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Animaniacs coming to DVD

by Adam Finley, posted Apr 3rd 2006 1:00PM

animaniacsApparently, I need to pay closer attention. I've been wondering if Animaniacs would ever come out on DVD, but apparently TV Shows on DVD have been all over the story for awhile now. Well, now it's official, and Animaniacs Volume One will be released on DVD on July 25. The set will include a hefty dose of 25 episodes featuring the Warners, weird dog-like creatures who were too insane for even Warner Bros. animation standards and were locked away in the studio's water tower. The show, I think, was even more of an homage to the classic Looney Tunes than its predecessor, Tiny Toons. It satirized celebrities and packed episodes with pop cultural references, just as Looney Tunes did back in the day, and with the exact same kind of aloof detachment.

Do any of you Animaniacs maniacs have some favorite moments from the show? I'm quite fond of the Imagination Song from an episode featuring a parody of purple dinosaur Barney called "Baloney." It went like this:

I is for "Imagine"

M is for "Me"

A is for the letter "A"

G is for "G"

I is for, um, "Imagine"

N is for "Nice"

E is for "Egad! I said 'Imagine' twice."

That still cracks me the heck up.

Thanks to Sean for the tip!

UPDATE: I missed that Pinky and the Brain is also coming out at the same time. Thanks, elf.

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jennifer

Hello---o Nurse!

Who can forget the spell of all spells? Charlie Sheen, Ben Vereen, shrink to the size of a lima bean!
-Brain

Or Dot's ever famous line, Dumber than advertised!

Love luck and lollipops!
(I think I'm going to be at the store when it opens July 25th.)

April 20 2006 at 6:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
alan

i can't potty in there! it's disgusting!
- wakko warner

April 19 2006 at 6:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wheel see

only one line
"would you like to take a survey?"

-wC

April 04 2006 at 12:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sherman

"Oooh... meet our new best friend!" in countless episodes.

Our family's all-time favorite is "King Yakko", a hilarious send up of the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup. It included the national anthem ("Anvil-ania") sung by Perry Coma (sic), and polka dot dresses that invoked everyone to dance: "Polka, Dot?"

After a year of slavishly Tivo-ing from Nicktoons and then burning the best bits to DVD, I'm not sure about buying the Warner release... ah, who am I kidding? Of course I will!

April 03 2006 at 7:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kerry

Bex:
You're thinking of this:
http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/a/animaniacs8676/yakkosworld295693.html
Man, I'd forgotten about that one. I had some of it memorized back in the day, but now I've forgotten pretty much all of it.

April 03 2006 at 5:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris

The episode where they end up in Hades and mess with Satan kills me. Wakko runs up to the surface, grabs a snowball, runs back down, drops the snowball down and as it melts says, "They were right. It didn't stand a chance."

April 03 2006 at 4:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bex

The United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Jamaica, Brazil... Is that how it went? Used to get that one stuck in my head all day.

April 03 2006 at 4:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
vaccenyl

I don't know how I missed this, but apparently The Tick (animated) series will be out on DVD before 2007!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4963

April 03 2006 at 3:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tozmervo

SLAPPY: Unfortunately, yes! Skippy, what is the name of that group playing on stage?
SKIPPY: Who.
SLAPPY: The name of the group.
SKIPPY: Who.
SLAPPY: The group on stage.
SKIPPY: Who.
SLAPPY: The group playing on stage.
SKIPPY: Who.

http://wbtower.ashyre.com/docs/atrans/atrans59.txt
and so on for about 40 more lines :D

April 03 2006 at 3:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patrick R

Yes. This is good news.

April 03 2006 at 2:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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