From: jrjohns@eos.ncsu.edu (John R. Johns II)
Subject: Back with News
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:13:52 GMT

I gots lots of stuff to write about!  Hold on!
 
#1) Did ANYONE, PLEASE save messages from circa Dec 15 to Jan 4 for me?
    If you did, PLEASE send them!  I missed all messages between those
    dates.
 
#2) Let me cast my vote on the HISMV argument: S_w_ine.
 
#3) Thanks to the folks from alt.tv.tiny-toon/FurryMUCK who sent me postcards.
 
#4) Did someone get a GIF of the new TTA float this year?  I missed seeing it.
 
#5) If you are a collector of the Panini TTA Stickers: CONTACT ME.  I have
    almost a FULL collection ( I bought TWO BOXES of stickers! ).  I'm only
    missing about 6 stickers, and I have LOTS of dups.  I also have several
    extra copies of the sticker album...they aren't in great shape (two are
    torn and the other has a few wrinkled pages) but HEY, it's a sticker
    album...only $0.80 + shipping/handling...
 
#6) I have a nice update for the FAQ's listing of TTA Merchandise available.
    My personal update will follow in the next message.
 
#7) Trivia time: Did you know that there was a Buster_Bunny BEFORE Tiny Toons?
    The following excerpt is from "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon
    Animals" by Jeff Rovin.  Prentice-Hall Press, 1991.
 
        Pedigree: Comic book bunny.
        Biography: Buster is a spunky young hare who
        thrives on fun.  He enjoys camping (right next to the
        house, though, so he can go inside and eat), and go-
        ing to the movies (as long as someone else is paying,
        because he never has any money).  The white (later,
        gray) bunny always wears a red sweatshirt and black
        trousers.
        Comment: Buster appeared in sixteen issues of his
        own magazine from Standard Comics (1949 to
        1953), and also appeareed as a back-up feature in com-
        ics starring SUPERMOUSE.  See HAMTON for another
        Buster Bunny.
 
Well, I probably got your mouths watering, so I will now hit you with
the two references to TTA from the book.  The first is under "Bugs Bunny"
and this reference sort of left a, well, bad taste in my mouth...I should
write this Rovin guy and correct him...
 
        ...(at the end of a VERY long entry on BUGS BUNNY)...
        The Steven Spielburg TV cartoon series TINY TUNES (sic)
        features the adventures of Bugs, Daffy, Porky
        and so on as six year olds.  It premiered in September
        1990.
 
Oh, come on, when is the last time this guy talked to the people at WB?
Didn't someone say that WAS the original idea, but was quickly changed
to the current concept?  Oh, well...onwards to the entry on HAMTON, the
only TTA character with his own entry...
 
        Pedigree:  Peewee version of PORKY PIG.
        Biography:  Hamton is an indecisive young pig who is
        sure of only one thing: He likes to eat, and can usually
        be found chowing down at Acme Pizza and Hot
        Dogs.  The porcine youth is shy and low on self-
        esteem, qualities he hopes to overcome at Acme
        Looniversity, where he's learning how to be funny...
        just like his distant relative Porky.  Hamton's class-
        mates include Buster Bunny, a blue-furred har who's
        related to BUGS BUNNY and is nearly as smart and pre-
        cocious; pink-furred Babs Bunny, who has bows on
        her eartips and enjoys doing impressions of lady rock
        stars and celebrities; Plucky Duck, a green-feathered
        duck who, like DAFFY DUCK, has a huge ego and quick
        temper; Sweetie, a pink, diminutive version of TWEETY
        BIRD; Furrball, a pesky feline like SYLVESTER THE CAT;
        Fifi, a petite skunk; Calamity Coyote, a miniature
        WILE E. COYOTE; Little Beeper, a small Road Runner;
        and Dizzy Devil, a destructive Tasmanian devil who
        loves party and food...especially pizza rolls.
        Comment:  These characters first appeared in the
        TINY TOONS cartoon series which debuted in the fall
        of 1989.  They have since become the stars of their
        own DC comic book, as well as numerous novels
        and an activity magazine.
 
Well.  There we have two contradictions.  First under BUGS's entry
it says it's "Tiny Tunes" and premiered in 1990; under HAMTON's
entry, it says "Tiny Toons" and premiered in 1989.  Feh.  Oh, well,
at least TTA got noticed enough to merit an entry.  Now, where are
those numerous novels, I want to know????  (He *couldn't* mean
the stuff here on internet.)
 
Anyways, the book IS nice...I got it for $5.49 at "Publishers Warehouse".
It is full of trivia.  It has over 2000 characters in it, from famous
Ninja Turtles to not so famous Kung-Fu Gophers, and even talks about the
one time that Wile E. Coyote CAUGHT the Road Runner in 1980.
 
#8) (Thought I'd forgotten, didn't you?) I had a GREAT Christmas.  I got
  lots of Tiny Toons stuff even...and I didn't think I'd get ANY (the
  looks my parents have been giving me ever since I went toon-crazy seem
  to indicate such strange emotions as "fear", "discontent", and
  "confusion" I do believe.)  Of course, the looks from my parents will
  never parallel the looks of the manager at the east Charlotte Phar-Mor
  when I told him I wanted to buy $28 worth of Panini Stickers...heh...
 
#9) What, you're still reading this?  Don't you have a LIFE?  Well, I DO!
  I've got a co-op job!  Bwahahahahahah!  (Now I can buy me own TTA
  merchandise...why, I have a strong urge to go buy a Nintendo TTA
  cartridge right now <grin>) (The last cartridge I got was over a year
  and a half ago)
 
#10) There is no #10.  This is the end of my insane rantings.  I admire
  your perseverance.  (Although I question your intelligence.) :-) :-)
 
Happy New Year everyone!
 
- John
 
"Whaddya mean I should post the HISMV DYN list *again*?  I just posted it
 last month!"

P.S. - Since writing this (I actually wrote it yesterday, but our NNTP
server said "No Way Jose!  We're FULL!") I *did* go out and get the Nintendo
TTA cartridge.  The artwork could be a bit better in some parts, but overall,
it's a well done job IMHO.


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 (*  John R. Johns II  -  Senior -  Computer Engineering  *)
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