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| The cast puts on their best Hollywood Happy Face. |
Tom Ruegger Has the Visuals to Prove It
Over at Cartoonatics, Producer Tom Ruegger posts back-in-the-day images related to TV animation hit Tiny Toon Adventures, now 25 years old.
Two months after its September debut, I started writing for Warner Bros. on a spin-off that would feature Elmyra. Our little crew consisted of Peter Hastings, Deanna Oliver, M.D. Sweeney and myself working free-lance, plus Nick Hollander who was on the Tiny Toons' staff. TT story editor Sherri Stoner headed up the project.
And while Elmyra would have to wait eight years for a break-out show, I wrote my first animated TV script, "Take Elmyra, Please," (along with Sweeney and Hollander) which ended up airing on "Tiny Toons."
Today I write animated educational videos and horror novels. Also Wanted Posters when money runs short.
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| Elmyra escaping from a large, colorful hot plate. |
3 comments:
Hi, John. I'll ask you the same reeeeeally obscure trivia I asked Tom at that post, to see if any of you happen to know.
Do you know the name of the teacher in the episode "Going Places"?
I remember her because I noticed she appered in a Merrie Melodies cartoon (don't remember the name of the short), which is odd, since she is really far from a popular Looney Tune (one would expect Granny, instead). In Going Places, I just googled, her voice actor is not credited, but some wiki says she is voiced by Tress. She kind of looks like a cartoon of somebody famous.
Sadly, I can't say, Rafa.
The show drew on popular culture, but some culture is more popular than others.
Character actress Edna Mae Oliver, according to Tom and Google. I watched a documentary about her, and she was quite a character indeed. I think somebody in the staff had the good idea to extend her legacy a little bit more.
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