From: rjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.tiny-toon
Subject: Re: The Net.Script!  Accept No Substitutes!
Date: 28 Jul 1992 21:25:37 -0700
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In article <1992Jul29.031401.18523@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> fong_jh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Julian H Fong) writes:
>In article <9207272037.AA23044@acs1.acs.ucalgary.ca> gsbrande@ACS.UCALGARY.CA (Geoffrey Sean Brandenburg) writes:
>>  BABSIE ON BOARD
>>  Written by (in alphabetical order):
>>                Sean Brandenburg
>>                Christina M. Callihan
>>                Julie Hazeltine
>>                Robert Jung        
>>                Kevin J. Podsiadlik
>>*******
>>
>>Copyright 1992 by The Association of Amateur Alt.Tv.Tiny-Toon Net.Writers.
>>No part of this document may be copied, transcribed, produced or animated, in
>>whole or in part, without the written consent of the writers mentioned above.
>
>[snip]
>
>>                                        BABS
>>                            Except I think the photographer had
>>                            a brain aneurysm.
>
>	I think it was agreed by a number of people, before the last
>draft of the script came out, that this line should be changed to 
>"Except I've seen better photos on the side of a milk carton."

  I'm not sure if it was total agreement -- instead, I think some folks were
wondering about the comic potential of "brain aneurysm". Me, I _still_ don't
know what a "brain aneurysm" is, but I think it should stay. It's nicely
worded, and Babs' tone of voice makes it clear that a "brain aneurysm" is not
something you'd want to have...

>	You know, it occurs to me that we still haven't resolved the
>problem that NONE OF THE TTA CHARACTERS (except Arnold) IS TALL ENOUGH
>TO DRIVE A CAR -- especially with Babs' mom to provide a scale 
>reference.

  What problem? This is a cartoon! I mean, scale doesn't have to be too
consistent from camera angle to camera angle. If the camera's on the hood,
make sure Babs' face is visible, and put Mom stage left and slightly
off-screen. If the camera is to Babs' side, adjust the car's proportions as
needed. And so on. Heck, make the car Babs/Buster/Plucky/Hamton sized, and
shrink Mom if needed...

>	I thought the major reason for making Arnold the traffic cop
>was to include a Terminator 2 reference.  What would be a good one --
>"Say, that's a nice bike"?  "Hasta la vista, Babsie"?

  I thought Arnold should be the cop simply because it's so appropros for the
dumb lug (Arnold, not Babs  B-). He'd sure beat a generic 'toon cop anyway.
A T2 reference would be nice, but it'd be tricky to put in. Maybe an "Hasta
la vista, baby" when Babs drives off...?

>	Someone suggested, at one point, to have them pass Steven
>Spielberg piloting the Millenium Falcon.  This idea was discarded
>because Spielberg obviously has no connection to Star Wars.  So
>how's this for an alternative:  Spielberg overtakes them in the
>DeLorean time machine!

  I like that. I vote for making it a quick joke, though -- you blink, you'll
miss it (re: Snoopy in HER WACKY HIGHNESS). If you force the script to make
Stevie stand out, it'll lose its comic impact. Suggestion: Speilberg flies by
in a flying Delorian while Babs et al are panicking in the car (on the
freeway). Maybe have Speilberg OUTSIDE the Delorian, hanging on to the
steering wheel for dear life.

>>The guys watch nervously as a large FREEWAY ENTRANCE sign looms before them,
>>with a RIGHT LANE MUST ENTER sign underneath.
>
>	I can't recall ever seeing a RIGHT LANE MUST ENTER sign on a
>road.  RIGHT LANE MUST EXIT signs I've seen plenty of, though.

  Just draw an overhead sign like:

        +----------------------------------+-------------+
        |                                  |  SPEEDWAY   |
        |      /\     SAFE AND SANE        |  OF DEATH   |
        |   |\/ /     STREETS              |    +--+     |
        |   |  /                           |   _|  |_    |
        |   |__\                           |   \    /    |
        |                                  |    \  /     |
        |__________________________________|_____\/______|

  You get the idea.

>> Some marvelous transformation takes place and Babs is weaving in and out
>>of traffic like an Indy car driver.  
>
>	Maybe not.  IMO, this would work best if she were on the edge
>of panic throughout.

  Right. So she drives skillfully while in the throngs of panic. Can't wreck
that car, or Mom will get suspicious...  B-)

                                                --R.J.
                                                B-)

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    Hamton: "'Plucky and Hamton scream in terror as the root gives way.'"
    Plucky: "Oh, rapture."
~~~~~~~~~~~ These opinions are all mine, but you're welcome to 'em. ~~~~~~~~~~
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