The producers of Tiny Toon Adventures paid homage to the earliest Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes characters in the season 3 episode, "Two Tone Town".
Concerned about his status, Buster (Charlie Adler) sees an ad promoting auditions for a new WB show, Acme Oop, prior to a movie date with Babs. Old school star Foxy (Rob Paulsen) not only stars in "The Big Buzz of 1932", but is working the box office. We're also (re)introduced to Roxy (guest star Desiree Goyette, ex-The New You Asked For It) and Goopy Gear (guest star Robert Morse).
Foxy & Roxy, it happens, became prototypes for the Warner sibs from Animaniacs, which premiered a year later.
Edit, 1/25/24: We've located a new print of the episode:
Speaking of You Asked For It, the producers used that as the title, or variants thereof, of three season 1 episodes.
Rating: A.
2 comments:
"Foxy & Roxy, it happens, became prototypes for the Warner sibs from Animaniacs, which premiered a year later."
Indeed. I remember when Animaniacs was briefly announced on Entertainment Tonight's Fall Preview show; they showed a brief clip of the Warners and I thought they were the Two-Tones. I remember thinking: "Wow, so they did get their own show after all".
Apparently, "Two-Tones" wouldn't have flown well as a series. A few tweaks, and voila.
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