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Title: "Radio Dazed"
Writer: Gary Glasberg
Penciller: Omar Aranda
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Lorina Mapa
Colorist: Jo Meugniot
Cover: Omar Aranda & Scott McRae
Release Date: November 13th, 1996
Cover Price:
$1.75 U.S./ $2.50 Canada Summary:
The Warners bug Howard Stern.
Description:
On Christmas, Wakko calls the Howard Stern
show. Howie offers him his own show if he can get to the studio, figuring he'll
never make it, but the Warners arrive in a matter of seconds using their usual
cartoon tricks. They then proceed to use the usual shtick on Howie until he
angrily chases Wakko up onto the roof. Santa flies by and drops the world's
largest lump of coal on Howie. Then Yakko and Dot give Wakko his present—a
talent agent—but Wakko decides he'd rather stay with his sibs than be a star.
Pages (out of 32): 12 pp.
Quote of the Story:
[Yakko enters the studio dressed as "Dirty
Harry."]
YAKKO: FCC investigator Callahan, punk! Go ahead. Make my
Christmas day!
HOWIE: I swear I can explain!
YAKKO: Too late! It's your word against ours…Smith, Corona,
and I!
HOWIE: [Begging.]: Please don't send me to jail!
YAKKO: Do you feel lucky, Howard? Well, do you?!
HOWIE: [Crying.]: I'll change my ways! *Sob*…I'll be nicer
to people! *Sniff*…Even Kathy Lee!
DOT: Talk about desperation.
WAKKO: I'll say!
Review:
Glasberg makes a fair debut. The biggest problem
with this story is that it's pretty much just a bunch of gags strung together,
with no clear succession or destination. Absolutely nothing happens storywise
from the time the Warners arrive at the station to the time Stern chases Wakko
up to the roof. And the ending with the talent agent seemed pointless and
tacked on just to pad out the story. Still, most of the jokes are very funny,
and Stern gets a well-deserved trashing, so this story gets a better grade than
it probably deserves.
Rating: 
Title: "ER: Emergency Roomies"
Gary Glasberg as: The Writer
Omar Aranda as: The Penciller
Scott McRae as: The Inker
Lorina Mapa as: The Letterer
Dave Tanguay as: The Colorist
Summary:
Wakko goes to the hospital.
Description:
Wakko has broken his funnybone—as Dot and Yakko
rush him to the hospital, they crack puns in rapid succession, and Wakko merely
groans. Once at the hospital, Yakko & Dot pull their usual routines on the
doctors and nurses, as Wakko tries to regain his funny by telling jokes to the
ultimate tough crowd—the patients in the morgue. The doc decides to lock them
all up in the psyche ward, but they dress him up as a nurse, and when Yakko
smooches him, Wakko finally laughs—he's cured!
Pages (out of 32): 12 pp.
Quote of the Story:
[Dot shows the nurse the operations she's performed.]
DOT: Don't think I'm bragging. Not everything turned out
peachy. I had to put a broken arm in a sling. [She points to a giant slingshot
in one room. The nurse looks up at the ceiling in shock.] Don't worry, I'll
clean it up.
Review:
Like Glasberg's first story, just a bunch of puns
and visual gags in rapid succession—but this one's even funnier. Jabs at
everything from George Clooney to Steven Spielberg to Bananas in Pajamas. Aside
from the scene where Wakko cries, thinking he's lost his funny, a highly
enjoyable story. Sure, it's just the Warners running around being silly, but
isn't that what they're supposed to do? And Aranda's work here is much better
than any previous story he's done. He seems to be really getting a hang on the
three now.
Rating: ˝
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