From: hampton@ais.org (Kevin Podsiadlik)
Subject: New Class Day
Organization: UMCC
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 02:14:09 GMT

Spoilers

First, a plot review for the TTA-deprived among us:

The toons' new classes include Superheroes 101, Silent Cartoon
Interpretation, and Classic Comedy Team Workshop.
 
Just-Us League of Supertoons: Plucky and Hamton are again in their
roles as Bat-Duck and Decoy, the Pig Hostage.  They are called by
Superbun (Buster) to join the Just-Us League of Supertoons, which
features Little Dasher (Beeper), Hawk-Loon (Shirley), Wonderbabs,
Aquamutt (Byron), Pink Canary (guess), Teen Arrow (Calamity), and the
Mystic Maid of Musk, Scentana (Fifi).  Bat-Duck is quickly blackballed
when it proves he has no actual superpowers, but this proves just as
well when Wex Wuthor (Monty, in a reprisal) attacks the League with a 
device to drain their superpowers.  Wex picks on Bat-Duck first, and
gets nothing but captured.  Bat-Duck and Decoy are rewarded by getting
to replace Wex as the League's valet.
 
Sound Off: Buster and Babs star in an early 30's style cartoon, with
all the authentic details: blocky animation, no color, extremely
simple plot, lame sight gags.  The only anachronism is in the dialog. 
The plot involves Buster and Babs  at a picnic.  Dizzy shows up and
spoils it all, but Buster and Babs (with considerable help from Fifi)
fix him good.  Leaving Dizzy in the ink bottle after they return to
color and sound was thoughtless and likely to be revenged later, but
these things happen.
 
A Night in Kokomo: While Calamity and Little Beeper are doing Laurel &
Hardy, and Fowlmouth, Furrball and Concord put on the Three Stooges,
we concentrate on the Four Marx Brothers, Zeppo (Hamton, cameo as
"Janison(?)"), Groucho (Babs, "Dr. Leslie Hackensack"), Chico (Buster,
"Chick Olina") and Harpo (Gogo, "Pinky").  The three of them (less
Hamton) try to save a hotel from foreclosure by driving it into
bankruptcy, in a routine that has about as little plot as anything the 
real Marx Brothers ever did.
 
Supertoons: Well, I hope the author of "Yucks-Men" is satisfied now. 
Not much in it, mind you, though Hamton's reaction to "Scentana" is,
well, notable.
 
Sound Off: Would you rather have this or Kennedy?  I know that's a
tough question, but...
 
Kokomo: Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya...what do you mean, not that
one?  Anyway, Babs just goes absolutely wild.  The casting is perfect,
although both Plucky and Hamton suffered severe deja vu in their cameo
appearences towards the end.  At least we now know of one sure way to
tick off Hamton, for whatever reason we might want to.
 
Come to think of it, the past two days have included a lot of subtle
references to earlier episodes, including, unfortunately, the reusing
of jokes.  (The bit about "..in your general direction" from
yesterday really made me notice this.)
 
Well, that's two down, and so far, nothing bad.  Tomorrow, will "Fox
Trot" have something to do with the network the show is currently on? 
Your guess is as good as mine.
 
-- 
Kevin J. Podsiadlik         | "A recent survey has revealed that, if the
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