From: vgriscep@wam.umd.edu (VGR (Craig Pell))
Subject: Re: alt.tv.tiny-toon FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Keywords: new users questions answers faq
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 00:34:49 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.162603.15744@yenta.alb.nm.us> synth@yenta.alb.nm.us (Synth F. Oberheim) writes:
>
>A:  Robert Jung (rjung@aludra.usc.edu) writes:
>
>    In an attempt to avert having alt.tv.tiny-toon devoured by flames
>    about Startoons' animation and "who animated what tags?", four of the
>    TTAUEC staff took the initiative and found the answers the old-fashioned
>    way -- they called.
>
>    100% certain attributions
>
>    Speaker        Quote                                        Animator
>    =======        =========================================    ==============
>    Baby Plucky    "I wanna flush it again!"                    Startoons
>    Buster         "And that's a wrap."                         Warner Bros.
>    Buster/Babs    "Say goodnight, Babs."  "'Goodnight, Babs'"  Warner Bros.
>    Elmyra         "Let the show begin!"                        Wang Film
>    Fifi           "Au revoir, ma petit potato du couche."      Startoons
>    Furrball       "ROAR! ..Meow?"                              Startoons
>    Gogo Dodo      "It's been surreal!"                         Warner Bros.
>    Plucky         "Parting is such sweet sorrow."              Warner Bros.

This is going to get a lot of less-than-affirming response, but ...
I don't agree.  Yes, I know it came straight from the horses' collective
mouth.  I still think some of those are wrong.

What! you say, how can you possibly disagree with *the* Official Word (TM)?

Simple.  The small errors and slips that have appeared on voice credits in
the past.  I know there are at least a dozen, but I can't recall them all
now.  The most common slip has been crediting the right voice actor for the
wrong role.  Such as Kath Souci as Sneezer in "The Looney Begninning."  Sneezer
isn't in it;  Souci did the cute "cavity" bunny.  There are other examples,
and I think there are even a couple credit screens that list people who
didn't appear at all.  If I can find these, I'll post them, you can bet on it.

Anyway, my point is that those people ain't perfect.  Just whom did those
"answers" come from?  Unless it was the very person(s) who signed the contract
with each animation house to do the tag, I'd say there is room for miscommuni-
cation and thus room for error.  (Example:  "Wang said they couldn't have 
this here tag ready by the deadline I set, so I hired StarToons instead;
hope that's okay, boss.")

So I audaciously take exception to the Elmyra, Gogo, and Plucky tag
attributions.  Look at them, people.  Look at Elmyra's lashes, and
compare with Babs in the intro to "You Asked For It" I and II.  Compare
Elmyra with StarToons' animation of *any* female character.  Compare Elmyra
with Fifi's tag.
And Plucky?  The easiest of all.  Just look at his head.  We all know this is
one of the easiest trademarks of StarToons to spot.
And Gogo.  This one's a bit difficult.  I suggest comparing the "surreal" tag
with Gogo's actions in the presence of Henny Youngman.

And just for the record:  I am not trying to find StarToons everywhere I look,
just because I happen to like them.  I believed these tags were StarToons
long before Henny Youngman Day or 13S ever aired.

>    Not-so-certain attributions
>
>    Byron Basset   "Woof."                                      ???

I really think it's StarToons, though it's admittedly hard to tell.

   VGR

"The size of the brain is no measure of its capacity."   - Mr. Jonathan Frisby