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The Brave Little Toaster 1987



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The Brave Little Toaster
Original Air Date: July 10, 1987 / Running Time: 90 Minutes / Rating: Not Rated
Director: Jerry Rees
Voice Cast: Jon Lovitz (Radio), Tim Stack (Lampy, Zeke), Timothy E. Day (Blanky, Young Master), Thurl Ravenscroft (Kirby), Deanna Oliver (Toaster), Phil Hartman (Air Conditioner, Hanging Lamp), Joe Ranft (Elmo St. Peters), Judy Toll (Mish-Mash, Two Face Sewing Machine), Wayne Kaatz (Rob), Colette Savage (Chris), Mindy Stern (Mother, Two Face Sewing Machine), Jim Jackman (Plugsy), Jonathan Benair (Black and White TV), Randy Bennett (Computer)
Songs: Little Richard - 'Tutti Frutti', 'City of Light', 'It's a B-Movie', 'Cutting Edge', 'Worthless', 'Hidden Meadow', Al Jolson - 'My Mammy', 'April Showers'

Adapted from sci-fi writer Thomas M. Disch's novella of the same name, The Brave Little Toaster had a most unusual release process. It debuted on television in the summer of 1987 on The Disney Channel, then a young subscription cable network. Copyright of this video is not claimed by the retroVHStrailers channel. All rights retained by the copyright holder. The retroVHStrailers channel does not mo. The Brave Little Toaster (1987) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more.

The Brave Little Toaster. 1987, Fantasy/Animation, 1h 20m. 13 Reviews 25,000+ Ratings You might also like. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost The Great Mouse Detective. The Brave Little Toaster. 1987 Directed by Jerry Rees. Without a doubt and with no irony will I say that The Brave Little Toaster is one of the greatest animated movies ever made. Edit: whenever someone mentions an Iron Giant, I feel compelled to rebuff with a Brave Little Toaster. But I will concede, it’s a nice double feature nonetheless.

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Twenty years ago, while Disney Feature Animation was in the process of escaping the creative doldrums that plagued them through the 1970s and '80s, The Brave Little Toaster was made. This feature-length cartoon represented the first completed project to arrive from Hyperion Pictures, an independent studio founded in 1984 by Tom Wilhite, who just four years earlier had become the youngest production chief in Hollywood. Disney was where Wilhite quickly climbed the corporate ladder, moving from its marketing department to head of the film division at age 27, a role which had him greenlighting works like Tron and the Touchstone-launching hit comedy Splash, before resigning in 1983.

Adapted from sci-fi writer Thomas M. Disch's novella of the same name, The Brave Little Toaster had a most unusual release process. It debuted on television in the summer of 1987 on The Disney Channel, then a young subscription cable network. The following January, it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, where it generated buzz and made history as the first animated film ever exhibited at the annual Utah shindig. (It remained the only one until 2001's Waking Life.) The acclaim was echoed in accolades: the movie was considered for Sundance's Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic), nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Animated Program category, and recognized with a Parents' Choice Award. Somehow, though, the honors and warm reception weren't enough to earn the film an orthodox theatrical run. Toaster adorned big screens briefly, here and there, over the next couple of years; two weeks at New York's Film Forum in May of 1989, shortly in Washington D.C. in March of 1990. Somewhere between July of 1988 and September of 1991, Disney acquired the film and distributed it on home video.

Though the title singles out just one character, the chrome pop-up toaster is one of five electrical appliances at the foreground of the film. These dated but ordinary household objects are spectacular in one clear way: they are alive. The cord-tailed leads can talk, move, and feel. It is this last characteristic which is troubling the central personalities. They can find fun in doing chores each day, but that doesn't eradicate the void they feel from having long been separated from 'The Master', the bespectacled boy who calls these items his own. Rather than continue to wait at the boy's newly-for-sale summer cottage for what feels like an eternity, the five appliances summon the courage to track down their old human friend.

Comprising the core cast are the two-slot Toaster (voiced by Deanna Oliver), the informed but overdramatic tale-telling Radio (Jon Lovitz), the bulb-nosed desk lamp Lampy (Tim Stack), baby of the bunch heating blanket Blanky (Timothy E. Day), and Kirby (Thurl Ravenscroft), a grumpy upright vacuum cleaner (hence the name). These five regularly-clashing devices eventually decide upon a battery-equipped rolling chair pulled by Kirby as the means for their road trip. Filled with both hope and fear, they embark on a long, destination-unknown journey that seems like their only shot at reuniting with The Master.

As on any good movie journey, adventure ensues as a mix of fun and peril is topped with an always-present air of uncertainty. A staple of present-day animated features, the central journey manages, appropriately enough, not to feel derivative of the more exposed cinematic treks it preceded. While leisurely paced and not groundbreaking in design, the appliances' against-the-odds quest in the outside world is fresh, not overly episodic, and plenty involving. The outing even proves to be a musical, though all but one song is saved for the film's second half. Composed by Beach Boys collaborator and 'Bare Necessities' arranger Parks Van Dyke, the group-performed numbers grow increasingly catchy. The two best tunes ('It's a B-Movie', 'Cutting Edge') are delivered in a lively fashion by separate outside groups of appliances that the five leads encounter. Like the items and concepts they discuss, the songs are dated by today's standards, but their fun '80s sound has far greater appeal than most of the present-day pop that's practically obligatory in 21st century CGI family films.

Typically, road movies reveal themselves to be more about the journey than the final destination, but The Brave Little Toaster makes it clear it's headed somewhere. In its inspired final act, the movie sets up a satisfying resolution, then delays it, relying on dramatic irony to build some suspense. As is often the case in cinema, the conclusion does feel prolonged, though much less so than works that consider conventional action sequences appropriate punctuation to more than an hour's worth of ideas. Here, thrills serve to strengthen the movie's evident heart, the two threads which emerge from the straightforward plot come together, and the appliances' ultimate fate feels both appropriate and deserved.

All in all, Brave Little Toaster has a lot going right for it. Its clever concept foreshadows Toy Story, which less than a decade later would, by moving from living ordinary appliances to living toys, get greater possibilities and more human characters out of a similar premise. Whereas Toy Story felt like the perfect starting block for a new computerized age of animation, Toaster seems grounded in an older type of storytelling.

The old-fashioned nature shines through the contemporary setting and in an appealing way. Despite noticeable attempts to the contrary, the animation looks fairly flat, but it is not without the vitality that's essential to the medium's charm. A welcome subtlety is employed in depicting the world from the appliances' point of view. There is not the child-pandering one might expect from the title and cheery cover art. There are a few witty allusions to classic films that will be appreciated by those cinematically versed enough to spot them. In a few places, the movie even packs an intensity that may upset very young viewers. There is a string of potentially frightening moments just before the halfway point of the film. Earlier than those, we meet a cold-blowing Jack Nicholson-esque air conditioner (voiced by Phil Hartman, like Lovitz, a 'Saturday Night Live' cast member at the time), whose immobility distances him from his housemates. Yet, almost anyone old enough to be watching movies should be able to handle the film. Although never classified by the MPAA, the movie's content would probably merit a 'G' rating or, perhaps in today's times, a light 'PG' as is increasingly common.

While it wasn't produced by Disney, Brave Little Toaster fits in comfortably with the studio's catalog and with fairly good reason: many of the film's creators were previously employed at the Mouse or have since gone on to work on other Disney projects. Director and screenwriter Jerry Rees (who contributed to Disney's 1978 Christmas featurette The Small One and The Fox and the Hound beforehand) has since overseen a number of Disney Parks productions, including Cranium Command, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Dinosaur, and Drew Carey's immortal Sounds Dangerous. Co-writer/directing animator Joe Ranft would graduate to Disney and then Pixar, becoming one of the field's most respected story men before his premature death in 2005.

Ranft's comrade at Pixar, John Lasseter, is said to have been one of the movie's key developers, though he is uncredited. Lasseter and producer Wilhite reportedly went around pitching the film with Glen Keane, the 30-year Disney animation veteran who is currently directing Rapunzel. Keane didn't stick around to work on Toaster, but many other Disney cartoonists did. Among them: Randy Cartwright (a character animator during Disney's late '80s/early '90s Renaissance), Darrell Rooney (a three-time DisneyToon Studios sequel helmer), Kevin Lima (director of Tarzan and the upcoming Enchanted), Mark Dindal (former effects animator who directed of The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little), Chris Buck (Tarzan's co-director), and Rob Minkoff (one of The Lion King's two directors). Walt Disney Pictures is also credited with the titles and opticals on Brave Little Toaster.

The Disney connection goes even further. In the late 1990s, the studio collaborated with Hyperion on a pair of concurrently-produced sequels, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars and The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue. Hyperion Pictures survived the 1990s, a period when animation was almost the exclusive domain of Disney, with films like Rover Dangerfield and Bebe's Kids. The independent studio has also made live-action works, including 1998's Playing By Heart for Miramax. From time-to-time, Hyperion has also worked with Disney outside of the Toaster trilogy; they produced the Disney Channel's 'The Proud Family', its feature-length finale, and the Buena Vista-distributed direct-to-video The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina.


DVD Details

1.33:1 Fullscreen
Dolby Digital 5.1 (English)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Closed Captioned
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Single-sided, single-layered disc (DVD-5)
Suggested Retail Price: $19.99
White Keepcase

VIDEO and AUDIO

On DVD, The Brave Little Toaster is presented in a 1.33:1 fullscreen transfer. It is not clear whether the aspect ratio reflects the makers' intent or not. Framing looked pretty fine to me, perhaps the slightest bit cramped. This means that, at worse, the presentation is either an open-matte of what was theatrically exhibited or, more likely, it entails very mild cropping. But, without hearing from the creators, there's no way of knowing for sure.

The movie starts with picture quality at an unpromising level. Repeatedly, the frame literally shakes back and forth horizontally. This is most noticeable on the opening credits, which are also grainy and messily marred by intrusions, but the phenomenon persists to some degree until one gets used to it and the scenery becomes less fixed. Perhaps it's a mix, but the issue is not nearly so troubling or detectable for the majority of the film. On the whole, the video is largely underwhelming. A few scenes are definitely worse than others, plagued by print scratches and flaws, some of which remain static and others which disappear after a frame or two. For the most part, the movie is very watchable, but it's disappointing that what may be its only appearance on DVD is clearly not up to what should be high standards of a major studio distributor.

The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is far from the most active you'll experience, but it shows more signs of life than remixes that are essentially broad mono. The rear channels offer mild reinforcement on the music, while slight dimensionality can be found among the front speakers. The entire track feels a little low-key and distant, making this anything but a drastic remix, but then that should please both purists and those wanting a little bit more. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are gladly provided.

BONUS FEATURES, MENUS and PACKAGING

It's kind of surprising that there are any bonus features, a reality which makes one more forgiving towards the lone inclusion. 'Appliances Come to Life: The Making of the Brave Little Toaster Movies' (9:45) is a featurette which spends much more time on the direct-to-video sequels than the more esteemed film it accompanies. Aside from two actor photos and some clips, it deals entirely with the To The Rescue and Goes to Mars. If the goal was to promote the follow-ups to those only familiar with the first movie, it fails, as we're merely treated to standard press kit-type sound bites. These sound bites come primarily from voice cast members and not even the most interesting or well-known actors. Absent are leads Deanna Oliver, Timothy Stack, and Thurl Ravenscroft. So are Farrah Fawcett, The Santa Clause's Eric Lloyd, Jay Mohr, Wayne Knight, Brian Doyle-Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chris Young, Danny Nucci, Eddie Deezen, and Alfre Woodard, who all lent vocals to the sequels. Instead, we hear from Eddie Bracken, Alan King, Fyvush Finkel, late 'Star Trek' doctor DeForest Kelley, Herman's Hermits lead singer Peter Noone, composer William Penn, and Mars/Rescue director Robert Ramirez. Their observations range from the familiar to the uninsightful, making what would be 'at least we got something' merely 'I suppose it could have been worse.'

It's also somewhat surprising that the menus are animated, though they remain simple, with merely a few different visual loops and a repeated-ad-nauseam end credits instrumental.

Outdated previews launch the disc, offering looks at The Lion King: Platinum Edition DVD, Brother Bear's theatrical release, Stitch! The Movie, Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition, and Piglet's Big Movie. The Sneak Peeks menu holds all of these plus a DVD trailer for Finding Nemo.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

It may only be Disney-branded as the result of acquisition, but The Brave Little Toaster was made by many people who have been involved with the studio's animation departments over the past few decades. More importantly, though, this 1987 film is quite a bit of fun, serving up a living appliances road trip with involving adventure, spirited music, and a good heart. Though not quite a classic, Toaster holds up rather well at age 20. It still deserves the widespread exposure it merited but never received in theaters.

Between spotty picture, a questionable aspect ratio, modest sound, and a weak featurette that deals almost exclusively with the two sold-separately sequels, the DVD is a letdown. But as this remains the best way to see and own this entertaining movie, it can't be easily dismissed and may even be worth an on-sale purchase. After all, the movie is unlikely to be revisited on this home video format.

More on the DVD / Buy from Amazon.com
The Book: The Brave Little Toaster by Thomas M. Disch

Related Reviews:
Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition (1995) • Toy Story 2: 2-Disc Special Edition (1999) • Cars (2006) • Finding Nemo (2003)
Oliver & Company (1988) • The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition (1989) • Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series (1988)
DuckTales: Volume 2 (1987) • Flight of the Navigator (1986) • Benji the Hunted (1987) • Cheetah (1989)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Beauty and the Beast: Platinum Edition (1991) • Aladdin: Platinum Edition (1992)
Tron (1982) • Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Volume 2 (1989) • Good Morning Vietnam: Special Edition (1987)
The Fox and the Hound: 25th Anniversary Edition (1981) • Robin Hood: Most Wanted Edition (1973) • Tarzan (1999) • Teacher's Pet (2004)
Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) • Chicken Little (2005) • The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006) • It's a Small World of Fun! Volume 4

Work Consulted/Recommended Reading:
Ebert, Roger. 'Interview with Tom Wilhite.' Chicago Sun-Times. July 18, 1982.

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Reviewed February 16, 2007.

The Brave Little Toaster is a 1987Americananimated film directed by Jerry Rees, written by Thomas M. Disch, produced by Hyperion Pictures, along with The Kushner-Locke Company, and released by Walt Disney Pictures (who were the original producers).

Quotes[edit]

Radio: [first lines] Good morning, good morning, good morning. That was A-Billion-And-One Strings playing one of your all-time favorite tunes. At the top of the news this morning, there's monkey business in Utah. All seriously, now. It seems that a band of renegade chimpanzees have kidnapped Pulitzer prize-winning poet Lester Charles and are demanding---
Lampy: Hey, what's the big idea?! I'm attempting to get some sleep!
Radio: Look buddy, I'm doing a broadcast. Did you mind? [lights on] WHOA! Not in the face there, pal!
[Blanky bawls after realizing the Master hasn't returned]
Kirby: [annoyed upon hearing Blanky crying] Rrrhhh! Cry, cry, weep, wail and sob! It's disgusting! Every time! I can't believe it! Every single-- Give me that stupid picture! [tries to suck in Rob’s picture frame]
Blanky: No, no!
Toaster: I'll just put it away!
Kirby: In the garbage! [Radio and Lampy help him]
Blanky: No, you can't!
Kirby: Wimp!
Toaster: [annoyed] Let go!
Kirby: He's not coming back anyway.
Lampy: He might. The fact is, there's Just not enough facts.
Radio: Fight breaks out in the peaceful mountain cottage. The shocking world, and bringing Geneva Talks to a grinding halt!
Blanky: Stop it!
Kirby: Let me have it.
Blanky: You can't!
[the picture of Rob, their Master, flies through the air and crashes; Blanky gasps in shock]
Kirby: [shocked] Oh, no.
[the appliances go toward the broken photo stand of Rob; suddenly cold air breezes through the cottage, and Air Conditioner laughs ironically]
Toaster: What are you laughing at?
Air Conditioner:[stops laughing and smirks] Absolutely nothin', nothin' at all.
Lampy: I think he was laughin' at us.
Air Conditioner: You know somethin', you're a real bright little lamp.
Lampy: Oh, thanks. [offended] Hey!
Air Conditioner: You guys really have an attachment for that kid, don't ya?
Blanky: Yes. He was our master.
Air Conditioner: Well, that's real nice. And any day now, he might come rompin' back, huh? Just come whistlin' right back in through that door, and everything'll be the same; Real peachy-keen-like.
Blanky: Uh-huh.
Lampy: It's a possibility.
Toaster: Well, at least, we try to be optimistic.
Air Conditioner: 'Optimistic'?! Somebody untie the knot in this guy's cord!
Kirby:[angrily] Why don't you just shut off?!
Air Conditioner: Hey, I'm real scared there, Kirby. What are you gonna do, suck me to death?
Kirby: Hmph!
Air Conditioner: What is it with you guys, anyway? You act like you just came off the assembly line. Now, get this through your chrome; [blows a gust of cold wind at the appliances] We've been dumped! Abandoned!
Blanky: But he loved us.
Radio: That's right.
Air Conditioner: So what? He's a kid; He has a family. They move away, he moves away. It's a package deal.
Toaster: But, maybe they're all--
Air Conditioner:[interrupts Toaster] He's not comin back, pure and simple.
Kirby:[to Air Conditioner] Oh, yeah? Did you talk to him recently or somethin'? They could drive up any second.
Blanky:[to Kirby] You really think so?
Kirby:[to Blanky] I'm not talkin' to you!
Air Conditioner: The whole bunch of ya gotta have a combined wattage of five, maybe less. It's been years. It's scrap-metal time.
Toaster: Well, you can do what you like. We're not gonna give up hope.
Air Conditioner:[sarcastically] That's real touchin', Toaster. You're gonna get me bawlin' like a baby any time now.
Toaster: I think you're jealous.
Air Conditioner: Sure, I'm jealous of a bunch of dimwits.
Lampy:[angrily] 'Dim'?!
Toaster: Yeah. Because the Master never played with you.
Kirby: 'Cause you're stuck in the wall!
Air Conditioner:[blows cold air; angrily] So... it's back to that stupid static again. You think I don't know what's goin' on in here? I know what goes on in this cottage. It's a conspiracy, and every one of you low-watts is in on it. Just 'cause you can move around, you think you're better than I am. I'M NOT AN INVALID; I WAS DESIGNED TO STICK IN A WALL!! I LIKE BEIN' STUCK IN THIS STUPID WALL!! I can't help it if the kid was TOO SHORT TO REACH MY DIALS!!
Toaster: We didn't mean it! Really!
Air Conditioner:[roaring]IT'S MY FUNCTION!!![He begins glowing in red-shift and then bright burst orange and sparks fly out of his mouth and on the appliances providing cover for themselves from the sparks]
Toaster: Don't! Wait! Wait!
[The appliances run away as Air Conditioner overheats]
Kirby:[alarmed]HE'S GONNA BLOW!
Toaster:YANK YOUR CORDS!
[Blanky, Radio and Lampy pull out their plugs from two outlets and take cover]
Kirby:[behind chair]THE FUSE!
Toaster:KIRBY!
[Air Conditioner continues to rage until he finally explodes. Toaster and Lampy carefully peek from behind the stairs and the appliances see the Air Conditioner's blown up remains. As his things fall off]
Blanky: Poor Air Conditioner.
Toaster: I didn't know he'd take it so hard.
Kirby: Well, he was a jerk anyway.
Lampy: Hey, hey. What's that? What is it?
[revving is heard]
Blanky:[happily] A car!
Kirby:[angrily] I don't want to hear another word about cars!
Toaster: [agreeing with Kirby] You said it.
Radio: Sound pretty close.
Kirby: Just don't even start!
Lampy: Sounds real close.
[pauses for a few seconds, and when they the Master is gonna pick them up, and then go hides. But then, they hear a hammer, and look out the window to see a “For Sale” sign; Blanky looks shocked. Radio hums with Taps, Blanky bawls and falls to the floor, Lampy moaning sadly]
Toaster: [angrily]STOP IT![scenes cut to jumps on the box and stand on top] We’re going out to find him!
Radio, Lampy, Kirby, and Blanky: WHAT?!
Kirby: What are you talking about? What do you mean?
Toaster: Exactly what it I said. We’re gonna go out and find the master.
Blanky: [scared] To the city?
Toaster: Yeah, no matter what.
Lampy: Well, how exactly would you propose we’re gonna do that, exactly?
Toaster: I-- I don’t know!
Kirby: Oh, come off it. Be serious!
Toaster: I am serious!
Kirby: You’re insane. [backs away]
Radio: Why, if only we were all wiener dogs, our problems would be solved.
[pauses they look at each other]
Toaster: [confused] What?
Radio: Or maybe it was basset hound.
Kirby: You’re all insane!
Radio: It was a news flash I picked up yesterday about a dog. [country accent] In an amazing show of loyalty and courage, a terrier name Grover traveled hundred of miles... to be reunited with his owner. The poor little critter was accidentally left behind on a fishing trip three weeks ago. He had to find his way across the rugged mountain and scorching desserts in order to get home. Little Grover turned out to be one spunky pup.
Toaster: If the dog can do it, we can do it!
Blanky: But a dog has legs.
Toaster Ah, don’t be a wet blanket.
Lampy: Actually, legs would help, you know.
Kirby: Brains wouldn’t hurt, either.
Lampy: Lay off.
Radio: Yeah, pipe down, carpet breath!
Toaster: Well, I’m going with or without you.
Kirby: I say we stay. We’ll have a new master anyway as soon as someone buys the cottage.
Blanky: But I don’t want a new master. I want our master.
Toaster: Well, what about the rest of you?
Radio: You boys are gonna need a leader. Why, alone, you wouldn’t last for five minutes out there. I used to be a mountaineer, see? And together, we can stand against the forces of nature.
Lampy: Were you really a mountaineer?
Radio: Sure. Ask anybody. Ask Teddy Roosevelt. Why, we shot moose together on the Klondike.
Lampy: Wow. Well, you know, I was just thinking, you guys will need somebody bright along, too.
Toaster: Good idea.
Radio: Listen to this. World War II, the Normandy Invasion. And who's there but Lampy to light the way?
[the appliances look at Kirby]
Toaster: Y'know, I thought it’d be good to have somebody come along, who’s really... strong.
Lampy: And loud.
Blanky: And grumpy!
Radio: And oblivious to reality.
[Toaster hits appliances in annoyance]
Toaster: Well?
[pause; a few seconds later, Kirby begrudgingly joins in]
Kirby: [under his breath] I just know I’m gonna regret this.
[the rest of the appliances cheer.]
Lampy:[opens fuse box, and pulls out last fuse] Wow. This was our last fuse.
Toaster: See? [puts last fuse in transmitter] It's a good thing we're getting out of here.
Radio: [turns on kitchen light] I've always loved travel, anyway. The open road, the smell of the wind in my face, the files clogging up my grille.
Kirby: Yeah? Well, how are we going to travel?
Lampy: Hey, I got an idea. We can all get on top of the bed, you know, and then Kirby can push us. [Kirby pushes the bed with Toaster, Blanky, Radio, and Lampy on board, and tries to push gently down the stairs, but pushes too hard, and sends Toaster, Blanky, Radio, and Lampy falling down with the bed] No, no, no. Hey! What’s about Master’s Pogo stick? [the appliances jump on the Pogo stick, try to go forward, and succeed for a bit, but end up going backward in the wrong direction on it, and crash] No, that’s no good. Hey, how about we're in the refrigerator on a skateboard, and Kirby can pull? [Kirby, with a rope attached to him, pulls the skateboard with the refrigerator on top, and tries to pull gently, but ends up pulling too hard that the rope snaps from the skateboard, which sends Kirby flying forward, and causes the refrigerator to fall off, tilt over, and land on the floor with a loud thunk, as Blanky, now blue, and with his teeth chattering, shivers in the freezer, due to the ice freezing him] No, no, no. Hey!
Radio: [annoyed] Shut up! Shut up!
Toaster, Kirby, Blanky:[annoyed]Shut up!
Radio: Let somebody else try for a change. Arise, Hassan, arise, O magic carpet.
Radio: North, by Northwest. Watch out for low-flying aircraft.
[Lampy lands on Blanky]
Blanky:OUCH!!!
Toaster: What's wrong?
Blanky: He stepped on me!
Lampy: Did not.
Blanky: Did too!
Lampy: Did not!
Blanky and Kirby: Did TOO!!
Lampy: Did NOT!!
Toaster: Hey, hey, hey. Come on. How do guys expect us to get there if you're fighting all the time?
Blanky: You mean we're not there yet?
Toaster:[calmly and smiling] No, no, not yet. [rubs Blanky's head] We got a long way to go.
Kirby: Oh, boy. You're tellin' me.
[18 seconds later]
Toaster:♪ Life is like a journey on a road that's within. Head says you should stay, but your heart says to begin. So you go. ♪
All:♪ But you don't want to go. ♪
Toaster:♪ Any life worth living isn't life just filled with ease. You just stay forgiving through the forest and the trees. ♪
Toaster and Lampy:♪ And you'll go...just where you want to go. ♪
Appliances:♪ Time flies by in the city of light. Time stands still in the country. There's no time for a fuss and a fight. As we travel the land. ♪
Lampy and Radio:♪ And I'd be satisfied, just to be, not denied. ♪
Toaster, Lampy and Radio:♪ To reside with some pride. ♪
Appliances:♪ While I ride to the City, The City Of Light. ♪
Lampy:♪ Light shines like a diamond in the City at night. ♪
Radio:♪ When that diamond shines, you know that everything's all right. ♪
Kirby:♪ But you know, we got a way to go. ♪
Blanky:♪ Let us meet the master, we don't wanna make him wait. ♪
Lampy and Blanky:♪ You just keep a-knockin', He will open up the gate ♪
Appliances:♪ To that city of light! ♪
[Kirby goes behind a tree, doing his business. Blanky looks, and Toaster hits Blanky's head to give Kirby privacy.]
Lampy: ♪ Master is a man with a plan I can understand. ♪
Toaster:♪ Master is a man of great reflection. ♪
Radio:♪ Master is a man who lays his hand across the land. ♪
Blanky:♪ Master is a man of our affection. ♪
All:♪ Time flies by in the city of light. Time stands still in the country. There's no time for a fuss and a fight, as we travel the land. ♪
Lampy and Radio:♪ And I'd be satisfied, just to be not denied ♪
All:♪ To reside with some pride, while I ride to the City, the City Of Light. ♪
Lampy: Hey, come over here. I'm gonna---
Radio: Why, do you dare to cross foils with the greatest Saxon swordsman in the land? Haven't you the slightest idea who you're dealing with?
Lampy: Precisely. A total... idiot!
Radio: If your saber wags as loosely as your Norman tongue, you'll be run through in an instant. Defend yourself, Sir Lampy of Locksley!
[Radio continually whacks Lampy with his antenna, Blanky falls on them]
Radio: A blow for Richard! A blow for Marian! A blow for Mario, the garbage man! And for Carl, and all the boys at the delicatessen! And here's one for the guys on 5th Street! Hey! No!
Kirby:[accidentally sucks up Blanky] Oh, whoa! Oh, no, what?!
Lampy:[stops the battle.] Hey, what's goin' on? What's goin' on? Who turned out the lights?
Toaster:[smiling] Good morning, everyone.
Blanky:[smiling] Good morning, Toaster.
Radio:[appearing from under Blanky] Hey, Slots.
Lampy:[appearing from under Blanky] Salutations.
Lampy: So... uh... what's this thing with you and the Blanket?
Toaster: What thing?
Lampy: You know. All of a sudden, you're being so darned NICE to him all of a sudden.
Toaster: Oh, that. I was just thinking, and I got this feeling I should be nicer to him for a change, you know? And now I feel better.
Lampy: Wow, that's weird.
Toaster: What's weird about it?
Lampy: I don't know. I mean, you were never this nice to him before, and all of a sudden now you're nice to him all the time, and I don't know. I'm, uh, I'm just trying to understand, trying to figure out, what it all means.
Toaster: Well, it's kind of hard to describe. It's like being next to a new loaf of bread.
[Lampy looks puzzled]

Toaster: Hmmm. It's, um, let's see... it's like a warm, toasty feeling inside.

[Lampy scratches his head]
Toaster: It's like a glow...
Lampy: A glow!
Toaster: Yeah.
Lampy: I think I know what you're talking about! It's like the feeling I get when I think about the Master.
Kirby:[in panic] THE BATTERY'S GONE DEAD!!!
Radio: We're trapped here like rats! Small, little rats with no hair and one leg.
Toaster:[frantic]BLANKY?!? BLANKY?!?
Kirby:BLANKET?! BLANKET?! Where are you, you little wimp?!
Toaster: Lampy!
[Lampy faints and all appliances come to see Lampy unconscious after storm]
Kirby: [see the waterfall; shocked] Oh, what’s-- What-- Oh, no! Oh, no! [tries to swallow his cord]
Toaster: KIRBY, NO!
Lampy: GET THE CORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH!!!! DON'T LET HIM SWALLOW IT!!!!!!
Radio: SWITCH HIM OFF!!!!!!!!
[Toaster jumps on Kirby]
Lampy: Just shorted right out.
Radio: Cracked up and snapped. He sold the farm. Poor chap.
Lampy: How does he look?
Radio: A little better then you actually. Keep it up Slots! Even carpet sweeping motion. He should come around sooner later.
Toaster: Hey, I think it's working. Kirby! Kirby, can you hear me?
Blanky: Wake up, wake up. Kirby!
Toaster: You're all right!
Toaster, Lampy, Radio and Blanky:[happily]YAY!!!
Kirby:[gutteral growl] Lay off! Just lay off!
Toaster: What's the matter?
Lampy: We were worried about you.
Radio: You gave us a real scare, pal.
Kirby: Well, there's nothing wrong with me, pal. So just back off!
Blanky: Don't be angry.
Kirby: Just keep your antennas and knobs and wires and rivets off my chrome! Who needs you guys, anyway? Gotta drag you around all the time, bunch of dead weight? I'd be better off without ya!
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[Toaster, Lampy, Radio and Blanky are stunned in confusion]

Blanky:[hurtfully] But, Kirby--
Kirby: Especially you, you little rag.[pauses few seconds when they heard the waterfall] So, uh, how we get cross this thing, anyway?
[scene cuts to Toaster, Lampy, Radio and Blanky tied up cords with Kirby]
Radio: You know, I think, Houdini did this once. Why, if I remember right, he was in out of the hospital in no time.
Lampy: Well, that’s encouraging.
Toaster: Okay, Kirby.
Lampy: Hey, we’re not dead.
Radio:Damn thee, thou cursed whale! From the depths of Hell, I stab at thee![pokes Kirby]
Kirby: Climb on, you idiot!
Radio: Oh, it's you!
Kirby: Where's Toaster?
Lampy: He sank!
[The appliances stop at a clearing in a bramble patch.]
Lampy: Hey, everybody! Look! A clearing!
Kirby: Great. Let's spread out the blanket and have a picnic.
Blanky: But I'm full of stickers.
Kirby: Well, my bags are full of thistles and sticks and who knows what else! Whose idea was it to come this way anyway?
Radio: Why it was the Lamp's, I tell you!
Lampy: Oh, yeah? Who's supposed to be the big-shot navigator around here, Mr. Loudmouth? Mr. Big... Loudmouth?
Kirby: Yeah.
Toaster: Where are we, anyway?
Radio: Now, look here, fellas, just give me a second, and, uh... [notices a small pebble] Oh, listen to this! It's the top of the 9th, the bases are all loaded, and Pee-Wee Reese is at the plate. Here's the pitch... [kicks the pebble in the air] ...and he connects! [hits the pebble with his antenna, which bounces off Toaster, Kirby, and Lampy]OH!!! And it's a triple play! [Kirby and Lampy angrily swarm around Radio]
Toaster: Knock it off, you guys! We should all settle down and try to get some sleep.
[Lampy drops the rock. Next scene shifts to Lampy laying his head on a rock. He hears a sound and sees Radio drawing a dirt circle in the dirt]
Radio:[about the circle in the dirt] This is my sleeping space, see? And nobody crosses this line!
Lampy: Yeah, well you'd better not wake us up at 6:00 as usual!
Kirby: What are you complaining about? You didn't do any work today.
Radio: Yeah!
[Blanky crawls to Lampy, who looks at him angrily.]
Lampy: Go find your own place to sleep, ya little fuzz ball. [goes to sleep; Blanky tries going into Radio's sleeping space, but Radio stops him.]
Radio: Watch it! Hey! Hey! Hey! What, are you blind? It's a line. Aht-aht!
Kirby:[annoyed]Good night![falls asleep]
[Blanky tries cuddling up to Toaster, who then wakes up.]
Toaster:[tired, shoos Blanky away] Come on. I'm not the Master. Go snuggle somewhere else. I'm trying to get some sleep. Now go on.
[Blanky looks dejected and sleeps by himself.]
[The appliances stop at a clearing in a dark forest.]
Blanky: Do we have to stop here?
Toaster: Only for a while.
Radio: Just long enough to lose our minds! We'll be cannibals in a few days, I've seen it happen!
Kirby: And you'd be the first to go, dial face.
Lampy: Hey, fellas! We can stay in here! Look! [turns on his light to reveal a scary face on a tree; the appliances gasp in horror, and hide in the bushes] W-What's the matter?
Radio: Eaten alive, the poor sap.
[Lampy turns around and sees the scary face.]
Lampy:[scared]WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!!![runs and joins the others in the bushes]
Radio: Oh, I thought you were a goner.
Lampy: Ah, you wish.
Toaster: You know, guys, we are gonna need some kind of shelter.
Kirby: Yeah, shelter from the likes of them.
Radio:[imitating boxer] Come on over here and say that, chrome-dome! [Lampy blows raspberries at Kirby]
Kirby:[shocked and angry]WHAT?!?
Radio: Oh, sorry about that. I meant to say 'vacuous vacuum'. [Kirby angrily grumbles] Alright, ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rumble. In the blue corner, undefeated champion, Rocko 'the Radio' Ratuno. Ding! Oh, and there's the bell! They're on each other like black on a bowling ball!
[Radio and Kirby are about to fight but Toaster comes between them]
Lampy: Hey! Look!
[everyone sees that Blanky has made himself into a tent; next scene switches to the ending of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.']
Radio: And that concludes our broadcast day. This is Walter Winchell signing off. Good night, America and all the ships at sea. [static]
Toaster:[pats Blanky, smiling] Thanks.
Blanky: Oh, that's all right. [yawns and falls asleep]
Lampy: So, uh, what’s this thing you and the Blanket?
Toaster: What thing?
Lampy: You know. All of a sudden, you’re being so darned nice to him all of a sudden.
Toaster: Oh, that. I was just thinking, and I got this feeling I should be nicer to him for a change, you know? And now I feel better.
Lampy: Wow, that’s weird.
Toaster: What’s weird about it?
Lampy: I don’t know. I mean, you are never this nice to me before, and all of a sudden now you’re nice to him all the time, and I don’t know. I’m, uh, I’m just trying to understand, trying to figure out, what it all means.
Toaster: Well, it’s kind of hard to describe. It’s like being next to a new loaf of bread. [pauses] Hmm. It’s, um, let’s see... it’s like a warm, toasty feeling inside. Well, like a glow that just--
Lampy: [happily] A glow?
Toaster: Yeah!
Lampy: I think I know what you’re talking about! It’s like the feeling I get when I think about the Master.
Toaster: Yeah, that’s it.
Lampy: I remembered my first time light bulb burned out. And I thought... That's it! It's over, I'm burned out! 86 to the showers! But then the Master put in a brand new bulb. And I just glowed.
Toaster: Well, that's all there is do it.
Lampy: That's very interesting. Good night, slot head.
[The very next morning, bird chirping]
Toaster:BLANKY?!? Blanky, where ARE you?! [slowly]BLAAAAANKYYYYY?!?
Lampy:[weakly] Come on, Blanky! Speak UP for Pete's sake! [coughs and zaps]
Toaster: No, no, just relax. You've done enough. We'll look for him.
Lampy: I am feeling a little burned out.
Radio: Listen to this. The lamp was awarded a Purple Heart today for being wounded in the line of duty. Lamps across the nation were switched off for a moment of silence in respect for his act of bravery.
Blanky: Help!
Toaster: Hey, listen.
Mish-Mash: Hey, look at me! I mean, really! Barf, barf, barf! I'm a can opener, lamp, and a shaver! Oh-ho-ho-ho, God, I'm a mish-mash!
[The appliances arrive at Rob's apartment.]
Lampy:A113. This is it!
Toaster: Go ahead.
[Lampy knocks the door and the appliances freeze; nothing happens]
Blanky: He's not home.
Toaster: We'll have to wait.
Radio: So, let's wait inside! Relax!
Lampy: But it's locked.
Radio: Luckily, my war-training included inter-appliance codes. I'll simply run into this inter-appliance knock, and we'll be welcomed by the native machinery. Stand aside, my meager companion! [He begins to knock the door; then, he rapidly taps the heads of Toaster, Lampy and Blanky. The door opens and Plugsy comes out] Hiya, pal.
Plugsy:[gasps; then dashes back inside and the door slams] It's them. [He and the other modern appliances whisper inaudibly. Them, the door opens again and he comes back out calmly] How do yous do? Tarry not upon our doorstop. Please, feel free to enter. All of yous.

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Lampy: Boy, he sure has grown!
Radio: Look at him! What a heart-breaker!
Toaster: He graduated, too!
Kirby: Of course. He knows how to work hard.
Blanky: He's all big now. I hope he still needs us.
Black and White T.V.: Still needs you?! That's the silliest thing I've ever heard!
Radio: Why, if it isn't Ol' Rabbit Ears!
Black and White T.V.: Why, if it isn't Ol' Loudmouth!
Blanky: Hi, T.V.!
Lampy: How are you doing?
Black and White T.V.: Oh, I've got a few more seasons left.
Toaster: The cottage just wasn't the same after they took you away.
Kirby: Yeah, it wasn't as noisy.
Black and White T.V.: Well, I see you haven't changed.
Radio: Kind of gives you a sense of security. Doesn't it?
Blanky: Where's the Master?
Black and White T.V.: Didn't anybody tell you? Boy, is he gonna be surprised when he gets back. He just left a little while ago to drive up to the co-- [Plugsy sneaks up behind Black and White T.V. and changes his channel to Spanish news network. Radio and Lampy find Plugsy]
Lampy: Hey!
Radio:What's the idea?
Plugsy: Oh, many pardons. Was you watching that channel?

The Brave Little Toaster 1987 Plot

Toaster:[whispering] K-K-Kirby, what should we do?!
Kirby: I-I-I don't know.
Lampy: Hey. I got an idea.
[Elmo St. Peters continues to try doing the operation, Toaster closes the curtains. Elmo looks up, Blanky and Kirby make spooky sounds. As soon as Elmo sees his reflection on Toaster, Kirby laughs like a ghost, as Elmo screams, runs around and runs into the pole, which knocks him out.]
Lampy: See? It worked! I told you it would work! I told ya, I told ya, I told ya, I knew, I knew, I knew! It worked!
Megaphone:JAILBREAK!!! JAILBREAK!!! JAILBREAK!!!
[Megaphone imitates a siren as Refrigerator pounds the door down; then, Quadruped goes in Monster Truck. He almost starts him up, but he puts his seatbelt on first; then, he ignites Monster Truck and drives away quickly, while the broken appliances run away back to their owners and Toaster and his gang rescue Radio and went off into the city with him and a baby carriage. Elmo St. Peters wakes up and notices the shack being torn apart]
Elmo St. Peters: Whoa... Uh... [confused] Wha?
Zeke: Did I catch you at a bad time? Just wondering if you got my radio tubes.

Cast[edit]

  • Deanna Oliver as Toaster
  • Timothy E. Day as Blanky
  • Tim Stack as Lampy / Zeke
  • Jon Lovitz as Radio
  • Thurl Ravenscroft as Kirby
  • Timothy E. Day as Young Rob
  • Wayne Kaatz as Old Rob
  • Phil Hartman as Air Conditioner / Hanging Lamp
  • Joe Ranft as Elmo St. Peters
  • Colette Savage as Chris
  • Jerry Rees as the singing voice of Radio
  • Jim Jackman as Plugsy
  • Jonathan Benair as Black and White T.V.
  • Judy Toll as Mish-Mash / Peirce
  • Mindy Stern as Reel-to-Reel Player / Mother / Taft
  • Randall William Cook as Entertainment Complex
  • Louis Conti as the Spanish T.V. Announcer

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