From: pochron@picard.cs.wisc.edu (David Pochron)
Subject: Re: Taronga and the mailing list
Summary: Aha!  That explains it!
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:15:21 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.141204.18012@NeoSoft.com> arielle@NeoSoft.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
>
>Taronga's down.  Problems with the hard drive again.  <gnash gnarl>
>
No wonder things are quiet... :-)
BTW:  Does the mailing list stuff get forwarded to this group and vice-versa?

Well, I guess this is as good a time for a intro as any....

Yep, I'm back, and it is nice to see things are changing for the better around
here!  (Like the addition of a disney afternoon group! :-D )

I hope everyone had a good summer - I was busy for a change this summer.  Any-
way, onto important topics:

-  Miami:  I was in Miami for two weeks and finally met Juan!  We traded
stories and I got to read the digests he was receiving.  DWD ratings list, eh?
What fun!  I'll have to post my own when I get around to it!

-  Andrew: I missed it by two weeks as well.  I am not very happy about having
my old hometown destroyed.  (Yes, I lived in Miami for 20 years until we moved
here four years ago....)

-  Goof Troop:  Interesting series!  I am kind of lukewarm to most of the
stories, though.  "Midnight Movie Madness" was the best so far.  I think the
shows that focus on the kids do better - there isn't much interesting about
Goofy and Pete.  Other thoughts:
   - Goofy & Pete:  Like I said, they are probably the least interesting
   characters of the show.  Jim Cummings slips into his DWD voice whenever
   Pete gets "stressed."

   - Peg:  I liked her in the 1-hour special, now she's just plain annoying.
   She is always jumping to conclusions!

   - Max and PJ:  I talk about them together since on their own they don't do
   much.  This is yet another case of the relationship between two characters
   being the most important thing.  (Much like Gosalyn & Honker - In fact,
   Max reminds me of Gos and PJ reminds me of Honker for some reason....)
   Pete Jr's character surprised me a bit when I first saw him - I was
   expecting this Pete-clone since he wears this leather jacket, but was
   pleased with his being really down-to-earth and smart.  Similarly, with
   Max, I am quite pleased they didn't clone Goofy here and gave him some
   real personality!  He looks like Sonic the Hedgehog crossed with Mickey
   Mouse! :-)

   - Chainsaw:  (Pete's dog, right?)  Nice design, though unusual to have
   a naturalistic animal in a series like this.  I'll have to wait and see
   whether she ever becomes more than just a moocher of Pete's food.

   - Pistol:  Kinda resembles Chainsaw, doesn't she?  :-)  When I first heard
   about her character, I was expecting to be annoyed with it, but actually,
   she's more subdued than I imagined.  She's a good foil for Max and PJ, and
   they should do more stories involving these three characters.  Took me
   two shows to figure out it was Bart Simpson's voice!  Her manner of talking:
   hmmm, it's familiar, but I can't think of a good example.  She's kinda like
   Felix the Rat from the Capitol Critters episode "The Rat to Bear Arms."
   Her mouth goes a mile a minute! :-)

   - Waffles:  (Goofy's cat)  Again, a surprising use of naturalistic animation
   here, and I like it!  In fact, the design is far different from anything
   else on in the DA!

   - The look of the show:  Y'know what show this series looks like?  "Family
   Dog" from Amazing Stories!  In fact, Pistol kinda fits the role of their
   talkative daughter as well!

   - Overall:  The bad episodes have moments of greatness, but I wonder if it
   is worth sitting through an otherwise uninteresting half hour.  The only
   really "great" episode so far, IMHO, is "Midnight Movie Madness."

   - This review, now that I have re-read it, sounds somewhat negative, and I
   really don't mean for it to be that way.  I would be sorely unhappy if I
   missed even one episode.  I just think the show has yet to hit its stride.


More topics:

-  Madison's DA schedule:
   Well, channel 47 (WMSN) moved everything around.  Now DT starts the
broadcast day at 6AM!  At 7AM is DWD, followed by TS, and RR.  GT is on at
3:30PM, followed by TTA, and then Batman.  (The GT-Batman hour and a half is
very convenient for me.)  Right now, I am fuming because our local TV guide
shows that our ABC affiliate does not have DWD in the schedule for Saturday
mornings!!!  :-(  Can they *do* that???  Other stations list DWD in its new
time slot.  What does our affiliate have in the new DWD slot?  Repeats of
"Way Cool!!!!"  >:-(  However, TV Guide magazine says DWD will be on our
station, so someone is in error - it had better be our local TV guide!
I guess I'll find out tomorrow.


Well, that does it for now.  Gotta wake up early tomorrow and catch all the
new shows! :-)

pochron@picard.cs.wisc.edu