Fuzzy Dunlop Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 So I just ordered the first two volumes of Animaniacs on DVD from Amazon. I'm also probably going to order the Pinky And The Brain boxed sets. Anyone have any thoughts about the greatest cartoon of all time?
luke-o Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 Nah man, i always loved Animaniacs. Thought it was class. And it had an awesome theme tune.
Ripper Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 Tiny Toons was better Yakko telling Dot she was in charge of "finger prints" and Prince drops down from the sky and gives her a giggle while Dot just stares at the screen....that joke alone made me love this show. Plus...Chicken Boo mutha fucka. Chicken Boo. Fuck Tiny toons right in the eye.
Jericholic82 Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 Yea we need Tiny Toons on dvd as well. But 'Maniacs still rules as well. The greatest segments, of course "The Goodfeathers" and the dog who keeps losing his master the little girl "ok I love you buh bye"
Fuzzy Dunlop Posted March 20, 2007 Author Report Posted March 20, 2007 Tiny Toons was good, but it seemed like they made way too many references to the fact that they're smaller versions of the Looney Tunes, and I really don't remember them having too many characters/jokes that really stood out on their own. However I do have the VHS of "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" around here somewhere, and that was pretty badass.
Black Lushus Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 I think Pinky and the Brain is what turned me off to Animaniacs...they had a small segment in each episode for awhile, am I correct?
Guest Smues Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 Tiny Toons was great, but Animaniacs was better. Slappy Squirrel owns all.
CBright7831 Posted March 20, 2007 Report Posted March 20, 2007 So I just ordered the first two volumes of Animaniacs on DVD from Amazon. I'm also probably going to order the Pinky And The Brain boxed sets. Anyone have any thoughts about the greatest cartoon of all time? Greatest cartoon of all time? It's up there but Looney Tunes, The Simpsons, and the DCUA have it beat.
luke-o Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 Tiny Toons was better Yakko telling Dot she was in charge of "finger prints" and Prince drops down from the sky and gives her a giggle while Dot just stares at the screen....that joke alone made me love this show. Plus...Chicken Boo mutha fucka. Chicken Boo. Fuck Tiny toons right in the eye. You wear a disguse to look like human guys, but your not a man, your a chicken boo.
JasonX Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 I think Pinky and the Brain is what turned me off to Animaniacs...they had a small segment in each episode for awhile, am I correct? They were regulars on the show during the first season; before being spun off into their own show when the series changed networks and went onto the Kids WB. That said, Animaniacs is better than Tiny Toons, which has countless flaws that have become hard to ignore as time passes: most notably the fact one-third of the series has horrificlly bad animation and much of the humor is VERY VERY dated....
Ravenbomb Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 Any cartoon that makes Ingmar Bergman references is A-Okay in my book. And their Hemmingway toon > Meet the Beat-Alls.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Slappy Squirrel owned the show and everyone knows it. Also favorites: Wheel of Morality! Mime Time! Good idea/Bad idea! Buttons! OKILOVEYOUBUHBYE! The stupid things they added into the credits at the end I liked Pinky and the Brain but they overdid it with their own show. Dr. Scratchnsniff was annoying.
PLAGIARISM! Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 I quite enjoyed this, though my memory is vague. I remember laughing at a scene with Christopher Walken as a dinner guest.
Conspiracy_Victim Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 I loved the Animaniacs. Subversive humor for adults and slapstick for kids. Plus they even managed to make geography kinda fun (Yakko's Country Song). Tiny Toons had their moments (the music video for They Might Be Giants' "Istanbul" springs to mind) but I give the edge to Animaniacs.
razazteca Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Animaniacs had Freakazoid and that Johnny Quest parody?
Guest Smues Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 The Barney parady they did was my favorite episode as a kid. Hopefully it's on the next dvd set. Oh, and the Billy Ray Cyrus bashing was gold too. "Don't tell my head, my empty-hollow head. You know I wouldn't understand."
AndrewTS Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Really enjoyed the show, but there were lots of hit/miss segments. Chicken Boo and Katie Kaboom, anyone? Goodfeathers was fairly average. The actual Warner stuff and Pinky and the Brain were my fave, Slappy was always great if infrequent. Buttons and Mindy usually made me yawn. And while not really a negative on the show itself per se, when I found out that Minerva Mink had a major internet fanbase, often odd people called "furries," I think I died a little inside. Tiny Toons I thought was more consistently funny.
Scroby Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Slappy Squirrel owned the show and everyone knows it. Also favorites: Wheel of Morality! Mime Time! Good idea/Bad idea! Buttons! OKILOVEYOUBUHBYE! The stupid things they added into the credits at the end I liked Pinky and the Brain but they overdid it with their own show. Dr. Scratchnsniff was annoying. "Wheel of Morality, turn, turn, turn, tell us the lesson that we should learn" We use that line as a call back line over at Rocky Horror. I loved the Animaniacs just because the cartoon really started with the secret adult humor that just made it so great. Now I really want to go out and get the dvds.
Ravenbomb Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 I loved Pinky and the Brain's parodies of old movies. Though I appreciate them more now than I did then.
Black Lushus Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Tiny Toons I thought was more consistently funny. agreed...I think my love of the originals actually helped me appreciate Tiny Toons more as opposed to viewing them as copies/rip offs.
Ripper Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Really enjoyed the show, but there were lots of hit/miss segments. Chicken Boo and Katie Kaboom, anyone? Goodfeathers was fairly average. The actual Warner stuff and Pinky and the Brain were my fave, Slappy was always great if infrequent. Buttons and Mindy usually made me yawn. And while not really a negative on the show itself per se, when I found out that Minerva Mink had a major internet fanbase, often odd people called "furries," I think I died a little inside. Tiny Toons I thought was more consistently funny. Um...Chicken Boo fucking ruled.
EricMM Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 He's a chicken! A giant chicken! (with a mustache) IIRC, and I watched that show religiously, there was only one Minerva Mink cartoon anyway. Stupid furries. The guy who voiced Wakko is HUGE.
Insanity Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 The only one I never liked was Buttons and Mindy.
Ripper Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 And I don't know why people are suprised by Minerva Mink being perverted by the internet and furries. The first animated gif of cartoons screwing I remember was Yakko and Wakko double teaming Hello Nurse. This show was one of the first to be pornoised.
Jericholic82 Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Now you guys are making want to watch the show.damn theres goes another dvd purchase for me as for tiny toons, I think my love of it is due to it being on the air first and was a rite of passage to watch every day after school, sometimes while doing homework. How could I have forgotten to mention Chicken Boo? I suck Anyone care to list their fav good iea/bad ideas? I can't think of any off the top of my head right now though.
AndrewTS Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Um...Chicken Boo fucking ruled. News to me. I thought it was a one note joke that made Pepe LePew cartoons seem not quite so repetitive. IIRC, and I watched that show religiously, there was only one Minerva Mink cartoon anyway. Stupid furries. I'd swear so, too. Wikipedia says differently, though--2 starring cartoons and a bunch of cameos, allegedly. Tiny Toons had some really great Halloween specials. One Eyed Jack was a pretty awesome monster. They also did a great twist on the Bugs cartoon where he met Dracula.
KingPK Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 (edited) There was the one with the nerdy wolf with a crush on her that turns into a buff werewolf under a full moon. What was the other one? I have the Volume 2 set and looking back, everything except the Warners, P&TB and, to a lesser extent, Slappy Squirrel, was very hit and miss. Especially Buttons & Mindy and Rita & Runt. Edited March 24, 2007 by KingPK
Ravenbomb Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 There was one about a hunting dog that kept trying to trap her but had a boner for her so he kept screwing up.
Star Ocean 3 Posted March 24, 2007 Report Posted March 24, 2007 Someone has to say it - the hippos sucked.
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