of this athletic abilities. When Tad praises him, he decides to start working out in order to challenge Rambau. The result is not very good, so he goes out to discover what sort of sports the other animals of the forest enjoy....
1x76 - Boes to the Rescue!
March 15, 1990
One day, an eagle carries off a mother kangaroo and drops her on an island in the river. Boes and Tad try to save her in a boat, but are stopped by a crocodile. They then decide to build a bridge to the island. After great difficulties, Boes manages to save the kangaroo, but is left stranded himself …
1x77 - What a Forest!
March 22, 1990
Boes and Tad set out one morning to pick some apples growing on a mountain some distance away. On their way to the mountain, they are sidetracked by the other animals in the forest and, for some reason, end up orbiting the earth instead of picking apples....
1x78 - Food, Food!
March 29, 1990
Boes gets very angry when Tad serves fried eggs for the nth time. He walks out and tries to some food for himself, but finds out that it’s much more difficult than he had bargained for …
1x79 - Keep Digging!
April 5, 1990
There isn’t enough grass in the pastures to -feed the cattle, so Boes decides to take them to the other side of the mountain. However, the mountain is too steep to climb. Does than decides to dig a tunnel through the mountain with the help of other animals....
1x80 - Going on a Mushroom Hunt
April 12, 1990
Boes and Tad go into the forest to look for mushrooms. They are so eager that everything begins to look like a mushroom. After many disappointments, Boes finally succeeds in picking a basketful of mushrooms which, of course, turn out to be poisonous. Just when the two are ready to give up, they come upon some strange stones....
1x81 - Run, Little Boes, Run
April 19, 1990
After an irritating morning, Boes falls asleep on the riverbank and awakes to -find that he and Tad have shrunken to the size of an ant. The little creatures that now look many times their original size torment them. Just when they find themselves trapped between a barking dog and a hissing cat, with no place to hide, Boes awakens to discover it was all a dream…
1x82 - Searching for food
April 26, 1990
1x83 - An Underwater Treasure Hunt
May 3, 1990
Boes decides that he wants to go treasure hunting underwater to find something with which to decorate his home. Many beautiful and unusual objects come almost within his reach but as usual, things just don’t go, as he’d like them to….
1x84 - Good Ol’ Tays
May 10, 1990
Tays helps Boes out, with good results and bad, but to Tad, he seems to be the model dog, loyal to his master. After many misadventures Boes decides that Tays is not such a good dog, after all. Tays disproves this by discovering a hot spring, but...
1x85 - An Underwater Life
May 17, 1990
Boes’ goldfish refuses to eat one day and Boes thinks that it is because they are unhappy with the small bowl they are in. He makes them a pond to play in. They look so happy that Boes decides to try living underwater as well. After several failures, he is finally able to learn what it is like to live underwater...
1x86 - Oh, To be Beautiful!
September 20, 1990
Boes decides to help the other animals to look beautiful. He has a few successes but, as usual, most of his efforts end in failure.
1x87 - The Parroting Parrot!
September 27, 1990
Although Rott is a parrot, he has trouble making parroting sounds. Boes and Tad do their best to teach him to say “Good Morning”, without success. It turns out that Rott is a genius at mimicking other animals. He causes great havoc everywhere. .
1x88 - Do Re Mi Fa Boes
October 6, 1990
Boes mistakenly believes that he has a beautiful singing voice and that everyone is dying to hear him sing. He nearly drives all the animals crazy with his singing...
1x89 - Loop do Loop
October 13, 1990
Boes uses lays to bring in the cows. However, there is one cow that refuses to come in. Boes goes after him with a lasso...
1x90 - Boes, the Coach
October 20, 1990
When Does pops a button, he decides that he should get some exercise in order to get into shape. While he’s out running, he notices the other animals lolling around. He decides to help them shape up by teaching them to play baseball.
1x91 - On the Move
October 27, 1990
The animals keep Boes and Tad up night after night. Boes decides to move to a quieter place. They pack their things, but need help carrying them. They go from animal to animal for help, but find in the end it’s difficult to leave friends behind.
1x92 - The Stool Pigeon
November 10, 1990
One day, Boes decides to train a young hawk to hunt. The hawk has no idea how to capture its preys. Tad suggests that Boes uses a stool pigeon in order to give the hawk practice. Of course, he ends up being that stool pigeon.
1x93 - Wonderful Boesland
November 17, 1990
The animal kids get into all sorts of mischief, so Boes decides to help them by creating an amusement park for animals. He has the adult animals help out, he creates some very ingenious rides but he always ends up destroying his creations.
1x94 - Say Cheese
November 24, 1990
Boes sets out with his camera, in order to catch some “perfect moments”. Each time someone or something ruins his picture but he doesn’t give up easily.
1x95 - Muscle Building
December 1, 1990
Boes notices many animals who seem to have lost their stamina and decides to help them exercise and build up their muscles. A success story, for a change. .
1x96 - Boes’ Circus
December 8, 1990
After seeing an article in the newspaper about a circus, Does decides to start his own. He trains the animals to do tricks. All goes fairly well till he gets two elephants to get up on the trapeze swings...
1x97 - The Earthquake drill
December 22, 1990
The animals seem very restless. Does and Tad believe that it is a sign that an earthquake is pending. Boes decide, in that case, the animals should be given an earthquake drill. He puts everyone through terrible trials...
1x98 - The Gourmet
December 29, 1990
Boes notices the animals digging through the trash and fighting over food and decides to give a lesson in gourmet dining. He prepares appetizing food for the animals and all seems to go. But, toward the end of the story calamity strikes
1x99 - The Spotbill Duck
January 5, 1991
A spotbill duck lays its eggs in Bees’ house. Does takes over for the exhausted mother, and soon the chicks hatch. When the chicks are old enough, their mother takes them on a journey to a nearby pond. Does decides that he must protect them...
1x100 - Soccer Fever
January 12, 1991
Tad complains that Boes spends too much time napping. He suggests that Boes practices soccer for exercise. Does especially enjoy kicking balls, which, as usual, gets him into hot water.
1x101 - Rub-a-Dub-Dub
January 19, 1991
Boes cleans up his home and is so pleased to see it spic and span, that ho decides to go out and teach the other animals what it feels like to be clean. He goes about scrubbing up the animals with the expected results.
1x102 - Dressing up
January 26, 1991
Boes gets it into his head that he should try to beautify the animals. He tries to give lessons in dressing up to look better, and gets himself into a lot of hot water..
1x103 - Ooh, those nasty Wolves
January 27, 1991
Boes at his shiny best! Two wolves try to get at Does’ hens and pigs. For a change, everything Boes does (well, almost) to turn back the wolves goes well! This is not the same Butterfinger Boes we know so well...
1x104 - Beat the Heat
January 28, 1991
Boes’ electric fan goes out of order one sizzling day. While Tad tries to fix it, Boos tries to find some nice, cool place to wait. He discovers how difficult it is to find comfort, but is finally able to coil off in the end.
1x105 - Episode 105
February 7, 1991
1x106 - Episode 106
February 14, 1991
1x107 - Episode 107
February 21, 1991