From: amgreene@athena.mit.edu (Andrew Marc Greene)
Subject: The Tape
Organization: Plucky Duck Fan Club
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 23:43:17 GMT

Newsgroups: alt.tv.tiny-toon
Subject: The Tape
Summary: Don't bother
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Well, I've earned my Drooling Fanboy Badge.

[Am I really the first one to break down and buy this?]

Quick comments: The TTA writing staff had nothing to do with this.
Someone read the character summaries and wrote kiddie fluff.  And
the lyrics that are included aren't exactly what's sung, which is
a pity because sometimes the diction isn't up to par.  

[Oh, and the WB catalog came and the only TTA thing in it is
a $350 color lineup of allthe characters.  It's time for some
ACME Cable.]


Tiny Toons Around The World:

They reorchestrated it, which eliminated much of the `punch' of the
`real' song.  Then they didn't bother running through any translation;
rather what they do is go through the song once in English (``invading
your CD''), then once in a combination of French, Spanish, Italian,
and Japanese.  Grade: B-

Tiny Toons Rap:

Aaaargh!

Good points: Elmyra, Sweetie, Fifi, and Arnold can rap reasonably
well.  

Bad points: Just about everything else.  Buster can't rap, Babs
refers to her impressions, but doesn't do any of them.  Plucky 
reminded me of Peter Schickele's (PDQ Bach's) Classical Rap.
Hamton even says `This Rapping and Rocking isn't really my
speed,'' but he makes an honest effort.  (Gangbusters was 
funnier.)  Shirley and Dizzy are about as bad, Fowlmouth uses
a few dad-gums but never gets bleeped.

Sneezer provides a fitting end to this travesty.

Grade: D- (woulda been `F' except for Arnold and Sneezer.)


Don't Worry, Be Happy:

A few amusing comments from Babs and Arnold.  Otherwise, a nothing.
Grade: C


Girls Just Wanna Have Fun:

OK, the Amazing Three can do a great Cindy Lauper.  Pleasant listening,
with a few smiles but no chuckles.

Grade: B


Money (That's What I want):

Why haven't we ever heard Monty sing before?  He's good.  But the
song isn't particularly funny.  I want to see if it fits the
segment from K-ACME.  The combination would be a scream.  [Actually,
Monty's comments before the last chorus are funny but would screw
up the timing for the video.]  Grade: B+


The Name Game:

Fellow Toonsters, this game stopped being fun about ten minutes
after I learned it.  Now we get it in disco version, sung by
Elmyra sounding like Sweetie.  And they use the "Not!" construction.
What gives?  Grade: F---


Daydream:

I'm not familiar with the real version of this song, but it is
kinda cute with Shirley mangling, like, the lyrics, um, y'know,
while the bass guitar, and like, the keyboard, kinda, wander
along.  Okay?  Grade: Like, B+, fer shure.


Yakety Yak:

Plucky does OK here. But why him?  Grade: C


Where the Boys Are:

Fifi being optimistic.  It's touching, but only because we've
seen Fifi get dumped so many times before.  The song rendition
by itself isn't particularly anything.  Still, there's something
about that voice, and that body, and that infectious enthusiasm...
Grade: C/B+ [Depends on whether you're a Fifi Drooler or not.]


Dizzy:

OK, so he's the namesake of the song.  Big deal.  And I 
don't even like this style of music.  Grade: C


Overall grade: C