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Airdate: December 17, 1993

Newsreel of the Stars: Full opening

Opening Line: "Here's The Show's Name-y"- Dot

Dot's Poetry Corner- Requiem For A Lamb

Mobster Mash: The Warners butt heads with the Godfather, Don Pepperoni over a booth in a Italian restaurant.

Mine Time: Lifting an imaginary barbell

Lake Titicaca: A song about Lake Titicaca.

Randy Beamen's Friend sketch

Icebreakers: Runt finds himself Ross Perot's sled dog.

Good Idea Bad Idea: Good idea- Drinking fresh milk from the carton Bad Idea- Drinking fresh milk from the cow

Mobster Mash has examples of

  • Bait-and-Switch: A Running Gag throughout (repeated from "Hooked on a Ceiling") is Don Pepperoni attempting to throw the Warners out, only for someone else to somehow get thrown out. The first time, it's the Don himself. The second, it's his mooks. The third time, it's all three of them! Neither of them know how it happened.
  • The Cameo: The Goodfeathers show up in the beginning.
  • Department of Redundancy Department:
    Yakko: So what'll it be, Daddoo? The calamari or the squid?
    Don Pepperoni: The calamari is squid.
    Yakko: Well, how about the pasta or the noodles?
    Don Pepperoni: the pasta is noodles.
    Yakko: Well, would you like red sauce or marinara?
    Don Pepperoni: The red sauce is marinara!
    Yakko: Zucchini or squash? Ham or prosciutto? Drink or beverage?
    Don Pepperoni: They're all the same!
    Yakko: [to Dot] Do you realize this eliminates more than half our menu?
  • I Kiss Your Hand: When Don Pepperoni tells his bodyguards to remove the Warners, they kiss his fingers, which the Warners find disgusting.
  • This Is My Chair: Don Pepperoni doesn't appreciate the Warners taking his usual spot in the restaurant.

Lake Titicaca has examples of

  • Inherently Funny Words: Why do the Warners like singing about Lake Titicaca? Because they like saying it's name.

Icebreakers has examples of

Closing Tower Gag: The door is closed. Voices come from inside. Yakko: "Good night, Wakko. Goodnight, Dot" Dot: "Goodnight, Yakko. Goodnight, Wakko." Wakko: "Nighty Night, Dot. Night, Yakko." Yakko: "Goodnight, Elvis" Elvis: "Thank you very much, but I don't want anyone to know I'm here."

 
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Lake Titicaca

Why do the Warners like singing about Lake Titicaca? Because they like saying it's name.

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