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King Something [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 5:29:46 PM  
34 votes:
It's unclear how much of this show will be for kids

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It'll probably be as kid-friendly as the original series from the 90s.
 
optikeye [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 6:55:07 PM  
25 votes:

Plaster Lion: It really just looks like crap. The bar for entertainment has lowered so far that people will glom onto anything that reminds them of their childhood.


I mean why are you complaining. It's on HULU. You literally have to subscribe, create an account and pay for it.
Yet you're complaining.

This isn't even like sad coffeeshop hipsters "I don't even OWN A TV" level of smug.

It's like complaining about books on the shelves at libraries and book stores. THAT YOU DON'T LIKE.

GET OVER IT. IT's not even close to being edgy now. It's just being a jerk.
 
Lokilaw2012 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-10-21 7:17:10 PM  
21 votes:

Plaster Lion: It really just looks like crap. The bar for entertainment has lowered so far that people will glom onto anything that reminds them of their childhood.


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optikeye [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 6:50:37 PM  
17 votes:

Plaster Lion: It really just looks like crap. The bar for entertainment has lowered so far that people will glom onto anything that reminds them of their childhood.


Sounds like someone needs a spanking.
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 5:08:32 PM  
10 votes:
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO​OOOOOOOOOO
 
RTOGUY [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 5:36:04 PM  
8 votes:
ANIMANIACS JURASSIC PARK Trailer (Animation, 2020)
Youtube Rl13KmATjWM


I liked this one better. Still super excited for the reboot though and that's something I don't think I've ever said before.
 
skyotter [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 5:35:09 PM  
8 votes:
Hellooooooo Nurse!
 
geom_00 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-10-21 5:31:46 PM  
8 votes:
I was trying, and failing, to not laugh out loud at work for this!

/NARF
 
knoxvelour
2020-10-21 9:30:18 PM  
5 votes:
Wasn't a fan of Goodfeathers. Hopefully that won't make the new show
 
BullBearMS
2020-10-21 8:10:15 PM  
5 votes:
Squee!

Hello again, my early adulthood, post college, favorite cartoon ever.
 
FirstNationalBastard
2020-10-21 7:30:12 PM  
5 votes:

Bslim: Wonder if they are bringing back some of the other characters? (no Slappy Squirrel please)


No Slappy. The writer/voice artist didn't sign on. Doesn't really look like anyone but the Warner Brothers and Sister, and Pinky and the Brain are there this time out, which is fine with me.

Anyway, elsewhere, that "never mansplainy" line has really triggered the type of snowflake who uses the term "triggered snowflakes" unironically.

I thought it was funny.
 
towatchoverme
2020-10-22 6:17:36 AM  
4 votes:
Chicken Boo sucked. Talk about one-note.

Slappy Squirrel? Now THAT'S comedy.
 
Last Man on Earth [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 10:43:17 PM  
4 votes:

capngroovy: There are some bits that do/don't translate to 2020.

Don't:
Slappy: those that recall the era she "harkens back to" have moved on. Basically VH1 "We Love the 30s"
Good feathers: probably replaced by a more... contemporary...film/series. Stranger Wings?
Rita and Runt: unless Lin-Manuel Miranda replaces Bernadette, nah
Hip hippos: sucked then, suck now
Hello Nurse: #hertoo

Do:
Good Idea/Bad Idea: this and Wheel of Morality could go in forever
Chicken Boo: sure, Drunk History has taken over this niche, but can Derek Waters be a chicken?
Celebrity slams: the rise and fall of Paris Hilton and the Kardashians were post-Animaniacs 1.9. Survivor was just hitting it's stride. That's 13 epis in itself

So I'm glad they are focusing on the core. I wish there was overlap with Top Gear at it's prime.


Don't:  Buttons & Mindy.  Not bad, exactly, but extremely one-note.
 
capngroovy
2020-10-21 10:37:38 PM  
4 votes:
There are some bits that do/don't translate to 2020.

Don't:
Slappy: those that recall the era she "harkens back to" have moved on. Basically VH1 "We Love the 30s"
Good feathers: probably replaced by a more... contemporary...film/series. Stranger Wings?
Rita and Runt: unless Lin-Manuel Miranda replaces Bernadette, nah
Hip hippos: sucked then, suck now
Hello Nurse: #hertoo

Do:
Good Idea/Bad Idea: this and Wheel of Morality could go in forever
Chicken Boo: sure, Drunk History has taken over this niche, but can Derek Waters be a chicken?
Celebrity slams: the rise and fall of Paris Hilton and the Kardashians were post-Animaniacs 1.9. Survivor was just hitting it's stride. That's 13 epis in itself

So I'm glad they are focusing on the core. I wish there was overlap with Top Gear at it's prime.
 
Cythraul
2020-10-21 10:30:56 PM  
4 votes:
Bring back Chicken Boo, or get lost.
 
RyansPrivates
2020-10-21 7:06:44 PM  
4 votes:

optikeye: RyansPrivates: What are the WARNER BROTHERS (and sister) on DISNEY owned Hulu?

If there was only a Warner Media owned streaming platform? Maybe the could call it Max Plus HBO or something?

Shhhh... Don't tell him about SpiderMan, Universal, and Marvel.


This would be a new licensing deal, not like the film deal Sony and Marvel got into with Spiderman. The last place Animaniacs ran was on Kids WB   and is distributed by Warner Television.

It just shows you how incompetent AT&T is at things: a beloved property gets licensed out to their competitor rather than trying to use it to get more people on their own service.
 
optikeye [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 6:46:30 PM  
4 votes:

RyansPrivates: What are the WARNER BROTHERS (and sister) on DISNEY owned Hulu?

If there was only a Warner Media owned streaming platform? Maybe the could call it Max Plus HBO or something?


Shhhh... Don't tell him about SpiderMan, Universal, and Marvel.
 
koder [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-10-21 6:43:00 PM  
4 votes:

KingBiefWhistle: I swear to God I will pistol whip the next person who brings up the Finger Prince joke


If not that one, I can only guess you expect us poor innocent Farkers to climb up on dangerous Perl-driven webservers and paint naked people all over a church?

We'll do it.
 
optikeye [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 6:41:33 PM  
4 votes:

RTOGUY: [iFrame https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rl13KmAT​jWM?autoplay=1&widget_referrer=https%3​A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&start=0&enablejsap​i=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&​widgetid=1]

I liked this one better. Still super excited for the reboot though and that's something I don't think I've ever said before.


MY GAWD... IT'S FULL OF AWESOME.
 
LegacyDL
2020-10-21 5:59:35 PM  
4 votes:
No Slappy Squirrel? For shame!
 
johncspartan38
2020-10-22 7:42:08 AM  
3 votes:
"Bumbies Mom " was genius.
 
FirstNationalBastard
2020-10-22 1:08:04 AM  
3 votes:

paulleah: I loved Slappy Squirrel and Buttons and Mindy.

When my wife goes to work I always say "ok lady bye bye".


I always thought Buttons and Mindy should've been two episodes, max.

Episode one, Mindy tortures Buttons in the usual way.

Episode 2, Buttons lets Mindy die horribly. End of series.
 
paulleah
2020-10-22 12:31:24 AM  
3 votes:
I loved Slappy Squirrel and Buttons and Mindy.

When my wife goes to work I always say "ok lady bye bye".
 
FirstNationalBastard
2020-10-21 8:22:32 PM  
3 votes:

optikeye: RyansPrivates: optikeye: RyansPrivates: What are the WARNER BROTHERS (and sister) on DISNEY owned Hulu?

If there was only a Warner Media owned streaming platform? Maybe the could call it Max Plus HBO or something?

Shhhh... Don't tell him about SpiderMan, Universal, and Marvel.

This would be a new licensing deal, not like the film deal Sony and Marvel got into with Spiderman. The last place Animaniacs ran was on Kids WB   and is distributed by Warner Television.

It just shows you how incompetent AT&T is at things: a beloved property gets licensed out to their competitor rather than trying to use it to get more people on their own service.

Yeah. So? Yet here we are.


Also, Hulu announced this Animaniacs deal in January 2018. HBO Max wasn't a thing until October 2018.

So, when the deal was being made, AT&T didn't even own WB, there was no WBAT&T streaming service on the horizon, and Hulu was interested.

Not to say AT&TWB aren't generally idiots, but this case isn't part of that idiocy.
 
baltimoreblonde
2020-10-21 5:26:13 PM  
3 votes:
I'm actually getting Hulu for this.

Who'd want to catfish poor Pinky? That just ain't right. :)
And I hope she's still Princess Angelina Contessa etc.
 
rockymountainrider
2020-10-22 10:41:46 AM  
2 votes:
Animaniacs?  Yes.
Pinky and the Brain? Yes.
Good Idea/Bad Idea? Yes

Goodfeathers, Slappy, Mindy and most of the others?  No
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2020-10-22 2:18:08 AM  
2 votes:

King Something: It's unclear how much of this show will be for kids

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It'll probably be as kid-friendly as the original series from the 90s.


Pinky and the Brain Swearing
Youtube JTWHkKDJ6Ws
 
baltimoreblonde
2020-10-21 10:49:15 PM  
2 votes:

Last Man on Earth: capngroovy: There are some bits that do/don't translate to 2020.

Don't:
Slappy: those that recall the era she "harkens back to" have moved on. Basically VH1 "We Love the 30s"
Good feathers: probably replaced by a more... contemporary...film/series. Stranger Wings?
Rita and Runt: unless Lin-Manuel Miranda replaces Bernadette, nah
Hip hippos: sucked then, suck now
Hello Nurse: #hertoo

Do:
Good Idea/Bad Idea: this and Wheel of Morality could go in forever
Chicken Boo: sure, Drunk History has taken over this niche, but can Derek Waters be a chicken?
Celebrity slams: the rise and fall of Paris Hilton and the Kardashians were post-Animaniacs 1.9. Survivor was just hitting it's stride. That's 13 epis in itself

So I'm glad they are focusing on the core. I wish there was overlap with Top Gear at it's prime.

Don't:  Buttons & Mindy.  Not bad, exactly, but extremely one-note.


Interesting note about Buttons and Mindy: Spielberg wasn't a fan and wanted to drop them, but his kids overruled him, so they stayed.
 
FirstNationalBastard
2020-10-21 10:40:52 PM  
2 votes:

capngroovy: There are some bits that do/don't translate to 2020.

Don't:

Hip hippos: sucked then, suck now


Make 'em the Kardashians.
 
FirstNationalBastard
2020-10-21 10:25:22 PM  
2 votes:

RyansPrivates: FirstNationalBastard: optikeye: RyansPrivates: optikeye: RyansPrivates: What are the WARNER BROTHERS (and sister) on DISNEY owned Hulu?

If there was only a Warner Media owned streaming platform? Maybe the could call it Max Plus HBO or something?

Shhhh... Don't tell him about SpiderMan, Universal, and Marvel.

This would be a new licensing deal, not like the film deal Sony and Marvel got into with Spiderman. The last place Animaniacs ran was on Kids WB   and is distributed by Warner Television.

It just shows you how incompetent AT&T is at things: a beloved property gets licensed out to their competitor rather than trying to use it to get more people on their own service.

Yeah. So? Yet here we are.

Also, Hulu announced this Animaniacs deal in January 2018. HBO Max wasn't a thing until October 2018.

So, when the deal was being made, AT&T didn't even own WB, there was no WBAT&T streaming service on the horizon, and Hulu was interested.

Not to say AT&TWB aren't generally idiots, but this case isn't part of that idiocy.

AT&T proposed a merger with Time Warner in 2016, and was blocked by a DOJ lawsuit until mid-2018, when they won the suit and finally bought AT&T.



FTFY.
 
RyansPrivates
2020-10-21 9:18:03 PM  
2 votes:

FirstNationalBastard: optikeye: RyansPrivates: optikeye: RyansPrivates: What are the WARNER BROTHERS (and sister) on DISNEY owned Hulu?

If there was only a Warner Media owned streaming platform? Maybe the could call it Max Plus HBO or something?

Shhhh... Don't tell him about SpiderMan, Universal, and Marvel.

This would be a new licensing deal, not like the film deal Sony and Marvel got into with Spiderman. The last place Animaniacs ran was on Kids WB   and is distributed by Warner Television.

It just shows you how incompetent AT&T is at things: a beloved property gets licensed out to their competitor rather than trying to use it to get more people on their own service.

Yeah. So? Yet here we are.

Also, Hulu announced this Animaniacs deal in January 2018. HBO Max wasn't a thing until October 2018.

So, when the deal was being made, AT&T didn't even own WB, there was no WBAT&T streaming service on the horizon, and Hulu was interested.

Not to say AT&TWB aren't generally idiots, but this case isn't part of that idiocy.


AT&T bought Time Warner in 2016.

TDWCom29: Or the fact that for years and years WB owned Animaniacs was run on Fox!



After it ran on Fox it ran on Kids WB, which was part of "The WB" owned by Warner Brothers Television. Warner Brothers maintained ownerhsip of the Kids WB througout.
 
TDWCom29
2020-10-21 8:42:54 PM  
2 votes:

optikeye: RyansPrivates: What are the WARNER BROTHERS (and sister) on DISNEY owned Hulu?

If there was only a Warner Media owned streaming platform? Maybe the could call it Max Plus HBO or something?

Shhhh... Don't tell him about SpiderMan, Universal, and Marvel.


Or the fact that for years and years WB owned Animaniacs was run on Fox!
 
optikeye [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 8:32:03 PM  
2 votes:

Iggie: OMFGWTF?

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It's  Mythology. It's trump as a baby Cyclops and " Athena/Gaia/Artimus" female figure in the background.
So kudos to them for the education attempt there.
 
MiddleAgedWoman [BareFark]
2020-10-21 7:45:41 PM  
2 votes:
This is the best news I've seen in a long time!  I am unreasonably happy about this.   I LOVE THESE GUYS!
 
RyansPrivates
2020-10-21 6:32:15 PM  
2 votes:
What are the WARNER BROTHERS (and sister) on DISNEY owned Hulu?

If there was only a Warner Media owned streaming platform? Maybe the could call it Max Plus HBO or something?
 
buckeyebrain
2020-10-21 6:26:56 PM  
2 votes:
Also:  I said this when (the reference) was popular.  It was an absolute tragedy to have no Animaniacs a few years ago.  "Here Comes Chicken Boo-Boo" would have been comedy gold!
 
Alley Rat [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 5:16:26 PM  
2 votes:
* blows a kiss*

Goodnight, everybody!
 
Mentat [TotalFark]
2020-10-22 7:38:59 PM  
1 vote:
All you Slappy haters need to find Jesus.
 
empres77 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-10-22 9:37:07 AM  
1 vote:
For unresolved chord resolution goodness:

Dot: Here's the show's name-y (Episodes 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22, 26, 31, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 56, 69, 97)
Warners: Pinky and The Brain-y (2, 18, 24, 38, 52, 82, 84, 94, 99)
Dot: Come back, Shane-y[1] (3, 34, 45, 51)
Dot: The rain in Spain-y[2] (5, 23, 39)
Warners: Cockamamie (6, 57)
Dot: Shirley MacLaine-y (Episode 9, 30, 44, 64)
Warners: (spoken) How urbane-y (Episode 11, 25, 42, 55, 96)
Yakko: Citizen Kane-y (Episode 12, 20, 36, 50, 59)
Yakko: Andromeda Strain-y (Episode 15, 62)
Wakko: Where's Lon Chaney? (Episode 19, 29, 54)
Yakko: Eisenhower Mamie (Episode 21, 37, 58)
Yakko: Miss Cellan-y (Episode 27, 35, 43, 63)
Wakko: Chicken Chow Meiny (Episode 28, 33, 60, 93)
Yakko: Dana Delany (Episode 32 (although the "Here's the show's name-y" footage is used), 40, 53, 61)
Warners: Hydroplane-y (Episode 70)
Warners: Money down the drain-y (Episode 71)
Dot: No pain, no gain-y (Episode 72, 95)
Wakko: Penny Lane-y (Episode 73)
Yakko: Uhhhhhhhhhh... (Episode 74, 92)
Warners: Here's the Flame-y (Episode 75)
Dot: Tarzan and Jane-y (Episode 76)
Warners: Novocainey (Episode 77)
Warners: Meet Mark Twain-y (Episode 78)
Yakko: Presidential campaign-y (Episode 79)
Wakko: Hunchback of Notre Dame-y (Episode 80)
Warners: Bowling lane-y (Episode 81)
Yakko: Bangor, Maine-y (Episode 85)
Warners: Frasier Crane-y (Episode 86)
Warners: Mister Haney (Episode 87)
Dot: Quiche lorraine-y (Episode 88)
Yakko: Lake Champlain-y (Episode 89)
Dot: High octane-y (Episode 90)
Warners: Public domain-y (Episode 91)
Yakko: Candy cane-y (Episode 98, although footage from Episode 50 is used)
Dot: Nickelaney (Nickelodeon/Nicktoons airings only)
Pepperoni: Spaghetti Stain-y (Finale of Episode 71 only)
 
hamsack
2020-10-22 8:40:56 AM  
1 vote:
Fark user imageView Full Size
 
Rocket To Russia
2020-10-22 7:39:27 AM  
1 vote:
Now do Tiny Toons!
 
paulleah
2020-10-22 12:36:57 AM  
1 vote:
Met Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulson. Two extremely kind guys. Very nice and funny. Very generous with fans.
 
Last Man on Earth [TotalFark]
2020-10-21 11:04:14 PM  
1 vote:

capngroovy: Last Man on Earth: capngroovy: There are some bits that do/don't translate to 2020.

Don't:
Slappy: those that recall the era she "harkens back to" have moved on. Basically VH1 "We Love the 30s"
Good feathers: probably replaced by a more... contemporary...film/series. Stranger Wings?
Rita and Runt: unless Lin-Manuel Miranda replaces Bernadette, nah
Hip hippos: sucked then, suck now
Hello Nurse: #hertoo

Do:
Good Idea/Bad Idea: this and Wheel of Morality could go in forever
Chicken Boo: sure, Drunk History has taken over this niche, but can Derek Waters be a chicken?
Celebrity slams: the rise and fall of Paris Hilton and the Kardashians were post-Animaniacs 1.9. Survivor was just hitting it's stride. That's 13 epis in itself

So I'm glad they are focusing on the core. I wish there was overlap with Top Gear at it's prime.

Don't:  Buttons & Mindy.  Not bad, exactly, but extremely one-note.

I have to agree with that, but even as you mentioned, I still thought it was in Tiny Toons. Yeah, solid DON'T.

Katie Kaboom could work, but is a bit more delicate.
Randy Beeman's Friend is a keeper.


Katie Kaboom worked, yeah, but only because they only did it like twice.  That bit could overstay its welcome really easily.

Minerva Mink is obviously out for the same reasons as Hello Nurse, plus the segments themselves weren't even all that funny at the time.

Looking back, for a show that was so good overall, it had a ton of lame material.  Everyone loved the Warners, Pinky & the Brain, and the relatively-quick interstitial bits like GI,BI, but the extended side-bits were really weak.  I guess part of the show's biggest strengths was the willingness to jettison bits that really didn't work (Hip Hippos, Mr. Skullhead Show, etc.) after one or two attempts to make room for the good parts.
 
fearmongert
2020-10-21 6:49:49 PM  
1 vote:

buckeyebrain: baltimoreblonde: Who'd want to catfish poor Pinky? That just ain't right. :)

Are you pondering what I'm pondering?


Uh... yeah, BUCKEYEBRAIN, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?
 
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