From: kmeyer@unf6.unf.edu (Karl Meyers)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.tiny-toon
Subject: Re: Comments on TWO-TONE TOWN (was Re: 2-Tone Town)
Summary: Comments, questions, and keeping the faith.  : )
Keywords: Tiny Toon Adventures
Date: 5 Oct 92 04:08:53 GMT
Organization: University of North Florida, Jacksonville

Nice to be hearing from you again, Rob.  Evedentially, the little communication
problem our systems were having with each other has been fixed.  :)

In article <1a8erjINN33d@aludra.usc.edu> rjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung) writes:
> 
>>Well.   Well, I'll take it over Fields of Honey, but then again, it beat
>>that one on animation alone.
>
>  Agreed. I admit, TTT is similar to FOH (Babs helps saves the career[s] of
>old WB toons), but I like TWO-TONE TOWN over FIELDS OF HONEY, for the following
>reasons:
>
>#1: Better animation. YEAH! 'nuff said.
>#2: Better jokes. Especially liked Buster and Babs' opening banter ("Buster,
>      we already have a show, remember?"
>#3: Not as contrived. I'm sorry, I _never_ liked the "Babs needs to find a
>      mentor" excuse that drives FoH. I admit that "Babs wants to play
>      humanitarian" is not perfect (see below), but at least it wasn't a big
>      of a mental shock...

Y'know, I've always thought that actually using Honey Bunny (who was never in
the Looney Tunes, but was used in the comics [and other sources]) as Babs'
mentor would've been interesting.  (Honey, if you don't know, is supposedly
Bugs' girlfriend, but that's not canonical to the original LT's/MM's.)

Question on the animation: Didn't the animation in FoH switch from Kennedy
to Wang in the middle of the episode?  I could've sworn it did.  The
animation here, on the other hand, was superb (TMS, right?).

And any episode featuring Babs in a lead role...heh...

>  On the other hand, even though I liked TWO-TONE TOWN, I'm not wild and crazy
>about it, for the following reasons:
>
>#2: Pacing was off. I thought the first and last acts were too fast (setup
>      and resolution went by too quickly), and that time could have been taken
>      out of the second act (Buster robs for the greater good). There were
>      some good jokes, but other times there was just dead space.

Agreed.  I didn't think the episode went as smoothly as it could've.  The
story was good, though, even with the cliches.

>#3: The "Buster & Babs get cancelled" subplot. I'm sorry, that hit a little
>      TOO close to home for me...

Ain't THAT the truth.  <<Brrr...>>

>  Also minor nit: What's the obsession with ears and butts near the end of the
>show? To quote Roxy, "I don't get it"...

I like to believe that was the writing staff's way of telling Warners what
*buttheads* they are for cance...er, putting the show on hiatus.  :)

>  Overall rating: 6/10.

On the Meyers scale : 3.5 (of 5).  A solid episode.

>>(And those who cling to a TTA revival in '94, I admire your faith,
>>but...you're going to vote for Ross Perot, too, aren't you?)
>
>  Fie! Fie! Bringing TINY TOONS back is a better bet than electing Ross Perot,
>and we *CAN* do it! But we need *EVERYONE* to join in! If you're going to give
>up NOW, you're part of the problem, not part of the solution...

One point I'd like to make there.  Look, folks, I know there are a lot of 
people on this newsgroup, located all over the States, and indeed, around the 
world.  And we can make a difference.  But just think of the difference we
could make if each of us spread the information on how to write in to
other sources.  Comics shops, university rec rooms, fan organizations (general
SF or animation clubs work well), other networks (like my posts on GEnie)...
the possibilities are endless.  So, get out there, write those letters...
but pass the wealth.  Let those without USENET access get in the act.
And never, NEVER give up hope.  This sort of movement has worked for other
programmes in the past, and it can work for TINY TOON ADVENTURES.  Keep
the faith, guys (and gals)!

(I'm not voting for Perot, though.  :)

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