From: lcc@WIN.ICL.CO.UK (Kerr Avon)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.cinema-l
Subject: Re: Parodies in toonville
Date: 6 Oct 92 13:20:55 GMT
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Someone mentioned the Tiny Toon _Citizen Kane_ parody, but they also
had an episode where the toonsters were theatre hopping in a multiplex,
and watched toon versions of _Star Trek_, _Indiana Jones_ and
_Star Wars_ (I think, or did the Star Wars parody get an ep to itself?).

Yep, I just checked my online Tiny Toon Episode Guide, and the Star Wars
parody was an episode in its own right.  Here are all the parodies
that are mentioned:-

Ep #  Title                             Parody of
----  ------                            ---------

2 : A QUACK IN THE QUARKS		Star Wars
3 : THE WHEEL O' COMEDY			Psycho
5 : THE BUSTER BUNNY BUNCH 		The Mickey Mouse Club
9 : IT'S BUSTER BUNNY TIME 		Howdy Doody sShow
11 : STARTING FROM SCRATCH 		An American Tail
14 : THE ACME ACRES ZONE 		Twilight Zone
18 : HARE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW		ET
19 : CINEMANIACS!			Superman/girl, Star Trek, Indy Jones
21 : GANG BUSTERS			Batman
22 : CITIZEN MAX			Citizen Kane
24 : BUSTER AND THE WOLVERINE		Peter and the Wolf
25 : YOU ASKED FOR IT, PART II		Odd Couple
30 : FIELDS OF HONEY			Field of Dreams
39 : VOYAGE INTO PLUCKY'S MIND 		Batman (Movie and TV series)
41 : DATING, ACME ACRES STYLE 		The Dating Game
48 : MR. POPULAR'S RULES OF COOL	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
				       (The Immature Radioactive Samurai
					Slugs:- Picasso, Warhol, Rockwell,
					        Grandma Moses)
49 : FAIRY TALES FOR THE 90's		Peter Pan, Pinnochio
50 : WHO BOPPED BUGS BUNNY?		Columbo
52 : THE RETURN OF THE ACME ACRES ZONE	Cyberpunk (Blade Runner, Frank
					Miller's _Dark Knight_), Fantasia
54 : WEIRDEST STORY EVER TOLD		Robin Hood, Shakespeare, It's a Small
					World
59 : BRAVE TALES OF REAL RABBITS 	Sherlock Holmes
60 : HOW SWEETIE IT IS 			Poe's "The Raven"
61 : NEW CHARACTER DAY			Dick Tracy
65 : HIGH TOON				High Noon

Also:-
26 : HOLLYWOOD PLUCKY has lots of charicatures:-
Dustin Hoffman (giving award to Plucky in his daydream)
Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
William Sanderson (Larry from _Newhart_)
Darryl Hannah (in _Splash_ gear)
Roseanne Barr
Batman/Michael Keaton
Woody Allen
Mike Tyson
Cher  { quoting _Moonstruck_, no less  -ed. }
Meryl Streep
Jack Nicholson
Clint Eastwood
David Letterman  { Very brief.  Freeze-framers/El Lettero fanatics: you'll
                  catch a nano-glimpse of Paul Shaffer and (former) NBC
                  chairman Grant Tinker standing behind him!  -ed. }
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Pee-Wee Herman
William Shatner as Captain Kirk  { brilliant!  -ed. }
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock

Plucky impersonated:

Michael Jackson  { And be sure and put your eyeballs *back* in your sockets
                   after this one ...  -ed. }
Sylvester Stallone
Johnny Carson ]


and:-
51 : TINY TOON MUSIC TELEVISION  [#163 -- Tokyo Movie Shinsha]
FULL -- 2/1/91
        Babs and Buster (and guest star Julie Bruin) host this parody
of MTV-style music videos:
        * "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by They Might Be Giants --
Plucky as an Istanbul P.I., on the trail of a stolen statuette.
        * "Particle Man" by They Might Be Giants -- Plucky is the pro
wrestler of the title(?!), pounded by Triangle Man, Universe Man, etc.
        * "Respect" by Aretha Franklin -- Babs & her walkman skate and
dance about the library, courtroom, pet cemetary, etc.
        * "Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong -- Money-
grubbing Max sings motown.  Didn't see that one coming, didja?
        * "Top Secret Apprentice" -- Buster begins to play with Bugs'
secret computer-animation system in this semi-parody of "The
Sorceror's Apprentice" from _Fantasia_.

and and:-
64 : K-ACME TV  [#165 -- Wang Film]
FULL -- 2/26/91
        Babs and Buster take over the local TV station, leading to
a half-hour of quick (3 minutes or less) shots at various TV shows,
including "Gyp-Parody", "The Blunder Years", "Honey, I Shrunk the
Clohes", a Wackyland Travel-Log, the Toon Court, etc.  This was
clearly meant as a first-season fond farewell episode, as all the
production personnel make a cameo appearance (in the "Acme Cartoon
Kit"), and the joke credit reads "This is Episode Number 65 / Just
in Case You're Counting".  Too bad "High Toon" got held up, making
"K-ACME TV" the penultimate episode instead -- alt.tv.tiny-toon
readers named this as their favorite episode in the March '91 poll.
{ major segments listed -- watch the in-between channel-flipping!  -ed. }

Act I:
[ Babs (also as Tinkerbunny), Plucky (also as Dr. Genius), Concord, Sweetie,
Buster (as Blink Winklebunny), Calamity, Dizzy, Elmyra ]

"Tinkerbunny's Wonderful World of Make Believe and Learning Fun"
{ swipes at Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Pee-Wee's Playhouse }

(commercial: Unlucky Worms cereal)

"Gyp-Parody"
{ a send-up of "Jepoardy!"  Alex Trebek only dreams he could behave like
Buster does to the contestants ...  -ed. }

Act II:
[ Dizzy, Dizzy's boss, Fifi, assorted canine hardbodies, Plucky (and his
brother Linguini), Shirley, Hamton, Gogo, Calamity, Bobbo Acme, Hangin'
Judge Sam ]

"I Love Dizzy"
[ in black and white, no less! ]

(commercial: Depression by Calvin Acme)
(commercial: Super Pluckyo Bros.)
(commercial: "Honey I Shrunk The Clothes")
{ Freeze-frame addicts:  the credits will make you scream!  Proceed with
caution :-)  -ed. }

"Toon Court"

Act III:
[ Hamton, Plucky, Elmyra, Gogo, Travel Log, Buster, Babs  cameos: Bugs, Daffy,
Foghorn, Elmer, Arnold, Montana, Roderick, Yosemite Sam, the entire TTA
production staff, Steven Spielberg ]

"The Blunder Years"
{ If you love head trauma humor, this short is for YOU!  -ed. }

(commercial: Nature World)
(commercial: Welcome To Wackyland)

"The Search for Big Butt"

(commercial: Acme Home Cartoon Kit)
{ with TTA's first Spielberg cameo!  And talk about biting the hand that
feeds you! :-)  -ed. }


Note that my episode guide only goes up to ep #70 (early in the second
season).  Also, not all the eps mentioned are out and out parodies, some
only poke fun in passing.  So now ya know...

			Liam.
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