AN 145, FRIDAY, 11/19/93
The Mystic Mongoose
Filler: Who can...
"Who can turn the stove on with her smile..." Yup, a parody bit of the
Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song. DYN: the newspaper Dot's holding says:
"Elvis seen again eating burrito". Several delightful rips, especailly on
MTM. "Don't throw your hat up in the air..." ROTFL!!
Windsor Hassle
Let's get Brit! Today, the royal family gets skewered and Monty
Python gets delightfully mangled. The scene: The gates of Windsor Castle,
with a exceellent John Cleese impersonator telling us the story of the
Fire at windsor Castle. "For the next three hours, we're going to see a
documentary on the restoration process." Cut back to
screen-within-a-screen gag, with litttle kids watching. "Hey, no way!"
"Booo!" "No!" "Well what do you want to watch, then?" "A cartoon!"
"Fine. Then we'll just see a silly little cartoon!" *Wham* and a
Pythonesque screen with "And Now, The CARTOON." This was *funny*- an
extremely nice rip/tribute to Python.
Inside the castle, we have a line-up of the royal family, who are
painting the walls of the banquet room. There's Charles and Diana,
Fergie, the Queen Mother, and a heckuva lotta other royals Anyway, the
royals start whining, and everyone quits but the Queen. "We'll just do it
ourselves." She opens her purse, and *whoosh*, Yakko and Wakko, who
announce "The Princessa Louis Francesca (et cetera)...Decorator Dot!"
QOTD: Queen: "You're a decorator? What are your credentials?"
Dot: "Weeelllll... I'm cheap."
Queen: "You're hired!."
Well, several quick jokes on the royal 'We': "We are not amused!"
"We are!", and the decorating actually begins. DYN: statue of David is
first thing Dot tosses. "Mummy, look at me! I'm Piralleto in the Magic
Flute!" -Yeesh... a few short, moderate gags, and then we see the
redecorated banquet hall. "The royal banquet hall does *not* have a
dinette set!" Then after, some quick discussion, the Warners agree to do
it the queen's way, "which will be a little more expensive." How will
they pay for it? Turn it into the first of many "Queen Quisine"
restaurants.
Finally, the announcer guy comes back, and gets an anvil dropped on his
head, after which YW&D do a cheesy 'proclamation' bit. Hmmm. I kinda
liked this episode- some weak bits, although it had its moments. Very
good potential bits- Python and the Royals- but it just didn't hit that
well. Ah Well.
Filler?: Windsor Hassle Part Two:
The Queen Mother, who's been all throughout the first act, launches into
the announcer's speech: "I'm standing here outside Windsor Castle. For
the next three hours.." *WHAAAMMMO*. A good example of how to properly
use anvil drops. Really does a good bit for saving the first act.
...And Justice For Slappy
<Slappy Intro, with the door>
"Wolf County Court, Judge Lupine Presiding." Well, Slappy's getting
tried for various painful assaults on Walter Wolf. Walter's hired a
lawyer, while Slappy is defending herself (with Skippy along to help).
"Aunt Slappy, I don't think you can get a fair trial here?" <cut to scene
of 12 wolves in jury> "Whatever gave you that idea, Skippy?"
Anyway, this quickly turns into a pretty regular P.O.V. story. Walter's
version is, of course, near-completely false, and is quite funny. The
whole 'skipping through the woods' in the Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit
was quite nicely nostalgic. "For no apparent reason!" The ultimate evil
Slappy is incredibly good- the horns, the tail, the Catapult car with
'ROKNROL' on the liscence plate- well-done.
Well, now it's Skippy's turn to testify.
QOTD2: Lawyer: "Your name?"
Skippy: "Skippy Squirrel!"
Lawyer: "Occupation?"
Skippy: "Uh, I'm a squirrel." *utter "Yeesh!" look*
Skippy's story is P.O.V. as well- we have a demonic version of Walter,
"so scary that my fur hurt." Walter gives a classic villian rant, whilst
we see his plan unfold (in theory) on a computer screem, and he tops his
speech off with "Who says you have to be a coyote to make plans?"
Heehehee... Skippy's version of Slappy is a little bit nicer than the
Slappy we know... Anyway, when it's Slappy's turn to cross-examine
Skippy, she has one question: "Do you know if Mr. Magoo's in jail in
Mexico?" "Errrr...Yes!" "I always wondered what happened to him. Witness
excused." I *like* it!
Finally, Slappy gets on the stand and tells the *real* truth. Walter's
plan was to catch Slappy with "Rope Snare trap 435" and then launch a
boulder at her. But Slappy neatly defeats his plans (of course) and goes
for payback. "4th down and long!" "Give someone enough rope, and they'll
tie it to a catapult. Or something like that. Hey, whaddaya want, I'm
old!" "not only a boulder, but enough dynamite to blow up Greenland (As a
professional, I take my work seriously. *grin*)." And, of course, Walter
gets "blasted into little peices of lint!"
Well, from here on in it's kinda downhill. The verdict ought to be no
big surprise. Okay, so it was utterly neccesary that the jury be either
threatened with imminent destruction, really squirrels in disguise, or be
heavily bribed by Slappy, and the first is much more her style, but... it
just didn't *feel* right. Walter's blow-up at his nephew lawyer was
decent, though. Hmm... I think I would have liked this better if I hadn't
already seen loads of Point Of View stories. Ah Well.
Filler: Wheel Of Morality:
"It's that time again."
"To chew up airtime?"
"To waste our lives?"
"No no no, It's time to learn today's lesson. And for that, we turn to
the Wheel Of Morality."
"Wheel of Morality, turn turn turn
Tell us the lesson that we should learn."
Moral number six: "Opposums have pouches like Kangaroos." *shrug*
Denture Wearer: Kathryn Page
End Tag: <creak> Skippy
Skippy: "Speeyeeeeeeew!"
<slam>
Overall: Average for Animx. Which means funnier than half of the crap on
TV today. Watch it.
WH: C+.
.AJFS: B, A- for newbies to P.O.V. 'toons.
Filler: B+
Profuse apologies for the lateness of this, but we had *wicked* problems
with Telnet this weekend...
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In a previous article, r...@gandalf.baylor.edu (The Mystic Mongoose) says:
> Skippy's story is P.O.V. as well- we have a demonic version of Walter,
>"so scary that my fur hurt." Walter gives a classic villian rant, whilst
>we see his plan unfold (in theory) on a computer screem, and he tops his
>speech off with "Who says you have to be a coyote to make plans?"
Notice that the computer says "Ready" at the end of the sequence. Very
common on pre-IBM computer systems, which means Walter's system would be
late '70's, early '80's...typical, can;t even get a decent computer.
Probably was a Trash-80 (Hey, I can say that...I owned 3 of them!)
>... And, of course, Walter
>gets "blasted into little pieces of lint!"
And I may add, "like you find at the bottom of your purse!"
(I'd like to add, "or wallet." :-)
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-- "Dumber than advertised!" - Yakko Warner
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Tzoq Mrekazh
>"Mummy, look at me! I'm Piralleto in the Magic Flute!" -Yeesh...
"Papageno", not Piralleto.
This cartoon is especially fun if you happen to live in a Commonwealth
country, like I do, where we're bombarded with the most trivial details of
the Royals' lives (Like Edward's theatrical interests...)
o- "I am a good speller, I am -- C-A-T, dog... ^ ^
O o- Tzoq B-A-T, Rhode Island..." `v'
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