'Toon Reviews 14: Animaniacs Vol 1 Part 7: Piano Rag/When Rita Met Runt

Episode 7

Piano Rag

An interesting, yet humorous, thing about the Warners is just how random they can be whenever they go out doing their thing.  This cartoon is a good example of this when they’re out running away from Ralph, Dr. Scratchansniff, and Hello Nurse trying to catch them and end up in a piano concert of all things.  It’s just outrageous how two completely different scenarios end up in the same plot, but go perfectly together anyway.  It’s a good use of the oddball nature of these characters. 

Regarding the chase portion of the cartoon, there’s one irksome element to it that’s prevalent throughout the whole cartoon.  It has to do with how bent every one of the Warners’ pursuers is on catching them, even if it’s not like some of them to be THIS determined.  I can buy Ralph acting this way since he’s a guard and trying to catch the Warners is his thing as shown in most bridging material and in the background of cartoons starring other characters.  Dr. Scratchansniff, on the other hand, is someone with a different assigned job regarding the Warners which is trying to get them under control, and with a couple of good-hearted moments between him and the kids throughout the series, it doesn’t make sense for HIM to want to capture them this badly.  Considering that Hello Nurse is his assistant, the same applies to her too.  At least the three of them together make for some humorous moments, and since Hello Nurse is mostly just present as a figure of her intense beauty, which is frequently commented on and used for some risqué jokes here, her taking part in the Warners pursuit does give her more to do than usual which is nice. 

Anyway, the cartoon picks up in entertainment when the Warners lay low in the concert.  They liven up the uptight social affair as they observe the performance with a lot of innocence combined with strong comedy. The comedy includes mistaking the pianist, Tympanini, for a magician, handing over a literal candy store worth of snacks when they become too distracting, and come up with clever ways to cheer for the performance even when it’s not over.  It’s all a bunch of amazing antics we’ve come to expect from these characters made even more impressive that they can fit them in while hiding from people trying to get them. 

Everything builds up to a pretty intense moment where the kids are finally spotted and cornered behind Tympanini on stage.  It looks like they’re finally caught, but then the shock turns into humor with the reveal that Tympanini was caught instead.  As for the Warners, they end the cartoon free to give everything a lively finish with their own piano rag, and boy is it catchy and triumphant. 

While this cartoon isn’t perfect in construction, it’s still a strong work for its handling of different scenarios in one plot, and great sense of comedy. 9/10

When Rita Met Runt

While all the members of the cast we’ve explored so far have a certain comedic edge to them, Rita and Runt are the characters with the closest flare to the dramatic.  They may be a common cat and dog team trying to find a home, but the approach taken applies a lot of emotion and soul to the setup that invests you in what they go through.  This is shown right away with this cartoon that officially introduces the characters and sets up their major arc with a story of how Rita and Runt first met. 

Rita’s a cat who’s too independent for any lonely pet owner to deal with while Runt is a big dumb dog who messes up so much that he’s impossible to deal with.  They both end up in the pound when their current pet owners have enough with them, and since they’re separated by a solid wall, they have no way of seeing that they’re different species.  Through their interactions, the appeal of their dynamic is fully apparent.  Runt is an eternal optimist who always sees the good in everything and everyone while Rita has a lot of problems with life, especially with humans, although those feelings are more complex than she lets on.  Together, these completely different worldviews make for interesting personality clashes showing a lot of promise for future cartoons with these characters. 

They also help bring out another dramatic layer to these types of cartoons when the conversations reveal the complexities of Rita’s feelings for humans.  She may be annoyed by their constant qualms, but deep down knows that they have enough good qualities to provide what she really wants, a good home, and these clashing feelings are constantly at war within herself, making her one of the most interesting characters to get behind. 

These feelings are especially shown in a soulful musical number, which is another way these cartoons dramatically stand out from others on this show.  While most songs are either short, goofy ditties or interesting ways of teaching something, Rita’s songs have a lot more emotion that have you buy into the weight of what she’s put through especially since she’s performed by a professional singer, Bernadette Peters.  That fact is not just interesting, but also proves that this show can easily recognize good talent to utilize, selling just how great a series it is.  As for the song here, it brilliantly illustrates how Rita deals with her complicated issues with humans to emotional effect accompanied with a soothing melody and Peters’ great singing talents. 

Going back to her dynamic with Runt, its appeal is further shown at the end when Rita springs them out of the pound.  Even when she finds out she’s been talking to a dog the whole time, she still willingly befriends him when he steps into action and saves them both from a dogcatcher, setting them free.  Plus, in addition to enhancing his own appeal by being a dumb character who can be useful, Runt is willing to befriend Rita too, even if it’s mostly because he can never figure out that she’s a cat.  With this friendship established, these characters are officially set up to spend future appearances searching for a home.  Sure, Rita plans on them splitting up when they do at the time, but their friendship is so strong in its first moments, you can tell that this mindset won’t last long (it doesn’t). 

So, in addition to being a solid, down-to-earth, and meaningful cartoon with endearing character interactions, this cartoon presents a lot to look forward to from the pairing of Rita and Runt with great uses of music, genuine emotions, and the great care and admiration between the principal characters. 10/10

Cartoon Ranking

1. Slappy Goes Walnuts
2. H.M.S. Yakko
3. Hooked on a Ceiling
4. Temporary Insanity
5. When Rita Met Runt
6. De-zanitized
7. Win Big
8. Taming of the Screwy
9. Piano Rag
10. Cookies for Einstein
11. Operation: Lollipop
12. Goodfeathers: The Beginning

Song Ranking

1. Yakko’s Universe
2. Yakko’s World
3. The Monkey Song
4. What Are We?

Miscellaneous Ranking

1. Nighty-Night Toon
2. Flipper Parody

Be sure to stay tuned for the review of the next episode where there's another TV show parody, the Warners meet a jerky candy store owner who's even mean to a nun, and Slappy teaches Skippy that no one really dies in movies after he goes through what kids usually go through when they see Disney films for the first time.

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'Toon Reviews 14: Animaniacs Vol 1 Part 6: Flipper Parody/Temporary Insanity/Operation: Lollipop/What Are We?

Episode 6

Flipper Parody

It’s common for an episode that comes up short to include shorter material to make the running time long enough.  In addition to the bridging segments and scenes of the Warners leaving or returning to their water tower mentioned at the start of these reviews, there would also be cold openers that would parody TV shows or commercials.  Unlike the other shorts, there’s enough variety to the cold openers that make them worth talking about, and that includes this cold opener which is a parody of the intro to the old TV series Flipper. 

 

It’s very short with not a lot to it though, but the shots of the Warners swimming underwater and jumping on the ocean surface as well as the tune of the song they sing pay great respect to the series.  However, given the comedic tone of these characters, there’s an edge of humor thrown in when, instead of a lyric about the great life they live, they throw in new words about how they cause confusion set to a physical gag of slamming a waterskiing Ralph the Guard into a buoy. 

So, we do open the episode with a few short laughs, but the whole short isn’t enough to make it stand out as more than what it’s intended to be.  It’s nothing special overall, but it’s harmless enough. 8/10

Temporary Insanity

Although the Warners are meant to be viewed as an annoyance for how much they pop in on others’ business and never stop joking around with them, it’s impossible not to love them not just for their hilarity, but also for a sense of innocence to their madness when they make a genuine effort to complete certain tasks.  However, their annoying others is at its best when it’s targeted towards someone who’s a total jerk. 

At their home environment of the Warner Bros studio, the character who always seems to deserve getting annoyed by them the most is the CEO, Thaddeus Plotz.  His short-temper, major care towards money, and lack of patience do not make him the most likable person to hang around, and given that he snubbed the Warners a chance at attending a party even though they acted how he wanted them to in the last episode, he’s fully open to being taken down a peg.  This cartoon has such a thing happen to Plotz when his secretary goes home sick, and the number she gives him is a call for the Warners to take her spot. 

As is usually the case with these characters, their wackiness provides a unique comical approach to the mundane secretary position.  It feels like they’re putting in genuine effort to the job, but can only approach it as the silly cartoon characters they are.  As a result, there’s not really a narrative to follow since all we get is one gag from the Warners after another, but that just goes to show that sometimes in animation, you don’t always need a plot to show off the talents of everyone involved.  All you need is to place characters in one setting, and with clever writing and direction, put all the jokes and humorous scenarios for the characters to do on display leading to a collection of animated greatness resulting from the setup. 

From this setup, the Warners certainly have a lot of animated greatness from how they act as temporary secretaries.  There’s Dot on a fast-talking spree of putting callers on hold and then breaking to flirt with Mel Gibson, Yakko making Plotz sign random papers as well as trick him into signing a big check, each sibling giving their own off-the-wall approach to forms of paperwork set to a lively tune, and everyone misunderstanding what Plotz means by “take a note.”  There’s also a running gag where the Warners immediately stop what they’re doing to fight over who answers the phone when it rings with Wakko constantly failing capped with hilarious delivery of the line: “I never get to get it!” 

As out-of-control as the way the Warners go about the job is, the fact that they never seem to be messing everything up on purpose makes them worth rooting for when Plotz loses so much patience with them that he feels obliged to attack them.  However, one last bit of the telephone gag that includes a fast-paced chase around the studio that builds up the cartoon gags as the phone drags a bunch of poles into the building satisfies everything on all fronts.  It brings Plotz down a peg for losing too much of his cool when dealing with zany kids just trying to help, gives the collection of comedy a grand finish, and even gives a satisfying concluding point for Wakko when he finally answers the phone. 

In the end, we have a cartoon overflowing with comedic genius that only the Warner Brothers and the Warner Sister can bring with an onslaught of well-written gags, the perfect character at the receiving end, and a strong sense of fun all throughout.  10/10

Operation: Lollipop

This is our official introduction to Mindy and Buttons, probably the most divisive cast members featured in the theme song.  In most of their cartoons, the premise is highly identical.  Mindy is put outside to play while in a harness while her dog, Buttons, is in charge of keeping an eye on her.  However, when something catches Mindy’s eye, she finds a way to break from her harness and chases after it while Buttons chases after her to keep her safe, but constantly gets hurt in various ways depending on where Mindy runs off to.  In the case of this cartoon, the thing Mindy chases after is a lollipop her mom gives her that gets stuck on the side of a mail truck and the chase leads them all the way to the inside of a mail plane taking off. 

While we do basically get the same thing happening in these cartoons, I still find them enjoyable for what they are since there is some variation to the formula depending on where Mindy and Buttons end up going.  Mindy herself prides herself on general cuteness most of the time, but still has her own appeal for her comedic bits of calling her mom “Lady” or a random male “Mr. Man,” constantly asking why bystanders she meets do what they do (not shown here), and how relatable she is to little kids who are easily attracted to something cute.  It happened a lot with me when I was her age. 

Buttons is certainly put through a lot of hardships of following Mindy into a danger-filled environment and enduring the pain of them all, but it’s tolerable so long as he doesn’t get hurt in a way that feels too realistic.  Here, the pain he endures isn’t very concerning since it’s basically running into things or falling down a manhole only to pop out while humorously running away from a gator.  The more memorable ways Buttons hurts himself come in at the plane such as when he’s comically crushed by the plane’s wheels dragged inside during takeoff or struggling to stand on the wing while opening the door to where Mindy’s searching for the lollipop.  Speaking of Mindy, it’s hard for me not to hope she can get her lollipop back given her clear sadness when it gets away from her as well as how she’s willing to try and get it back herself without bothering anyone about it. 

The way both she and Buttons end up home is nicely constructed too when, while holding onto Mindy to keep her and her lollipop from falling out of the plane, Buttons has his paw grab a mail bag that parachutes them all back to the yard.  However, since Buttons ends up with letters all around him, Mindy’s mother scolds him because it looks like he attacked the mailman when he was told not to.  This is another part of the Mindy and Buttons formula, and given that it’s present in almost all their cartoons, that makes it a given that very few cartoons of these characters will get top-tier status.  After all the trouble Buttons is put through, it’s really not fitting to see him deal with the scorn of his masters.  Usually though, while it is mean, it’s not a huge sting since these parts are short and don’t make the enjoyable factors any less enjoyable, and the scolding scene for this cartoon is one of them to fit this criteria. 

So, even with the formulaic and occasional mean elements, this and many other Mindy and Buttons cartoons to come offer enough cuteness, excitement, and laughs to make this cartoon worth sitting through. 8/10

What Are We?

While most standalone song segments on this show are designed to educate the audience on certain topics, there are times when a song exists because the crew behind this show has a fun idea for one. 

This song in particular plays around with the idea of one of the biggest questions about the Warners regarding what type of creatures they are.  Their overall designs are unlike anything of most animals, and while they may have some characteristics of animals like dogs, and have been described as monkeys in an earlier segment, they just don’t seem to fit the complete mold of any one creature.  The uniqueness of their species is just one interesting thing about these kids, but it still leaves something big to ponder over. 

Starting off with them once again being too crazy for Dr. Scratchansniff to reform, when the psychiatrist goes on a tirade about how they aren’t normal, the Warners explain just what type of normal creatures they could very well be the only way the can, singing.  It’s a fast-paced ditty of the kids listing various animals with several comedic bits from acting as many of them.  They include Dot acting as a cat and adding in a line on sharpening her claws on Scratchansniff’s couch when he least expects it, Yakko acting as a horse with wild mannerisms that send Scratchansniff through a wall, Scratchansniff freaking out by wilder suggestions the kids think of, and any time they transform into other animals.  The whole song fascinates with how the Warners can fit the mold of almost any animal imaginable, as well as being a hilarious watch in general, just what we’d expect moments with the Warners to be like at this point. 

Ultimately, the song doesn’t really provide an answer for what exactly the Warners are, which can make the whole thing feel empty for some, but if you’re in the right mind, their response that what they are is cute can be interpreted that as cartoon characters, they can really be anything they want which is in line with their unpredictable nature.  In all, you might not get any substantial answers to one of the biggest questions about the Warners with this song, but you’re sure to get a nice dose of great entertainment. 9.5/10

Cartoon Ranking

1. Slappy Goes Walnuts
2. H.M.S. Yakko
3. Hooked on a Ceiling
4. Temporary Insanity
5. De-zanitized
6. Win Big
7. Taming of the Screwy
8. Cookies for Einstein
9. Operation: Lollipop
10. Goodfeathers: The Beginning

Song Ranking

1. Yakko’s Universe
2. Yakko’s World
3. The Monkey Song
4. What Are We?

Miscellaneous Ranking

1. Nighty-Night Toon
2. Flipper Parody

Be sure to stay tuned for the review of the next episode where the Warners end up in a piano concert of all things while hiding from their captors, and in Rita and Runt's debut starring role, we find out how Rita met Runt.

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'Toon Reviews 14: Animaniacs Vol 1 Part 5: Taming of the Screwy

Episode 5

Taming of the Screwy

For this episode, we’re going for one full-length cartoon.  It features the Warners doing their thing at their official home on the Warner movie lot in a longer running time, and like all cartoons starring them, despite its simple plot, the strengths of these characters make everything an animated experience. 

The studio is putting on a big party for foreign investors who will offer $1 billion if everyone at the studio appeases them, and that includes the Warner siblings.  With Thaddeus Plotz’s crazy desire for more money for the studio in mind, a lot of pressure is on Dr. Scratchansniff to teach the Warners to behave. 

By now, the Warners have been established to be majorly incurable jokesters, and when they’re called in for etiquette training from Scratchansniff, like in “De-zanitized,” their cartoony mannerisms bring a highly entertaining feel to what they do with him.  Almost everything Scratchansniff teaches such as polite greetings, good diction, and table manners leads to them making a joke or gag.  Even if they’re clear hindrances to the Warners getting into the party, everything they do is nicely constructed and sure to have the audience enjoying themselves regardless.  However, through the kids’ constant funny business is a bit of a restraining layer to their characters.  While they’re a riot when misbehaving, they back down whenever Scratchansniff says they can’t go to the party if they don’t get their acts together.  Also, while their constant joking around suggests they didn’t get anything that was taught, a lively musical number shows that’s not the case, and eventually pull off the good manners Scratchansniff was striving for.  If that’s not enough, when asked why they gave Scratchansniff a hard time earlier, they say were just showing affection, which is fitting because around him here, and in many cartoons to come, the Warners are much less antagonistic to him than others they come across.  Basically, the last moments of training give an interesting aspect to how the Warners work as characters, enhancing their appeal. 

When we finally get to the party, the aspect is shown to be even more interesting.  Although the Warners successfully behave, Plotz pulls off a jerky move by making Scratchansniff send them home without giving them a chance to keep it up for the whole night.  Following an honestly emotional scene of Scratchansniff reluctantly following orders, the Warners show off even more interesting ways their characters work.  Since they unfairly weren’t appreciated for being good for once, the Warners fight back by resorting to their wacky ways throughout the party resulting in many humorous bits on their own taking place within a galaxy of movie star caricatures film buffs will have a field day with, and a hilarious chase scene where Plotz tries to throw them out.  Thankfully, this hilarious, yet clearly uncouth, sequence turns out fine because it convinces the investors to give the money because of how much the kids livened up the dull party.  I really like that this is the case since, as cartoon characters, zany and off-the-wall are the best way to portray the Warners, especially when they only use their antics to cause trouble when someone mistreats them like Plotz did, making their personas more interesting. 

All this may unfold in the common, “learning sophistication” plot, but with these developments, strong humor, and a great atmosphere from the many movie stars, it, like most of this show, the cartoon stands out as something special. 9.5/10

Cartoon Ranking

1. Slappy Goes Walnuts
2. H.M.S. Yakko
3. Hooked on a Ceiling
4. De-zanitized
5. Win Big
6. Taming of the Screwy
7. Cookies for Einstein
8. Goodfeathers: The Beginning

Song Ranking

1. Yakko’s Universe
2. Yakko’s World
3. The Monkey Song

Miscellaneous Ranking

1. Nighty-Night Toon

That’s it for the first disc on the set.  Next time we'll move onto the second disc starting with our first TV show intro parody, one of the absolute best displays of the Warners' antics while they're Plotz's secretaries for the day, the first starring role of Mindy and Buttons, and a song asking the big question of what animal the Warners are.

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'Toon Reviews 14: Animaniacs Vol 1 Part 4: Hooked on a Ceiling/Goodfeathers: The Beginning

Episode 4

Hooked on a Ceiling

In another cartoon that places the Warners in a significant moment in history, we’re treated to a humor-filled interpretation of Michelangelo assigned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. 

The thing that propels this cartoon into animated greatness is unique light-hearted approach to the creation of such an artistic triumph.  Much of that comes from the portrayal of Michelangelo himself.  With so much detail in the actual work, you might picture him as a serious artist with a tactful faith. Well here, he’s certainly serious about his project set to be shown to His Eminence, but it’s carried out in a much more relatable manner as Michelangelo obsesses over getting the ceiling to look perfect leading to many overly dramatic yet hilarious outbursts.  Through tossing out his assistants, getting annoyed by innocent bystanders praying even though this is a church, and fretting over the deadline, Michelangelo is not just a riot, but also is an example that even though historical figures like him were known for many great accomplishments, they were still only human like the rest of us.  Therefore, it’s fitting to watch him as such an emotional wreck, especially since anyone would be one under the pressure. 

The hilarity, through no surprise, only builds up when the Warners arrive to give Michelangelo the assistance he’s desperate for.  The kids, for all their animated greatness, are really at the top of their game in the name of paining a ceiling.  They enter the Sistine Chapel with great enthusiasm for the job and a lively musical number about painting ceilings, and advertise their jobs with all the energy of a car salesman, and it’s clear that they won’t let anything stand in the way of their job.  This is especially shown in a hilarious gag where just as Michelangelo is about to throw them out, HE gets thrown out in the next shot. 

The cartoon gets funnier as the Warners proceed to the job without understanding what’s meant to be done.  What they do to the ceiling amounts to going against painting the intended images full of “naked people” through whiting out the entire ceiling or putting in random images when they’re told that the ceiling need pictures.  This is basically a joke against the sacred image the Sistine Chapel ceiling is meant to convey, but it’s a harmless one that simply states what’s actually seen externally regardless of the deeper meaning.  Plus, aided with more of Michelangelo’s hilarious reactions to how much the Warners don’t get what’s meant to be done with the ceiling’s paint job, the whole cartoon ends up being a great example of a plot that relies on jokes to move forward.  It’s a unique style of storytelling, and it’s nonstop hilarity all at once.  This is especially shown when even when the Warners are finally convinced to paint the “naked people” all over the church, there’s still room for jokes.  They fit in one more silly image for the ceiling of E.T. and Elliot from their respective movie, but it turns out to be ok because His Eminence is a caricature of the film’s creator, Steven Spielberg.  That last joke is so clever and fitting for the show, it seals the deal for this cartoon being a creative masterpiece.  Also, it comes with a fitting line that people who want to work in entertainment should take to heart: “Painting is like show business; you have to know your audience.” 

Through its many jokes constantly hitting the bullseye, a funny and relatable portrayal of a historical figure, and even a meaningful message to close everything, this is yet another cartoon that’s a perfect representation of this show’s strengths. 10/10

Goodfeathers: The Beginning

This cartoon for prominent cast members is one that focuses on the titular trio coming together so to set up all of their cartoons to follow.  While it’s overall not entirely funny or interesting, it’s a solid way to show the potential these pigeons have for entertainment. 

The plot follows Squit, a friendly and innocent pigeon who wants to join a tough, street-smart group of pigeons called the Goodfeathers which at the time consists of Bobby, the most level-headed Goodfeather, and Pesto, the most entertaining of the three for his explosive temper.  While the two laugh at the idea of Squit joining them at first, and do so a bit too long at that, Squit ultimately gets his chance at joining them from the official leader of the Goodfeathers simply called the Godpigeon. 

Scenes of the Godpigeon will go on to become a frequent point of interest with these types of cartoons.  Through his Godfather-like design in the form of a pigeon and the mad respect all the Goodfeathers have for him, he sells a lot of the street-gang style these cartoons are clearly going for, and his running gag of randomly showing up to give random advice in a language only the Goodfeathers can understand never fails to amuse. 

Anyway, the Godpigeon gives Squit a chance to join if he can find a good bit of food for the Goodfeathers, and he finds it easily in the form of a bagel thrown from a passing car.  The real challenge is getting the bagel from the road without getting rammed by something.  Through it all, the appeal of this trio is shown when, despite laughing at the idea of him joining earlier, Bobby and Pesto are more than willing to help Squit get the bagel.  However, all their attempts to get it result in painful failures, letting it known that while this group of pigeons are tough and street-smart, they’re still pigeons, and the world around them simply doesn’t pay much attention to them. People drive into them or, in the case of a herd of marathon runners, trample them, much like what happens to pigeons in real life. 

On their own, their beatings are mildly enjoyable, especially when an opposing force comes when they least expect, catching them and the audience by surprise, and transporting them to random spots like an airport or subway.  Put together though, they can get pretty dull and lack the comedic edge the cartoonish physical gags of the cartoons of other characters like the Warners or Slappy Squirrel, thus lowering the appeal. 

What makes the cartoons worth sitting through is the fleshed-out personalities of the characters.  As the most innocent and soft-spoken pigeon, Squit clashes amusingly with tough birds like Bobby and Pesto.  Through the character interactions comes another major point of entertainment for these cartoons.  Whenever Squit tries to compliment Pesto on something, Pesto always points out how what was said can be heard as an insult, rants for a while, and then gives Squit an explosive beating while Bobby keeps his cool all throughout, making the scene a hilarious show of wordplay and build-up to violence. 

Going back to the story, despite everything, especially the constant beatings in the pitiful attempts to get the bagel, it’s ultimately obtained when the Godpigeon walks across the street and eats it since he’s apparently big enough to be recognized, and Squit is officially named a Goodfeather solidifying the trio.  So, for his sake, it’s a solid concluding point for the cartoon. 

It may be a good indication that what we’ll see of the Goodfeathers won’t be the most exciting parts of this show, but with its street-smart edge and use of characters, they’re sure to be thoroughly enjoyable all the same. 8/10

Cartoon Ranking

1. Slappy Goes Walnuts
2. H.M.S. Yakko
3. Hooked on a Ceiling
4. De-zanitized
5. Win Big
6. Cookies for Einstein
7. Goodfeathers: The Beginning

Song Ranking

1. Yakko’s Universe
2. Yakko’s World
3. The Monkey Song

Miscellaneous Ranking

1. Nighty-Night Toon

Be sure to stay tuned for the review of the next episode where, in the first full half-hour segment, the Warners are taught manners for a celebrity gala which is no easy task for those dealing with cartoon characters so screwy.

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