Newsgroups: alt.tv.tiny-toon,rec.arts.animation From: synth@deepthought.unm.edu (Synth F. Oberheim) Subject: Tiny Toon Adventures REFERENCE GUIDE (1 of 3) (HUGE!) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 07:54:14 GMT Organization: SynthMedia Productions Ltd -- Now Appearing Nightly With DON HO Keywords: reference guide, credits, comments, reviews, episode index Lines: 1792 Well, kids -- for your viewing pleasure, here is the freshly-completed rendition of the TTA Reference Guide, brimming over with production data, credits info, and informative facts & entertaining comments from all you toonsters out there. It's been a helluva lot of work maintaining this beast, but believe it or not, I've enjoyed every minute of it -- being scribe and chronicler for the enthusiasm and wit found on alt.tv.tiny-toon has been a real pleasure. I will continue to maintain the Reference Guide, including adding future comments made on existing episodes on the newsgroup. If you have any need to contact me concerning the Ref Guide, my lines are always open. In the meantime, sit back & relax, browse through some eps (check out all the kewel comments in Season 3!), look for your name in the Commentaries list, browse some more -- and Enjoy! ============================================================================== Tiny Toon Adventures REFERENCE GUIDE version 12.15.92 ============================================================================== (c)1992 Synth F. Oberheim edited by: Synth F. Oberheim .:::::. serving you at 3 convenient Internet locations: synth@deepthought.unm.edu bbx!kitsune!synth synth@yenta.alb.nm.us ----- special thanks to: Nick Sayer John H. Kim mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu Chris L. Adamson Tim Susman plucky@umcc.ais.org furrball@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu Kevin J. Podsiadlik Robert Jung hampton@ais.org rjung@usc.edu Charles Brabec Will Bell brabec@pysgjb.ncsu.edu bell@cs.tamu.edu ----- INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE: This Reference Guide features the main credits for each episode of TINY TOON ADVENTURES, including official production title, first airdate, writers, directors, toon cast list, voiceover artists, animation houses, and -- of course -- the "gag" credit and end tag. Also to be found embedded within its depths are comments, gripes, praises, noteworthy observations and other witty asides by the folks on Usenet's alt.tv.tiny-toon. Give 'em a hand, won't you ... The Guide is best visualized in its four major parts: 1. Alphabetical Index of Episode Titles 2. Alphabetical Index of Shorts Titles 3. Chronological Listing of Episodes: First Season (1990-1991) 4. Chronological Listing of Episodes: Second Season (1991-1992) 5. Chronological Listing of Episodes: Third Season (1992-1993) Episodes are listed according to first airdate on TINY TOON ADVENTURES in the United States. (Some episodes or shorts may have debuted prior to TTA on THE PLUCKY DUCK SHOW; TPDS airdate information is given in context of the TTA listing.) Indexes give TTA airdates as locations for looking up a particular episode. All episode titles are the official Warner/Amblin production titles. Some official titles may not actually appear in the episode (i.e. multi-shorts episodes). Because of the lengthy nature of the Guide, on-line browsing, while initially fun and exciting, can become frustrating and cumbersome. Use a text editor's search command to jump straight to an episode or short title, guest star, etc.; or better yet, print out the contents on hardcopy (the smaller the font, the better) and staple together for an instant coffee-table book or VCR library companion -- the indexes in the front will tell you an episode or short's location, and the chronological listing will enable you to flip right to it. Any comments, error correction, criticisms, or general reports of citizens in peril brought to the attention of the editor are most appreciated. Selected commentaries: AMG - Andrew Marc Greene amgreene@athena.mit.edu APY - August Paul Yang wntrmute@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu BA - Bluejay Adametz bluejay@feathr.enet.dec.com CA - Chris Adamson plucky@irie.ais.org CB - Charles Brabec brabec@pysgjb.ncsu.edu CBz - Chris Bovitz gopher@yar.cs.wisc.edu DM - Douglas Moody dgm5@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu DP - David Pochron pochron@picard.cs.wisc.edu EVL - Eric Ant Von Laudermann drwho@wpi.wpi.edu FWS - Francis William Stroker Jr. fws1@quads.uchicago.edu GM - George Mhyre gribbish@stein.u.washington.edu JB - Jerry Boyajian boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com JJ - John Jung jjung@aludra.usc.edu JK - John H. Kim jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu JfK - Jeffrey Klein klein@frith.egr.msu.edu JL - Joe Leitsch jaleit01@ulkyvx03.louisville.edu JLw - Jenny Lerew jlerew@weird.miami.fl.us JW - Jeff Wojtalewicz (Wojo) jmwojtal@vela.acs.oakland.edu JSW - Jamie S. Wilmoth wilmoth@buster.cps.msu.edu KP - Kevin Podsiadlik hampton@ais.org MB - Minglewood Barkeep mingle@west.darkside.com MBz - Mark Boltz boltz@vivaldi.psu.edu MH - Marc Hart iaexp000@blurt.oswego.edu MK - Matthew Kliesner mkliesne@nyx.cs.du.edu NP - Nomi Pearlman pearlman@acs.bu.edu NS - Nick Sayer mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us RD - Ron Dippold rdippold@maui.qualcomm.com RJ - Robert Jung rjung@usc.edu SN - Snugglebear asa3@ellis.uchicago.edu SS - Sally Smith sallylb@netcom.com TH - Tom Hancock hancock@inland.com TN - Tony Nowikowski nowikoam@ucbeh.san.uc.edu TS - Tim Susman as250@cleveland.freenet.edu VGR - VGR (Craig Pell) vgriscep@wam.umd.edu VR - Victor Ramirez demovar@iitmax.iit.edu WB - Will Bell bell@cs.tamu.edu ed. - .:::::. EMBARRASINGLY VERBOSE DISCLAIMER: "Tiny Toon Adventures", characters, stories and all likenesses thereof are trademarks of Time Warner Inc. and Amblin Entertainment, and are used in this Reference Guide without permission. 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And now, back to the action ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alphabetical Index of Episode Titles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPISODE LOCATION Acme Acres Zone, The .................... 10/03/90 Acme Bowl, The .......................... 11/16/90 Acme Cable TV ........................... 11/11/91 Acme Home Shopping Show, The ............ 02/06/91 Animaniacs! ............................. 11/12/90 Ask Mr. Popular ......................... 12/05/90 Best of Buster Day ...................... 11/23/92 Best o' Plucky Duck ..................... 11/21/90 Brave Tales of Real Rabbits ............. 02/18/91 Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian ............. 11/18/91 Buster and the Wolverine ................ 10/19/90 Buster Bunny Bunch, The ................. 09/20/90 Buster Bunny Time ....................... see It's Buster Bunny Time Buster's Directorial Debut .............. 11/02/92 Call of the Wild, The ................... see Wake Up Call of the Wild Career Opportunities .................... 11/13/90 Cat's Eye View, A ....................... 11/17/92 Cinemaniacs ............................. 10/10/90 Citizen Max ............................. 10/15/90 Dating, Acme Acres Style ................ 11/19/90 Ditch in Time, A ........................ 11/09/90 Elephant Issue .......................... 09/18/91 Europe in 30 Minutes .................... 10/26/90 Fairy Tales for the 90's ................ 12/12/90 Fields of Honey ......................... 11/02/90 Flea For Your Life ...................... 09/18/92 Fox Trot................................. 09/16/92 Furrball Follies ........................ 10/02/90 Gang Busters ............................ 10/12/90 Going Places ............................ 09/17/91 Grandma's Dead .......................... 11/10/92 Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow ............... 10/09/90 Hare-Raising Night ...................... 10/01/90 Henny Youngman Day ...................... 11/22/91 Here's Hamton ........................... 02/21/91 Hero Hamton ............................. 11/23/90 Her Wacky Highness ...................... 09/21/90 High Toon ............................... 03/29/91 Hog Wild Hamton ......................... 09/19/91 Hollywood Plucky ........................ 10/23/90 Horror of Slumber Party Mountain, The ... 11/12/92 How I Spent My Vacation ................. 03/11/92 How Sweetie It Is ....................... 02/19/91 Inside Plucky Duck ...................... 11/15/90 It's A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas ... 12/06/92 It's Buster Bunny Time .................. 09/26/90 Journey to the Center of Acme Acres ..... 09/24/90 KACME TV ................................ 02/26/91 Kon Ducki ............................... 02/10/92 Life in the 90's ........................ 10/04/90 Looking Out for the Little Guy .......... 09/27/90 Looney Beginning, The ................... 09/14/90 Looniversity Days ....................... 11/20/90 Love Disconnection ...................... 11/25/91 Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool ............. 12/10/90 Music Day ............................... 11/11/92 New Character Day ....................... 02/20/91 New Class Day ........................... 09/15/92 No Toon Is An Island .................... 02/25/91 Playtime Toons .......................... 09/20/91 Pledge Week ............................. 09/16/91 Pollution Solution ...................... 02/14/91 Prom-ise Her Anything ................... 10/08/90 Psychic Fun-omenon Day .................. 11/07/90 Quack in the Quarks, A .................. 09/17/90 Rainy Daze .............................. 11/01/90 Return of Batduck ....................... 09/19/92 Return of the Acme Acres Zone, The ...... 02/04/91 Rock 'n Roar ............................ 10/05/90 Sawdust and Toonsil ..................... 11/05/90 Sepulveda Boulevard ..................... 02/17/92 Son of Looniversity Daze ................ 12/07/90 Son of Wacko World of Sports ............ 02/12/91 Sports Shorts ........................... 11/13/92 Spring in Acme Acres .................... 11/06/90 Starting from Scratch ................... 09/28/90 Strange Tales of Weird Science .......... 11/14/90 Stuff That Goes Bump in the Night ....... 09/25/90 Take Elmyra Please ...................... 02/24/92 Test Stress ............................. 09/19/90 Thirteensomething ....................... 09/14/92 Tiny Toon Music Television .............. 02/01/91 Toon Physics ............................ 11/04/91 Toon TV ................................. 11/09/92 Toons Take Over ......................... 09/21/92 Two-Tone Town ........................... 09/28/92 Viewer Mail Day ......................... 02/11/91 Wacko World of Sports, The .............. 10/30/90 Wake Up Call of the Wild ................ 10/17/90 Washingtoon ............................. 11/04/92 Weekday Afternoon Live .................. 11/16/92 Weirdest Story Ever Told ................ 02/08/91 Whale's Tales ........................... 11/26/90 What Makes Toons Tick ................... 09/17/92 Wheel o' Comedy, The .................... 09/18/90 Who Bopped Bugs Bunny? .................. 12/14/90 Wide World of Elmyra, The ............... 11/08/90 You Asked For It ........................ 10/11/90 You Asked For It Part II ................ 10/22/90 You Asked For It Again .................. 02/15/91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alphabetical Index of Shorts Titles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHORT EPISODE Acme Acres Summer Olympics .............. see Son of Wacko World of Sports Amazing Three, The ...................... see Love Disconnection America's Least Wanted .................. see Here's Hamton And All That Rot ........................ see Brave Tales of Real Rabbits Anvil Chorus, The ....................... see It's Buster Bunny Time Aroma Amore ............................. see Furrball Follies Awful Orphan ............................ see Looking Out for the Little Guy Bacon Strip, A .......................... see Acme Acres Zone Bag That Bunny .......................... see It's Buster Bunny Time Bat's All Folks ......................... see Inside Plucky Duck Bear Necessities ........................ see Fairy Tales for the 90's Bird-Dog Afternoon ...................... see Looking Out for the Little Guy Bleacher Bummer ......................... see Wacko World of Sports Boo Ha Ha ............................... see Return of the Acme Acres Zone Born To Be Riled ........................ see Buster Bunny Bunch Buffed Bunny ............................ see Buster Bunny Bunch Bunnochio ............................... see Fairy Tales for the 90's Bunny Daze .............................. see Rainy Daze Buster at the Bat ....................... see Son of Wacko World of Sports Buster's Guide to Dating ................ see Dating, Acme Acres Style Buster's Guide to Goofing Off ........... see You Asked For It Again Buster's Guide to Part Time Jobs ........ see Career Opportunities Buster's New Bike ....................... see Son of Wacko World of Sports Butt Out ................................ see Life in the 90's Buttering Up the Buttfields ............. see Viewer Mail Day Can't Buy Me Love ....................... see Fox Trot C Flat or B Sharp? ...................... see Son of Looniversity Daze Class Cut Up ............................ see Psychic Fun-omenon Day Class Without Class ..................... see Best of Buster Day C.L.I.D.E. and Prejudice ................ see Elephant Issue Compromising Principals ................. see Best of Buster Day Cross Country Kitty ..................... see Furrball Follies Cub for Grub, A ......................... see Toon Physics Dapper Diz .............................. see Ask Mr. Popular Day for Knight .......................... see Brave Tales of Real Rabbits Debutante Devil ......................... see You Asked For It Devil Doggie ............................ see Wheel o' Comedy Drawn and Buttered ...................... see Here's Hamton Dream Date Game ......................... see Dating, Acme Acres Style Drooley Davey ........................... see Wide World of Elmyra Duck Dodgers Jr. ........................ see Return of the Acme Acres Zone Ducklahoma .............................. see Buster's Directorial Debut Duck out of Luck ........................ see You Asked For It Duck Trek ............................... see Cinemaniacs Duck in the Dark ........................ see Best o' Plucky Duck Duck in the Muck ........................ see Strange Tales of Weird Science Easy Biter .............................. see Stuff That Goes Bump in the Night Eating Between the Lines ................ see Looniversity Days Egged On Eagle .......................... see How Sweetie It Is Elmyra at the Mall ...................... see You Asked For It Again Elmyra's Round the World! ............... see Weirdest Story Ever Told Elmyra's Spring Cleaning ................ see Spring in Acme Acres Falling to Pizzas ....................... see Career Opportunities Fang You Very Much ...................... see Stuff That Goes Bump in the Night Fit To Be Stewed ........................ see Buster's Directorial Debut Fit To Be Toyed ......................... see Playtime Toons Fur-Gone Conclusion ..................... see Rainy Daze Go Fetch ................................ see Wide World of Elmyra Going Up ................................ see What Makes Toons Tick Happy Birthday Hamton ................... see Playtime Toons Hold the Sugar .......................... see You Asked For It Again Homeward Bound .......................... see A Cat's Eye View Home Wrecker ............................ see Stuff That Goes Bump in the Night Horn Blows At Lunchtime, The ............ see Music Day I Was a Teenage Bunnysitter ............. see Acme Home Shopping Show It's a Jungle Out There ................. see Wake Up Call of the Wild It's All Relatives ...................... see Pledge Week Jungle Bungle ........................... see Pollution Solution Just-Us League of Supertoons ............ see New Class Day K-9 Kitty ............................... see Furrball Follies Kite, The ............................... see Pledge Week Kitty Cat-astrophe ...................... see Wake Up Call of the Wild Lame Joke ............................... see Henny Youngman Day Learning Principal, The ................. see Looniversity Days Let's Do Lunch .......................... see How Sweetie It Is Lifeguard Lunacy ........................ see Pledge Week Lifestyles of the Rich and Rotten ....... see It's Buster Bunny Time Lil Sneezer ............................. see Test Stress Little Cake of Horrors .................. see You Asked For It Part II Little Dog Lost ......................... see A Cat's Eye View Loon Lake ............................... see Music Day Love Among the Toons .................... see Spring in Acme Acres Love Stinks ............................. see Dating, Acme Acres Style Maid to Re-Order ........................ see Best of Buster Day Migrant Mallard ......................... see Wake Up Call of the Wild Milk, It Makes a Body Spout ............. see Here's Hamton Miniature Goof .......................... see Wacko World of Sports Minister Golf ........................... see Sports Shorts Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool ............. see Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool My Brilliant Revenge! ................... see Fox Trot My Dinner with Elmyra ................... see Love Disconnection Never Too Late To Loon .................. see Test Stress Night In Kokomo, A ...................... see New Class Day No Deposit, No Return of the Trash Bag Dispenser .................... see Pollution Solution Nothing To Sneeze At .................... see What Makes Toons Tick Oh For Arts Sake ........................ see Acme Home Shopping Show Once Upon a Star ........................ see Toon Physics One Beer ................................ see Elephant Issue One Minute Till Three ................... see Best o' Plucky Duck Open and Shut Case ...................... see Son of Looniversity Daze Optical Intrusion ....................... see Wheel o' Comedy Out of Odor ............................. see Viewer Mail Day Paper Trained ........................... see Life in the 90's Party Crasher Plucky .................... see A Cat's Eye View Pasadena Jones .......................... see Cinemaniacs Phone Call from the 405 ................. see Fox Trot Piece of Mind ........................... see Psychic Fun-omenon Day Pigment of his Imagination, A ........... see Ask Mr. Popular Pit Bullied ............................. see Strange Tales of Weird Science Pluck o' the Irish ...................... see Viewer Mail Day Plucky's Dastardly Deed ................. see Son of Looniversity Daze Potty Years, The ........................ see Henny Youngman Day Raven, The .............................. see How Sweetie It Is Re-Return of the Toxic Revenger, The .... see Looking Out for the Little Guy Real Kids Don't Like Broccoli ........... see Return of the Acme Acres Zone Rear Window Pain ........................ see Psychic Fun-omenon Day Rent a Friend ........................... see Rainy Daze Return of Plucky Twacy, The ............. see New Character Day Return of the Toxic Revenger, The ....... see You Asked For It Part II Robin Hare .............................. see Weirdest Story Ever Told Roches, The ............................. see New Character Day Ruffled Ruffee .......................... see Music Day Scentimental Pig ........................ see Strange Tales of Weird Science Senserely Yours, Babs ................... see Acme Acres Zone Slaughterhouse Jive ..................... see Going Places Sleight of Hare ......................... see You Asked For It Slugfest ................................ see Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool Sound Off................................ see New Class Day Squish .................................. see Buster Bunny Bunch Stand-Up and Deliver .................... see Henny Youngman Day Sticky Feathers Duck .................... see Best o' Plucky Duck Strung Along Kitty ...................... see Playtime Toons Superbabs ............................... see Cinemaniacs Teddy Bears Picnic ...................... see Acme Home Shopping Show Tennis the Menace ....................... see Wacko World of Sports That's Art, Folks! ...................... see Going Places That's Incredibly Stupid ................ see Spring in Acme Acres To Babs or Not To Babs .................. see Weirdest Story Ever Told To Bleep or Not To Bleep ................ see Test Stress Turtle Hurdle ........................... see Wide World of Elmyra Undersea World of Fifi, The ............. see Sports Shorts Venison Anyone? ......................... see Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool Walk on the Flip Side, A ................ see Acme Acres Zone Waste Deep in Wackyland ................. see Pollution Solution Weird Couple, The ....................... see You Asked For It Part II What's Up Nurse? ........................ see Looniversity Days When You're Hot ......................... see Going Places Whining Out ............................. see Life in the 90's Whirlwind Romance ....................... see What Makes Toons Tick Why Dizzy Can't Read .................... see Elephant Issue Wild Takes Class ........................ see Inside Plucky Duck Win, Lose, or Kerplowie ................. see Wheel o' Comedy Working Pig ............................. see Career Opportunities Year Book Star, The ..................... see Toon Physics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chronological Listing of Episodes: FIRST SEASON (1990-1991) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #148: THE LOONEY BEGINNING Airdate: 9/14/90 (8:30 pm EST on CBS) { a Must See Episode(tm). Watch for the simultaneous Pee-Wee Herman/David Lynch (!) reference. Many other great gags to be found. Bugs' musical number at Acme Loo ranks among the best so far. -ed. } Written by Paul Dini & Sherri Stoner Storyboards by Byron Vaughns & Barry Caldwell Directed by Glen Kennedy, Dave Marshall, Ken Boyer & Rich Arons [ toons appearing: Everyone ] [ Check out the moon right after Bugs says "I remember it just as if it was ... a flashback!" -NS ] Music by Mort Stevens Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Kath Souci as Sneezer Frank Welker as Gogo Cree Summer as Elmyra Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Danny Cooksey as Montana Candi Milo as Sweetie Jeff Bergman as Bugs Animation by Kennedy Cartoons, Inc. Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Created by - Buster and Babs Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!" ------------------------------- #140: A QUACK IN THE QUARKS Airdate: 9/17/90 { TTA's own STAR WARS parody. Freeze-frame the spaceship hangar! -ed. } Written by Tom Minton Storyboards by Bruce Timm & Douglas McCarthy Directed by Art Vitello [ toons appearing: Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky cameo: Foghorn Leghorn ] Music by Mort Stevens Starring the voices of: Joe Alaskey as Plucky Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Don Messick as Hamton Frank Welker as Chewcudda Rob Paulsen as Frank Jeff Bergman as Foghorn Carol Kane as Ollie Animation Services - Akom Productions Co. Secret of Quality Animation - Lotsa Shadows Tag - Plucky: "Parting is such sweet sorrow." ------------------------------ #113: THE WHEEL O' COMEDY Airdate: 9/18/90 "Devil Doggie" Written by Paul Dini Directed by Art Vitello [ Elmyra, Dizzy ] { Not to be missed. Watch for the tribute to PSYCHO. -ed. } "Optical Intrusion" Written by Tom Minton Directed by Art Vitello [ Furrball ] [ Poooor Furrball! He didn't ask for what happened to him. When he tried to make the best of it, he got creamed. Classic Furrball. -NS ] "Win, Lose or Kerplowie" Written by Gordon Bressack, Charles Howell Directed by Art Vitello [ Buster, Babs, Plucky, Monty, Blink ] [ Is this the same Charles Howell from "Venison Anyone?"? -TS ] Music by Ron Grant With the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Danny Cooksey as Montana Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Frank Welker as Furrball Rob Paulsen as Blink Joe Alaskey as Plucky Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd. Elmyra Fan Club President - Chuck Harvey Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ----------------------------------------- #122: TEST STRESS Airdate: 9/19/90 "Never Too Late To Loon" Written by Jim Reardon Directed by Rich Arons [ Plucky, Shirley, Buster ] [ The classic Shirley the Loon episode. -TS ] "Lil Sneezer" Written by Stephen Langford and Paul Dini Directed by Rich Arons [ Furrball, Sneezer, Sylvester ] [ The Hall of Cartoon Cats and Welker's vocals make this one another classic. -TS ] "To Bleep Or Not To Bleep" Written by Sherri Stoner and Paul Dini Directed by Rich Arons [ Buster, Fowlmouth, Shirley ] Music by Ron Grant With the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Joe Alaskey as Plucky Gail Matthius as Shirley Kath Souci as Fifi Frank Welker as Furrball Joe Alaskey as Sylvester Rob Paulsen as Fowlmouth Greg Bursoh as Elmer Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co, Ltd. Enough Television - Go Read A Book Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ----------------------------------------- #119: THE BUSTER BUNNY BUNCH Airdate: 9/20/90 { A pretty vicious parody of "The Mickey Mouse Club". Possible Ralph Bakshi (of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF MIGHTY MOUSE fame) cameo in the entre-act to Act II? -ed. } "Buffed Bunny" Written by Gordon Bressack and Charles M. Howell, IV Directed by Art Leonardi [ Buster, Babs, Arnold, Bugs, Plucky ] "Squish" Written by Len Jansen Directed by Art Leonardi [ Dizzy, Shirley, Buster, Plucky, Sweetie ] "Born To Be Riled" Written by Sherri Stoner Directed by Art Leonardi [ Babs, Shirley, Fifi, Plucky, Calamity, Dizzy ] Music by Les Hooper With the voice talents of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Kath Souci as Fifi Gail Matthius as Shirley Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Candi Milo as Sweetie Jeff Bergman as Bugs Rob Paulsen as Arnold Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co. Ltd. Guy With Giant Hands - Art Leonardi Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ------------------------------- #108: HER WACKY HIGHNESS Airdate: 9/21/90 { a Must See Episode(tm), particularly for its direction and storyboarding, and as always, Tokyo's gorgeous animation -ed. } Written by Sherri Stoner Storyboards by Byron Vaughns, Barry Caldwell Directed by Ken Boyer [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Gogo, Elmer, The Principal, Babs' mom cameos: everyone including Babs' agent ] [ Watch for Gogo's wink as he points to the door for Babs' escape. Freeze- framers: make sure you read the signs before Plucky falls into the big hole. Watch for Snoopy flying by on top of Old Smokey. -JK ] Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Frank Welker as Gogo Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Noel Blanc as The Principal Jeff Bergman as Elmer Pat Fraley as Himself Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd. The Moral of the Story - Elmer Fudd Is a Dolt Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ---------------------------------- #138: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF ACME ACRES FIrst aired 9/24/90 Written by Wayne Kaatz Storyboards by John Ahern, Alberto DeMello, Arthur Leonardi Directed by Arthur Leonardi [ Babs, Buster, Hamton, Plucky, Montana, Elmer, gremlins ] Music by Bruce Broughton With the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Frank Welker as Furrball Gail Matthius as Shirley Greg Burson as Elmer Danny Cooksey as Montana Don Messick as Hamton Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co. Ltd. Gremlins Compliments of - Bob Clampett Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ------------------------------- #127: STUFF THAT GOES BUMP IN THE NIGHT Airdate: 9/25/90 "Home Wrecker" Written by Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy Directed by Art Leonardi [ Buster, Monty ] "Fang You Very Much" Written by Richard Mueller Directed by Art Leonardi [ Elmyra, Vampire ] "Easy Biter" Written by Pat Allee, Ben Hurst, Tom Ruegger Directed by Art Leonardi [ Hamton, Moe Squito ] Music by Fred Steiner Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Don Messick as Hamton Danny Cooksey as Montana Frank Welker as Moe Squito Animation Services - Akom Productions Co. Produced in the San Fernando Valley - Fer Sure Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs." ----------------------------------------- #131: IT'S BUSTER BUNNY TIME Airdate: 9/26/90 [ Buster, Babs, Plucky, Elmyras, Dizzy ] "Bag That Bunny" Written by Dale Hale Directed by Art Leonardi [ Buster, Elmyra, Calamity cameo: Hamton ] "Lifestyles of the Rich and Rotten" Written by Rowby Goern Directed by Art Leonardi [ Buster, Babs, Monty, Arnold ] [ Watch for the neat stuff at the bottom of Monty's pool -JK ] "The Anvil Chorus" Written by Jim Reardon, Paul Dini, Don Dougherty, Ton Ruegger Directed by Art Leonardi [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Elmyras, Lady from Adults Against Funny Cartoons ] { Sheer insanity. Don't miss. -ed. } [ Final Tally: 42 falling anvils, 1 more off-screen, 5 cannons ] Music by Bruce Broughton Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Don Messick as Hamton Rob Paulsen as Arnold Danny Cooksey as Montana Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd. Anvils Compliments of - Acme Industries Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ----------------------------------------- #133: LOOKING OUT FOR THE LITTLE GUY Airdate: 9/27/90 "Awful Orphan" Written by Nick Hollander Directed by Art Vitello [ Sneezer, Elmyra ] "The Re-Return of the Toxic Revenger" Written by Jim Reardon Directed by Art Vitello [ Plucky, Montana ] "Bird-Dog Afternoon" Written by Pat Allee, Ben Hurst, Tom Ruegger Directed by Art Vitello [ basset hound, Furrball, three little birds ] Music by Joel McNeely With the vocal talents of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Frank Welker as Furrball Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Danny Cooksey as Montana Kath Souci as Sneezer [ I didn't notice Dizzy in this episode anywhere. -JK ] Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Basset Hound Model - Lucy Ruegger Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ------------------------------ #132: STARTING FROM SCRATCH Airdate: 9/28/90 [ Not the best written, or the best animated, but for Furrball fans (like me), a definite Must See (tm). -TS ] Written by Wayne Kaatz & Tom Ruegger Storyboards by Byron Vaughns & Barry Caldwell Directed by Ken Boyer [ Furrball, Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Elmyra, Calamity, Arnold, the Fleas ] [ Special highlight - Buster's stealing Bugs' "Mexican Slap Dance" -NS ] Music by Ron Grant Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Frank Welker as Furrball Whitby Hertford as Fliorello Hamilton Camp as Scottish Flea Jim Cummings as Papa Flea Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Cartoon Cliches of - Alan Burnett Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!" ---------------------------------------- #117: HARE-RAISING NIGHT Airdate: 10/1/90 Written by Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV. Storyboards by Douglas McCarthy, Bruce Timm & Bill Snellgrove Directed by Art Vitello [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky cameo: Bugs ] [ The recurring musical theme was "The Animal Fair". Rather funny, I thought. "No, no, no! Wrong show! Splicer's lab is back there!" cracked me up. Plucky fans will love this show. Did Splicer not remind you of Dan Akroyd? -NS ] Music by Bruce Broughton Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Jim Cummings as Monster [Melvyn] Jeff Altman as Splicer Jeff Bergman as Bugs Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Dr. Splicer's Stand In - Doug McCarthy Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ------------------------------- #105: FURRBALL FOLLIES Airdate: 10/2/90 "K-9 Kitty" Written by Tom Minton Directed by Art Vitello [ Furrball, man & woman, Amby & Lloyd cameos: Buster & Babs (intro) ] "Aroma Amore" Written by Sherri Stoner Directed by Art Vitello [ Furrball, Fifi, Amby & Lloyd cameos: Buster & Babs (intro) ] "Cross Country Kitty" Written by Eddie Fitzgerald Directed by Art Vitello [ Furrball, Sweetie, Mary Melody cameos: Buster & Babs (intro) ] [ Decidedly below par. Side note: We now know Acme Acres is in S. California. Must be in the ski resort mountains - it snows there, as evidenced by "Buster and the Wolverine" and other episodes -NS ] Music by Arthur B. Rubenstein Starring the voices of: Frank Welker as Furrball Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Kath Souci as Fifi Rob Paulsen as Amby Cindy McGee as Mary Melody Candi Milo as Sweetie Jeff Altman as Lloyd Animation Services - Akom Productions Co. Future Game Show Host - Steve Donmyer Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs." ------------------------------- #128: THE ACME ACRES ZONE Airdate: 10/3/90 [ Buster does a pretty good Rod Serling. Especially with the Furrball toupee -NS ] "A Walk on the Flip Side" Written by Michael Reaves Directed by Ken Boyer [ Montana, Buster, Babs, Elmyra ] "A Bacon Strip" Written by Wayne Kaatz Directed by Ken Boyer [ Hamton, Plucky cameos: Granny, Montana, everyone ] { A hilarious short -- the implications of exhibitionism and voyeurism are a scream. Amazing it got past the censors. Freeze-framers: what are Buster and Babs doing when everybody yells "surprise!" at the end and the lights go up? You be the judge. -ed. } "Senserely Yours, Babs" Written by Sherri Stoner & Tom Minton Directed by Ken Boyer [ Hamton, Calamity, Babs, Babs' sense of humor ] { More great gags in this one. Calamity at his best. Watch the sign in the hospital corridor ... -ed. } Music by Albert Olson Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Don Messick as Hamton June Foray as Granny Danny Cooksey as Montana Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Moral of Story - Pork Is Fattening Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ------------------------------- #126: LIFE IN THE 90's Airdate: 10/4/90 "Whining Out" Written by Paul Dini & Bob Carrau Directed by Rich Arons [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky ] "Paper Trained" Written by Jim Reardon Directed by Rich Arons [ Buster, Montana cameos: Dizzy, Plucky ] "Butt Out" Written by Sherri Stoner & Tom Ruegger Directed by Rich Arons [ Babs, Roderick, Rhubella ] Music by Peter Myers Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Danny Cooksey as Montana Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Animation Services - Akom Productions Co. [ at their cheesiest ] Mystery Credit - Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ---------------------------------------- #109: ROCK 'N ROAR Airdate: 10/5/90 Written by Sheryl Scarborough, Jim Reardon & Kayte Kuch Storyboards by Douglas McCarthy & Bruce Timm Directed by Art Vitello [ Buster, Babs, Plucky, Montana, Rover cameo: Foghorn Leghorn ] Music by Fred Steiner Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Danny Cooksey as Montana Joe Alaskey as Plucky Jeff Bergman as Foghorn Leghorn Frank Welker as Rover Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Today's Lesson, Kids - Eat Your Vegetables Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ---------------------------------------- #124: PROM-ISE HER ANYTHING Airdate: 10/8/90 { a Must See Episode(tm). Watch for Sneezer's great cameos. -ed. } Written by Paul Dini and Bob Carrau Storyboards by Barry Caldwell, John Dorman, and Jim Fletcher Directed by Ken Boyer [ Babs, Buster, Plucky, Shirley, Fifi, Hamton, Elmyra, Gogo, Montana, Mary Melody, Dizzy, Mitzi, Taz, Bugs, Arnold, Arnolda, Sneezer, and I probably missed a couple. cameos: Daffy, Furrball, Calamity ] Music by Laurence Rosenthal With the vocal stylings of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Danny Cooksey as Montana Don Messick as Hamton Kath Souci as Sneezer Frank Welker as Gogo Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Gail Matthius as Shirley Jeff Bergman as Bugs Rob Paulsen as Arnold Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. If You're Just Tuning In - You're Late Tag - Buster and Babs: "Aloooooooha!" ------------------------------- #101: HARE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW Airdate: 10/9/90 Written by Wayne Kaatz, Rom Ruegger, Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Storyboards by Byron Vaughns, Barry Caldwell & Bob Camp Directed by Ken Boyer & Eddie Fitzgerald [ Elmyra, Buster cameos: Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Furrball, Fifi ] [ Today is the definitive Elmyra day. I would have expected something different from Buster and Elmyra playing "doctor," but I have a sick mind. Buster's death scene, with Hamton & Plucky's cameos was great, the ET spoof was classic. -NS ] Music by Arthur B. Rubenstein Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Kath Souci as Fifi Frank Welker as Furrball Edan Gross as Tyrone Animation by - Kennedy Cartoons Ink-and-paint, Camera - Fil-Cartoons, Inc. Moral of Story - We Need More Animators Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ------------------------------- #102: CINEMANIACS Airdate: 10/10/90 { a Must See Episode(tm). Freeze-framers: watch the movie marquee! -ed. } "Superbabs" Written by Sherri Stoner, Tom Minton & Wayne Kaatz Directed by Art Vitello [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Montana "Wex Wuthor" Max ] "Duck Trek" Written by Jim Reardon Directed by Ken Boyer [ Buster, Hamton, Plucky, Furrball, Hair Monster cameos: Shirley, Sweetie, Sneezer ] { a vicious and inspired ST parody. William Shatner probably has trained killers out to get Spielberg after this one -ed. } "Pasadena Jones" Written by Sheri Stoner & Wayne Kaatz Directed by Art Vitello [ Buster, Monty cameos: Babs, Hamton, Plucky ] [ Best Indiana Jones parody I've ever seen. Slo-mo'ers will love the Batman-style "pain words"... You know where. But once. Just once. They will quote the "Powerhouse A Theme" directly. I'm still waiting. Maybe I should send them the score. C, E, Eflat, G, Gflat, D, Eflat, E.... -NS ] Music by Bruce Broughton Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Kath Souci as Fifi Frank Welker as Hair Monster Danny Cooksey as Wex Wuthor [Monty] Rob Paulsen as Dr. Furrball Animation Services - Akom Productions Co. Ken Boyer's Shoes by - Otis Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!" ------------------------------- #104: YOU ASKED FOR IT Airdate: 10/11/90 "Debutante Devil" Written by Sherri Stoner Directed by Art Vitello [ Babs, Dizzy, Tasmanian Devil ] [ Oh, Dizzy fans, this one is for you. Excellent. Though I do get the feeling they used this one to fine-tune the character and Maurice LaMarche's voice. -NS ] "Sleight of Hare" Written by Tom Minton & Wayne Kaatz Directed by Art Leonardi [ Buster, Montana ] "Duck Out of Luck" Written by Eddie Fitzgerald & Wayne Kaatz Directed by Eddie Fitzgerald [ Plucky cameo: Shirley ] [ We get to decide what happens to Plucky, but as we saw in the recent TTA poll, I don't think the viewers are that mean. I could think of a few things to do to Sweetie though. -NS ] { Watch the wacky ammo that the jet fighters fire at Plucky Kong! Among them: George Jetson, Mr. Spaceley, the Superman logo, Shaggy (of SCOOBY-DOO fame), and the Superman logo ... -ed. (thanks RJ!) } Music by Bruce Broughton Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Danny Cooksey as Montana Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Frank Welker as Furrball Noel Blanc as Taz Candi Milo as Sweetie Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Guy Who Says "Narf" - Eddie Fitzgerald Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ------------------------------- #112: GANG BUSTERS Airdate: 10/12/90 [ Didja happen to catch the "Lotto" sign in the quickie store? Looked suspiciously like the symbol of the California Lottery. Highlight - the "Eyeballs in the Darkness" scene. It's about time someone caught that cliche'. This episode is final proof that white people can't rap. It was tough to tell who was the most square: Hamton or Buster! Apart from that, it was great. -NS ] Written by Wayne Kaatz & Jim Reardon Storyboards by Byron Vaughns, Barry Caldwell & John Dorman Directed by Ken Boyer [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Montana cameos: Furrball, Calamity, Beeper, Gogo, Shirley, Elmyra, Fifi ] Music by John Debney Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Danny Cooksey as Montana Frank Welker as Gogo Rob Paulsen as Cashier Animation by Kennedy Cartoons Ink and Paint, Camera - Fil-Cartoons, Inc. Free TV - You Get What You Pay For Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ----------------------------------------- #121: CITIZEN MAX Airdate: 10/15/90 { A brilliant parody of the immortal Orson Welles classic. Who'da thought daytime television could be this good? :-) -ed. } Written by Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV, Paul Dini, Tom Ruegger Storyboards by Bruce Timm, Douglas McCarthy Directed by Art Vitello [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Montana, Shirley, Michigan J. Frog, Dizzy, Elmyra cameos: everyone including Pete Puma, Barkey Markey, Fowlmouth ] [ Watch for the "Rosebud" sled in Monty's mansion and the "Vitello Still At Large" headline in one of the newspapers. Also notice in the scene where Max interviews Buster, Buster has no ears! -JK ] Music by Dennis McCarthy Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Danny Cooksey as Montana Don Messick as Hamton Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Gail Matthius as Shirley Bill Woodson as Announcer Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Model for Babs' Feet - Kathryn Yelsa Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ----------------------------------------- #130: WAKE UP CALL OF THE WILD Airdate: 10/17/90 "Migrant Mallard" Written by Tom Minton Directed by Rich Arons "It's a Jungle Out There" Written by Pat Allee and Ben Hurst Directed by Rich Arons "Kitty Cat-astrophe" Written by Gordon Bressack and Charles M. Howell IV Directed by Rich Arons [ This is your cat. This is your cat on hallucinogens. Any questions? Not that I'm implying Furrball would do such a thing on purpose... -KP ] Music by Albert Olson Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Frank Welker as Furrball Rob Paulsen as Concord Greg Burson as Elmer Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Wayne Katz' Office Hours - 3:15-3:45 PM Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!" ----------------------------------------- #107: BUSTER AND THE WOLVERINE Airdate: 10/19/90 { Falls flat on its face. Fortunately, you can fasten your finger on the fast-forward or flip the channel instead of farting around with this fiasco -ed. } Written by Tom Ruegger & Paul Dini Storyboards by Jim Willoughby, Chris Otsuki & Art Leonardi Directed by Art Leonardi [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Furrball, Sweetie, Elmyra, the Wolverine cameos: Max, Shirley, Gogo, the Mynah ] [ Buster's Theme sounded a lot like "Anything Goes", btw. But then again, no one had a signature theme, except the group as a whole with el-cuto march -NS ] Music by Morton Stevens Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Frank Welker as Furrball Candi Milo as Sweetie Animation Services - Kennedy Cartoons [loathsome, as usual] Ink-and-paint - Fil-Cartoons, Inc. Wolverine Trainer - The Tazmanian Devil Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ----------------------------------------- #123: YOU ASKED FOR IT PART II Airdate: 10/22/90 "The Weird Couple" Written by Len Jason Directed by Art Leonardi [ Dizzy, Hamton ] { A great short. The gratuitous laughtrack is marvelous! -ed. } "The Return of the Toxic Revenger" Written by Pamela Hickey & Dennis McCoy Directed by Art Leonardi [ Plucky, Montana ] "Little Cake of Horrors" Written by Dale Hale Directed by Art Leonardi [ Hamton, a cake cameo: Dizzy ] { Dizzy's cameo brings back the soundtrack and audience from Act I. Truly bizarre. -ed. } Music by Don Davis Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Danny Cooksey as Montana William Woodson as Narrator Animation Services - Kennedy Cartoons Ink And Paint, Camera - Fil-Cartoons, Inc. Give a Hoot - Don't Pollute Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!" ------------------------------- #125: HOLLYWOOD PLUCKY Airdate: 10/23/90 { a Must See Episode(tm). One of THE best yet. -ed. } Written by Sherri Stoner Storyboards by Bruce Timm & Douglas McCarthy Directed by Art Vitello [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky ] [ cameos of famous stars: 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 ] Music by John Debney Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Frank Welker as Guard Rob Paulsen as Bus Driver Jim Cummings as Chef Ken Mars as Flavio Roger Rose as John Face Michael Bell as Batman Maggie Roswell as Mary Vain Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd. Caricaturist - Bruce Timm Tag - Plucky: "Parting is such sweet sorrow." ------------------------------- #142: EUROPE IN 30 MINUTES Airdate: 10/26/90 { Yours truly recommends this as a Must See Episode(tm). -ed. } Written by Stephen Hibbert Storyboards by Jessie Cosio, Sherri Weinhard & Chris Otsuki Directed by Arthur Leonardi [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Prince Charles, Lady Di cameo: Concord ] Music by Arthur Kempel Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Rob Paulsen as Concord Tim Curry as Prince Charles Valri Bromfield as Lady Di Pat Fraley as Travel Agent [actually Game Show Host & Tour Guide] Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Travel Arrangements by the Wackyland Tourist Board Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs." ------------------------------- #136: THE WACKO WORLD OF SPORTS Airdate: 10/30/90 "Tennis the Menace" Written by Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Directed by Kent Butterworth [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Monty, Furrball, Bookworm ] "Bleacher Bummer" Written by Chuck Menville Directed by Kent Butterworth [ Buster, Babs, Hamton, Plucky, Elmyra, Sneezer, Dizzy, Furrball, Arnold, Sylvester, Perfecto Prep cameos: Porky, just about everyone else ] "Miniature Goof" Written by Grant Moran & Tom Ruegger Directed by Kent Butterworth [ Buster, Babs, Roderick, Rhubella cameos: Sylvester & Everyone ] Music by Morton Stevens Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Danny Cooksey as Montana Frank Welker as Furrball Rob Paulsen as Arnold Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Animation Services - Akom Productions Co. Ink-and-paint, Camera - Fil-Cartoons, Inc. Moral of Story - Not Every Show Is Perfect Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs." ---------------------------------------- #115: RAINY DAZE Airdate: 11/1/90 "Rent a Friend" Written by Jim Reardon & Art Leonardi Directed by Art Leonardi [ Buster, Montana ] "Bunny Daze" Written by Barry Caldwell Directed by Art Leonardi [ Babs ] { Love that Jane Fonda impersonation! -ed. } "Fur-Gone Conclusion" Written by Wayne Kaatz & Chris Otsuki Directed by Art Leonardi [ Buster, Babs, Gotcha Grabmore ] Music by Bill Ross Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Danny Cooksey as Montana Frank Welker as Babzilla Joan Gerber as Gotcha Grabmore Animation Services - Freelance Graphics, Ltd. Guy Who Wears Suspenders - Jim Reardon Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!" ------------------------------- #116: FIELDS OF HONEY Airdate: 11/2/90 { Perhaps the most hotly-debated-over episode in alt.tv.tiny-toon. Comments vary wildly -- half the populace denounce it as cheesy, pretentious and loathsome, putting in it in the Worst Episodes category, while the other half find the story to be excellent and the gags to be spot-on. All agree that the Kennedy animation stinks, however. :-) This episode won a Daytime Emmy for its original soundtrack score. -ed. } Written by Sherri Stoner & Tom Ruegger Storyboards by Byron Vaughns & Barry Caldwell Directed by Ken Boyer [ Babs, Bosco & Honey cameos: Ed Sullivan, Everyone ] Music by Bill Ross Starring the voices of: Tress MacNeille as Babs Charlie Adler as Buster Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Don Messick as Hamton Frank Welker as Gogo Danny Cooksey as Montana Greg Burson as Elmer Noel Blanc as Porky Jeff Bergman as Bugs B.J. Ward as Honey Animation by Kennedy Cartoons Ink and Paint, Camera - Fil-Cartoons, Inc. Whatever Happened to McLean Stevenson? Tag - Buster & Babs: "Say good night, Babs." "Good night, Babs." ------------------------------- #137: SAWDUST AND TOONSIL Airdate: 11/5/90 [ Mediocre, but it had its moments. It's nice to see Gogo. -NS ] [ Does anyone but me recognize this as a take-off on an Ingmar Bergman film titled SAWDUST AND TINSEL ([which is also] set at a circus)? - JB ] Written by Gordon Bressack & Charles M. Howell, IV Storyboards by Chris Reccardi, Jim Fletcher & Rich Arons Directed by Rich Arons [ Buster, Babs, Plucky, Gogo, Silas Wonder, pegasus, dragon, sphinx ] Music by Albert Olson Starring the voices of: Frank Welker as Gogo Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Joe Alaskey as Plucky Rob Paulsen as Wonder Susan Blu as Sphinx Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Ink and Paint, Camera - Fil-Cartoons, Inc. This Program Has Been Edited For Your Own Good Tag - Gogo: "It's been surreal!" ------------------------------- #135: SPRING IN ACME ACRES Airdate: 11/6/90 "Love Among the Toons" Written by Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV & Eddie Fitzgerald Directed by Kent Butterworth & Eddie Fitzgerald [ Elmer, Concord, Buster, Babs, Montana cameos: Sweetie, Bookworm ] [ Babs & Montana? Oh, too weird. Funny though. Concord must go. Really. -NS ] "Elmyra's Spring Cleaning" Written by Eddie Fitzgerald Directed by Eddie Fitzgerald & Kent Butterworth [ Elmyra cameos: Tyrone, Furrball, Concord, Dizzy ] "That's Incredibly Stupid" Written by Chuck Menville Directed by Kent Butterworth [ Plucky, Dizzy ] Music by Fred Steiner Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Danny Cooksey as Max Joe Alaskey as Plucky Rob Paulsen as Concord Greg Burson as Cupid Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Ink and Paint, Camera - Fil Cartoons, Inc. Today's L.A. Weather - Hot and Smoggy Tag - Buster & Babs: "Aloooooooha!" ------------------------------- #152: PSYCHIC FUN-OMENON DAY Airdate: 11/7/90 [ The very opening scene of the circus shows: Dizzy: The World's Greatest Eater - Eats Anything! Hamton: Thinnest Fat Guy in the World Plucky: Flying Trapeze (but he's on a tightrope!?) Gogo: Non-Extinct Dodo Elmyra: Bearded Lady -JK ] "Piece of Mind" Written by Jim Reardon Directed by Art Leonardi [ Calamity, Beeper, Wile E. Coyote ] "Class Cut Up" Written by Earl Kress, Tom Ruegger Directed by Art Leonardi [ Hamton, Michigan J. Frog, Foghorn Leghorn, Granny, Bugs, Dr. Ann T. Dote cameos: Gogo, everyone else at school ] { Although the a.t.t-t gang dismiss this short as a direct rip-off of "One Froggy Evening", I think it's great. Hamton's insane/psychotic looks always get me shooting milk out of my nose ... I particularly like Wang's loving attention to detail of making that frog look disgustingly limp and lifeless as Hamton desperately tries to make it dance. A great short. -ed. } "Rear Window Pain" Written by Earl Kress, Jim Reardon Directed by Art Leonardi [Plucky, Shirley, Elmer, Buster, Babs cameos: Elmyra, Granny, Mary Melody] Music by Steve Bramson Starring the voices of: Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Cree Summer as Elmyra Joe Alaskey as Plucky Frank Welker as Furrball [ Riiight -- try Gogo -JK ] Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Gail Matthius as Shirley Don Messick as Hamton June Foray as Granny John Hillner as Michigan J. Frog Jeff Bergman as Elmer Animation Services - Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Favorite Cartoon - "One Froggy Evening" Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" ----------------------------------------- #149: THE WIDE WORLD OF ELMYRA Airdate: 11/8/90 "Turtle Hurdle" Written by Earl Kress & Tom Ruegger Directed by Kent Butterworth [ Elmyra, Tyrone Turtle, Michigan J. Frog cameos: Buster & Babs, Yosemite Sam ] "Drooley Davey" Written by Tom Minton, Paul Dini & Beth Bornstein Directed by Kent Butterworth [ Elmyra, Davey ] [ Check out the car's license plate as it leaves. This would have been a good place for another Elmyra/Sneezer cartoon, IMHO. I'm envious of Davey because of his Buster Bunny doll. It looks so much more realistic than the ones in the stores ... This short represents a good data point in the ongoing debate of whether Elmyra is malicious or stupid. -NS ] "Go Fetch" Written by Bob Carrau Directed by Kent Butterworth [ Elmyra, Barky cameo: Hamton ] [ Poor Barky. He's hooked on fetching, so he's forced into taking Elmyra's abuse. -NS ] Music by Richard Stone Starring the voices of: Cree Summer as Elmyra Charlie Adler as Buster Tress MacNeille as Babs Don Messick as Hamton Edan Gross as Tyrone Frank Welker as Barky Marky John Hilner as Michigan J. Frog Animation Services - Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd. [ Look at "Turtle Hurdle" for a prime example of a TMS trademark - it's what I call "Tokyo Feet" - it's how TMS shows characters running really quickly. -NS ] Guy With Really Red Face - Kent Butterworth Tag - Buster: "And that's a wrap!" -------------------------------