From: rjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.tiny-toon,alt.tv.tiny-toon.plucky-duck
Subject: Re: Plucky Duck Show #2 (reduced spoilers)
Date: 26 Sep 1992 10:44:03 -0700
Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts
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In article <Bv6yt4.Ko5@ais.org> hampton@ais.org (Kevin Podsiadlik) writes:
>Spoilers

What he said.



Act I: "Ducklahoma" (from BUSTER'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT, #192)
  Animated by Wang Film
>Ducklahoma: The only detractor was that it seems to be continuing
>a theme of reusing old (if good) ideas.  Fortunately, this one seems
>to work.

  I know a lot of people will compare this to "The Anvil Chorus", but I'm not
sure if it's entirely justifiable. The whole point of "TAC" was to drop anvils
on Plucky, but "Ducklahoma" was just telling a story with lots of toony
absurdity thrown in (or, to paraphrase: "This is absurd!"  "That's what I'm
going for here!").

>I'm split over whose solo was better, Plucky's or Elmyra's.

  I loved Elmyra's solo! Someone digitize that song!

>As for the ending, sorry, I saw that coming.  They're gonna
>have to be a little less obvious next time if they're gonna
>catch Ol' Blue Ears off guard.

  I thought for a few seconds that the anvil WAS going to hit Buster; probably
because "Ducklahoma" committed the (previously) unthinkable, dropping an anvil
on Shirley the Loon.

  Still, a way fun short in my book. Can't wait to see how Buster's other
endeavors go...



Act II: "Nutcracker Suite" and "Yakkity Yak" (from TOON TV, #180)
  Animated by ???
>Nutcracker Suite: Was this supposed to be the one where Plucky
>supposedly gets trapped inside a video game?  Something tells
>me no.

  I don't think so. Certainly nothing computer-generated about the animation.

  I like the "concept" of the video, but having Fowlmouth sing turned me off
a little. Something about the voice, it doesn't quite click.

  "Yakkity Yak" was a little too literal, but still decent. Only question is
whether or not Plucky's "hoodlum friend" was supposed to be Mr. Hitcher from
HISMV? If so, the animators needed a bit more work there. And speaking of
which...

  Okay, we now know for sure that TOON TV is really TINY TOON MUSIC
TELEVISION II. Who's doing the animation for the episode? It's definetely
not Tokyo Movie Shinsa, to my minor disappointment. Don't get me wrong, the
animation is not retch-your-guts-out bad, but I can't quite peg the studio.
It looks like Wang Film, though with a little bit of Akom thrown in (shades
of Julia Child  B-).  Anyone want to take a guess?



Act III: "Party Crasher Plucky" (from ???)
  Animated by Wang Film

  Okay, what gives?!? This was supposed to be "Loon Lake". Who's the idiot who
misreported the upcoming episode??? Who's the bonehead wh--

  Er...never mind.  B-)  Wonder where "Party Crasher Plucky" will come from?

>Party Crasher Plucky: Now *this* is celebrity cameo heaven!

  It started off great, but lost a little steam near the end, which did
nothing but "hey, let's slip in another cameo!". The ending could have been
much better IMO.

  Good stuff: Buster's centerfold in his locker & Babs' reaction; Shirley
the Loon meets Shirley MacLaine (tho it was too short!); the visitor's list
that the receptionist had ("Howie Mandell - Loon" Bwahahahahahaha!); and...

>"Hey, don't you know who I am?  I'm, uh... I'm, um... what do
>celebrities love more than anything else... I'm...an endangered
>species!"

  (Insert big grin here)

                                                --R.J.
                                                B-)

P.S. Monday: TWO-TONE TOWN, where Buster and Babs have to help unemployed
black-and-white toons survive for some reason. Animated by Tokyo Movie
Shinsa, and will probably draw comparisions between it and FIELDS OF HONEY.

(Well, TWO-TONE TOWN can't get worse than FoH, if you ask me. At least this
time there's a better animation studio behind it...  [Rob ducks as Synth fires
up a flamethrower  B-])

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   Buster: "We've got action! Drama! 10,000 charging Monguls! Tidal waves!
              Earthquakes!--"
     Babs: "Eh-hem! The Monguls cancelled. Sore throat."
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