46 min
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) Reel Deep Dive
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation earns the esoteric distinction of being the first original animated movie to be released direct to video in the United States. That sounds like a minor fact (and it is), but the movie's commercial success paved the way for a cottage industry of similar projects to flood department stores and video rental establishments for decades to come. It's also an entertaining and enjoyable snapshot of the time and place where it was created, showing its audience a glimpse of how the Looney Tunes were perceived by the world at large in the early 1990's.
Ryan is joined by Sylvan and Cheryl for a discussion of this meaningful pillar of millennial nostalgia. Talking points include the labored creation of Tiny Toons, why the home video market was considered an ideal platform for the characters, and how the very existence of Tiny Toons functions as an interrogation of Golden Age Bugs Bunny shorts and why their appeal has lasted as long as it has.
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation earns the esoteric distinction of being the first original animated movie to be released direct to video in the United States. That sounds like a minor fact (and it is), but the movie's commercial success paved the way for a cottage industry of similar projects to flood department stores and video rental establishments for decades to come. It's also an entertaining and enjoyable snapshot of the time and place where it was created, showing its audience a glimpse of how the Looney Tunes were perceived by the world at large in the early 1990's.
Ryan is joined by Sylvan and Cheryl for a discussion of this meaningful pillar of millennial nostalgia. Talking points include the labored creation of Tiny Toons, why the home video market was considered an ideal platform for the characters, and how the very existence of Tiny Toons functions as an interrogation of Golden Age Bugs Bunny shorts and why their appeal has lasted as long as it has.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-valentine3/support
46 min