Tiny Toons and Potential Puns
February 27th, 2008 · Posted in Whatever ·I lost nearly two hours sleep last night thinking about the opening line to the Tiny Toon Adventures theme song.
We’re tiny, we’re toony, we’re all a little looney- Tiny Toon Adventures Theme Song
If the original lyricist had changed the word ‘all‘ to ‘each‘ in that opening line, then it would have meant the same thing, but also added an additional layer of meaning, as each of the characters would also be correctly identified as a smaller version of the original Looney Tunes characters.
It was two am. And I was tired. And I have no idea why my brain chose that time to dredge up the theme to a show I haven’t seen in over a decade, and force me to analyse nine words for over an hour and a half.
RodeoClown: this is how my mind works.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I realise it’s not (strictly speaking) a pun, but the potential alliterative title was too hard to ignore.
February 28th, 2008 at 7:52 am
I loved that show…. but apparently not in the same way you did.
Wasn’t this where Pinky and the Brain started? Oh no wait that was Animaniacs.
Oh well they were both sweet shows that killed a lot of afternoons after school for me!!
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Dez: Agrees. Alliterative titles are absolutely awesome!!
EDIT - I am going to be singing that stupid song ALL DAY now. Thanks Ian!!
February 28th, 2008 at 8:46 am
The funny thing is that i still remember the words to half of the theme song.
Wouldn’t mind seeing some more pinky and the brain
February 28th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Yeah, I miss both those shows (probably Animaniacs moreso, as it had Pinky and the Brain, and better writing (from what I remember)).
Don’t get to watch much in the way of cartoons any more… but soon…
February 29th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Do you remember Animaniacs had a history spot. Hilarious.