From: joshm@crash.cts.com (Josh Mercer)
Subject: Re: Toon TV takes on top TTA titles!
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
Date: 10 Nov 92 20:05:15 GMT

In <1dncrtINNpto@aludra.usc.edu> rjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung) writes:

>>I'll leave the endless praise of "Toon TV" to others.

>  You mean you liked it?

(My sentiments exactly)

>Here there be spoilers and comments on TOON TV:
>

>TOON TV is clearly a sequel to TINY TOON MUSIC TELEVISION. But while TTMTV was
>different, refreshing, and lots of laughs, TOON TV felt bland and left me
>indifferent.

When I saw the title and the mtv-esque music, I was really happy that
it was finally on.  Thirty minutes later I could only ask: Why?  Why?  There's
so much wasted potential in this episode...



>Specific comments ('cuse the mis-memory of the song titles):

>* "How Do I Know He Loves Me?" Definetely had potential, but lost it halfway
>through.  First Buster is staying away from Babs, then halfway through we get
>an ugly mermaid and the Phantom of the Opera. Huh? Not enough laughs, IMO.

This one started off real strong, but eventually tapered off.  Currently
I think it's the best part of the whole episode, though I think that that 
might be my enthusiasm for a TTMTV sequel clouding my early judgement.
I did like the Kiss the Girl from TLM bit, though.

>* "The Nutcracker Suite". I liked this even more than when it aired on TPDS.
>The lyrics were funny, the music was fast, the animation/video worked.
>Probably the best video of the whole show, eventhough Fowlmouth singing still
>strikes me as a little odd.

I thought so, too.  Someone else should've been singing, but otherwise it
was okay.


>* Whatever-the-Sinead-O'Connor-swipe-was. Huh?

>* "The Name Game". Bleagh. If this is the best from the TINY TOONS SING! album,
>I'm glad I didn't buy it. Not only did I not like the song to begin with, but
>the video didn't make much sense either.

I was very glad I didn't buy the TTS album after this part.  Not good, and
the video didn't make much sense, true.


>* "Toon Out, Toon In". Closest thing TOON TV had to being contemporary, but
>still flubbed it. Problem IMO is that this was an "original" song, and not a
>real-life rap. As it is, TOTI felt too commercial for me to enjoy it.

Was ToTi another thing off TTS?  It seemed that way, with the bad
some-guy-in-marketing-writes-a-rap feel.  Hated it.


>* "Do You Love Me?". Second funniest video, after "Nutcracker Suite". Here we
>have a coherent "story" to the video, and lots of exaggerated humor (Buster's
>screaming and the never-ending-ness were especially delightful).

This one's my second-favorite, too.  Or maybe it's the one I hated the
second-least.  I dunno.

>* "Yakkity Yak". As someone said after this aired on TPDS, the video was too
>literal.

Agreed. Big yawn.

>  Suggestions to Warner Animation, Jenny Lerew, Sherri Stoner, or whoever: For
>TINY TOON MUSIC TELEVISION III, let's stick to more current songs/raps, and
>fewer rewriting of the lyrics. I mean, the TTMTV video for "Istanbul, Not
>Constantinople" was a perfect example. Trying to find contemporary songs that
>are suitable for kids isn't that hard; gimme a call sometime.

And, since you didn't mention it: The Istanbul video was _far_ superior
to the TMBG version.  The odd thing was that my impression from the TTA
panel at the SD comicon was that they didn't want to repeat the same
qualities that made the first TTmtv so good.(videos that were made from
popular music, for instance).  No more Julie Bruin, either.  Le sigh.