Oh, I used to love this show!

I haven't seen it in ages, but my friends and I sang the theme song by memory on the subway the other day.

Good times.

I used to watch it. The one I can remember is with the old Black and White cartoon that used to be really popular. I remember the end is that The Mysterious Hooded Guy ends up being Silent Movie Guy, and reunites with Silent Movie Girl. Very sweet. :-) Does any one remember the names of those guys?

OMG, I didn't know it was a thread for this show. This show rocked the world. I think my fave episode was the one when they parodied MTV and just showed videos for the whole episode.

*singing* Universe Man, Universe Man...the strongest man he's Universe Man...

I loved this show!!

Oh what a loon I ammmmm"- Shirley the Loon

savetheyak, I think you're thinking of Foxy, Roxy, Goopy Geer, and, uhhh...the bee...dude. Apparently they were pretty much the original stars of Merrie Melodies. I remember loving that episode, too, although all I really remember is Buster's random "Buster Bunny to block" Toonywood Squares comment. Oh, and the bee getting his buzz back. And Goopy playing the pian-uh. And...hey, that was a really good episode, wasn't it?

eta: oops, it was Bosco.

savetheyak, I think you're referring to Bosco and Honey. Was it the episode where Babs is looking for an idol and stumbles across the old Bosco and Honey cartoons and shows them in the theater?

I remember renting the "Tiny Toons Vacation" every other week, I was loved, loved, loved, loved it a lot.

Does anyone remember that cartoon when Bugs was in an airplane, and this annoying creature was annoying him? I kept on quoting, "Well it ain't Montell Williams!" For hours.

Yeah, the hooded guy was Bosco, who was lurking around waiting for Honey to come back. Honey, however, grew old because her cartoons were forgotten. But when Babs showed them at a theater she built, everyone cracked up and Honey was restored to her former youth, reunited with Bosco, and they pranced away together.

Oh god, my favorite Tiny Toons episode was the musical one, with the Raffi rip-off and the farting in the lunchroom. Crappy animation, but I don't care. It's a classic, and it cracks my shit up.

Fucking WORD!!! I still do it to my brother, and it still pisses him of. Especially when he plays Metroid and misjudges a jump.

Does anyone remember in the summer vacation special when Plucky gets sat on, and he has this slimy crap on his hand, smells it, and passes the fuck out? PRICELESS!!

A couple weeks ago one morning they aired what is probably my favorite episode ever--the one with the Animation Fair where you get to see the cartoons created by the various students. The segment with Gogo's "So You Want to Learn to Dance?" still kills me every time. It doesn't hurt that it's a Plucky episode and Plucky was The Awesome. He's such a lovable asshole.

Speaking of Gogo, there's something I can't figure out. As far as I can tell all the Tiny Toons characters are either child versions of Looney Tunes characters or caricatures of celebrities (Shirley the Loon/Shirley MacLaine). What the hell is Gogo based on? I was never a very faithful Looney Tunes fan so if there was a dodo on the show I very well may have missed it, he's the only character I can't immediately match up to a counterpart.

Of course I'm not too quick with these things--I think it took me literally years to figure out that Elmyra was the Elmer Fudd of the group.

Dude. I loved this show! Wasn't there a multiple episode arc where Buster went searching for Babs, or is that the movie you guys are talking about?

I remember the creepy hitchhiker in the movie always gave me nightmares.

RE: The Summer Vacation movie. Loved the movie, HAAATED Hamton's family. Especially the dad. But the whole Plucky story arc bugged me anyway, cuz when I was a kid I would always have nightmares about going on a trip to an amusement park and NEVER GETTING THERE!

I'm surprised no one else has brought this up, so I will. The episode where Hamton's on a diet. The chocolate cake in his fridge comes to life, and speaks to him. The cake says exactly what you'd expect it to say:

"EAT ME!"

The original Dodo appeared in a couple of the very, very early Warner Brothers cartoons. Looked just like Gogo, only bigger.

Yeah, it was a very early Porky Pig.

Anyways, an epsiode that really distrubed me was when Cupid hired the Buzzard to take his place. The dumb bird just started shooting people at random, which led to Montana Max and Babs Bunny falling in love, and almost getting married. That had to break at least twelve different kind of laws.

In the Animation Filmfest ep (my favourite being "Dizzy Eat World"), you see Daffy reading a copy of "Playduck". Bugs quickly confiscates it, but isn't adverse to looking through it himself. For the articles of course.

My favourite of the "epic" episodes was school's football competition with Perfecto.

Didn't that football ep also have Plucky being seduced in a hot tub? They got away with so much--it's amazing. I still remember the music video episodes and how there was one where they did The Name Game with various characters, and then during the end credits there's a credit that says "Name not used in The Name Game: Plucky." At the time I was, I forget how old, and I was like "What? Bo bucky, banana-fana fo fu--OHHHH!"

So much of this show was for the benefit of the parents. I mean, the Deliverance homage with the possums. "That's bigamy!" "No, that's big of ME!" What kid is going to get those jokes?

Edited because HTML has taken over my mind.

So, would that make Dodo, Gogo's father? since he was the first "Last of the Dodo's."

Really? I always just assumed that Shirley was the female-child version of Daffy. The same way that Babs was the female-child version of Bugs.

Shirley didn't really have any of Daffy's signature traits, though. Plucky covered them all with his hyperactivity, egomania, and malicious jealousy, but Shirley was just...a loon.

And she has the whole astrology/past lives/fortune telling thing going on. That and the name are where I got Shirley MacLaine from.

FWIW I didn't think of Babs as female-child Bugs either, though. I think she's also based on a celebrity but I'm not sure who. Streisand?

Yeah, I always thought she was supposed to represent his 'Daffy' side ... The Daffy who would bounce up and down on his butt going "Woo-hoo!!! Woo-hoo!!!" over and over just to confuse someone?


I can sort of see that, Babs did have a bit of a diva streak ... Of course Bugs had a bit of a diva streak too ...

My favorite Tiny Toons scene was during the music videos episode. There was an "intermission" with the Julie Bruin (Julie Brown, but not Downtown) talk show. She was expecting Buster, Babs and Madonna. B&B showed up, and Julie asked where Madonna was. Babs informed her that they didn't say Madonna, but rather "Fuddonna," and Elmer Fudd appears in the doorway, complete with blonde ponytail and the infamous cone bra. That's when I knew it wasn't a kiddie show.

I came to the conclusion the other day, if this show was on dvd, I would own it.

I love it that much.

Easily my favorite ever sketch on this terrific show was the one where they were at a boring Hollywood party, and an ultra-boring Dick Cavett-type guy told an interminable story that lasted an entire day--he kept them up all night as they were in their beds going on and on in his monotone voice, as they were brushing their teeth the next morning--then eventually he wrapped it up and you belatedly understood that it had a point and made sense, and he quickly said goodbye and scooted off. And the soundtrack was really quiet, after being filled with his voice the entire time, driving them crazy. And all of the sudden they realized that they missed him, and ran after him, Wacko imploring him to "tell us another story..."

Anyway, sorry if I didn't explain it well. It still makes me smile to think of it, though. So clever and unexpected.

edited to add: oops that was Animaniacs. Sorry. um, Tiny Toons was good too though...(scurries off, embarrassed)

I think you're referring to Animaniacs, also a good show, but not featuring child versions of the Loony Toons.

I caught the first ep. the other day, it wasn't as good as the show could be, but it was all right. I was impressed that all of the Voice Actors seemed to have the voices down already, it seems that many times it takes them a few episodes before they have the voice right.

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Reading the Animaniacs thread brought to mind Tiny Toons, and my all-time favorite segment from either show: The Roches. I'd loved Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche for years, and I'd reluctantly adjusted to their status as cult obscurities--then Sherri Stoner, bless her insane soul, gave my favorite singing sisters 8 minutes of network TV. Fan for life.

The two They Might Be Giants videos--for "Particle Man" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" were nearly as inspired.

Babs was fabulous... Tress MacNeille voiced her, and she would often break out these great impersonations of Schmoozy Hollywood ladies like Joan Rivers, or the woman who hosts Lives of the Rich and Famous or something.

And the movie is AWESOME. Hampton's dad keeps humming "Pop Goes the Weasel", and then singing the actual lyrics on the last line then chuckling to himself. Finally Plucky in exasperation begs him to sing something else. Hampton's dad: *Hums first line of Old McDonald*... POP! Goes the Weasel! *Chuckles to himself*.

And when they pick up the hitch hiker who turns out to be a chainsaw wielding maniac? Comedic gold.

And it's so great when they're all about to drive through the tunnel and Hampton's dad explains to Plucky you hold your breath while going through a tunnel and make a wish. Everyone does so. All the way through the tunnel Plucky is hissing through clenched teeth "I wish I was in Happy World Land!".

Years later all I have to do is think about this movie and start cracking myself up.

The animation was a bit better in the film too, wasn't it? I can clearly remember the bit where Buster (strumming on his tongue) and the friendly possum (on his guitar-type instrument) are making music and the camera's swirling around and giving us fancy shots we never saw in the series.

Was the movie released on video first, or did it air as a multi-parter before that? 'Cause I remember seeing it a little while after I assumed the series had ended (and my interest had probably begun to wane toward the end, though the series only last for about three years), and thought that it was the best possible send-off for the show that you could've hoped for.

Looking at TVTome's episode listings for it, it seems there was two or three more special episodes that came after the Summer Vacation movie. Spring Break Special, Night Ghoulery (1 hour), and a Plucky Duck pilot. Never saw the first two, but I can vaguely recall a Plucky-centric episode with Batduck stuff.

Oh most definitly yes. It's been years and years since I've actually seen that episode but I will sometimes find myself singing one of those songs.

Oh, MAN. I miss this show! Baby Plucky still warms my heart. "Water go down da hollllllle...water come back!"

Montana Max: "You're a magician!? Well, I wanna see you ma-GISH!"

And the little messages at the end of every show in the credits were hilarious too!

I work in a 7 story building on the second floor. Almost everyday I have to go the the 7th floor. I make it a point to say "Eleelator go down the hoooole." And I HATE for someone to push the button before me. Inside my head I'm always thinking "You no push the button, ME push button."

I'm probably one of the few that don't like Buster & Babs Bunny. (I also don't like Bugs Bunny.) My favorite charcters are Montana Max (I always like it when he's angry.), Elmyra (She's pretty & very cute & I love her voice.), & Fifi (She cracks me up.).

My goodness, this was one of my favorite cartoons ever as a kid. I agree with you guys - it was very subversive, and I would love to see it again now that I'm an adult (and would probably get a lot of the references.)

One of my favorite episodes was "The Horror of Slumber Party Mountain," where Babs, Fiffi, and Shirley go camping in the mountain and have to ward off this creature that's after them.

I also liked the episode where Babs runs away to Wacky Land because she doesn't wish to learn "self control."

Word. Why isn't it on DVD? Ah, this thread brings back fond memories. Baby Plucky was my favorite.

El-e-later go down the hoooole.
You no push the button, me push the button.
El-e-later go UP. El-e-later go doowwn.

Keys go down da hoooollleeee....
Ducky go down da hoooolleeee....

Man, i could do with just a video of baby Plucky at this point. He was so cute!

Don't forget the trip to the mini-golf course, where Baby Plucky learned the fine points of cheating.

*points* "Look Daddy, is aeroplane!"
"Where?"
*father turns to look, Baby Plucky drops his ball down the hole*
"Hole in one!"

"Look Daddy, is blimp!"
"Where?"
"Hole in one!"

"Look Daddy - rocket ship!" And on and on and on.

The name of ACME Looniversity's rival was Perfecto Prep, correct?

Yes. Perfecto, RAH!

Bye bye, toilet painter!

How could I have forgotten about that one? Okay, these are the Baby Plucky episodes I remember, hopefully someone can fill in anything that's missing from the list:
The potty training one: "Water go down the hoooollle," etc.
The one in the elevator: "I push the button. No you push, I push."
And the mini-golf one mentioned upthread.

Baby Plucky should have his own show. He was comedy gold.

He should and he was. I wonder if there are any Baby Plucky t-shirts.

Sadly, I think that was it. That and a cameo in Animaniacs where the Elevator cartoon was referenced.

Oh, He also appears in the aptly-titled episode "Animaniacs", when Plucky goes back in time to film himself getting his foirst floatie.

Baby Plucky also appeared in the Animaniacs "Video Review" episode. He and Daffy Duck were on the cover of "Mighty Ducks."

"I'm the mightiest duck of a-a-a-all."
"Says who, you diaper-clad upstart?!"



Oh my gosh, I forgot about Montana Max. He wasn't in the "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" movie, so I blame that. Wow, I practically had that thing memorized when I was a kid. The songs _still_ randomly haunt me.

"Happy World Land/ Happy World Land/Where the fun doesn't stop/
At only eighty bucks a pop/ In beautiful Happy World Land/
Welcome to a land where the fun never stops/
We have six real rides and four hundred gift shops/
The smiles are always rosy/The sky is always blue
This is Happy World Land/ Where all your dreams come true"

Loved this show! Especially Baby Plucky and, was his name Sneezer? The little mouse? I just remember his encounter with Oogie, the monster under the bed. "Scare me again, Oogie!"

I also sing the HappyWorldLand song from the movie whenever I go to an amusement park. (...where the fun never stops, for only $80 bucks a pop.)

ETA: Just saw that Cet has all the lyrics. Nice.

There should definitely be DVDs.

Heh, I always thought that line was We have six new rides and four hundred gift shops

This was probably mentioned already...

But the movie, c'mon, it was excellant. I liked how Buster and Babs' adventure in that movie was a bit like the movie Deliverance.
And then Buster was forced to marry the crocidile, but he didn't want to.

Plucky and the pig (forgot his name, I know, I'm bad), went to the amusement park. And Plucky was having the worst time because the pig family was crazy. And they finally get home and he has to watch the slides. Oh goodness.

I love this show. It's great.

Enough said.

Hamton J. Pig, who was Jewish.

The other great thing about the Pigs' and Plucky's trip was the homicidal maniac.



So did I, and it occassionally gets stuck on continuous playback in my brain. So does

"Chicken par-ar-me-e-sa-a-NAAAAA, chicken parrrrr-me-sa-a-NAAAA!"

Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain DVD releases are apparently on the way: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4384
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4383

Odd that they'd release those before Tiny Toons, which I always thought was more popular. Still, hopefully if those do well Tiny Toons will see a release as well.



I swear I never realized that before. I don't recall any references to his, umm, Jewishness. All I really remember about him was that he was clean. Very, very clean.

During a holiday ep, it showed the outside of some of the kids' houses. In Hamton's window, there was a menorah.

You think he'd be conflicted, being pork and all. Perhaps he's the original Zoidberg.

Haunt you? Please, every day the "waiting for the clock tooooo strike 3/ then and only then we'lllll be free..." song still goes through my head. I think I was majorly obsessed with that movie when i was young to have that.



Isn't he ok as long as he doesn't eat himself?

The only thing that bothered me about Tiny Toons was the quality control. One episode would have fantastic animation like the one where Plucky goes to Hollywood, another episode would be total crap in that department!

Heh heh heh. Although thinking about it years later, I'm wondering if she was actually singing about veal parmesian.

"Ra-a-avioli/ Clams with linguini/
Hot pepperoni/ Tasty spumo-o-nii/
- We haven't eaten in weeks -"

"The homicidal fiend is reported as having a psychotic obsession with pork. In fact, any exposure to pig products will send him screaming off the deep end."


"How we wait for summer on bended knee/
Come on stupid clock/ Please strike three/
Strike one/ Strike two/ Str-i-i-i-i-i-ke thre-e-e-e-e-e-e-!"

Sometimes it's depressing that I have brain space to dedicate to this and not to my upcoming astronomy test. Le sigh...

I would get the DVDs, just so I could pause them and see all the random stuff that was written in the credits. Anyone else ever catch those? The only one I can actually recall is "The Guy Who Pushes That Red Button Alot."