From: synth@yenta.alb.nm.us (Synth F. Oberheim)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.tiny-toon,rec.arts.animation
Subject: TINY TOON ADVENTURES Reference Guide (huge!) (2 OF 2)
Summary: a guide containing credits, indexes & tidbits for TTA episodes
Keywords: reference guide, credits, episode index
Date: 8 Nov 92 05:47:49 GMT
Organization: SynthMedia Productions Ltd -- Now Appearing Nightly With DON HO

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#160: MR. POPULAR'S RULES OF COOL 
(a.k.a. MR. POPULAR Q & A, THE RETURN OF MR. POPULAR)
First aired 12/10/90

"Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool"
Written by Gordon Bressack
Directed by Art Vitello
[ Buster, Babs, Hamton  cameos: Shirley, Fifi, Concord, Arnold, Dizzy,
Calamity, Gogo, Plucky ]

"Slugfest"
Written by Jim Reardon
Directed by Art Vitello
[ Hamton, Plucky, the cast of IRSS ]

{ Wake the kids, fax the neighbors!  This is perhaps the best short yet.  
NOT to be missed.  We warned you!  -ed. }

{ The Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs are:

Picasso
Warhol
Rockwell
Grandma Moses }

"Venison Anyone?"
Written by Charles M. Howell, IV
Directed by Art Vitello
[ Montana Max, Vinnie ]

Music by Joel McNeely & Bruce Broughton

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Danny Cooksey		as Montana
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Kath Souci		as Fifi
Rob Paulsen		as Arnold
Jim Cummings		as Iodizer
Roger Rose		as Announcer
Brian Mitchell		as Vinnie

Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd.

Toy Collector - John Dymer

Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs."

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#143: FAIRY TALES FOR THE 90's 
First aired 12/12/90

[ Today's intro was absolutely classic.  Babs as Tinkerbell -- complete with
the "barely noticeable wire."  -NS ]

"Bunnochio"
(double length short)
Written by Tom Ruegger & Tom Minton
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Buster, Gepetto ]

"Bear Necessities"
Written by Gordon Bressack & Jim Reardon
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Elmyra, the three bears  cameos: Furrball ]

[ "You don't need friends! You've got a computer!"  Oh, this one is indeed
a classic.  Furrball-stuck-to-the-window should be this year's hot Christmas
item.  Did not mama-bear sound slightly like Roseanne Barr?  Quotes-a-plenty
here.  A must see.  -NS ]

Music by Albert Olson, Hummy Mann & Mark Watters

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Stan Freberg		as Junior [bear]
Orson Bean		as Gepetto          

Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd.

The End Credits - Just Keep Going and Going and Going ...

Tag - Gogo: "It's been surreal!"

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#144: WHO BOPPED BUGS BUNNY? 
First aired 12/14/90

[ The jury's still out.  Pretty good Columbo parody.  Stanley didn't sound
a THING like the old one.  Didn't look much like him either.  Maybe it wasn't
supposed to, but then why did they copy the name?  -NS ]

Written by Paul Dini, Earl Kress & Sherri Stoner
Directed by Kent Butterworth
[ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Bugs, Daffy, A poor imitation of Stanley the
Elephant  cameos: Pepe LePew, Furrball, Most of the old Warner toons ]

Music by Ralph Kessler & Elliot Kaplan

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Jonathan Winters	as Stanley
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Greg Burson		as Pepe
Jeff Bergman		as Bugs
Stan Freberg		as Pete Puma [janitor]

Animation by - Kennedy Cartoons

Ink and paint, Camera - Fil-Cartoons, Inc.

Comedy in the Wrong Hands - A Dangerous Weapon

Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!"

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#163: TINY TOON MUSIC TELEVISION 
First aired 2/1/91

{ A quintessential Must See Episode(tm)  -ed. }

Written by Sherri Stoner, Art Vitello, Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, Tom Minton,
& Douglas McCarthy
Storyboards by Bruce Timm & Douglas McCarthy
Directed by Art Vitello
[ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky  cameos: Elmer, Bugs ]

{ A cute parody of MTV ("Just Say Julie Bruin" was hilarious), but also
a platform for some truly inspired videos.  No slamming the music video
genre, no vicious stabs at well-known videos -- just having fun with some
great tunes.  -ed. }

Featured videos:

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants

{ Watch for the impersonation of John & John from TMBG  -ed. }

Particle Man - They Might Be Giants  [ Dizzy plays the accordion?!  -NS ]

Respect - Aretha Franklin

[ Paul Dini said at the 1991 San Diego Comic Con that when he saw the cari-
cature of himself, he found the motivation to lose weight :-)  -JJ ]

Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong

Top Secret Apprentice (parody of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" from FANTASIA)

[ It would have worked a LOT better if they'd used the real original score,
but of course, TTA never uses real music if it can get away with something
that costs less ...  -NS  { Now Nick, you know how anal-retentive Disney's
copyright department is  -ed. } ]

[ They sure seem to have a thing for clobbering people with falling space 
shuttles.  It's happened twice now, once to Plucky, once to Furrball.  -NS ] 

Music by Bruce Broughton

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler           as Buster
Tress MacNeille         as Babs
Joe Alaskey             as Plucky [When did HE speak?!]
Jeff Bergman            as Elmer
Julie Brown             as Julie Bruin

Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd.

Instanbul [sic] - Not Constantinople

Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs."

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#159: THE RETURN OF THE ACME ACRES ZONE 
First aired 2/4/91

"Real Kids Don't Like Broccoli"
Written by Wayne Kaatz, Kent Zbornak
Directed by Kent Butterworth
[ Buster, Babs, Hamton  cameos: Everyone ]

{ Tons of groan-inducing puns, one-liners & sight gags.  Probably the only
cyberpunk TTA episode we'll ever see (references to William Gibson, BLADE
RUNNER, Frank Miller's DARK KNIGHT).  The four-second dream sequence is
completely off-the-wall (another FANTASIA stab!).  A great short, don't
miss it.  -ed. }

"Boo Ha Ha"
Written by Tom Ruegger, Wayne Kaatz, Tom Minton
Directed by Kent Butterworth
[ Plucky, Hamton, ghost ] 

"Duck Dodgers Jr."
Written by Mike Kazaleh, Maurice Noble, Wayne Kaatz
Directed by Kent Butterworth
Design by Maurice Noble
[ Daffy, Plucky, Marvin the Martian, Marcia Martian ]

Music by Mark Watters

Featuring the voices of:

Charlie Adler           as Buster
Tress MacNeille         as Babs
Cree Summer             as Elmyra  [Marcia?]
Joe Alaskey             as Plucky
Frank Welker            as Gogo    [narrator for Duck Dodgers Jr.]
Maurice LaMarche        as Dizzy   [ghost]
Don Messick             as Hamton
Jeff Bergman            as Daffy

Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd.

Inter-office Memo-corrector - Tom Minton

Tag - Basset: [sniff sniff sniff] "Woof."

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#161: THE ACME HOME SHOPPING SHOW 
First aired 2/6/91

"Oh For Arts Sake"
Written by Sherri Stoner
[ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Elmer  cameos: Lots ]

"Teddy Bears Picnic"
Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Rich Arons
[ Elmyra, the 3 bears ]

[ Cree Summer sings reasonably well, for someone trying to maintain a
character.  A great followup to the "Fairy Tales for the 90s" Goldilocks
short.  -NS ]

"I Was A Teenage Bunnysitter"
Written by Sherri Stoner
Directed by Rich Arons
[ Babs, Duncan ]

Music by Richard Stone

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Frank Welker		as Paw
Ben Ganger		as Duncan
Stan Freberg		as Pete Puma [Where?! When?!]
Greg Berson		as Elmer

Animation Services - Kennedy Cartoons

Ink-and-paint, Camera - Fil-Cartoons, Inc.

[ Could it be that Kennedy has cleaned up their act?! I thought I had
this episode pegged for sure as being from Akom!  -NS ]

"Miss Personality" - Kirstyn Smithen

Tag - Elmyra: "Let the show begin!"
 
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#157: WEIRDEST STORIES EVER TOLD (a.k.a. THE LOONIVERSITY LIBRARY)
First aired 2/8/91

"Robin Hare"
Written by Gordon Kent
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Monty  cameos: many ]

"To Babs or Not To Babs"
Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ Babs, Shakespeare ]

"Elmyra's Round The World!"
Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ Elmyra, Buster ]

{ A take-off on Disney's ever-popular "It's A Small World" ... a bit
on the weird side, if you ask me ...  -ed. }

Music by Ron Grant & Mark Watters

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Frank Welker		as Gogo
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Don Messick		as Hamton
Danny Cooksey		as Montana
Clive Revill		as Shakespeare
Jeff Bergman		as Foghorn

Animation Services - Akom Productions Co.

Foghorn Leghorn Compliments of Bob McKinson

Tag - Dizzy: "Show over!" <RRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!>

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#162: VIEWER MAIL DAY 
First aired 2/11/91

"Pluck O' The Irish"
Written by Paul Dini [a guess - obscured]
Directed by Arthur Leonardi
[ Plucky, Hamton ]

[ This one kind of defines the TTA audience ... the references to the "flying
reindeer" and the "tooth fairy" as myths means that the little tykes wouldn't
be watching. This one was a lot of laughs.  -NS ]

{ Look for the Tammy Faye Bakker mask in Hamton's Acme Gag pack  -ed. }

"Out of Odor"
Written by Arleen Sorkin & Beth Milstein
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ Elmyra, Fifi ]

"Buttering Up the Buttfields"
Written by Paul Dini, Tom Minton & Wayne Kaatz
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ Plucky, Pete Puma  cameo: Fifi ]

{ This short arguably crossed the line of good taste, but it still was a
lot of fun.  Watch Pete Puma's various stages of electrocution.  -ed. }

[ When Plucky runs past the other tables with the Buttfields' order, he passes
Dave Letterman, Mike Tyson & Roseanne Barr (from HOLLYWOOD PLUCKY fame)
making a cameo.  -JK ]

Music by Hummie Mann

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler           as Buster
Tress MacNeille         as Babs
Cree Summer             as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey             as Plucky
Maurice LaMarche        as Dizzy
Kath Souci              as Fifi
Jeff Bergman            as Elmer
Tracy Rowe              as Bridey

Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd.

Thanks To Our Loyal Viewers - Both Of You

Tag - Fifi: "Au revoir, my petit potato du couch!" 

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#156: SON OF WACKO WORLD OF SPORTS 
First aired 2/12/91

"Buster at the Bat"
Written by Jim Reardon
Directed by Rich Arons
[ Everyone ]

[ The perfect modernization of the classic poem. The dig at Disneyland was
the highlight. The entre-act just before the next short was a bit of a 
letdown.  -NS ]

"Buster's New Bike"
Written by Grant Moran, Tom Minton & Tom Ruegger
Directed by Rich Arons
[ Buster, Bob ]

[ Cal Worthington has always been a pet peeve of mine, and this one was a
great dig at him and his high pressure marketing style and phoney "friendly
Texan" accent. Oh, they came close to the "Powerhouse" theme today, but no
cigar. One of these days. Again, the entre-act was weak.  -NS ]

"Acme Acres Summer Olympics"
Written by Earl Kress, Jim Reardon, Tom Minton & Tom Ruegger
Directed by Rich Arons
[ Everyone ]

[ "Everyone" today included Speedy Gonzales for the first time (at least the
first time I've seen). This was a classic slapstick gag short. Plucky's
fourth wall gag was pretty good this time, too.  -NS ]

Music by Albert Olson

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Kath Souci		as Fifi
Jeff Bergman		as Foghorn
Jim Cummings		as Singer
Pat Buttram		as Bicycle Bob

Animation by - Kennedy Cartoons

Ink-and-paint, Camera - Wang Film Productions Co., Inc.

The End Credits Go By Really Fast

Tag - Furrball: "ROOOOOOAR!...meow!"

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#139: POLLUTION SOLUTION 
First aired 2/14/91

[ Yuck.  A day full of preachy shorts.  Give it a rest, guys.  Could they not
have come up with a Valentines Day episode?!  Time to renew your membership
in "Adults Against Preachy Cartoons". This is one of the worst "shorts"
episodes so far.  -NS ]

"No Deposit, No Return of the Trash Bag Dispenser"
Written by Sherri Stoner
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Plucky, Elmyra ]

"Jungle Bungle"
Written by M.D. Sweeney
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Buster, Babs, Ronald Grump (a Gotcha-clone)  cameo: Montana ]

[ It just gets worse and worse. "The sea level is rising and the sky is
falling!"  Grrrrrrr!  I took personal offense at this cartoon, its implica-
tions and conclusions.  It takes a lot to do that.  F-  -NS ]

"Waste Deep in Wackyland"
Written by Jim Reardon
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Montana, Gogo ]

[ What a waste of a Wackyland.  Gogo did well trying to save a preachy-toon
from an almost certain failing grade.  Besides, I have been waiting to see a
"Max in Wackyland" story.  The result is a (very very low) C-.  -NS ]

Music by Mark Watters

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Frank Welker		as Gogo
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Danny Cooksey		as Montana
Rodger Bumpass		as Ronald Grump
Kath Souci		as Sneezer

Animation Services - Kennedy Cartoons

Ink-and-paint, Camera - Wang Film Productions Co., Inc.

Don't Forget, Kids - Recycle!  [as if they didn't pound it in enough]

Tag - Gogo: "It's been surreal!"

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#153: YOU ASKED FOR IT AGAIN 
First aired 2/15/91

"Buster's Guide to Goofing Off"
Written by Tom Minton
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Everyone ]

{ An great short.  Had me nervously reliving my college-student days.
It's nice to know Buster's a slouch just like the rest of us :-)  -ed. }

"Elmyra at the Mall"
Written by Nicholas Hollander
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Elmyra, Arnold ]

[ This one cracked me up completely.  This is the best Elmyra toon yet.
Kennedy can't draw Arnold very well.  It can be argued, however, that Kennedy
can't draw anything very well.  -NS ]

"Hold the Sugar"
Written by Tom Minton
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ The Ants, an Elmer clone ]

[ Very average.  -NS ]

Music by Richard Stone

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Frank Welker		as Ant
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Rob Paulsen		as Arnold
Greg Burson		as Elmer

Animation by Kennedy Cartoons

Ink-and-paint, Camera - Wang Film Productions Co., Inc.

These End Credits Are Endless Aren't They?

{ Methinks the gag credit writer is feeling listless and out-of-sorts  -ed. }

Tag - Elmyra: "Let the show begin!"

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#151: BRAVE TALES OF REAL RABBITS (a.k.a. MASTERHARE THEATRE)
First aired 2/18/91

{ And another Must See Episode(tm)  -ed. }

"And All That Rot"
(double length short)
Written by Eddie Fitzgerald
Directed by Rich Arons
[ Buster, Babs, Monty, Elmyra ]

{ A gem.  Takes potshots at just about everything that's British.  The name-
calling exchange between Buster and Monty is hilarious.  Watch for the tribute
to "E.T." (or is that just Amblin Entertainment? :-)  -ed. }

"Day for Knight"
Written by Earl Kress, Tom Minton & Jim Reardon
Directed by Rich Arons
[ Buster, Babs, dragon  cameos: Hamton, Sweetie, Shirley, Monty, Arnold ]

[ This was another winner.  The Monty Python references were great.  The Woody
Allen dragon was another nice touch.  -NS ]

[ [When] the Woody Allen dragon tells Babs not to scream, Babs screams
*exactly* like Roger Rabbit does when he gets a drink.  - TH ]

Music by Richard Stone

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Danny Cooksey		as Montana
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Rob Paulsen		as Concord
Jeff Bergman		as Yosemite Sam
Don Messick		as Hamton

[ Come on!  Concord and Yosemite Sam?!  Why don't they just tell us who they
REALLY were!  Who did Woody Allen?  -NS ]

Animation Services - Freelance Graphics Ltd. [And they're not bad]

Guy Who Thinks It's 1947 - Charlie Bean  [These are getting stupid  -NS ]

Tag - Elmyra: "Let the show begin!"

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#158: HOW SWEETIE IT IS (a.k.a. SWEETIE DAY, LITTLE PINK BIRDIES DAY)
First aired 2/19/91

[ OK, so it's "Sweetie Day".  I can think of worse things.  "Concord Day".
"The Cosby Show".  "Look Who's Talking Too".  My opinion of Sweetie has
gone up exponentially after this episode -- but she's still no Shirley
McLoon  -CA ]

"Egged On Eagle"
Directed by Ken Boyer
Written by Sherri Stoner
[ Sweetie, Eagle ]

"Let's Do Lunch"
Directed by Art Leonardi
Written by Nicholas Hollander
[ Sweetie, Elmyra, Furrball, Tweety, Sylvester ]

"The Raven"
Directed by Ken Boyer
Written by Sherri Stoner, Paul Dini
[ Sweetie, Edgar Allan Poe ]

[ At the end, Sweetie is watching Jack Nicholson on TV - as some of you may
or may not know, Jack Nicholson and Vincent Price starred with Boris Karloff
and Peter Lorre in Roger Corman's version of "The Raven".  -JfK ]

Music by Steve Bramson

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Candi Milo		as Sweetie
Vincent Price		as Narrator
Jeff Bergman		as Tweetie [sic]

Animation Services - Kennedy Cartoons

Ink-and-paint, Camera - Wang Film Productions Co., Inc.

A Tiny Toons Salute to Friz Freleng

Tag - Furrball: "ROOOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRR....meow!"

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#164: NEW CHARACTER DAY 
First aired 2/20/91

[ Oh well, the first one is cute at any rate (nice harmonies for vermin!).
"Pluck Twacy" sinks to the level of its inspiration.  The "Roger Rabbit"
trashing before the first short is worth the price of the TV -- although I
don't believe the voice credit for a microsecond.  -CA ]

"The Roches"
Directed by Ken Boyer
Written by Sherri Stoner
[ Terre, Maggie, and Suzzy Roche, Hamton  cameos: The Lone Ant, Flea-o and
family ]

{ Spielberg apparently is a big fan of The Roches.  Hey, kids!  Get your own
guest appearance on Tiny Toons!  -ed. }

"The Return of Plucky Twacy"
Written and directed by Eddie Fitzgerald
[ Daffy, Plucky, Shirley, Shirley's Evil Aura  cameos: Buster, Babs, Furrball,
curious villains, Peter Lorre ]

Music by Fred Steiner

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Frank Welker		as Gogo
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Don Messick		as Hamton
Jeff Bergman		as Daffy
Terre Roche		as Terre
Maggie Roche		as Maggie
Suzzy Roche		as Suzzy
Steven Spielberg	as White Rabbit  [!]

Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Inc.

Special Thanks to Martin Scott, Teddy Wainwright

Tag - Dizzy: "Show over!" <RRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!>

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#146: HERE'S HAMTON (a.k.a. THE HAMTON SHOW, EVIL LAFFS WITH HAMTON)
First aired 2/21/91

{ The entre-acts alone make this episode worth watching.  The guest voiceover
by Casey Kasem was a pleasant surprise -- never thought I'd see *him*
parodying himself ... -ed. }

"Milk, It Makes a Body Spout"
Directed by Rich Arons
Written by Tom Minton, Tom Ruegger
[ Buster, Plucky, Hamton  cameo: Granny ]

"America's Least Wanted"
Directed by Rich Arons
Written by Jim Reardon
[ Hamton, Plucky, Knuckles Cutlet  cameo: Elmer Fudd ]

"Drawn and Buttered"
Directed by Rich Arons
Written by Jim Reardon, Grant Moran
[ Hamton, lobster  cameo: Elmyra ]

{ Watch for the "Cap'n Teneal" sign above the door to the seafood mart.  And
then promptly spin up your old 45 of "Love Will Keep Us Together".  ... What?
Why are you staring at me like that?  -ed. }

Music by Albert Olson

Starring the voices of:

Don Messick		as Hamton
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Jim Cummings		as Singer
Greg Burson		as Elmer
Casey Kasem		as Flakey Fakem
June Foray		as Granny

Animation by - Wang Film Productions Company, Inc.

Director Emeritus - Norman McCabe

Tag - Furrball:  "ROOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR...meow!"

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#147: NO TOON IS AN ISLAND 
First aired 2/25/91

[ A case of the cutes, and a bit on the moralizing side, but they did
bag on the didactic ending somewhat.  C+.  -CA ]  

Written by Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV
Storyboards by Ken Mitchroney, Chris Otsuki, Alberto DeMello
Directed by Art Leonardi

Music by Don Davis

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Frank Welker		as X-Bird
Don Messick		as Hamton

Animation by - Wang Film Productions Corp., Inc.

The Show Is Over - Now Go Out And Play

Tag - Fifi: "Au revoir, my petit potato du couch!"

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#165: KACME TV 
First aired 2/26/91

[ Voted #1 in the [1991] spring Usenet Poll.  Probably the most gags per
minute of any show.   -TS ]

{ Need I say it? ... a Must See Episode(tm).  -ed. }

Written by Paul Dini, Sherri Stoner, Tom Ruegger
Directed by Kent Butterworth, Art Leonardi, Ken Boyer

{ major segments listed -- watch the in-between channel-flipping!  -ed. }

Act I:
[ Babs (also as Tinkerbunny), Plucky (also as Dr. Genius), Concord, Sweetie,
Buster (as Blink Winklebunny), Calamity, Dizzy, Elmyra ]

"Tinkerbunny's Wonderful World of Make Believe and Learning Fun"
{ swipes at Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Pee-Wee's Playhouse }

(commercial: Unlucky Worms cereal)

"Gyp-Parody"
{ a send-up of "Jepoardy!"  Alex Trebek only dreams he could behave like 
Buster does to the contestants ...  -ed. }

Act II:
[ Dizzy, Dizzy's boss, Fifi, assorted canine hardbodies, Plucky (and his
brother Linguini), Shirley, Hamton, Gogo, Calamity, Bobbo Acme, Hangin'
Judge Sam ]

"I Love Dizzy"
[ in black and white, no less! ]

(commercial: Depression by Calvin Acme)
(commercial: Super Pluckyo Bros.)
(commercial: "Honey I Shrunk The Clothes")
{ Freeze-frame addicts:  the credits will make you scream!  Proceed with
caution :-)  -ed. }

"Toon Court"

Act III:
[ Hamton, Plucky, Elmyra, Gogo, Travel Log, Buster, Babs  cameos: Bugs, Daffy,
Foghorn, Elmer, Arnold, Montana, Roderick, Yosemite Sam, the entire TTA
production staff, Steven Spielberg ]

"The Blunder Years"
{ If you love head trauma humor, this short is for YOU!  -ed. } 

(commercial: Nature World)
(commercial: Welcome To Wackyland)

"The Search for Big Butt"

(commercial: Acme Home Cartoon Kit)
{ with TTA's first Spielberg cameo!  And talk about biting the hand that
feeds you! :-)  -ed. }

Music by Mark Watters

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Kath Souci		as Sneezer
Candi Milo		as Sweetie
Danny Cooksey		as Montana
Don Messick		as Hamton

Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd.

This Is Episode Number 65 - Just In Case You're Counting

Tag - Dizzy: "Show over!" <RRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!>

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#150: HIGH TOON 
First aired 3/29/91

Written by Chuck Menville
Directed by Glen Kennedy
[ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, The Coyote Gang, Pedro  cameo: Concord ]

[ A disappointing season finale. If this one is how they MEANT it to come out,
I'd hate to see the rejected version.  -NS ]

{ed. note:  HIGH TOON, originally scheduled to be released earlier in the
season, was held back in order for some (or possibly all) of the episode to
be re-done (presumably the animation by Special K).  As a result, this
illustrious achievement (NOT!) ended up as the season finale  -ed. }

[ Keep an eye on Hamton during the first shot in which he appears.  I won't
describe the action, because I prefer to think of Hamton as not that kind of
pig.  Suffice it to say that shot as a whole was rather confusingly animated
(though it starts with a GREAT pose), and Hamton almost gets away with it as
a result.  -KP ]

Music by Steve Taylor

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Frank Welker		as Coyote Kid
Phillip Glasser		as Pedro
Rob Paulsen		as Concord
Don Messick		as Hamton

Animation by Kennedy Cartoons

Ink-and-paint, Camera - Wang Film Productions

Coyotes Compliments of Chuck Jones

Tag - Basset: [sniff sniff sniff] "Woof."

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#168: PLEDGE WEEK
Airdate: 9/16/91

{ A quirky season opener.  Akom looks like they're going to be our surrogate
Kennedy for this season. :-)  Actually, the shorts weren't that bad, but
close your eyes during the entre-acts, especially the first one.  -ed. }

"It's All Relatives"
Written by Sherri Stoner
Directed by Barry Caldwell
[ Babs, the lower halves of her mom and grandma, and Mortimer ]

[ Her name IS "Barbara Anne".  This struck a chord.  I loved it ALL!  
GREAT Babs Short!  They were saving up for this one.  Yes, we saw 
Mortimer.  Dr. Rabbit need not follow-up.  -NS ]

[ This is the first *good* Tiny Toons rap!  Pure Babs -- I love it.  -RJ ]

{ You want a shock?  Check out Babs' Metal Queen outfit ...  -ed. }

"Lifeguard Lunacy"
Written by Paul Dini & Chris Otsuki
Directed by Norm McCabe
[ Arnold, Calamity, Elmyra  cameos: Mary Melody, Sneezer, Babs, Shirley,
Hamton, Plucky, various puny-tunes ]

"The Kite"
Written by Nicholas Hollander
Directed by Kent Butterworth
[ the kite, a moth  cameos: Hamton, Buster ]

[ Interesting.  This one will get less respect than it probably ought.  It
wasn't funny, but it wasn't meant to be.  This one is in the same category as
"Top Secret Apprentice".  Very Spielbergian story line.  Good music.  -NS ]

Music by: Don Davis

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		As Buster
Tress MacNeille		As Babs
Cree Summer		As Elmyra
Don Messick		As Hamton
Kath Souci		As Sneezer
Frank Welker		As Furrball
Rob Paulsen		As Arnold

Animation Services - Akom Productions Co.

Quick Question: Those Babes Around Arnold -- What Kind of Animals Were They?

Tag - Byron: sniffs around, then 'Woof' 

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#167: GOING PLACES
Airdate: 9/17/91

"When You're Hot"
Written by Earl Kress
Storyboards by Rusty Mills, Greg Reynas & Chris Deat [?]
Directed by Rich Arons
[ BBHP, Pete Puma, the fire  cameos: Sneezer, Teach ]

[ Stooopid to the nth power.  One good part -- the flame hitching for
Universal Studios.  If you don't know why this is funny, you need to
get out more.  -NS ]

{ This short also got a little morbid with its humor -- Hamton as a
golden-baked entree', Elmyra with all her hair and clothes burned
off ... brrrrr.  -ed. }

"That's Art Folks!"
Written by Nick Hollander
Directed by Eddie Fitzgerald
[ Babs, etc  cameo: Teach ]

[ Didn't we already have a short by this name?  Musical theme was 'Pictures
at an Exhibition' by Modest Mussorgsky.  Other than that, this wasn't
noteworthy.  Words to the song will be posted separately, I'm sure.  -NS ]

[ In Babs' "Squash and Stretch" song, there is a line which goes "squash and 
stretch and sing your keys".  Russell Brower, TTA/Compu$erve liason and 
Sound Effects Chief, says that when it left his jurisdiction the line went
"squash and stretch between your knees".  Take it as you will ...  -KP ]

"Slaughterhouse Jive"
Written by Gordon Bressack
Storyboarded [sic] by Enrique May, Jim Fletcher & Mike Fontanelli
Directed by Rich Arons
[ BBHP, Monty ]

[ Humph.  Our first preachy-toon of the new season.  I guess vegetarianism is
Politically Correct this year. 'Scuse me while I go get a ham sandwich.  -NS ]

{ Although the ending and the gag credit make up for it  -ed. }

Music by Richard Stone

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Danny Cooksey		as Montana Max
Maurice LaMarche	as Blueboy
Frank Welker		as Dog
Kath Souci		as Sneezer

Animation Services - Wang Film Productions, Co., Ltd.

Moral Of Story (Choose One)
a. Eat More Meat.
b. Don't Play With Matches
c. Never Put A Bowling Ball In Your Underwear.

Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!"

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#169: ELEPHANT ISSUE
Airdate: 9/18/91

[ And you thought yesterday was Politically Correct?!  If this keeps up, I
will resign my post and desert TTA forever.  I mean it.  -NS ]

[ Byron Vaughns aparently had a voice cameo at the beginning. ]

"Why Dizzy Can't Read"
Story by Sherri Stoner
Written by Stephen Hibbert
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Buster, Babs, Dizzy  cameo: Bugs, various ]

{ Despite some nice touches (self-parodying, fourth-wall humor, Babs' Bill
Cosby impersonation), this short was the flagship for an afternoon of
sheer hell.  -ed. }

"C.L.I.D.E. and Prejudice"
Story by Sherri Stoner
Written by Mark Sarcenni [?]
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ BBHP, Monty, Clide  cameos: various ]

{ I have just two words to say:  goofy writing.  Sure, the HAL-speak and game-
show-speak were cute ideas, but they ground on the nerves really fast.  -ed. }

"One Beer"
Story by Wayne Kaatz
Written by Nicholas Hollander
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ BBHP ]

[ Just Say 'No' to stupid propaganda   -NS ]

{ The Show's Over - Go Sit In A Corner And Weep  -ed. }

Music by Bill Ross

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Frank Welker		as Gogo
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Jeff Bergman		as Bugs
Danny Cooksey		as Montana Max

Animation Services - Akom Productions Co. 

Today's Lesson - Reading Ir Berry Impertant

Tag - Gogo: "It's been surreal!"

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#171: HOG WILD HAMTON
Airdate: 9/19/91

Storyboard by Rusty Mills, Jim Fletcher, Enrique May
Gags by Greg Reyna, Enrique May, Rich Arons, Rusty Mills
Script by Paul Dini, Bob Carrau
Directed by Rich Arons
[ everyone ]

{ Smiles, everyone, smiles!  A fun, *non-preachy* episode to save us all
from eternal damnation.  Highlights: the slam on Ed McMahon/Publisher's
Clearinghouse, Hamton's parents, Egghead Jr., Gogo's Fred Astaire dance,
and the "This is the dream" gag taken from MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS.
-ed. }

[ Party antics could've been a bit wilder.  How's about a Tiny Toons game of
"I Never"?  -CA ]

Music by Bruce Broughton

Starring the voices of:

Don Messick		as Hamton
Joe Alasky [sic]	as Plucky
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Frank Welker		as Gogo
Rob Paulsen		as Fowlmouth
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Edie McClurg		as Winnie

{ If you thought Winnie's voice sounded familiar, it's probably because Edie
McClurg was Grace the secretary in FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF  -ed. }

Animation Services - Akom Productions Co.

Disclaimer - The Humor In Today's Show Does Not Represent Anything That Was
Ever Found In Any Way Funny By Anyone Who Ever Lived.

Tag - Dizzy: "Show over!" <RRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!>

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#166: PLAYTIME TOONS
Airdate: 9/20/91

"Happy Birthday Hamton"
Written by Nicholas Hollander
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ BBHP ]

"Fit To Be Toyed"
Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ Montana ]

[ Is Cooksey's voice dropping on us?  -NS ]

"Strung Along Kitty"
Story by Sherri Stoner
Written by Charlie Howell
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Furrball, Mary, Buster, Beeper ]

[ We've waited a long time for more Furrball (basically since 'Optical
Intrusion').  It was worth the wait.  -NS ]

Music by Ron Grant, Albert Olson

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Kath Souci		as Fifi [ ?? ]
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Danny Cooksey		as Montana Max

Animation Services - Akom Productions Co. 

Congratulations! You Have Just Wasted A Half Hour Of Your Life.

Tag - Furrball: "ROOOOOWWRRR--meow!"

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#170: TOON PHYSICS
Airdate: 11/04/91

[ Amusing premise, but it's pretty mediocre when the gag credit is funnier than
anything else in the show.  OTOH, that was a really good gag credit.  -TS ]

{ This one is worth watching for Orson Whales.  A promising character!  -ed. }

"Once Upon A Star"
Story by Tom Ruegger
Written by Nicholas Hollander
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ Elmyra, Barbette  cameos: Jiminy Cockroach, Orson Whales]

[ Remake of "Pig-ment of His Imagination" with Elmyra.  The Jiminy Cockroach
scene was great, though.  -TS ]

"A Cub for Grub"
Written by Dale Hale
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ Furrball, Sneezer  cameo: Orson Whales ]

[ Timing seemed off to me through the whole segment.  (Why, oh, why does
Furrball keep taking these lousy parts?? :-)  -TS ]

"The Year Book Star"
Written by Chris Otsuki & Dale Hale
Directed by Art Leonardi
[ Buster, Plucky  cameos: Him again, everyone ]

Music by Fred Steiner

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Kath Souci		as Sneezer
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy

Animation Services - Akom Productions Co. 

Top 5 "Toon Physics" Facts:
5. "Cub For Grub" Becomes Funny When You Watch It Backwards.
4. Sneezer Is Actually A 45 Year Old Man.
3. Barky Marky Was In This Episode.
2. The Boy In The Orange Hat Is Actually Danny Bonaduce.
1. We Wanted Carl Sagan To Do The Wraparounds, But He Snubbed Us. Go Figure.

{ Yessss!!  -ed. }

Tag - Plucky: "Parting is such sweet sorrow."

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#179: ACME CABLE TV
Airdate: 11/11/91

Written by Paul Dini, Tom Ruegger, Nicholas Hollander & Peter Hastings
Co-directed by David West
Directed by Alfred Gimeno
[ Everyone ]

{ As good as or better than KACME TV.  A Must See Episode(tm)!  -ed. }

"The Babsy and Buswinkle Show"
{ Ouch!  Rocky & BW were spared *no mercy* here ...  -ed. }

(commercial: Foot Loops cereal)

"The Cat Who Thought He Was A Hammerhead Shark"
{ And the Disney swipes get more and more vicious!  They also pegged the
narrator's voice perfectly  -ed. }

"Flassie"

"The Possum Swamp Pauper"
[ Yup, the possum said "inbred" ...  -FWS ]

"Toonywood Squares"
{ Buster's joke about Elmyra's brain was outrageous.  Monty's quizzical looks
during the Byron Basset question were great!  For the very best in TTA
animation, call Tokyo Movie Shinsa ...  -ed. }

"Grossanne"
{ Some cheap shots here, didn't like it.  Although the National Anthem reference
was *quite* warranted. :-)  -ed. }

(commercial: Bungle Boy Jeans)

"The Gogosby Show"

"Incredible Discoveries"
[ Anyone catch Furrball stirring the hot tar with the sack of feathers nearby
during "Incredible Discoveries"?  -TS  { As well as Hamton plucking the
chicken!  -ed. } ]

Music by Mark Watters

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hampton [sic]
Danny Cooksey		as Montana Max
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Frank Welker		as Gogo
Rob Paulsen		as Blink Winkleman
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Kathy Souci		as Sneezer  {note the y!}

Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsa Co., Ltd. 

The Characters In This Program Are Ficticious, And Any Similarity To
Any Real Person Is Purely Coincidental, Etc, Etc.  So Don't Sue Us,
OK?  Thanks.

Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs."

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#173: BUSTER AND BABS GO HAWAIIAN
Airdate: 11/18/91

{ This is the long-awaited episode written by the three 8th-grade
girls who are now no doubt enjoying unlimited wealth and fame ... :-)

And if you only see one or two Must See Episodes(tm) this year ... you
need to get out more.  No no, that came out wrong.  See this one!  -ed. }

Written by Renee Carter, Sarah Creef, Amy Crosby
[ Everyone (and I mean everyone) but Furrball, Calamity, Beeper ]

{ Who directed it??  We do know that Spielberg personally worked with the
girls on this one ... perhaps he's an uncredited director?  Nawwwww ...
or is it possible?  -ed. }

[ Once it got going ... wow!!  I have to wonder just how much (or little)
of the final dialogue was actually written by the credited writers.  -KP
{ Considering how truly fresh and inspired the whole thing was, I'm willing
to give them the benefit of the doubt ...  -ed. } ]

{ More references and highlights than you can shake a stick at.  A sampling:

Nicholas Hollander, Paul Dini & Sherri Stoner playing cards (catch the
  Little Mermaid poster!)
Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman from HOOK
BTTF's Doc Brown sitting next to George Lucas (in Vader garb)
Andrew Lloyd Webber in cat costume (reference to Spielberg's upcoming
  animated version of CATS)
The "Disney Invaders" video game
(What appeared to be) the girls' original storyboarding
The JAWS beach scene re-enactment }

Airplane cabin:

[ The first guy on the end (this would be the largish guy with round glasses)
is Joe Alaskey, and the woman to his left is Tress MacNeille.  -WB ]

[ Buster and Babs sit behind Charlie Adler ...  -JfK ]

[ Did anyone else catch Bugs' "Discovury" card, as in the space shuttle?  -RD ]


{ BTW, the Spielberg-playing-vidgames gag was a reference to SS having his own
personal video game arcade in his house at Universal Studios ... 

Buster riding the waves was fantastic!  Tokyo at its FINEST.

FYI: Plucky's line, "Only Warner Bros. would throw a luau inside a volcano"
is a stab at Warner's box-office bomb JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO.  (Now is that
an obscure reference or what? :-)  (Thanks to Will Bell for confirming my
suspicions)  -ed. }

Music by Richard Stone
 
Starring the voices of:
 
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Don Messick		as Hamton
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Danny Cooksey		as Monty
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Rob Paulsen		as Arnold
Kath Souci		as Sneezer
Greg Burson		as Bugs Bunny
Steven Spielberg	as Himself
 
Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha [sic] Co., Ltd.
 
Please Mail Your Unsolicited Manuscripts Along With A Stamped,
Self-Addressed Envelope To:  Some Other Show!
 
{ A fitting gag credit, considering how many goofy scripts they're 
undoubtedly going to be innundated with after this ...  -ed. }

Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!" [ Surprise, surprise! ]

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#174: HENNY YOUNGMAN DAY
Airdate: 11/22/91

[ Henny Youngman's bits are the only good parts of this episode.  A shattering
failure all around.  -CA ]

"Stand-Up and Deliver"
Written by Sherri Stoner
Directed by Jon McClenahan
[ BBHP, Robin Killems ]

[ Remember that saccharine sweetness that was so prevalent the first week of
the second season?  It's baaaaaccck.  -CA ]

{ The Emo Philips squirrel was definitely a highlight, however  -ed. }

"The Potty Years"
Written by Tom Ruegger
Directed by Jon McClenahan
[ Little Plucky, Plucky's Parents, cameos: Furrball, Byron Bassett ]

[ Inexcusible.  -CA ]

[ I thought it was the funniest TT short ever.  -JW ]

{ This was just a sampling of the extremely dichotomized opinions regarding
this short.  The advocates enjoyed and related to the depiction of a child's
"formative years", while the naysayers couldn't find anything that remotely
resembled TINY TOONS in it. :-)  -ed. }

"Lame Joke"
Written by Shecky Hollander, Boom-Boom Stoner
Directed by Jon McClenahan   ^^^^^^^^^
[ BBHP, Henny Youngman ]

[ Lived up to its title.  -CB ]

Music by Steve Bramson

Starring the voices of:

Henny Youngman		as Henny Youngman
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Maurice LaMarche	as Robin Killems
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Nathan Ruegger		as Little Plucky

Animation Services - StarToons

Top Four Henny Youngman "Savers":
4. Here's Another One You May Not Like.
3. How Can You People Sleep With The TV On?
2. Two, Three, Four ... Is Anyone Still Watching?
1. We Will Pray Silently For The Episode That Just Died.

Tag - Little Plucky: "I wanna flush it again!"

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#172: LOVE DISCONNECTION
Airdate: 11/25/91

"My Dinner With Elmyra"
(double length short)
Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Monty, Elmyra, Monty's mom  cameos: everyone ]

[ I felt it was a bit out of character for Elmyra to be aware of both her
physical and social appearance; e.g. trying to stifle her "hug you and
squeeze you" personality to impress Monty.  This one almost made me feel
sorry for Elmyra -- almost.  -VGR ]

{ Watch for the EDWARD SCISSORHANDS reference ...  -ed. }

[ "The Adventures of Fido and Mewmew" is a total swipe of the British
kiddie-movie, "The Adventures of Milo and Otis".  -RJ ]

"The Amazing Three"
Written by Arleen Sorkin and Beth Milstein
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Babs, Shriley, Fifi, Buster, Dizzy, Hamton, Plucky ]

[ All three of them look STUNNING!  WOW!  If you like these ladies, this
is a "miss this and you're dirt" episode.  -JSW ]

[ Without a doubt, Dizzy eating a stealth bomber is *begging* to be
scanned.  -VGR ]

[ Incidentally, "The Amazing Three" was the title of a Japanese cartoon back 
around '68.  It was about three galactic policemen who came to Earth to stop
warmongering maniacs with the help of their human friend Kenny.  The aliens
were a rabbit, a duck, and ... a horse. (Can't win 'em all)  -JfK ]

Music by Mark Watters

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Danny Cooksey		as Monty
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Frank Welker		as Gogo
Rob Paulsen		as Fowlmouth
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Gail Matthius		as Mitzi
Kath Souci		as Fifi

Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsa Co. Ltd.

Don't Tell Anyone - Fifi Is Secretly Engaged To Paul Dini.

{ It's been confirmed that this does not mean that Kath Souci and Paul
Dini have a thing going; it's purely a furry animal fetish :-)  -ed. }

Tag - Elmyra: "Let the show begin!"

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#184: KON DUCKI
Airdate: 02/10/92

Written by Sherri Stoner, Peter Hastings, Stephen Hibbert
Storyboard by Eddie Fitzgerald, Jim Fletcher, Enrique May, Rusty Mills
Directed by Rich Arons
[ Plucky, Buster, Hamton, Sweetie  Cameos: Calamity, Fifi, Shirley, Sneezer ]

{ I've never been bombarded with so much Seventies' nostalgia in my life!
Lots of good moments in this one, including the "Making Of" segment in
Act III.  Plus, this is the first tolerable use of Sweetie to date.  -ed. }

[ "Day <X>" cameos in Act I:

Day 3: Gilligan and the Skipper
Day 4: Mutiny on the Bounty.  "This ib Mubiny, Mr. Christian, Mubiny!"
Day 6: Jaws, of course
Day 9: [The _Nautilus_ from] 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea  - RD ]

[ [Re: Plucky's "P.S. 113" cap:] That is in fact a reference to director
Rich Arons' grade school in New York City.  Plucky's hat is supposed to have
a different logo on it in every new scene (actually, a couple are re-used a
few times) -- I contributed "1941" (I was just kidding, Steven!) and the
anarchy symbol.  Hey, ya gotta have *some* fun on the job!  - JLw ]

Music by William Ross

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Candi Milo		as Sweetie
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Kath Souci		as Fifi
Hal Rayle		as Coast Guard [??] Captain

Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsa Co. Ltd.

Abba Spelled Backwards Is Abba

Tag - Plucky: "Parting is such sweet sorrow."

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#185: SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD

[or: "How They Could Possibly Do a Good TTA Without Either Charlie Adler OR
Tress MacNeille"  -KP ]

Airdate: 2/17/92

Written by Deanna Oliver
Storyboard by Barry Caldwell, Jim Fletcher, Ken Harsha, David Schwartz,
Charles Visser, Pat Wong
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Monty, Elmyra, Hamton, Plucky, Furrball ]

{ In the tradition of CITIZEN MAX, another full-length film parody, this
one of Billy Wilder's SUNSET BLVD.  Sure, what 11-year-old wouldn't get
a gut-busting laugh out of *this*? :-)  Lots of great moments in this
one.  -ed. }

[ Geez, they laid the fourth-wall jokes on THICK today!
 
Hamton as the sadistic butler!  Who needs "Fleche de Lard"?
 
You think after this one, Furrball might take up bungee-jumping, just to
relax?
 
Overall: Not _quite_ "Citizen Max", but close.  B+.  -KP ]
 
Music by Albert Lloyd Olson

Starring the voices of:

Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Danny Cooksey		as Monty
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Rob Paulsen		as Cooper Deville

Animation Services - Akom Productions Co., Nelson Shin, President

Moral Of The Story - Wipe Your Feet.

Miss Elmyra's Hair & Make-Up By:  Floyd The Barber

{ hey kids!  *two* gag credits!  -ed. }

Tag - Elmyra: "Let the show begin!"

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#177: TAKE ELMYRA PLEASE
Airdate: 2/24/92

Story by Nicholas Hollander
Written by M.D. Sweeney, John McCann
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Elmyra & her new teevee family, Furrball  cameos: Buster & Babs ]

{ This was intended to be the pilot for the TTA spin-off ELMYRA'S FAMILY.
Are the TTA folks trying to pander to the SIMPSONS success?  If so, their
attempt was largely uninspired and most *un*-toonlike -- the whole thing felt
like a bad live-action TV movie!  The footage lifted from KACME TV made me
cringe.  -ed. }

[ What's with the rated-R semi-porn scene with Elmyra?!!  -SN ]

{ You mean the fact that her bikini top didn't have any straps holding it up? 
-ed. }

[ Overall I would give this episode a C+.  It would be a D, but I just can't do
that to a TMS show.  -JL ]

Starring the voices of:

Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Matt Frewer		as Mac Duff
Soleil Moon Frye	as Amanda Duff
Whitby Hertford		as Duncan Duff
Tress MacNeille		as Queegee  { and Elmyra's mom, it sounded like }
Rob Paulsen		as George
Stephen Bishop		as Mailman

{ Matt Frewer is the brilliant Canadian actor behind Max Headroom and "Doctor,
Doctor".  And we all have fond memories of Soleil Moon Frye as TV's "Punky
Brewster"... NOT!  -ed. }

Music by Albert Lloyd Olson

Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsa Co., Ltd.

Hey Kids!  Did You Spot Waldo?

[ Look closely at the Mr. Skullhead show.  Waldo's there.  (My girlfriend
spotted him in the crowd scene on our second watching.)  -AMG ]

{ Note to myself:  Never underestimate the gag credit!  -ed. } ]

Tag - Furrball:  "ROOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR...meow!"

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#   : HOW I SPENT MY VACATION
Released 3/11/92 to home video
Running time: 80 minutes

Written By Paul Dini, Nicholas Hollander, Tom Ruegger, Sherri Stoner

Sequences Directed By Rich Arons, Byron Vaughns, Alfred Gimeno, Barry Caldwell,
                      Ken Boyer, Art Leonardi, Kent Butterworth

{ An unmistakably positively quintessential etched-in-stone miss-it-and-
face-public-disgrace Must See Episode(tm).  You've never seen 80 minutes
fly by so fast.  -ed. } 

[ Absolutely incredible.  Singlehandedly redeems the second season.  Each of
the divergent plot-lines is a riot, and the clever satire is back with a
vengeance.  -CA ]

[ Now we know why the second season was so lackluster ... they dumped all
their *good* gags into this film!  -WB ]

[ *Great!*  Original music ... beautifully done plot transitions ... great
celebrity parodies .... It's too good to miss.  - TS ]

[ The animation and humor in this video are TOTALLY DIFFERENT from WB Classic.
Heck, only three WB stars (old stars, that is) have cameo roles, and only one
speaking part!  A great intro for folks who think TTA is just a lame copy of
old Warner Brothers (NOT!)  -JK ]

{ I lost it for the extended DELIVERANCE reference:  the point-of-view pan
under the possum's bridge, and the obvious take on the famous "Dueling
Banjos".  Squeeeeeeeeel!  -ed. }

[ Praise: the allusion to Das Rheingold at the end of the Little Mermaid
sequence.   -AMG ]

[ That sphinx was Tom Ruegger, right?  -KP ]
                                          [ It looked like Chuck Jones to me.
                                          That would be more appropriate,
                                          wouldn't it?  -JB ]

[ Pee-wee Herman was in the movie theatre; could he have been ... naw.  -MH ]

{ Moment-Worth-Mentioning:  the hilarious take-off on the promo for the
Lucasfilm "THX" Theatre Sound System.  Priceless!  -ed. }

[ I rather liked the way many of the sequences were linked together ... almost
Monty-Python-ish.  -BA ]

[ When Elmyra shows her animal class a picture of "The most dangerous animal
in the forest" (Kiss me! Kiss me! Kiss me!) and the animals scream -- look
where the monkey is.  -TH ]

{ Note that Babs' Lucy impersonation ("Oh Ricky, I wanna be in the showwww!")
is two-two-TWO! references in one, being that Tress herself did the voice of
Luthy on Weird Al Yankovic's single "Ricky"  -ed. }

{ Note Babs' brief "Rowin'" song-n-dance -- in the span of about 10 seconds,
they reference Tina Turner and LAUGH-IN.  MST3K would be proud. :-)  -ed. }

[ Look at the back-drop/screen behind Babs and Buster when they're on
stage.  -TH ]

Music Composed By Steve Bramson, Bruce Broughton, Don Davis, Albert Olson,
                  Richard Stone, Steven James Taylor, Mark Watters


                   Starring the Voice Talents of:

Charlie Adler as Buster Bunny           Tress MacNeille as Babs Bunny

 Joe Alaskey as Plucky Duck               Don Messick as Hamton Pig
 
Jonathan Winters as Wade Pig             Edie McClurg as Winnie Pig

                    Frank Welker as Uncle Stinky

   Cree Summer as Elmyra                Sorrel Booke as Big Daddy Boo

[ As a TTAUEC staffer mentioned, Sorrel Booke's most famous role is "Boss Hogg"
from the old DUKES OF HAZZARD tv show.  Guess the man has a thing for playing
southern accents.  -RJ ]

                    Rob Paulsen as Foulmouth [sic]

Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Devil       Gail Matthius as Shirley the Loon

     Kath Souci as Fifi                     Candi Milo as Sweetie


Reason This Movie Went Straight To Home Video:  Cuz It's So Darned Good!

Original Running Time:  8 Hours, 47 Minutes

Hey, What About That Urkel Kid?  Is He Funny Or What?

First Theatrical Screening:  June 8, 1991, Old Orchard Theatre,
                             Skokie, Illinois

Last Theatrical Screening:  (Same As Above)

This Film Has Been Edited For Your Protection.

Do Not Back Up - Severe Tire Damage

Sound Dimension Spatializer

Man In Sound Recording Booth Who Pushes That Funny Red
Button A Lot - Link Poonie

Moral of the Story (Pick One):
1. Enjoy Your Vacation.
2. Relish Your Youth.
3. Don't Pick Up Chainsaw-Wielding Hitchhikers.
4. Feature Length Movies Should Not Have 18 Different Plots.

Animation Production - Tokyo Movie Shinsa Co., Ltd.

Additional Viking Dialogue - Jerry Van Dyke

These End Credits - Are Interminable.

Top 4 Reasons A Caricature Of David Letterman Is In This Video:
4. We Admire His Comedy Stylings.
3. We Wanted To Use Merv Griffin, But He Threatened To Sue.
2. We Needed Some Filler.
1. We're Brown-Nosing Weasels Who Want Him To Mention Us On His Show.

Other Stuff Done By - Some Guy Named Bob.

And That's The Final End Credit.



We Lied.



The Cast

Buster Bunny ......................... Charlie Adler
Babs Bunny ........................... Tress MacNeille
Plucky Duck .......................... Joe Alaskey
Hamton Pig ........................... Don Messick
Wade Pig ............................. Jonathan Winters
Winnie Pig ........................... Edie McClurg
Uncle Stinky ......................... Frank Welker
Elmyra ............................... Cree Summer
Shirley the Loon ..................... Gail Matthius
Fowlmouth ............................ Rob Paulsen
Dizzy Devil .......................... Maurice LaMarche
Fifi ................................. Kath Souci
Sweetie .............................. Candi Milo
Big Daddy Boo ........................ Sorrel Booke
Big Boo .............................. Tress MacNeille
Sissy Boo ............................ Gail Matthius
Little Boo ........................... Kath Souci
Byron Basset ......................... Frank Welker
Johnny Pew ........................... Rob Paulsen
Mary Melody .......................... Cree Summer
Furrball ............................. Frank Welker
Banjo The Woodpile Possum ............ Rob Paulsen
Tupelo Toad .......................... Joe Alaskey
Sneezer .............................. Kath Souci
Little Beeper ........................ Frank Welker
Mr. Hitcher .......................... Rob Paulsen
Valhalla ............................. As Himself

Superman Created By Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
Copyright and Trademark DC Comics, Inc.

Our Only Regret:  Joe Piscopo

"Waiting For The Clock / Tiny Toon Adventures Vacation Main Title Theme"
  Music: Bruce Broughton
  Lyrics: Tom Ruegger & Wayne Kaatz

"Beneath The Ocean" and "Happy World Land Anthem"
  Music: Bruce Broughton
  Lyrics: Paul Dini

"Tiny Toon Adventures End Title Theme"
  Music: Bruce Broughton
  Lyrics: Sherri Stoner

Woman Who Cleans Studio - Queegee Bananahoe

The Characters In This Photoplay Are Fictitious.  Any Similarity To Persons
Living, Dead, or Undead, For That Matter, Is Purely Coincidental.

Suggested Retail Price - $19.95 Without Rebate

With Rebate - About A Buck And A Quarter

Color By TECHNICOLOR

DOLBY STEREO

Tag - Byron: [sniff sniff sniff] "Woof."

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Chronological Listing of Episodes:  THIRD SEASON (1992-1993)
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#178: THIRTEENSOMETHING
Airdate: 9/14/92
 
Written by Sherri Stoner
Storyboard by Tony Craig & Jim Fletcher, Jon McClenahan & John Hayes,
              Lou Police, Brian Mitchell & Joey Banaszkiewicz
Directed by John McClenahan
[ Babs, Buster, Plucky, Shirley, Elmyra  cameos: various celebs ]
 
{ For the new season, we see B&B sharing a smooch, Babs with cleavage,
Plucky hitting on Shirley ... did the toons complete puberty during
reruns? :-)  -ed. }
 
[ In case you blinked, that man tied up on Carson's sofa was Jay Leno  -KP ]

[ The influence of "Tootsie" abounded.  "You could really use a facial
wax" -- hee hee!  -JfK ]

Music by Richard Stone
 
Starring the voices of:
 
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Rob Paulsen		as Jason
Danny Gans		as Johnny Carson
Valari [sic] Bromfield	as Mary Hartless
Roger Rose		as David Letterman
 
Animation Services - Startoons
 
The Character of "Flint" Is In No Way Based On Flint Dille.
Honest, Flint.  No, Really ...
 
[ If I remember correctly, Flint Dille wrote the screenplay to Spielberg's
"An American Tail: Fievel Goes West"  -VR ]

Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs."

-------------------------------
#181: NEW CLASS DAY
Airdate: 9/15/92
 
"Just-Us League of Supertoons"
Written by Paul Dini
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Batduck, Decoy the Pig Hostage, Superbun, Wex Wuthor, Dasher, Hawkloon,
Wonderbabs, Aquamutt, Pink Canary, Keen Arrow, Scentanna ]

[ This one seemed very unoriginal, borrowing stuff from Vitello's "Bat's
All Folks" and DC Comics continuity and hoping the whole thing would come
together.  -CA ]

"Sound Off"
Directed by Byron Vaughns
Written by Paul Dini
[ Buster, Babs, Dizzy, Fifi ]
 
{ This one was very cool.  Got all the jabs at 30's-style animation down
perfectly.  I noticed the soundtrack couldn't resist lapsing back into
Carl-Stalling-mode, though ...  -ed. }

[ Very "interesting".  I was most amused by the nutty way the characters
were drawn, especially Dizzy.  Very close to the old Bosko cartoons.  They
compromised it with the cards, however.  And the sound FX.  -WB ]

"A Night In Kokomo"
Directed by Byron Vaughns
Written by Sherri Stoner
[ Babs as Groucho, Buster as Chico, Gogo as Harpo  cameos: Plucky & Hamton ]
 
[ Babs just goes absolutely wild.  The casting is perfect, although both
Plucky and Hamton suffered severe deja vu in their cameo appearances towards
the end.  -KP ]

[ Again, very "interesting".  Not many people can appreciate Marx Bros-type
humor.  You have to pay close attention or you will miss a lot of the jokes.
Gogo as Harpo was very appropriate.  (For a real cerebral challenge, watch
one of the old movies -- I suggest "Duck Soup" as a starter.)  -WB ]

Music by William Ross
 
Starring the voices of:
 
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Danny Cooksey		as Monty
Frank Welker		as Gogo
 
Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd.
 
Black and White Is Cheaper To Paint
 
Aquaman, Batman, Flash, Hawkman, Justice League, Superman and
Wonder Woman are trademarks of D.C. Comics Inc. (c) 1992.  All
rights Reserved.  Used with permission.
 
Tag - Dizzy: "Show over!" <RRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!>

-------------------------------
#190: FOX TROT
Airdate: 9/16/92
 
{ Yes, much to our collective chagrin, this episode *was* named after
You-Know-Who ... at least B&B lashed out with some irreverance ...  -ed. }
 
"My Brilliant Revenge!"
Written by Peter Hastings
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Plucky, Hamton  cameo: Buster ]
 
{ Huh?  Did a Fox executive write this one?  I sat scratching my head
through most of it.  And Akom was getting weeeeird with the animation,
too -- at one point Hamton's head looked like it was going to float 
off the chair ...  -ed. }

"Can't Buy Me Love"
Directed by Ken Boyer
Written by Deanna Oliver
[ Elmyra, Furrball, Rhoda, Monty  cameo: Calamity as "The Shlocketeer" ]
 
[ I almost retched when she gave her little magic green elf friendship speech
at the end.  BLECH! ! ! !  And why did they go to all the trouble to get
Sally Struthers just to say all of two lines?  (Granted, she's probably
working cheap.  Or maybe even free.)  -WB ]

"Phone Call from the 405"
Directed by Ken Boyer
Written by Tom Ruegger
[ Babs, Buster, Sneezer, Steven Spielberg ]
 
{ Awesome, I loved it!  The whole thing felt like one big entre-act, which
I actually kind of liked -- kind of a Letterman- or Shandling-esque breaking
of convention.  Frank Welker does a noble Spielberg impression, but if
you close your eyes and think Fred from Scooby Doo it falls apart rather
quickly  :-)  -ed. }
 
[ Using Sneezer was so off-the-wall it was funny.  NOTE: Buster finally
admits: "You're the popular one!"  SS's recreated chase scene was rather
dull, however.  -WB ]

Music by Albert Lloyd Olson
 
Starring the voices of:
 
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Danny Cooksey		as Montana Max
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Sally Struthers		as Rhoda's Mom
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Kath Souci		as Sneezer
Frank Welker		as Steven Spielberg
 
Animation Services - Akom Productions Co., Nelson Shin, President
 
Steven's Car Phone # - 555-5555 (1.95 Per Minute)
 
Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!"

-------------------------------
#189: WHAT MAKES TOONS TICK
Airdate: 9/17/92

[ "What Makes Toons Tick"???  Terribly misleading title.  "What Makes Viewers
Sick" is more like it.  Sorry, I can't even find any redeeming lines, mostly
because I watched the first two shorts with the sound turned off.  I think
the less said the better.  -KP ]
 
"Whirlwind Romance"
Written by Dale Hale
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Dizzy, Whirlwind, Mitzi & friends  cameos: Buster, Calamity, Babs,
                                             Elmyra, Monty, Gogo ]

{ (Only) Notable moment:  Gogo courting that blender!  -ed. }

"Going Up"
Story by Tom Ruegger
Written by Nicholas Hollander
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Little Plucky, Plucky's mom, Little Babs, Mr. Hitcher from HISMV
cameos: Buster, Calamity ]

{ Argh!  Not Little Plucky again!  Well, at least we had some decent moments
of TTA humor this time 'round -- rose the quality level from vomitous up to
moderate nausea ... :-)  -ed. }

"Nothing To Sneeze At"
Written by Beth Bornstein
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Sneezer, Oogie  cameo: Buster, Calamity, Hamton ]

{ Loved the perspective-shift tracking shot.  The extreme close-up of
Sneezer at the end was classic.  Thumbs up for this short!  The other two
get erased.  -ed. }

[ The VCR found the following monsters in Hell's unemployment line:  Elmyra's
vampire, Witch Hazel, the Hair Monster (Gossamer), a Gremlin, [ Melvin from
"Hare Raising"  -WB ], an Instant Martian, and Hugo the Abominable Snowman.
Also, is it me or did the receptionist have a vague resemblance to the girl
from BEETLEJUICE?  -KP ]   { I thought she looked more like Elvira  -ed. }

[ One thing really angered me!  I've always thought that if Witch Hazel were
ever to appear in a TTA episode, we'd at least be able to hear the real June
Foray do the voice.  So what happens?  I've had to listen to June Foray's
heinously inaccurate rendition of Granny, but for Witch Hazel, they don't
want to bother!  Ooo, dammit!  Pathetic.  -VGR ]

Music by Fred Steiner

With the voice talents of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Kath Souci		as Sneezer
Rob Paulsen		as Hiker
Gail Matthius		as Mitzi
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Nathan Ruegger		as Little Plucky

Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha [sic] Co. Ltd.

What These Three Cartoons Have In Common:  Nothing

Tag - Little Plucky: "I wanna flush it again!"

-------------------------------
#186: FLEA FOR YOUR LIFE
Airdate: 9/18/92
 
Directed by Ken Boyer, Tony Craig
Written by Wayne Kaatz
[ Flio, Itchy & family, Boss Tick, Furrball, Byron, Elmyra
cameos: Buster, Plucky ]
 
[ I'm sorry, but this episode reminded me of (retch) Disney's Chip-n-Dale's
Rescue Rangers, Boss Tick and all.  Honestly, I tuned out (or, more like
turned off the VCR) after the first act.  -MK ]

Music by Richard Stone
 
Starring the voices of:
 
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Cree Summer		as Elmyra {and Itchy}
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Rob Paulsen		as Flick
Jim Cummings		as Papa
Whitby Hertford		as Flio
 
Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co. Ltd.
 
It Didn't Work On Paper - It Doesn't Work On Film
 
Tag - Byron: [sniff sniff sniff] "Woof."
 
-------------------------------
#193: TOONS TAKE OVER
Airdate: 9/21/92
 
Written by Peter Hastings
Storyboards by Barry Caldwell, Charles Visser, Ken Mitchroney,
               Pat Wong, Keith Tucker, Ed Baker
Directed by Byron Vaughns
[ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Cooper deVille ]
 
[ Oh, dear.  It seems they finally went too far with the in-jokes.

Maybe not *the* most disappointing episode ever ("Duck Dodgers Jr." still
holds that mark), but nevertheless, I was not terribly thrilled.
 
[There was a scene cut] of Paul Dini jumping out his window after being
confronted with the massive script.  Someone here got that straight from
Dini himself, as I recall.
 
"Zounds!  I prithee pray thee, knave, take thine arms hence and thence and
bestoweth thy freedom on this, the fair maiden-at-arms."  "You talkin' to
me?"  No accounting for taste from those kids ...  -KP ]

Music by Albert Lloyd Olson
 
Starring the voices of:
 
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Don Messick		as Hamton
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Rob Paulsen		as Cooper deVille
Gail Matthius		as Sherri Stoner
Maurice LaMarche	as Board Artist
Roger Rose		as Reporter
Andrea Romano		as Andrea Romano The Magnificent
 
{ Andrea Romano is in charge of Casting and Voice Direction.  -ed. }
 
Animation Services - Freelance Animators, New Zealand
 
Hey! We Lost A Paperclip! Whoever Took It, Give It Back Right Now! -
Oh, Wait. We Found It. Nevermind.
 
Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!"

-------------------------------
#194: TWO-TONE TOWN
Airdate: 9/28/92

Written by Deanna Oliver
Storyboard by Joe Banaszkiewicz, Tony Craig, Brian Mitchell, Lou Police
Directed by Ken Boyer
[ Buster, Babs, Plucky, Foxy, Roxy, Goopy, Daffy, Yosemite Sam
cameos: Porky, Foghorn, Pepe, Taz, Elmer ]

[ From what little I saw of the two-tones, I think these guys were a better
choice than Bosko and Honey as stars-of-the-past-who-perhaps-deserve-a-
second-chance.
 
This "Goopy" guy -- I wouldn't be surprised if Disney had an absolute fit
over him.  And a lawsuit or two.  I think this is made ever more likely
as this character isn't half bad.
 
This one might gain "Must See(tm)" status on the basis that it might be very
significant; sort of a passing of the torch from TTA to the series Jenny
Lerew referred to as ANIMANIACS, if in fact this is what it turns out to be.
On its own merit, it falls a bit short.  Though it was close; the B&W closing
titles were a nice touch.  -KP ]

[ From _Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies - A Complete Illustrated Guide to 
the Warner Brothers Cartoons_ by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (If you 
don't have this book, for Gods sake! Go get it!), page 10-11:
 
  GOOPY GEAR (1932)
     In a crowded nightclub, everyone is asking for Goopy Gear, the star 
     performer.  Goopy, a piano-playing dog character, comes on stage and 
     performs the number "I Have Not Studied Music."  He sees three cats
     eating spaghetti and accompanies them to the tune of "The Sidewalks
     of New York."  Goopy next performes "Tiger Rag" four handed - his
     two hands and two gloves!
 
>From _The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals_ by Jeff Rovin, 
page 98:
 
  FOXY
     Pedigree.  Early cartoon character from Warner Brothers.
     Biography.  A bipedal fox who looks like Mickey Mouse, except for his
     spats, fluffy tail, and ears - which are shaped like spades on playing 
     cards.  Foxy is an impatient, sometimes violent critter.  At a saloon
     in his screen debut ("Lady Play Your Mandolin") he punches out his horse
     when the animal wants to dance.  In his second cartoon (Smile, Darn Ya,
     Smile) he whips out a pin and punctures a heavyset woman who can't
     squeeze into a trolley.  Foxy has an unnamed fox girlfriend who looks
     just like him.

There were only three Foxy cartoons, all of them released in 1931.  -MH ]
 
[ The "Buster & Babs get cancelled" subplot.  I'm sorry, that hit a little
TOO close to home for me ...  - RJ ]

[ To whoever looks for cameos, the guy at the end looked like Buddy Hackett.

Buster looks grotesque in drag.  Also Charlie Adler's southern accent is
brain-melting.  -JfK ]

{ The music, however, was absolutely splendid.  Go back and watch it again,
this time keeping an extra ear on the soundtrack.  -ed. }

Music by William Ross

Starring the voices of:

Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Greg Burson		as Daffy
Maurice LaMarche	as Yosemite Sam
Robert Morse		as Goopy
Desiree Goyette		as Roxy
Rob Paulsen		as Foxy
Frank Welker		as Big Lee

Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd.

Quote Of The Day - "Do You Like Our Butts And Ears Better Up Or Down?"

Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs."

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#192: BUSTER'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Airdate: 11/02/92
 
"Fit To Be Stewed"
(double length short)
Written by Sherri Stoner, Nicholas Hollander
Directed by Rich Arons
[ Buster, Babs, Sandy Witch  cameos: Furrball, Sweetie ]
 
[ Babs turned into a common pet rabbit was too silly for words ("Babs! Say
something!"  >drink< >drink< >drink< ), and Buster's deadpans and facial
expressions saved those very old jokes he told.  B-)  -RJ ]

[ Yes, the first Witch Hazel cartoon appeared in 1954.  And, in that cartoon,
Bugs retrieves magic dust from behind an "In Case Of Emergency Break Glass"
and hurls it at the witch.  Deja vu blues!  -WB ]

"Ducklahoma"
(First aired 9/28/92 on THE PLUCKY DUCK SHOW)
Directed by Rich Arons
Written by Peter Hastings
[ Buster, Plucky, Shirley, Hamton, Elmyra  cameos: Furrball, Babs ]
 
{ One of the finest shorts in a looooong time.  Don't miss!  -ed. }

Music by Albert Lloyd Olson
 
Starring the voices of:
 
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Cree Summer		as Elmyra
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Gail Matthius		as Shirley
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Candi Milo		as Sweetie
Sally Struthers		as Sandy Witch
 
Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co. Ltd.
 
"Buster's Directorial Debut" Is Also Buster's Directorial Swan Song
 
Tag - Furrball: "ROOOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRR....meow!"

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#195: WASHINGTOON
Airdate: 11/04/92
 
Written by Nicholas Hollander
Storyboards by Craig Armstrong, Marc Schirmeister,
               Glenn Vilppu, Sherilan Weinhart
Directed by Alfred Gimeno
[ everybody, president of "Adults Against Funny Cartoons" ]
 
[ They really slammed Quayle HARD.  Not that I'm complaining.  Besides, there
was that Ted Kennedy gag thrown in for balance.

I nominate this episode for the "topical reference with shortest shelf-life"
award.  I can hear the clock ticking on this one already.  I dread the day
that I watch this with my kids, and have to explain to them who the blond guy
is.  -DM ]

[ Hamton in a French Maid's Outfit?  Where did THIS come from?

I think I can understand why this ep was not shown yesterday.  If I knew Dan
Quayle was a Tiny Toons Fan I wouldn't have voted for Clinton. :-)  -APY

{This episode was slated to air on November 3rd -- Election Day 1992 -- but
was mysteriously re-scheduled at the last minute  -ed. }  ]

Music by William Ross
 
Starring the voices of:
 
Charlie Adler		as Buster
Tress MacNeille		as Babs
Joe Alaskey		as Plucky
Don Messick		as Hamton
Frank Welker		as Furrball
Maurice LaMarche	as Dizzy
Louise Duart		as Barbara Walters
 
Animation Services - Akom Productions Co., Nelson Shin, President
 
Guess What We Are?
A. Republicans
B. Democrats
C. As Of This Broadcast Being Investigated By The F.B.I.
 
Tag - Gogo: "It's been surreal!"

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