Elephant Issues

Elephant Issues

September 18, 1991 TV Episode Tiny Toon Adventures

Studio
Warner Bros. Television Animation, Amblin Entertainment
Animation studio
Akom Productions Company.
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

This episode had three segments:
  1. "Why Dizzy Can't Read" - A segment about how watching too much TV is bad and reading books is a much better alternative.
  2. "C.L.I.D.E. and Prejudice" - A segment about how popularity isn't the most important thing in life.
  3. "One Beer" - In this segment, Buster, Plucky and Hamton get rip roaring drunk, steal a police car, drive it off a cliff, and die in a very realistic death. As the cartoon ends, Buster, Plucky, and Hamton take off their angel costumes and hope the kids got the message that drinking is uncool. Buster asks Plucky and Hamton, "Do we get to do a funny episode tomorrow?" and Hamton replies with, "I hope so."
Despite the episode starting with a warning that it was going to be addressing "relevant issues," the dangers-of-alcohol-abuse segment focusing on vehicular manslaughter upset more than a few viewers.

As has been stated on alt.tv.tiny-toon: "Help me! I been politically corrected AGAIN by the Tiny Toons!"

Characters

Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Montana Max, Plucky Duck, Hamton J. Pig, Dizzy Devil, C.L.I.D.E., Gogo Dodo, The Elephant, TV Monster, Byron Vaughns, Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, TV Announcer, Shirley the Loon, Fifi La Fume

Credits

Directing

Director
Byron Vaughns, Ken Boyer

Producing

Producer
Richard Arons, Sherry Stoner
Senior Producer
Tom Ruegger
Associate Producer
Alfred Gilmeno
Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg

Voices

Voice
Charlie Adler Charles Adler (Buster Bunny, C.L.I.D.E.), Tress MacNeille (Babs Bunny, TV Monster), Danny Cooksey (Montana Max), Joe Alaskey (Plucky Duck), Don Messick (Hamton Pig), Frank Welker (Gogo Dodo, The Elephant), Maurice LaMarche (Dizzy Devil, Byron Vaughns, Belching Sounds), Jeff Bergman (Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, TV Announcer), Gail Matthius (Shirley the Loon), Kath Souci Kath Soucie (Fifi La Fume, Nursery Rhyme), Cree Summer (Nursery Rhyme)

Music

Music
Bill Ross

Editing

Editor
Al Breitenbach, Kelly Ann Foley, Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen
Supervising Film Editor
Joe Gall

Crew

Story Editor
Paul Rugg
Theme Song
Bruce Broughton
Music
Steve Bramson, Bruce Broughton, Don Davis, Albert Olson, Richard Stone, Steven James, Taylor Mark Watters
Casting And Voice Direction
Andrea Romano
Storyboard Artists
John Ahern, Craig Armstrong, Rich Arons, Ed Baker, Joey Banaszkiewicz, Ken Boyer, Barry Caldwell, Bob Camp, Kathy Carr, Yi-Chih Chen, Jill Colbert, Jesse Cosio, Pierre Decelles, Daniel De La Vega, Alberto De Mello, Umberto De La Fuente, John Dorman, Flamarion Ferreira, Ian Findley, Paul Fisher, Eddie Fitzgerald, Owen Fitzgerald, Jim Fletcher, Mike Fontanelli, Robert Fuentes, Mike Gerard, Alfred Gilmeno, Lella Green, Warren Greenwood, Ken Harsha, Dan Haskett, John Hayes, Tenny Henson, Garrett Ho, Larry Leker, Arthur Leonardi, Jenny Lerew, Enrique May, Daouglas McCarthy, Jon McClenahan, Rusty Mills, Brian Mitchell, Ken Mitchroney, Chris Otsuki, Lou Police, Chris Reccardi, Greg Reyna, Lenord Robinson, David Schwartz, Bill Snelgrove, Neal Sternecky, Bruce Timm, Keith Tucker, Byron Vaughns, Glen Villipu, Charles Visser, Sherilan Weinhart, Jim Willoughby, Pat Wong
Character Design
Ken Boyer, Frank Brunner, Barry Caldwell, Tony Craig, Daniel De La Vega, Albert De Mello, Chris Dent, Mike Fontanelli, Kevin Frank, Alfred Gilmeno, Ed Haney, Dan Haskett, Art Leonardi, Alex McCrae, Jeannie Paynter, Bruce W. Timm, Pat Wong
Character Layout
Joe Banaszkiewicz, Charlie Bean, Ken Boyer, Shavonne Cherry, Tony Craig, Daniel De La Vega, Alberto De Mello, Chris Dent, Bob Doucette, David Mucci Fassett, Ian Findley, Paul Fisher, Eddie Fitzgerald, Kevin Frank, Ed Haney, Chuck Harvey, Dan Haskett, Randy Haycock, Tenny Henson, Garrett, Ho Jang, Wu Lee, Jenny Lerew, Enrique May, Rusty Mills, Terry Mullen, Ron Myrick, Gregg Nocon, John Over, Jeannie Paynter, Marc Perry, Cynthia Petrovic, Chris Reccardi, Lou Scarborough, Marc Shirmeister, Larry Scholl, Jason So, Bob Tyler, Charles Visser, Larry Whitaker, David West, Arnie Wong
Prop Design
Frank Brunner, Shavonne Cherry, Sue Crossley, Frederick J. Gardner, III, Ernie Guanlao, Leandro Martinez
Key Background Layout
Ted Blackman, Grigor Boyadjiev, Alberto De Mello, Dave Dunnet, John Dymer, Robert Havaland, Tenny Henson, Terry Mullen, Bruce Zick
Background Color
Bob Doucette, Ann Guenther, Rolando Oliva, Brian Sebern, Eric Semones, Kathryn Yelsa
Timing Directors
Rich Arons, Cullen Blaine, Kent Butterworth, Charlie Downs, Flamarion Ferreira, Alfred Gilmeno, Jeff Hall, Norm McCabe, Greg Reyna
Layout Supervisors
John Dymer, Greg Reyna, David West
Model Mark-Up
Lisa Leonardi
Ink And Paint
Robin Kane, Eric Nordberg
Checking Supervisor
Marina Cappas
Color Key
Pamela Long, Bunny Munns
Xerox
Ana Durand
Animation Checking
Jan Browning, Brenda Brummett, Eleanor Dahlen, Gregory Hinde, Karl Jacobs, Howard Schwartz
Post Production Supervisor
Joe Sandusky
Sound Effects
Russell Brower, Matt Thorne
Videotape Supervision
Jay Weinman
Dialogue Editor
Mark A. Keatts
Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas J. Maydeck
Adr Coordinator
Kelly Ann Foley
Sound Reading
Henry Gilroy
Music Editor
Tom Lavin
Score Mixing
Rick Riccio
Supervising Music Editor
Patricia Carlin
Music Scoring Mixer
Bobby Fernandez
Negative Cutting
Mary Nelson-Duerstein
Recording Administrator
Leslie Lamers
Production Administration
Glen Gagnon
Production Assistants
Bret Taylor, Babos Sean-Paul Cruz, Steve Donmeyer, Richard Freeman, Erin Keeler, Kathryn Page, Richard Pursel, Ken Ross, Paul Trendahl
Amblin Story Consultant
Douglas Wood
Production Manager
Liza-Ann Warren
Executive In Charge Of Production
Jean MacCurdy
Production Executives
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

Companies and other credits

  • Sound Services Provided By: Monterey Post Production
  • © 1991 Warner Bros
  • Inc
  • All Rights Reserved
  • "Tiny Toon Adventures" The Tiny Toon Adventures Characters
  • Names And All Related Indicia
  • Are Trademarks Of Warner Bros
  • Inc

Production notes

The only segment of Tiny Toon Adventures to be banned from Fox Kids. The episode was included in the Volume 3 DVD set of Tiny Toon Adventures and later aired in reruns on the Hub Network.

Gag Credit: Today's Lesson- Reading Ir Berry Impertant