Tiny Toon Music Television

This is my fifth favorite episode of the show, it's pretty much Tiny Toon's version of MTV and it's both funny and cool. Watching this episode now is not just a nostalgia vibe but also a bit of a history lesson for any new generation, as each of the songs that go with the cartoon we're all hits from the 90's and yesteryear, let alone the episode is parodying a time when MTV was really popular in the 80's and 90's and was still well MTV.

Each of the music videos are fun, the animated segments fit well with the songs. This is all visual humor, but it's executed well and at the right time. I'll state a few of my favorites.

Respect: This is a favorite song from the now late great Aretha Franklin. It's just funny seeing Babs she is listening to the song on the Walkman, lip sinking, and she is just pop up in just a lot of random places inadvertently contradicting the theme and cause some people lots of grief. One place that was funny was the Pet Cemetery, which was clearly inappropriate, however something good comes out of that. However, lets just say in the end Babs learns the meaning of the word respect the hard way.

Particle Man: I really love this segment which clear fits a fun but strange song. Plucky as we see is a pro wrestler named Particle Man and he must contend with other wrestles who are as big as buildings and have colorful strange names too. I wouldn't even call this a wrestling match it was more like a slaughter as Plucky gets his butt whooped by each wrestler that comes his way, it is painfully hilarious.

Teachers Apprentice: This is my favorite video in the episode which stars Buster Bunny along with Bugs. This is obviously a parody on "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment on "Fantasia". Though here instead of magic, it's a computer which is cool as we see it's one that can make any episode and movie you want, I want that computer.

Anyway Buster of course messes around with it when he shouldn't and despite making movies starring him nothing ever goes right as his character is just in one crazy situation after another. It reminds me of the arcade game "Dragon's Lair" like in that game Buster is thrust into one situation after another and he has only a split second to act and react.

This episode is gold platinum standard entertainment.

Rating: 4 stars

The premise sounded truly inspired and really stands out out of all the concepts for any episode of 'Tiny Toon Adventures'. Being somebody that has always loved parodies and 'Tiny Toon Adventures' and classic Looney Tunes often did do them very well. As a child, "Tiny Toon Music Television" was a favourite of mine namely for 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' (a contender for the timeless 'Fantasia's' most iconic segment) lampoon. It is a premise though that could have executed either way.

Either as very affectionate and enormous fun. Or too bizarre in its mix of styles and messy. Luckily, "Tiny Toon Music Television" is in the former category. Actually love it even more through young adult eyes, due to now understanding more of the humour and appreciating more the styles of music parodied. Also consider it one of my favourite episodes of 'Tiny Toon Adventures' and easily the best episode since "Inside Plucky Duck", having found the episodes in between that and this a bit variable.

Animation is still vibrant and fluid, including some inventive visuals in "Teacher's Apprentice". The music is absolutely amazing and plays a big part in the episode's appeal, also a major reason for why it stands out. The styles of music parodied are done in a way that is wonderfully diverse and is very catchy. "Respect" is an amazing song and Babs, one of the show's most compelling and funniest characters, shines the most she has in a while, but Bruce Broughton's lampooning of 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' is absolutely brilliant and worth seeing "Tiny Toon Music Television" alone.

Writing is the funniest, wittiest and cleverest since that for "Inside Plucky Duck" and not just in one segment. In all of them in one of the few segment-structured 'Tiny Toon Adventures' episodes where all the segments are equally brilliant. While "Money" is not quite as inspired as the other segments it is just as great at capturing the wonderfully crazy and witty spirit of classic Loony Tunes. And it is not everyday you hear Montana Max sing Motown or Elmer Fudd as Madonna (yes you saw right!).

Buster, Babs and Plucky are all on point, Plucky's treatment in "Particle Man" is like seeing classic Daffy Duck. Great too to see some of the classic Looney Tunes characters and in a way that doesn't disgrace them in any way. The voice acting from all is terrific from some of the best and deservedly most prolific voice actors in the business. Tress MacNeille is particularly inspired as Babs and Jeff Bergman works a lot better here as Elmer than he did as Bugs in "Who Bopped Bugs Bunny".

In conclusion, brilliant. 10/10