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'''Acme Cable TV''' is the seventh episode of the second season of ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', and the seventy-second episode overall.
  
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|caption = The Title Card}}'''Acme Cable TV''' is the seventh episode of the second season of ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', the 79th in production, and the 72nd episode overall.
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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Montana Max loses his mansion because of income tax and has to live with [[Banjo Possum]] and his carnivorous family.
  
Montana Max loses his mansion because of income tax and has to live with [[Banjo Possum]] and his carnivorous family.
   
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==='''''Toonywood Squares'''''===
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===''Toonywood Squares''===
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Montana Max and Elmyra Duff compete to win on Blink Winkleman's new game show, with Buster, Babs, Plucky, Hamton, Dizzy, Furrball, Gogo, Shirley, and Byron as the nine squares. The winner wins the $800,000,000 prize, and the loser takes a trip to Heck.
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Montana Max and Elmyra Duff compete to win on Blink Winkleman's new game show, with Buster, Babs, Plucky, Hamton, Dizzy, Furrball, Gogo, Shirley, and Byron as the nine squares. The winner wins the $800,000,000 prize, and the loser takes a trip to Heck. a parody to the Marshall, Bauman, and Davidson Hollywood Squares.
   
 
===''Grossanne''===
  
===''Grossanne''===
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===''Bungle Boy Jeans'' Commercial===
  
===''Bungle Boy Jeans'' Commercial===
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Babs is walking out of her hotel while passing Buster. As she passes him, she hails and gets into a taxi. When it drives away, its fumes cause Buster to cough, The taxi stops at the airport, where she boards a private jet. While the plane flies above the ocean, Babs just notices something and did and the scenes leading up to that event go in reverse. She then sees Buster again and asks him if he's wearing Bungle Boy jeans, only to find out from him that he's not wearing any pants. The taxi drives away again, and its fumes cause Buster to cough again.
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Babs asks Buster if he's wearing Bungle Boy jeans, only to find out from him that he's not wearing any pants
  
   
 
===''The [[Gogo Dodo|Gogosby]] Show''===
  
===''The [[Gogo Dodo|Gogosby]] Show''===
 
Gogo (now named Cliff, who is married and a father) is approached by his son, Theo (played by one of his clones), who asks if he could borrow the car. Cliff says yes and gives him a few Acme Pudding Bars for him and his date. After Theo leaves, Claire, (Cliff's wife, played by another of Gogo's clones) wife tells him that their kids are growing up, so Cliff calls central casting to add a cute new daughter to the show. The daughter (played by yet another of Gogo's clones) comes into the house through the chimney. Cliff then gives his new daugther a pudding bar. The sketch ends with Cliff, Claire, and the new Daughter hugging.
  
Gogo (now named Cliff, who is married and a father) is approached by his son, Theo (played by one of his clones), who asks if he could borrow the car. Cliff says yes and gives him a few Acme Pudding Bars for him and his date. After Theo leaves, Claire, (Cliff's wife, played by another of Gogo's clones) wife tells him that their kids are growing up, so Cliff calls central casting to add a cute new daughter to the show. The daughter (played by yet another of Gogo's clones) comes into the house through the chimney. Cliff then gives his new daugther a pudding bar. The sketch ends with Cliff, Claire, and the new Daughter hugging.
   
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===''Incredible Discoveries:''===
 
Babs is selling a soda-power clothes dryer. This item was $99.99, but with a few boos and everything including the sun, it's only $1.99.
  
Babs is selling a soda-power clothes dryer. This item was $99.99, but with a few boos and everything including the sun, it's only $1.99.
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As Babs and Buster turn off the television, their flus have gone, but they have transformed into literal couch potatoes.
   
 
==Cast==
  
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|[[Tress MacNeille]]
  
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|Babs Bunny, Ma Shark, Prize Announcer, New Daughter
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|[[Cree Summer]]
  
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|[[Elmyra Duff]]
 
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|[[Maurice LaMarche]]
  
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|Dizzy Devil, Narrator #2
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|Dizzy Devil
 
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|[[Frank Welker]]
  
|[[Frank Welker]]
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|Gogo Dodo
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|Gogo Dodo, [[Furrball]], [[Byron Basset]], Narrator #1, Elmyra (barking), Announcer, Theo
  
 
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|[[Kath Soucie]]
  
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===Uncredited===
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*[[Maurice LaMarche]] - Narrator #2
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==Gag Credit==
  
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*[[Tress MacNeille]] - Ma Shark, Prize Announcer, New Daughter
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*[[Rob Paulsen]] - [[Banjo Possum]], Narrator #3
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The characters in this program are fictitious, and any similarity to any real person is purely coincidental, Etc., Etc., so don't sue us, OK? Thanks.
  
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*[[Cree Summer]] - Clair
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*[[Frank Welker]] - [[Furrball]], [[Byron Basset]], Narrator #1, Flassie (barking), Announcer, Theo
   
 
==Allusions==
  
==Allusions==
 
*The following TV shows are parodied:
  
*The following TV shows are parodied:
 
**The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
  
**The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
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**Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
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**Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, specifically the featurette "The Hound that Thought He Was a Raccoon"
 
**Lassie
  
**Lassie
 
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**The Beverly Hillbillies
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==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*In the sketch, ''Toonywood Squares'', Blink Winkleman mentions that Montana Max is president of the Saddam Hussein fan club. Saddam Hussein would never be allowed to be mentioned on a children's cartoon nowadays.
  
*In the sketch, ''Toonywood Squares'', Blink Winkleman mentions that Montana Max is president of the Saddam Hussein fan club. Saddam Hussein would never be allowed to be mentioned on a children's cartoon nowadays.
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*In the sketch, ''Flassie'', Monty's mouth doesn't move when he says, "'Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go".
  
*In the sketch, ''Flassie'', Monty's mouth doesn't move when he says, "'Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go".
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*The host of ''Toonywood Squares'', Blink Winkleman, is a reference to a real-life game show host Wink Martindale.
  
*The host of ''Toonywood Squares'', Blink Winkleman, is a reference to a real-life game show host Wink Martindale.
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*In the sketch,''Foot Loops Commerical'', instead of being voice by Frank Welker, Gogo is voice by Rob Paulsen.
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*In the sketch, ''Foot Loops'' Commercial, instead of being voiced by Frank Welker, Gogo is voiced by Rob Paulsen.
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*The ''Foot Loops'' Commercial sketch marks one of the very few times that Gogo's feet are seen. His feet are revealed to have 4 toes each.
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==Transcript==
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*To read the transcript of this episode, [[Acme Cable TV/Transcript|click here]].
   
 
==Gallery==
  
==Gallery==
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''Main Article: [[Acme Cable TV/Gallery]]''
   
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Cabletv2.jpg|''The Babsy and Buswinkle Show''
  
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Revision as of 02:17, 9 December 2018

Acme Cable TV is the seventh episode of the second season of Tiny Toon Adventures, the 79th in production, and the 72nd episode overall.

Synopsis

The episode opens as Buster and Babs have a sneezing and coughing fit. Then Buster welcomes the viewers and says that he and Babs have caught the Taiwan Flu, which causes them to sneeze with an accent and they decided to take it easy and watch TV. Then Babs said that her parents recently got Acme Cable.

Sketches

The Babsy and Buswinkle Show

Buster and Babs get tied to a missile headed for the bay of pigs (whose population are literally anthropomorphic pigs) after falling for a trap by Montana Max and Elmyra Duff. They pass the time by making fun of dated 60's references.

Foot Loops Commercial

When Shirley gets tired of eating granola for breakfast every day; Gogo tells her about a new sickeningly sweet cereal.

Walt Dizzy Presents The Cat Who Thought He Was Hammerhead Shark

Dizzy Devil, as Walt Dizzy presents the story of Furrball being raised by a family of hammerhead sharks.

Flassie

Monty falls off a cliff and Flassie witnesses his fall. She tries to warn Elmyra, but Elmyra doesn't understand her and speaks in barks.

The Ballad of Montana Max

Montana Max loses his mansion because of income tax and has to live with Banjo Possum and his carnivorous family.

Toonywood Squares

Montana Max and Elmyra Duff compete to win on Blink Winkleman's new game show, with Buster, Babs, Plucky, Hamton, Dizzy, Furrball, Gogo, Shirley, and Byron as the nine squares. The winner wins the $800,000,000 prize, and the loser takes a trip to Heck. a parody to the Marshall, Bauman, and Davidson Hollywood Squares.

Grossanne

Buster and Babs (who are shown to be two very fat people) are married. Babs eats all of the food in the refrigerator when she tells Buster that neighbors complained about his snoring (specifically, she told them they said that it sounded like there was a drag race in the bed room). Buster tries to kiss Babs goodbye before he goes to work, only to have both their fat bounce off of each other, causing a cabinet to fall on her head (but not before singing the national anthem).

Bungle Boy Jeans Commercial

Babs is walking out of her hotel while passing Buster. As she passes him, she hails and gets into a taxi. When it drives away, its fumes cause Buster to cough, The taxi stops at the airport, where she boards a private jet. While the plane flies above the ocean, Babs just notices something and did and the scenes leading up to that event go in reverse. She then sees Buster again and asks him if he's wearing Bungle Boy jeans, only to find out from him that he's not wearing any pants. The taxi drives away again, and its fumes cause Buster to cough again.

The Gogosby Show

Gogo (now named Cliff, who is married and a father) is approached by his son, Theo (played by one of his clones), who asks if he could borrow the car. Cliff says yes and gives him a few Acme Pudding Bars for him and his date. After Theo leaves, Claire, (Cliff's wife, played by another of Gogo's clones) wife tells him that their kids are growing up, so Cliff calls central casting to add a cute new daughter to the show. The daughter (played by yet another of Gogo's clones) comes into the house through the chimney. Cliff then gives his new daugther a pudding bar. The sketch ends with Cliff, Claire, and the new Daughter hugging.

Incredible Discoveries:

Babs is selling a soda-power clothes dryer. This item was $99.99, but with a few boos and everything including the sun, it's only $1.99.

As Babs and Buster turn off the television, their flus have gone, but they have transformed into literal couch potatoes.

Cast

Voice Actors: Character(s):
Charlie Adler Buster Bunny
Tress MacNeille Babs Bunny
Danny Cooksey Montana Max
Cree Summer Elmyra Duff
Maurice LaMarche Dizzy Devil
Frank Welker Gogo Dodo
Kath Soucie Li'l Sneezer
Gail Matthius Shirley the Loon
Rob Paulsen Blink Winkleman

Uncredited

Allusions

  • The following TV shows are parodied:
    • The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
    • Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, specifically the featurette "The Hound that Thought He Was a Raccoon"
    • Lassie
    • The Beverly Hillbillies
    • Hollywood Squares
    • The Outer Limits
    • Roseanne
    • The Cosby Show
    • The Home Shopping Network/QVV
  • In addition, there are ad parodies of Froot Loops and Bugle Boy Jeans.
  • The song that Babs sings at the beginning of Act 2 ("TV in the mornin', TV in the ev'nin'...") is a parody of the McGuire Sisters' song "Sugartime".
  • The Grossanne segment not only parodies Roseanne, but when Babs as Roseanne gets knocked out, she sings "O say can you see...", parodying Barr's infamous performance of the National Anthem at a baseball game.
  • In The Gogosby Show, Gogo gives his children and family pudding pops. This is a parody of Bill Cosby's role as spokesman for Jell-o Pudding Pops.
  • The title of Gogo's book, What? Me Worry? is also Alfred E. Neuman's catchphrase.

Trivia

  • In the sketch, Toonywood Squares, Blink Winkleman mentions that Montana Max is president of the Saddam Hussein fan club. Saddam Hussein would never be allowed to be mentioned on a children's cartoon nowadays.
  • In the sketch, Flassie, Monty's mouth doesn't move when he says, "'Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go".
  • The host of Toonywood Squares, Blink Winkleman, is a reference to a real-life game show host Wink Martindale.
  • In the sketch, Foot Loops Commercial, instead of being voiced by Frank Welker, Gogo is voiced by Rob Paulsen.
  • The Foot Loops Commercial sketch marks one of the very few times that Gogo's feet are seen. His feet are revealed to have 4 toes each.

Transcript

  • To read the transcript of this episode, click here.

Gallery

Main Article: Acme Cable TV/Gallery

Home Video Releases

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