It's time for Animaniacs! And we're zany to the max. So just sit back and relax, you'll laugh till you collapse; it's ANIMANIACS!
Such a good cartoon that seem to get better with age. You can find just about every episode online in some place or another. Most likely Youtube, but for special ones (*StarWars*) you have to do some searching.
Watching them now after years of being off the air, they have a certain nostalgia about them that bring back fond memories of a childhood. However, if you watch them back now, you understand more of the jokes because you have a wider view of the world. For instance, all of the "Rita and Runt" pieces revolve around musicals while the Animaniacs parody just about every movie made (up to that time) stretching from "Citizen Kane" to "Forrest Gump." Then you have Slappy the Squirrel where violence is the centerpiece, and Pinky and the Brain as they try to take over the world.
The writers on this series were excellent at finding ways of pushing the boundary, specifically the sexual innuendos. Whenever you see Yakko break the fourth wall by turning to the audience and saying "good night everybody" means that there was just a sexual innuendo said. Not to mention all the musical numbers done for every episode, the voice actors on the series were very musical gifted. From musical lyrics parody to Yakko's World, the songs are very catchy as well as funny.
If you did not grow up on the Animaniacs, go watch some and, as the shows beginning goes, "...sit back and relax, you'll laugh till you collapse."
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