Well, I just HAVE to comment . . .

Thanks for all your nice replies. But I would like to say -- a sousaphone IS a tuba! It's the same instrument, just bent into a different shape. All sousaphones are tubas -- but not all tubas are sousaphones!

So -- Flaming Tuba has a tighter sound, doesn't it, hmmm?

Oh, and it's a King. Got it off eBay. A great horn that I ruined.

Also:

Yes, I worked on Turbo Teen with unbelievably talented artists: John Doorman, Jim Woodring, Tom Minton, Dan Riba, Brian Chen, Thom Enriquez, and Duncan Marjoribanks -- whom I assisted (character design). I didn't direct on that. I believe John Kimball did (son of Ward). The thing is, here were all these amazing talents -- many who later worked at Disney and WB -- paid to churn out crap! But we did laugh our heads off, it was a hilarious crew!