Animaniacs Reboot in the Works
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It's not like Animaniacs or Pinky and the Brain had any real continuity to follow anyway. There was a basic premise, but individual cartoons would often transpose the characters to different times or settings or genres. So there wouldn't be much material difference between a continuation and a reboot, unless there were some major change to the characters themselves.
Well, there is the whole Acme Labs being sold and Pinky and the Brain living with Elmyra thing, but I'm cool with them just ignoring that.
Well, there is the whole Acme Labs being sold and Pinky and the Brain living with Elmyra thing, but I'm cool with them just ignoring that.
There was also the one where P&TB were contemporaries of Moses ("Is it a large staff or just a publicist and a girl Friday?"), the Third Man parody in post-WWII Vienna, the one with Larry, etc. Reality in a series of comedy shorts is a mutable thing.
Maurice LaMarche was on Fauhaus's 'Dude Soup' podcast this past week.
He described the writing of the show as more grown up than the original, but not adult.
He also mentioned that the characters do acknowledge that it's been 2 decades since the show last aired. The characters haven't aged any though. An example he gave that Brain is upset that he still hasn't taken over the world since then.
He described the writing of the show as more grown up than the original, but not adult.
He also mentioned that the characters do acknowledge that it's been 2 decades since the show last aired. The characters haven't aged any though. An example he gave that Brain is upset that he still hasn't taken over the world since then.
I'd gladly take him over the current world leadership.
Slappy Squirrel was my favorite of the secondary characters! The references to the Golden Age of animation (most completely fake!), as well as classic characters I grew up watching ("You told me George Jetson dated Magilla Gorilla!"), amused me greatly.
Well, there is the whole Acme Labs being sold and Pinky and the Brain living with Elmyra thing, but I'm cool with them just ignoring that.
Well, continuity can be kept. they can say she so badly mis-managed the company that they were able to buy it back on the cheap. And line about having originally selling it, something like, "What the hell were we thinking???".
I'm glad to hear it's coming back. Three things I hope for:
1. More of the same and no progressive social agendas or pokes or the current Presidential administration. I just want to enjoy it like I used it.
2. Most of the composers of the original series are still alive -- I hope they get as many of them to return as possible.
3. the original animation style and quality is kept (or improved upon some, if affordable). I hate these edged designs, flash animation, and cheap looking crap so many new animates series have been for what seems like twenty years now. That'll seriously piss me off.
Warner Bros. cartoons have always poked fun at current events. They made many satirical cartoons mocking enemy leaders in WWII, though I guess that wasn't exactly controversial. But they also poked fun at everyday wartime realities like gas rationing (like the one where the crashing plane freezes in midair because it had the wrong ration ticket and ran out of gas) or other austerity measures like the slogan "Is this trip really necessary?"
Really, cultural subversiveness and defiance of social norms was the Looney Tunes' bread and butter, and to an extent was built into Warner Bros.'s reputation as a studio overall. Bugs Bunny was defined by a Marx Brothers-like defiance of authority and conventional order. Yakko, Wakko, and Dot were blatantly in that same tradition, often directly emulating the Marx Brothers in their antics ("King Yakko" was a direct homage to Duck Soup). And I recall there being a fair amount of political and social satire in both Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. Heck, President Clinton was a recurring character and even got name-dropped in the first-season title song.
An interview with Rob Paulsen where he assures us that the new episodes will remain true to the original episodes.
https://www.fandom.com/articles/rob-paulsen-animaniacs-ninja-turtles-hey-fandom
https://www.fandom.com/articles/rob-paulsen-animaniacs-ninja-turtles-hey-fandom
A show like Animaniacs isn't going to be openly political, but they might have some gay characters hanging around and some Trump supporters would call it political. Just showing gay people living their lives like normal people is seen by some as a radical leftist agenda.
I'd be more worried they'd tone down the sarcasm and counter-prosocial messaging stuff. In the 90s shows like Garfield had stuff like the Buddy Bears characters that made fun of the kind of children's entertainment that teaches lessons, and Animaniacs had a ton of it too and you just don't see very much of it at all in current children's shows.
I doubt they'll have Tiny Toons cameos because their target audience won't have any idea who they are, but that was a great kids show too. Over aggressive hugs are a way better gun replacement.
I'd be more worried they'd tone down the sarcasm and counter-prosocial messaging stuff. In the 90s shows like Garfield had stuff like the Buddy Bears characters that made fun of the kind of children's entertainment that teaches lessons, and Animaniacs had a ton of it too and you just don't see very much of it at all in current children's shows.
I doubt they'll have Tiny Toons cameos because their target audience won't have any idea who they are, but that was a great kids show too. Over aggressive hugs are a way better gun replacement.
One thing about a modern Animaniacs would be that with social media these days it's unlikely any adult humor can stay under the radar like the old days.
I agree and It will be too offensive
Also if you watch Hard Day's Night after having seen Animaniacs it's blatant just how much it was inspired by it, Wacko's accent is extremely specific.
It was on when I was 9 and it was perfectly targeted at me. Just, it has a level of sarcasm which has disappeared from children's entertainment.
It was on when I was 9 and it was perfectly targeted at me. Just, it has a level of sarcasm which has disappeared from children's entertainment.
Sure, but there's also a ton of Marx Brothers influence, which was made most explicit in "King Yakko," a direct homage to Duck Soup.
There's also a touch of Buster Keaton, but you see a lot more of that in Bugs Bunny than Animaniacs.
It's hard to ignore that Wakko's voice isn't a generic British accent, it's specifically imitating one of the Beatles accents. I forget which, I think Ringo but could be wrong. And the style of just approaching and annoying the straight man foils of the comedy world.
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