Animaniacs on DVD, Almost Here

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/718/718255p1.html

To paraphrase the great Garfield: "Anyone who dosen't buy this will be dragged into the street and shot with extreme pregidous."

Thank you, and good day.

[Spitfire]

Guess I'm going to die then. My girlfriend has songs from this show on her computer and she listens to them very loudly sometimes. They annoy the hell out of me. The show was pretty funny though but I wouldn't buy a DVD of it.

[DrSpengler]

Why can't the WB afford TMS' animation anymore? Those cartoons were gorgeous.

I'll be buying the set. I wasn't going to, at first, but after the nostalgia kicked-in...I have to.

Besides, now I can just skip those f***ing Buttons & Mindy and Rita & Runt cartoons. I NEVER thought they were funny.

[ZariusTwo]

I personally thought Rita and Runt deserved a spin-off. Simply the most emotional of the shorts, I'm not even sure they were even meant to be funny, just an oppertunity to tell some really touching storylines. The songs used by Rita were excellent and certaingly not reflective of the series' usual comedy.

Mindy did kill the Pinky and the Brain series though when she joined them, something the title sequence of that final season even implied...

[DrSpengler]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

I personally thought Rita and Runt deserved a spin-off. Simply the most emotional of the shorts, I'm not even sure they were even meant to be funny, just an oppertunity to tell some really touching storylines. The songs used by Rita were excellent and certaingly not reflective of the series' usual comedy.

Mindy did kill the Pinky and the Brain series though when she joined them, something the title sequence of that final season even implied...

Yeah, they were supposed to be the "serious" installments, which I suppose is commendable. But I wanted to *laugh* when I watched that show.

I'll give em credit, though. They had a lot of guts doing that WWII episode ("Putin' on the Blitz", I think it was called).

Buttons and Mindy and the Hip Hippos are the other two segments I couldn't stand. Other than that, I don't think there were any other characters I "loathed" in the show.

And I'd like to forget Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain, if that's what you meant. Good grief, did Elmyra annoy the CRAP outta me.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

I'll give em credit, though. They had a lot of guts doing that WWII episode ("Putin' on the Blitz", I think it was called).

The whole show had guts in general. When networks started cracking down on shows, and cartoons had to have some sort of educational meaning implied at some point in an episode, Animaniacs basically told them to st8ck it up their ass with the Wheel of Morality, and outright making fun of their own network (Fox Kids). "Putin' on the Blitz" was damned gutsy too.

You gotta' remember...this was back in the heart of the era when the Ninja Turtles wern't even allowed to hit villians with their weapons, resorting to dropping lamp posts on them. Fox Kids in general had guts, and Animaniacs and Batman TAS were the leading cannons.

Also, its not that Warner Brothers can't afford TMS Animation anymore. The problem is that it's waaaay cheaper to make stupid sh*t that is animated in Flash, or import a card throwing anime and dub it to sell toys. Quality (see: perfect) animated shows like this are going extinct. That's why I hope these DVD sets wakes some people up to the animated brilliance that is Animaniacs and Pinky & the Brain. We need more series like this, and less fu*king Yu-Gi-Oh. Seriously, where else could you find political humor, slapstick, guns, satan getting pwnd, classic Looney Toons style modernized, brilliant writing, halarious songs, parodies out the wazoo, and a little sexual harassment to go on top? Nothing currently on TV, that's for sure.


Oh, and Pinky, the Brain, and Elmyra was just an excuse on WB's part to axe the series and get something cheaper to produce on the air. That's why the opening made fun of it because the writers knew they were getting the axe, and decided to take the network down with them in traditional Animaniacs style.

I'll never forget the day Animaniacs got cancelled for the "Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh Video Game Card Selling Happy Fun Time Hour".



Burn in hell WB....oh wait, you are. Never mind

[Hannah]

Ohhh man, I haven't seen Animaniacs in forever. I have CDs, lol. I think I'm gonna go listen to them now...

I'm deffinately going to buy this. :3

[Dr. Doom]

Now we need to get Freakazoid on DVD.

[KROW]

Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

Now we need to get Freakazoid on DVD.

Hell, yes. *raises glass of wine*

[The Stryker]

Awwww snap, it's on like donkey kong now.

I loved Freakazoid

[Brian]

Animaniacs. Me, my older brother, and my parents would watch that show after I got back from school back in the day. What a classic.

[Jonatello]

I got the DVD today. I'm a big Animaniacs fan. It's definitely my favorite cartoon series