Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue was a television special aired simultaneously on NBC, CBS and ABC on April 22, 1990. This special brought together a number of famous cartoon characters -- the Muppet Babies, the Looney Tunes characters, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, The Smurfs, The Chipmunks, the Disney Ducks and Garfield -- to teach kids about the dangers of drug use.

In the special, a teenage boy named Michael is pressured into smoking marijuana by his unsavory friends. His sister Corey worries about him, which awakens her toys and brings them to life. The toys -- the "cartoon all-stars" -- explain the dangers of drug use to Michael, and convince him to give up drugs.

Three Muppet Babies appeared in the special: Baby Kermit (voiced by Frank Welker), Baby Piggy (Laurie O'Brien) and Baby Gonzo (Russi Taylor).

Other characters featured included:
 * Jeff Bergman as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
 * Townsend Coleman as Michaelangelo, of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
 * Don Messick as Papa Smurf
 * Danny Goldman as Brainy Smurf
 * Lorenzo Music as Garfield
 * Paul Fusco as ALF
 * Ross Bagdasarian Jr. as Alvin and Simon
 * Janice Karman as Theodore
 * Frank Welker as Slimer
 * Russi Taylor as Huey, Dewey and Louie

George and Barbara Bush also appeared on the special.

Songwriters Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who wrote the songs for the Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors and the Disney movies The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin wrote the song "Wonderful Ways To Say No" for this special.