From: synth@yenta.alb.nm.us (Synth F. Oberheim)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.tiny-toon
Subject: alt.tv.tiny-toon FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Summary: Welcome to alt.tv.tiny-toon!
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Date: 29 Sep 92 16:26:03 GMT
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     Welcome to alt.tv.tiny-toon, net.hangout for enthusiasts of that
     miraculous animated wonder, _Tiny Toon Adventures_.  Enjoy your stay,
     and remember that all drinks are free before 5 pm!


Questions covered:

- What is "Tiny Toon Adventures"?
- What are the names of all the characters and the actors who voice them?
- What are the Tiny Toons' relation to the classic Looney Tunes characters?
- What are the lyrics to the TTA theme song?
- How do you spell `Ham[p]ton'?
- How do I obtain the guides and lists pertaining to TTA?
- What are the lyrics to the "Samurai Slugs" theme song?
- Where is Acme Acres located?
- What else has Frank Welker done?
- Where is the Tiny Toons FTP archive?
* Who is Jenny Lerew?
* Why was Kennedy Cartoons dropped from TTA?
- Who is "Dr. Roger Rabbit"?
- How do I create a kill file?
- What do the credits say during "Honey, I Shrunk The Clothes"?
- Where can I find Tiny Toons merchandise?
- What is the Tiny Toons "album"?
- What is "HISMV"?
- What's the story behind the three girls & "Buster & Babs Go Hawaiian"?
- Who animates the end tags after the credits?

* = new or updated material

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Q:  Say, what is this "Tiny Toon Adventures" you all keep shouting about?

A:  TINY TOON ADVENTURES is an afternoon animated TV series produced by
    Warner Brothers and Steven Spielberg, which features smaller, younger
    derivations of the classic Warner Bros. cartoon characters.  Listen up:
    this is *not* another "Muppet Babies"!  The writing is delightful, with
    lots of adult humor and pop culture in-references, the characters are
    well-defined and highly entertaining, and the first-rate animation puts
    to shame the standards of so-called "children's" television.  That
    answer your question? :-)

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Q:  What are the names of all the Tiny Toons characters and the voice
    artists who play them?

A:
    Charlie Adler            as Buster Bunny
    Tress MacNeille          as Babs (Barbara Anne) Bunny
    Danny Cooksey            as Montana Max
    Cree Summer              as Elmyra Duff
    Don Messick              as Hamton J. Pig
    Joe Alaskey              as Plucky Duck
    Maurice LaMarche         as Dizzy Devil
    Frank Welker             as Furrball
    Frank Welker             as Gogo Dodo
    Gail Matthius            as Shirley the Loon (f/k/a Shirley McLoon)
    Kath Souci               as Fifi La Fume
    Frank Welker             as Calamity Coyote
    Frank Welker             as Little Beeper
    Kath Souci               as Sneezer
    Candi Milo               as Sweetie Bird
    Cree Summer              as Mary Melody  [also Cindy McGee]
    Rob Paulsen              as Arnold
    Rob Paulsen              as Fowlmouth
    Steven Spielberg         as Himself   [sorry, couldn't resist. :-)]

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Q: Aren't the Tiny Toons just offspring of the original Looney Toons
   characters (Plucky is Daffy's son, Dizzy is the Son of Taz, etc.)?

A: With one exception, *none* of the Tiny Toons are sons and daughters of
   the original classic characters, nor are they the Looney Toons as little
   kids.  The one exception to this is Gogo, who, according to TTA writer
   Paul Dini, is the son of the original dodo bird from "Porky In Wackyland".

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Q:  What are the lyrics to the _Tiny Toon Adventures_ theme song?

A:  Glad you asked.  Some words are definitely hard to pick out, and as
    a result have been the subject of some intense flamage.  Here are
    Warner Brothers' official lyrics:

    We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little looney,
    And in this cartoony, we're invading your TV!
    We're comic dispensers, we crack up all the censors,
    On TINY TOON ADVENTURES get a dose of comedy!

    So here's Acme Acres, it's a whole wide world apart,
    Our home sweet home, it stands alone, a cartoon work of art!
    The scripts were rejected, expect the unexpected
    On TINY TOON ADVENTURES -- it's about to start!

    They're furry, they're funny, they're Babs and Buster Bunny,
    Montana Max has money, Elmyra is a pain!
    Here's Hamton and Plucky, Dizzy Devil's yucky,
    Furrball's unlucky, and Gogo is insane!

    At Acme Looniversity we earn our toon degree,
    The teaching staff's been getting laughs since 1933!
    We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little looney,
    It's TINY TOON ADVENTURES, come and join the fun!

    ... and now our song is done!

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Q:  How do you spell Hampton's [sic] name?

A:  It's HAMTON.  There is *no* 'p' in HAMTON, despite it being misspelled
    in the credits a couple of times ...

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Q:  What are the various guides and lists floating around alt.tv.tiny-toon,
    and how do I get them?

A:  Most guides and lists are posted regularly, but can also be requested
    from the original poster through email.  Here is a brief run-down on
    what's available:

    TTA EPISODE GUIDE.  Plot summaries for each episode of TTA, as well as
    production numbers, airdates, and animation houses.
			Maintained by:
			Chris Adamson (plucky@irie.ais.org) 

    TTA REFERENCE GUIDE.  Listings of cast and production credits (including
    gag credit and end tag), production numbers, airdates, indexes of episode
    titles & shorts titles, AND commentaries by alt.tv.tiny-toonsters for
    each episode of TTA.  
			Maintained by:
			Synth F. Oberheim (synth@deepthought.unm.edu)
					  (synth@yenta.alb.nm.us)

    TTA TOONSTATIONS LIST.  Listings of local television affiliates currently
    broadcasting Tiny Toon Adventures.  
			Maintained by:
                        Joe Leitsch (jaleit01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu)

    TTA RERUN GUIDE.  Listings of rerun schedules & histories for TTA episodes.
			Maintained by:
			Will Bell (bell@cs.tamu.edu)
 
    TTA UPCOMING EPISODES LIST.  Calendar of upcoming episodes to be broadcast
    over affiliates carrying TTA (both reruns and new episodes).
			Maintained by:
			Robert Jung (rjung@usc.edu)

    VINCE'S GUIDE TO FTP.  A step-by-step guide on using FTP for Tiny Toons
    sound files and other available material.
                        Maintained by:
                        Vince Taluskie (taluskie@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)

    TOONPICS MAIL-SERVER.  Email server for digitized GIF pictures for
    people without FTP access (note: this is the *only* source for GIF files
    at present).
                        Maintained by:
                        Paul J. Osze (posze@ecst.csuchico.edu)

    TTA SOUND FILE GUIDE.  Guide to digitized sound files from TTA available
    at plucky.physics.ncsu.edu.  Includes a how-to on FTPing.
                        Maintained by:
                        Charles J. Brabec (brabec@pysgjb.physics.ncsu.edu)

    TTA BIO SHEET.  Background info on your favorite TTA cast members and
    staff.
			Maintained by:
			Synth F. Oberheim (synth@deepthought.unm.edu)

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Q:  What are the lyrics to the "Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs" theme?

A:  The "IRSS" theme, found in the short "Slugfest", goes like this:

    We're Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs
    We love to thrash criminals and slice 'n' dice thugs!
    We're totally radical, gnarly dudes,
    Cowabunga homeboys with nothin' to lose ...

    Our arch-enemies want us iodized
    But they can't beat us 'cause we're merchandised!

    (Iodizer: "DESTROY THEM!!")

    Count off!

	Picasso!
	Warhol!
	Rockwell!
	Grandma Moses!

    So kick back, dweebs, it's the end of our rhyme, 
    The show's gonna start and it's time to slime!

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Q:  Where is Acme Acres located?

A:  Kevin Podsiadlik (hampton@ais.org) writes:

    Acme Acres has this disturbing habit of moving around.  In "Never Too
    Late to Loon", Acme Acres looks to be in either Missouri or Arkansas
    (I think we decided the former).  But in "The Anvil Chorus", the landing
    point of the world's largest Acme Anvil looked like it was somewhere is
    Texas or New Mexico.  Finally, in "Cross-Country Kitty" (the one with
    Mary Melody and Furrball), Acme Acres is in Southern California.

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Q:  Frank Welker's voice sounds familiar.  What else has he done?

A:  Eric Ant Von Laudermann (drwho@wpi.WPI.EDU) writes:

    He's been in just about every cartoon EVER ... well, not really, but
    he's done so much voice acting, it borders on ridiculous.  Here are
    some of his roles which come to mind right now:

    Fred from _Scooby Doo_
    Uni the unicorn in the _D&D_ cartoon
    Iceman in _Spiderman and his Amazing Friends_
    Dr. Ray Stanz AND Slimer in _The Real Ghostbusters_
    Various bit parts in the Disney afternoon shows
    [ and Disney movies -- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, for starters ...  -ed.]

    ... and he's in the credits of almost every Saturday morning cartoon of
    the past decade ... not to mention his non-cartoon voice roles in:

    GREMLINS
    GREMLINS 2
    Stephen King's CAT'S EYE (the little creature in the last segment)
    MUNCHIES (starting to pick up on a theme here?)
    BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY (Ted's Easter-Bunny-From-Hell)

    Once you begin to recognize his regular character speaking voice and his 
    cute-alien high-pitched squeals, you can pick him out almost anywhere.  
    And if you think back right now, you may even be able to come up with some
    characters that I didn't list.  His voice is very distinctive.


    Will Bell (bell@cs.tamu.edu) writes:

    As part of my never-ending quest to find some image of that elusive imp 
    known as Frank Welker, I bought a tome entitled "The Complete Directory
    To Prime Time Network TV Shows Past And Present"* and learned that he
    has been in the following shows:

       The Burns and Schrieber Comedy Hour (ABC, 1973)
       The Don Knotts Show (NBC, 1970-71)
       Keep On Cruisin' (CBS, 1987)  (Welker is referred to as a "hip young
                                      comedian")

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Q:  Where is the FTP archive for Tiny Toons material, and how do I use it?

A:  Since the demise of calvin.nmsu.edu (don't try it; it don't work no more)
    Charles Brabec has set up plucky.physics.ncsu.edu as a site containing
    most of the original sound files.  No site exists for GIFs at this time.

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Q:  Who is Jenny Lerew, and why does everybody seem to pay so much
    attention to her?

A:  a.t.t-t is very proud to have a gen-yoo-ine TTA animator in our midst.
    Jenny Lerew has worked on the staff of Tiny Toon Adventures at the
    Warner studios in Sherman Oaks since 1989, originally as a character
    layout artist, presently as a storyboard artist.  She's done layout on
    "Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow", YOU ASKED FOR IT, HER WACKY HIGHNESS (the
    Elmer Presley song number!), GANGBUSTERS, THE ACME HOME SHOPPING SHOW,
    most of the layout for "The Field Trip" (and including writing some
    Babs dialogue and co-writing the "Squash & Stretch" song), and did
    Elmyra's cheetah-skin scenes in HOW I SPENT MY VACATION.  Her
    storyboard credits include the upcoming "Horror of Slumber Party
    Mountain" and Act II of "The Return of Batduck".  Needless to say,
    she knows a lot about the inner workings of the show and about the
    animation production process.  If you have a question for her, ask
    it on the newsgroup first and see if someone else can answer it --
    Jenny's a very busy gal!  :-)

--
Q:  Why did Warner drop Kennedy Cartoons as an animation house after the
    first season?

A:  Robert A. Jung (rjung@aludra.usc.edu) writes:

    I believe the semi-official word is that Warner Animation didn't like
    their art.  When the "Kennedy got dropped" news was first reported,
    someone (I think) forwarded a message from CompuServe about it, where
    someone at Warners was quoted as saying that Kennedy was being dropped
    because WB disliked the Kennedy style (the original poster was a Kennedy
    fan).  The Warner rep cited the same reasons many Kennedy-haters cited:
    the shuffling feet, cigar-chewing mouths, excessive bouncing/stretching.
    Unless someone from Warner Animation wants to enlighten us officially,
    this is the closest we have to "fact".

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Q:  Just what is the deal with "Roger Rabbit"?

A:  Roger Randall, a.k.a. "Roger Rabbit", is a net.resident who likes to
    write up rather bizarre stories about some of the TTA characters.  Now
    there's nothing inherently wrong with that, but on top of this he also 
    drops in occasionally citing facts and references to his stories as if
    they are "canon", or straight from the actual show.  Newcomers unfamiliar
    with his antics sometimes misinterpret these references as real trivia
    about the TTA characters.  Keep in mind that they are not -- no matter
    how authoritative it may seem.

    Randall has also served to offend a.t.t-t by doing some cross-posting to
    alt.bizarre about a year-and-a-half ago, creating a major flame war as a
    result, and consistently being verbally abusive to other a.t.t-t'ers,
    both on the newsgroup and in email.  Our humble recommendation: if he
    posts something that confuses or annoys you -- ignore it.

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Q:  Oh, by the way, what is a `kill file'?

A:  If you wish to have your newsreader refrain from showing you postings
    with a certain title or by a certain author, you can create a kill file
    for your newsreader to reference.  Let's say that you wish to `kill'
    all posts made by a user named "Roger Rabid".  Using the `rn' or `trn'
    newsreader, one would type a [CTRL]-K while in read mode to begin
    editing the kill file, and then type the following:

    /From: rabid@bustr.com/h:j

    This will will look for articles that come with "From: rabid@bustr.com"
    in the header, junk them, and then display the subject lines of titles
    that just got zapped.

    For names of Subject titles, you would type something like this:

    /: *How to get the MORTIMUR/:j
    /: *Explicit Toon Sex/:j

    When finished, save the kill file in the normal manner for the editor
    you're using.

    For the `nn' newsreader, type a capital K when viewing the contents of
    a newsgroup.  nn will then ask you a few questions on whether it is a
    Subject or a Name, duration of time that the posts are to be killed,
    etc.  Simply answer the questions accordingly.

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Q:  Did someone catch all the credits for "Honey, I Shrunk the Clothes"?

A:  TTA is perhaps the single best reason to buy a 4-head VCR. (you know,
    that magical "frame advance" button.  The shiny, candylike button.)
    If you don't have the credit to drop what you're doing and buy one,
    not to worry:

    WARNER BROS. and AMBLIN ANIMATION
    CO-VENTURES in association with
    LOTS O' CASH PARTNERS IV present a
    TOM RUEGGER PRODUCTION of a KEN
    BOYER ART LEONARDI AND KENT
    BUTTERWORTH film -- HAMTON J. PIG
    GOGO DODO in "HONEY, I SHRUNK THE
    CLOTHES" Starring BUSTER BUNNY
    BABS BUNNY (no relation) MONTANA
    MAX PLUCKY DUCK CESAR ROMERO THE
    ENTIRE POPULATION OF OAKLAND, 
    CALIFORNIA LITTLE BEEPER CALAMITY
    COYOTE and introducing EDDIE
    FITZGERALD as "MOOKIE"

    APPEARANCE BY FIFI LA FUME as THE
    IRATE CUSTOMER Executive Producer
    G. WHO  Written by THE USUAL GUYS
    Drawn by KEXX BYRON BARRY DEMELO
    AND THE REST OF THE GANG AT THE
    TINY TOONS CARTOONY FACTORY. Model
    colors figured out at great expense
    by BUNNY MUNNS Backgrounds by
    KARTHARINE and BRIAN  Music by ONE 
    OF BRUCE'S GUYS  Based on the book
    "Crime And Punishment" by FEODOR
    DOSTOEVSKY  Harried assistant to the
    harried producer DEBRA BLANCHARD 
    AND KENNETH ROSS

    Monitor PAUL STRICKLAND DOESN'T IT
    HURT YOUR EYES TO READ PRINT THIS
    TINY?  Live Action Reference by
    SHERRI STONER  Mildly disgusted with
    the whole thing TOM MINTON person
    with nothing better to do than to
    write this PAUL DINI THIS LINE IS
    FOR PEOPLE WHO HIT FREEZE FRAME AND
    LOOK FOR SUSPECT MESSAGES Art
    Direction VINCENT VAN GOGH EDITED 
    BY CUISINART MOST OF THE PEOPLE
    LISTED HERE HAD NOTHING WHATSOEVER 
    TO DO WITH THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE
    THEY JUST LIKE TO SEE THEIR NAMES

    WHIZ BY AT ONE-TENTH OF A SECOND
    Hamton J. Pig appears courtesy of
    OSCAR MEYER INC. Gogo Dodo's hair
    by VEG-O-MATIC ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    RECORDING AVAILABLE ON ELEVATOR
    P.A. SYSTEMS BE SURE AND BUY EVERY
    PRODUCT CONNECTED WITH THIS MOVIE
    OR YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE JACK WE'RE
    NOT KIDDING WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE
    Directed by KEN BOYER ART LEONARDI 
    KENT BUTTERWORTH KENNEDY CARTOONS
    DON'T WASTE YOUR SEVEN BUCKS ON
    THIS HOUND SEE GRIM-LOONS 2
    INSTEAD HI MOM 

--
Q:  How do I get Tiny Toons merchandise?

A:  Warner Brothers merchandising currently has a catalogue that contains
    some Tiny Toons paraphernalia.  Call 1-800-223-6524 for information.

    You can also get a Tiny Toons t-shirt through a promotional campaign
    for "Tiny Toons Fruit Snacks" from the makers of Lipton, Wishbone or
    Equal products.  Buy any two different products under the aforementioned
    brands, send in the UPC codes and a check for $5.95 (specify adult or
    child, and size).  The shirt is a white tee with Buster & Babs & the
    rainbow "Tiny Toon Adventures" logo.  Find a store display or product
    advertising the special offer, or you can send the check and the 2 UPC
    codes to:

	Tiny Toon T-Shirt Offer
	P.O. Box 1019
	Grand Rapids, MN  55745-1019

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Q:  I saw some kind of "Tiny Toons" music cassette in a store recently ...
    what is this?  Is it out on CD?

A:  rjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung) writes:

    The TINY TOONS album is only available on audio cassette. There are ten
    tunes on it, most of it being "existing works re-sung by the voice actors".

    Reaction (from the people here, anyway) has been mixed; some have
    complained that it's cutesy stuff for young children, while others have
    said that they enjoyed it anyway.  All I'll say is that I didn't get the
    album, and I doubt I will.  If I wanted cute kids' stuff, I'd go buy
    "Sebastian Sings!" and that stuff from Disney ...

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Q:  I hear a lot of ranting and raving about an "HISMV".  Just what is this?

A;  HISMV stands for HOW I SPENT MY VACATION, the 80-minute TTA movie, and
    the jewel in the Tiny Toons crown.  Originally intended for a theatrical
    release, it instead went straight to home video (available either on VHS
    or laserdisc).  Apparently it's been one of the biggest sellers in the
    direct-to-home-video market!  The movie itself is a riot -- they pull 
    out all the stops for this one.  Whipper snapper, it's in your best
    interests to check this out.

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Q:  What's the full story about the three girls who wrote BUSTER & BABS
    GO HAWAIIAN?

A:  bodie@plains.NoDak.edu (Justin M. Bodie) explains:

    Note:  I saw this on 20/20 sometime last year.

    The 3 kids were the "BIGGEST" TTA fans ever ... they always rushed home
    to watch the show etc. etc. ... so they wrote their own script ... almost
    a storyboard on notebook paper -- they drew pictures & everything.

    They sent their script to their local Fox affiliate, who put the script
    into an official Fox folder and forwarded it to Amblin (I think Amblin).
    Thinking this was an "offical communique" from Fox, Jean MacCurdy (I
    think it was her) opened the script, loved it, and eventually Spielberg
    was given a look at it.

    The 3 kids got a call one afternoon from Spielberg, were bouncing off
    the walls, etc.  They were invited to a meeting of the TTA [staff] who
    asked the kids questions like, "What do you like about the show, the
    characters, etc."  They also worked out their story with the writers
    into a format which could be animated.

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Q:  Who in the sam hell animates those darn end tags? (the bits after the
    credits finish rolling)

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.

    Surprisingly enough, they got answers! Even I'm flabbergasted.

                    TINY TOON ADVENTURES End Tag Credits
                (thanks much to "Alfred" of Warner Animation)

    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.

    Not-so-certain attributions

    Speaker        Quote                                        Animator
    =======        =========================================    ==============
    Buster/Babs    "Alllloooooooooooooooha!"                    Warner Bros.
    Byron Basset   "Woof."                                      ???
    Dizzy          "Show over!"                                 Warner Bros.

--
That's all for now.  Any comments, corrections or Dan Quayle voodoo dolls
should be directed to:


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