From: rjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.tiny-toon
Subject: Toon Tag credits -- resolved! (and other stuff)
Date: 9 Apr 1992 23:00:44 -0700
Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts
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Okay, a quick word first:

Vince Taluskie writes:
>If there was an alt.tv.tiny-toon award for meritorious service, I think that
>it would go to R. Jung for precipitating many inside info connections. Keep
>up the good work Rob!

  Well, shucks. I appreciate the credit, but I must say (under threat of pain)
that I do not do all this stuff alone. There are other people and 'toons here
at TTAUEC, the staff and core -- I just happen to be Editor-in-Chief of the
whole schemell, and the one who posts the most (if at all). Still, we're glad
to be of service, drooling fanboys one and all.

>I sometimes wished that I lived closer to the action in LA, but what the hell
>we can't all live in a paradise with 2 hour commutes, water-shortages, and
>staggering property values and insurance rates.... :-) :-)

  Methinks I'm detecting a backhanded compliment here. 'sides, my commute is
only *ONE* hour...  B-)


  Ahem.

  In an attempt to avert having alt.tv.tiny-toon devoured by flames about
Startoons' animation and "who animated what tags?", four of the TTAUEC staff
(Buster, Babs, Furrball, and John) took the initiative and found the answers
the ol' fashioned way -- they called.

  Surprisingly enough, they got answers! Even I'm flabbergasted.

  Non-spoiler comments: Everybody with their guesses on who animated what
credits? Everyone was WRONG. Way off. Ouch.

  And now, for the ultimate in TINY TOONS trivia (Hey, Synth -- I think this
would be worth sticking in the FAQ)...


                    TINY TOON ADVENTURES End Tag Credits
                (thanks much to "Alfred" of Warner Animation)

100% certain attributions

Speaker        Quote                                        Animator
=======        =========================================    =================
Baby Plucky    "I wanna flush it again!"                    Startoons
Buster         "And that's a wrap."                         Warner Bros.
Buster/Babs    "Say goodnight, Babs."  "'Goodnight, Babs'"  Warner Bros.
Elmyra         "Let the show begin!"                        Wang Film
Fifi           "Au revoir, ma petit potato du couche."      Startoons
Furrball       "ROAR! ..Meow?"                              Startoons
Gogo Dodo      "It's been surreal!"                         Warner Bros.
Plucky         "Parting is such sweet sorrow."              Warner Bros.


Not-so-certain attributions

Speaker        Quote                                        Animator
=======        =========================================    =================
Buster/Babs    "Alllloooooooooooooooha!"                    Warner Bros.
Byron Basset   "Woof."                                      ???
Dizzy          "Show over!"                                 Warner Bros.


More comments...

* Okay, so Startoons _did_ do some first-season TTA work. The end tags, if
nothing else, and if Kennedy did subcontract their work, probably more. The
question is, does Startoons animate in "Kennedy Gothic" (ick) or "Reformed
Kennedy" (yay)?

  I'm DEFINETELY taping HENNY YOUNGMAN DAY and eyeballing it again.

* Wow! It's incredible that Warner's own in-staff animators can emulate the
Tokyo Movie Shinsa style *SO* closely! (grin) Guess that's why Tokyo is the
animation studio of choice for TTA -- if you can't do it yourself, get the
folks who can come within 98% of your style...

* Now all that's left is (a) "Who animated the Byron tag?", and (b) "Did
Startoons animate the good bits in THE ACME BOWL, or the bad ones?"...

  In any event, I think I can unequivically say that Tokyo Movie Shinsa is
the alt.tv.tiny-toon animation studio of choice (and I haven't even seen the
results of the Second Annual alt.tv.tiny-toon Poll yet!).

                                                --R.J.
                                                B-)

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