Episode #50: Out of Scale
Rating: ***
AD: 2/8/90
D: John Kimball, Bob Zamboni
SEd: Tad Stones, Bryce Malek
W: David Wise
RSC: Professor Nimnul, Spinelli, Kirby, Muldoon
Voices: Corey Burton
Peter Cullen -- Ratso Ratskiwatski
Jim Cummings -- Monterey Jack, Rocco
Danny Gans -- "Groucho Marx" pigeon, Moose
Patti Howeth -- bag mouse
Tress MacNeille
Deborah Walley -- Buffy Ratskiwatski
Notes:
"Return" of crooks Spud & Fry from "Short Order Crooks" as Ratso's
goons (Rocco has that Fry voice too).
Sort of a sequel to "Fake Me" with Nimnul for once a VICTIM rather than
the villain -- his Gigantico Gun reappears, only now used in reverse to
shrink.
Visiting pigeon a voice parody of Groucho Marx (a rather feeble one).
Fleshy-lipped Ratso has a voice like Bankjob Beagle -- sort of a parody
of the tough crime boss of movies past (a sucker for Buffy).
C&D feud used as Ranger subtheme.
"Squirrels" -- "CHIPMUNKS!!" -- running gag.
Unclear exactly why the lady "bagmouse" was used: "Throwaway" in the
most literal sense!
[Title was a direct reference to one of Chip ‘n Dale's classic shorts
with Donald Duck.
Ratskiwatski is a take on an actual gangster's name, if I remember right. - MP]