Shirley Ellis had a 1-hit wonder back in the day with "The Name Game". The writers of Tiny Toon Adventures found a way to bring it back with a slight tweak. Too bad Shirley Loon was MIA in this clip from the episode, "Toon TV". Instead, Elmyra Duff (Cree Summer, A Different World) takes the lead on a cover-parody of "The Name Game":
It might've seemed out of character for Elmyra & Montana Max to be interacting with the rest of the gang in a positive way, but that was the point.
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One of the characters featured in this segment was Montana Max, this time appearing not as an antagonist but just as a member of the gang. According the Tiny Toons Wiki, this was around the time that Monty's voice actor, Danny Cooksey (the only character on the show who was voiced by an actual kid) was getting frustrated with his character always being cast as the villain, so beginning with the short "Fit to be Toyed", Max began appearing in later installments as more of a neutral character, albeit with the same temper and attitude.
The joke credit in this episode read: "NAME INADVERTENTLY OMITTED IN THE NAME GAME: PLUCKY.
TTA was one of Danny's first VA gigs, wasn't it? I remember him from Diff'rent Strokes toward the end of its run.
Anyway, Max was always perceived by moi as the "Butch" of this group, which, when the gang was together, was a funny animal "Our Gang". Elmyra was no "Woim", though. Even Max resented her hugging him.
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