From: synth@deepthought.unm.edu (Synth F. Oberheim)
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Date: 8 Apr 92 15:34:41 GMT
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Hey kids! It's

            THE alt.tv.tiny-toon FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS LIST!
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     Welcome to alt.tv.tiny-toon, net.hangout for enthusiasts of that
     miraculous animated wonder, _Tiny Toon Adventures_.  Enjoy your stay,
     and remember that all drinks are free before 5 pm!



Q:  Say, what is this "Tiny Toon Adventures" you all keep shouting about?

A:  TINY TOON ADVENTURES is an afternoon animated TV series produced by
    Warner Brothers and Steven Spielberg, which features "decendants" (not
    children) of the classic Warner Bros. cartoon characters.  Listen up:
    this is *not* another "Muppet Babies"!  The writing is delightful, with
    lots of adult humor and pop culture in-references, the characters are
    well-defined and highly entertaining, and the first-rate animation puts
    to shame the standards of so-called "children's" television.  That
    answer your question? :-)

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Q:  What are the names of all the Tiny Toons characters and the voice
    artists who play them?

A:
    Charlie Adler            as Buster Bunny
    Tress MacNeille          as Babs (Barbara Ann) Bunny
    Danny Cooksey            as Montana Max
    Cree Summer              as Elmyra Duff
    Don Messick              as Hamton J. Pig
    Joe Alaskey              as Plucky Duck
    Maurice LaMarche         as Dizzy Devil
    Frank Welker             as Furrball
    Frank Welker             as Gogo Dodo
    Gail Matthius            as Shirley the Loon (f/k/a Shirley McLoon)
    Kath Souci               as Fifi La Fume
    Frank Welker             as Calamity Coyote
    Frank Welker             as Little Beeper
    Kath Souci               as Sneezer
    Candi Milo               as Sweetie Bird
    Cindy McGee              as Mary Melody
    Rob Paulsen              as Arnold
    Rob Paulsen              as Fowlmouth
    Steven Spielberg         as Himself   [sorry, couldn't resist. :-)]

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Q:  What are the lyrics to the _Tiny Toon Adventures_ theme song?

A:  Glad you asked.  Some words are definitely hard to pick out, and as
    a result have been the subject of some intense flamage.  Here are
    Warner Brothers' official lyrics:

    We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little looney,
    And in this cartoony, we're invading your TV!
    We're comic dispensers, we crack up all the censors,
    On TINY TOON ADVENTURES get a dose of comedy!

    So here's Acme Acres, it's a whole wide world apart,
    Our home sweet home, it stands alone, a cartoon work of art!
    The scripts were rejected, expect the unexpected
    On TINY TOON ADVENTURES -- it's about to start!

    They're furry, they're funny, they're Babs and Buster Bunny,
    Montana Max has money, Elmyra is a pain!
    Here's Hamton and Plucky, Dizzy Devil's yucky,
    Furrball's unlucky, and Gogo is insane!

    At Acme Looniversity we earn our toon degree,
    The teaching staff's been getting laughs since 1933!
    We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little looney,
    It's TINY TOON ADVENTURES, come and join the fun!

    ... and now our song is done!

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Q:  How do you spell Hampton's [sic] name?

A:  It's HAMTON.  There is *no* 'p' in HAMTON, despite it being misspelled
    in the credits a couple of times ...

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Q:  What are the various guides and lists floating around alt.tv.tiny-toon,
    and how do I get them?

A:  Most guides and lists are posted regularly, but can also probably be
    found via ftp at calvin.nmsu.edu or requested from the original poster
    through email.  Here is a brief run-down on what's available:

    TTA EPISODE GUIDE.  Plot summaries for each episode of TTA, as well as
    production numbers, airdates, and animation houses.
			Maintained by:
			Chris Adamson (plucky@irie.ais.org) 

    TTA REFERENCE GUIDE.  Listings of cast and production credits (including
    gag credit and end tag), production numbers, airdates, indexes of episode
    titles & shorts titles, AND commentaries by alt.tv.tiny-toonsters for
    each episode of TTA.  
			Maintained by:
			Synth F. Oberheim (synth@dreamtime.unm.edu)
					  (synth@yenta.alb.nm.us)

    TTA TOONSTATIONS LIST.  Listings of local television affiliates currently
    broadcasting Tiny Toon Adventures.  
			Maintained by:
                        Joe Leitsch (jaleit01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu)

    TTA RERUN GUIDE.  Listings of rerun schedules & histories for TTA episodes.
			Maintained by:
			Nick Sayer (mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us)
 
    TTA UPCOMING EPISODES LIST.  Calendar of upcoming episodes to be broadcast
    over affiliates carrying TTA (both reruns and new episodes).
			Maintained by:
			Robert Jung (rjung@usc.edu)

    VINCE'S GUIDE TO FTP.  A step-by-step guide on using FTP to access Tiny
    Toons digitized picture (GIF) and sound files at calvin.nmsu.edu.
                        Maintained by:
                        Vince Taluskie (taluskie@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)

    TOONPICS MAIL-SERVER.  Email server for digitized GIF pictures for
    people without FTP access to the archives at calvin.nmsu.edu.
                        Maintained by:
                        Paul J. Osze (posze@ecst.csuchico.edu)

    TTA SOUND FILE GUIDE.  Guide to digitized sound files from TTA available
    at calvin.nmsu.edu.  Includes a how-to on FTPing.
                        Maintained by:
                        Charles J. Brabec (brabec@pysgjb.physics.ncsu.edu)

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Q:  What are the lyrics to the "Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs" theme?

A:  The "IRSS" theme, found in the short "Slugfest", goes like this:

    We're Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs
    We love to thrash criminals and slice 'n' dice thugs!
    We're totally radical, gnarly dudes,
    Cowabunga homeboys with nothin' to lose ...

    Our arch-enemies want us iodized
    But they can't beat us 'cause we're merchandised!

    (Iodizer: "DESTROY THEM!!")

    Count off!

	Picasso!
	Warhol!
	Rockwell!
	Grandma Moses!

    So kick back, dweebs, it's the end of our rhyme, 
    The show's gonna start and it's time to slime!

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Q:  Where is Acme Acres located?

A:  Kevin Podsiadlik (hampton@ais.org) writes:

    Acme Acres has this disturbing habit of moving around.  In "Never Too
    Late to Loon", Acme Acres looks to be in either Missouri or Arkansas
    (I think we decided the former).  But in "The Anvil Chorus", the landing
    point of the world's largest Acme Anvil looked like it was somewhere is
    Texas or New Mexico.  Finally, in "Cross-Country Kitty" (the one with
    Mary Melody and Furrball), Acme Acres is in Southern California.

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Q:  Frank Welker's voice sounds familiar.  What else has he done?

A:  Eric Ant Von Laudermann (drwho@wpi.WPI.EDU) writes:

    He's been in just about every cartoon EVER ... well, not really, but
    he's done so much voice acting, it borders on ridiculous.  Here are
    some of his roles which come to mind right now:

    Fred from _Scooby Doo_
    Uni the unicorn in the _D&D_ cartoon
    Iceman in _Spiderman and his Amazing Friends_
    Dr. Ray Stanz AND Slimer in _The Real Ghostbusters_
    Various bit parts in the Disney afternoon shows
    [ and Disney movies -- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, for starters ...  -ed.]

    ... and he's in the credits of almost every Saturday morning cartoon of
    the past decade ... not to mention his non-cartoon voice roles in:

    GREMLINS
    GREMLINS 2
    Stephen King's CAT'S EYE (the little creature in the last segment)
    MUNCHIES (starting to pick up on a theme here?)
    BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY (Ted's Easter-Bunny-From-Hell)

    Once you begin to recognize his regular character speaking voice and his 
    cute-alien high-pitched squeals, you can pick him out almost anywhere.  
    And if you think back right now, you may even be able to come up with some
    characters that I didn't list.  His voice is very distinctive.

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Q:  Where is the ftp archive for Tiny Toons material, and how do i use it?

A:  Tiny Toons digitized GIF pictures and digitized sounds are found at
    calvin.nmsu.edu.  For instructions on how to FTP, see Charles Brabec's
    TTA SOUND FILE GUIDE or Vince Taluskie's GUIDE TO FTP.

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Q:  Did someone catch all the credits for "Honey, I Shrunk the Clothes"?

A:  TTA is perhaps the single best reason to buy a 4-head VCR. (you know,
    that magical "frame advance" button.  The shiny, candylike button.)
    If you don't have the credit to drop what you're doing and buy one,
    not to worry:

    WARNER BROS. and AMBLIN ANIMATION
    CO-VENTURES in association with
    LOTS O' CASH PARTNERS IV present a
    TOM RUEGGER PRODUCTION of a KEN
    BOYER ART LEONARDI AND KENT
    BUTTERWORTH film -- HAMTON J. PIG
    GOGO DODO in "HONEY, I SHRUNK THE
    CLOTHES" Starring BUSTER BUNNY
    BABS BUNNY (no relation) MONTANA
    MAX PLUCKY DUCK CESAR ROMERO THE
    ENTIRE POPULATION OF OAKLAND, 
    CALIFORNIA LITTLE BEEPER CALAMITY
    COYOTE and introducing EDDIE
    FITZGERALD as "MOOKIE"

    APPEARANCE BY FIFI LA FUME as THE
    IRATE CUSTOMER Executive Producer
    G. WHO  Written by THE USUAL GUYS
    Drawn by KEXX BYRON BARRY DEMELO
    AND THE REST OF THE GANG AT THE
    TINY TOONS CARTOONY FACTORY. Model
    colors figured out at great expense
    by BUNNY MUNNS Backgrounds by
    KARTHARINE and BRIAN  Music by ONE 
    OF BRUCE'S GUYS  Based on the book
    "Crime And Punishment" by FEODOR
    DOSTOEVSKY  Harried assistant to the
    harried producer DEBRA BLANCHARD 
    AND KENNETH ROSS

    Monitor PAUL STRICKLAND DOESN'T IT
    HURT YOUR EYES TO READ PRINT THIS
    TINY?  Live Action Reference by
    SHERRI STONER  Mildly disgusted with
    the whole thing TOM MINTON person
    with nothing better to do than to
    write this PAUL DINI THIS LINE IS
    FOR PEOPLE WHO HIT FREEZE FRAME AND
    LOOK FOR SUSPECT MESSAGES Art
    Direction VINCENT VAN GOGH EDITED 
    BY CUISINART MOST OF THE PEOPLE
    LISTED HERE HAD NOTHING WHATSOEVER 
    TO DO WITH THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE
    THEY JUST LIKE TO SEE THEIR NAMES

    WHIZ BY AT ONE-TENTH OF A SECOND
    Hamton J. Pig appears courtesy of
    OSCAR MEYER INC. Gogo Dodo's hair
    by VEG-O-MATIC ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    RECORDING AVAILABLE ON ELEVATOR
    P.A. SYSTEMS BE SURE AND BUY EVERY
    PRODUCT CONNECTED WITH THIS MOVIE
    OR YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE JACK WE'RE
    NOT KIDDING WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE
    Directed by KEN BOYER ART LEONARDI 
    KENT BUTTERWORTH KENNEDY CARTOONS
    DON'T WASTE YOUR SEVEN BUCKS ON
    THIS HOUND SEE GRIM-LOONS 2
    INSTEAD HI MOM 

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Q:  How do I get Tiny Toons merchandise?

A:  Warner Brothers merchandising currently has a catalogue that contains
    some Tiny Toons paraphernalia.  Call 1-800-223-6524 for information.

    You can also get a Tiny Toons t-shirt through a promotional campaign
    for the new "Tiny Toons Fruit Snacks" from the makers of Lipton,
    Wishbone or Equal products.  Buy any two different products under
    the aforementioned brands, send in the UPC code and a check for $5.95
    (specify adult or child, and size).  The shirt is a white tee with
    Buster & Babs & the rainbow "Tiny Toon Adventures" logo.  Find a store
    display or product advertising the special offer, or send the check and
    2 UPC codes to:

	Tiny Toon T-Shirt Offer
	P.O. Box 1019
	Grand Rapids, MN  55745-1019

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That's all for now.  Any comments, corrections or highly abusive flamage
should be directed to:


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