*UPDATE 7/24/13* – Third disc’s the charm, apparently. As it stands, I’m waiting to hear about what the next course of action WB will take regarding this. After checking out the episode Weekday Afternoon Live again, I found that this replacement disc also had the same issues as my previous one. *UPDATE 7/6/13* – Well, I received a package back from Warner Bros today, with a note claiming they have included a replacement disc.
This is given the fact that the second disc in the set seems to be processed incorrectly, and we don’t know how many ‘bad discs’ have been sent out, or what the spread of WB Home Entertainment’s plans will be to rectify the situation.įor now, heed my words…you have been warned. It’s like trying to put your hand in a crocodile’s mouth: you do so at your own risk. In the end, Looney Links is one of the first DVD sets I’ve reviewed that I just can’t bring myself to recommend.
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The story just doesn’t feel ‘all there,’ but what really will stand out for viewers, is Buster Bunny’s voice (even I was puzzled when I heard it in 1992).Īpparently, Charles Adler (who voiced Buster Bunny throughout much of the series) had creative differences with some of the staff, and resigned from his part as the series drew to a close (for more information on this, please refer to the following interview with Tom Ruegger). Instead, the series ended with the rather mediocre, It’s A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special. One would hope the series would have gone out in style with its cast. There’s even a rather dated gag showing Sean Young crazily trying to get Tim to consider her to play Catwoman (note: that gag is based on a true incident involving Young). Even the music of the episode reflects Danny Elfman’s sensibilities at times.
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Plucky attempts to get Tim Burton to cast him in the next Batman film (this episode was made in 1992), and the episode is chock full of visual gags based on Burton’s work. Visually, I loved the gags in the episode titled, The Return of Batduck. Hilarity ensues showing the trials and tribulations of parenthood, but Baby Plucky’s swan-song isn’t as good as his previous two appearances. However, they are soon to discover something lurking in the darkness.Īnother notable segment deals with one more remembrance by Plucky Duck, as we get Baby Plucky being taken to play ‘Minister Golf’ by his Dad. The Horror of Slumber Party Mountain – Elmyra gets her ‘inner-Elvira’ on, hosting a screening of The Horror of Slumber Party Mountain, in which Babs, Shirley the Loon, and Fifi le Fume’s slumber party in the scary woods is ruined by Buster, Plucky, and Hamton. Taking a page from most Hollywood types being typecast, they decided to write/produce/direct/star in their own cartoon. Toons Take Over – after growing tired with their daily, monotonous comedic antics on Tiny Toons, Buster, Babs, and Plucky have had it. While most of the episodes are good/passable, there’s a couple that stand out in my mind all these years later:
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I’m scheduled to send my copy back to WB, and will update this review when (and if) my replacement set comes in, along with any updated information regarding the company’s intent to rectify the situation. As someone who probably watched these episodes several dozen times, it definitely threw a wrench in my viewing.Īs of this writing, a small trickle of complaints is happening on the Internet. Halfway through the episode, it suddenly cuts to footage from another episode, titled Toon TV.
The most glaring problem in this latest release, has to do with whoever was in charge of ‘quality control.’ It concerns an episode on disc 2, titled Weekday Afternoon Live.
The Looney Links set also suffers from the same presentation, of minimal disc art, and DVD menus so sparse, one would have assumed this thing was put together by bootleggers (heck, I think the stuff the bootleggers at comic conventions put together would probably be a step up!). However, the hope that many had that the series would be given a dignified exit on DVD, hasn’t come to pass.Īs I noted in my review of the previous DVD release, Crazy Crew Rescues , it seemed that Warner Brothers was only interested in releasing this set just to complete the previous volumes that had come out almost 4 years prior. (note: the keyword in that previous sentence, was ‘almost’). With the recent release of the Looney Links DVD set, the gang of Tiny Toon Adventures now have (almost) all their half-hour antics on DVD, time-capsuling an era that signaled the resurgence of Warner Brothers as an animation powerhouse, thanks to the likes of executive producer, Steven Spielberg. And then…it was over…well, not quite over, but as over as one can expect from.