The best thing about Animaniacs and their spinoff, Pinky and the Brain, was their total devotion to making Warner Brothers cartoons like they did in the “old days”… in other words, with high quality animation, real music, and hilarious gags.
Another element of the old WB toons that they borrowed was their level of sophistication. They played to the adults with political humor, double entendre, and pop culture references that the kids wouldn’t get.
Sometimes, even the adults didn’t get it.
For example, I never realized that the episode entitled Yes, Always, in which we see the Brain doing some voiceover work, is practically a word-for-word recreation of an outtake of Orson Welles recording a frozen peas commercial and getting pissed off at the hapless director.
Now, someone has taken the original recording and made The Brain overdubbed with Orson Welles.
Yes!
ANIMANIACS!!!!!!! PINKY AND THE BRAIN!!!!!!!
So cleverly crafted. So absolutely excellent in every way. So dependent on the audience bringing some prior knowledge to the table!!!!!
I love my Animaniac cd’s. I love every episode, for there is something in every one that requires some cultural knowledge for complete understanding.
Love, love, love.
Remember their take on “The Mikado?”
Brilliant! (And he has bologna in his slacks!)
oh, that’s classic!
Thank you! This is great — I always wanted to compare the two, but now someone has put more effort into it than I ever would have.
NARF!