We agree with Wakko: “How is that possible? People rely on Animaniacs for outrageous and relevant content.”Īlas, there’s still plenty of relevant satire: “Facebook is a toxic waste dump, the Fox Friends are doting, the Russians are voting.” Most intriguing, the Animaniacs wear COVID-style masks in quarantine bunkers, so either the writers were eerily prescient, or the illustrators were able to hop in and update a few frames at the last minute. Oddly, for President Trump, they say, “We think there’s still a President Trump, but the writers are writing this in 2018.” It’s a major flaw for viewers who regularly watch “South Park” spoof current events on a weekly basis. Bush searching for WMDs and Barack Obama’s inspiring “hope” poster in 2008.

Yakko performs a song-and-dance number to relay the events that have transpired over the past 20 years, including Al Gore losing the 2000 election with hanging chads, George W. The writers have fun with the fact that the show has been off the air since 1998. Don’t overthink it.”ĭot (whacking them with a hammer): “22 years later and I’m still a knockout.” Yakko: “But not so modern that you’ll alienate the dads because they’re a key part of our demographic…. Wakko: “But modern to show that we’re not your dad’s Animaniacs.” They’ve got to be funny, they’ve got to be irreverent, and most of all, they’ve got to be carefully crafted.” Yakko: “There’s a lot of pressure on our first lines.

Together, they take pride in being the original post-modern pranksters, claiming, “We did meta first.” As such, they openly banter over what their first dialogue should be after such a long hiatus, making sure it appeals to both old and new audiences: Rob Paulsen returns as Yakko with a Don Lockwood charm, Jess Harnell revives Wakko’s British Beatles accent and Tress MacNeille returns as Dot after voicing Babs Bunny in “Tiny Toons.” The Warner Brothers, Yakko, Wakko and their Warner sister, Dot, rise from the grave and run home to their water tower above the Warner studio lot.

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