There’s this guy with bunnies and they’re everywhere. YouTube! Uber! Global warming! Gun control? “We do a show about ‘bun control,’” Harnell says, “It’s about controlling bunnies. Think about the things we’ve seen since 1998, how much new stuff there is to poke holes.” “The difference between the old show and the new the situations have changed drastically. “At its heart, Animaniacs was always a kid’s show masquerading as a social satire, masquerading as a Broadway musical,” Harnell tells Inverse. “ Animaniacs was always a kid’s show masquerading as a social satire.” Plus Maurice LaMarche as the ambitious lab mouse, Brain.
Original series stars Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, and Tress MacNeille reprise their roles in the revival as Yakko (and Pinky), Wakko, and Dot, respectively. As they sing in their opening number: “What’s going on? Will we be okay? Has it all gone mad since we went away?”īut while the world is different, the Animaniacs remain the same avatars of chaos with mallets and pies in their back pockets. Still, the Animaniacs - talkative Yakko, belching Wakko, and sassy sister Dot - enter a world they don’t recognize, and they’re just a little terrified. You won’t believe how much mileage they still get with Bill Clinton on the sax. While the world of 2020 is different from 1998, a comically poignant point Animaniacs (and Pinky and the Brain) makes is how little things actually change. Twenty-two years after Animaniacs went off the air, the cultural satire disguised as a slapstick musical cartoon is back, this time on Hulu. They’re the Animaniacs, and you should see their new contracts.
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