#WB cartoons

[solarsonicsoda]

Rating 500+ Theme Tunes - #4: Animaniacs

Have you ever wondered who the Warner Bros. are? Well, they were probably some real guys but they're also two... creatures of some form, and they even have a sister! These are the Animaniacs! Yakko, Wakko, & Dot Warner live in the Warner Bros. water tower, and our the main characters of this 90's classic. The show features all sorts of comedic segments with all sorts of characters however, even being the origin of the infamous Pinky & The Brain. I'd liken this show to a sketch comedy show in a way, with wall-to-wall jokes and a variety of settings.

Now, Animaniacs is the first show thus far that was truly before my time. It's original run finished four whole years before my birth. I'll give you a sentence to process that. While I haven't watched full episodes of the show, I did watch the Pinky & The Brain standalone show and I'm also familiar with many segments from the show. I frequently listen to Yakko Warner's Nations of the World and Wakko Warner's America.

The show seems like an absolute hoot from everything I see, absolutely something I would get a lot of enjoyment from. It always makes me laugh! It's pretty weird too that Steven Spielburg is behind Animaniacs! That man really got around. Anyway, while we're here, I also haven't seen the revival series. We don't even get Hulu in the UK.

Theme time!

Animaniacs Theme Tune

This song goes so goddamn hard. I can't even lie. One of the biggest earworms I have ever heard in the history of intros. Everytime I find myself singing it! Just everything about this one makes me love this show, which is really exactly what you want. So much of the humour comes across perfectly in this song, even including a line about the characters' "pay-for-play contracts"! The meta-humour, the quick-humour, and while it can't influence my decision here, the physical humour of the animation is all perfect. Big brassy and mischievous instrumentals tie it all together brilliantly, making it that classic Warner Bros. cartoon mayhem for the audience of the 90's, with pop-culture of the time and fourth-wall breaks aplenty. This show and this theme knows what it is and wants to use that fully to its advantage.

An absolutely delightful intro. This one has to be an S-tier for me. Those are the facts!

Stay tuned for more and be sure to send in any suggestions for other shows you'd like to see done (after the 500 already in the pipeline that is). Check out the intro to this series here, and now, the tier list.

[ducklooney]

Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd from "The Wabbit Who Came to Supper" from 1942-Looney Tunes

Happy New Year!

[tfbsattic]

STAHP.

CHUNGUS TIME.

[amethystsoda]

From The Animation Guild on Instagram:

“Congrats to the WB and Cartoon Network production workers for filing an NLRB petition to unionize and demand voluntary recognition! Show your support to help them get the representation they deserve! #unionstrong #weare839 #production strong”

[evan-collins90]

Warner Bros. Studio Store - Times Square, NYC (1990's)

"To create an exciting retail environment for Warner Bros.' new store on the Great White Way, designers incorporated bright colors, excitement and entertainment that mimics Times Square itself. A dramatic glass window wall soars six stories above the street, providing unbroken views of the shopping floors within. Separate red, blue and green color environments are visible through the building's glass-and-steel facade. Hard-to-miss 3D neon signs featuring popular Looney Tune characters are placed on the wall by the escalator, and vintage neon and accent lighting highlight the "New York New York" shop."

Designed by JGA Inc., Southfield MI

Scanned from the Visual Merchandising 2 (2000)

[peteneems]

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Animaniacs (1993 - 1998)

[johnny-2000s]

I compiled all the coolest behind the scenes internet finds for Xiaolin Showdown! I found so many cool things I ended up designing a little bible of it all for us to cherish for years to come! :) Hope you like it:

[skullislandproductions]

It’s somebunny’s special day! Happy 84th Birthday Bugs! Tex Avery’s “A Wild Hare” was released July 27th, 1940.

[doodle-empress66]

THESE SHOWS DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE CANCELED

[ducktracy]

a short placing heavy emphasis on Hungarian Rhapsody No. II is a rite of passage for golden age cartoons. Bugs Bunny did it! Tom and Jerry did it! Daffy and Donald! but one thing Woody Woodpecker has above the competition is that he is held hostage by a group of gangsters and is forced to entertain, lest he get executed. amazing

[animationfanboy2k4]

Half of 2020s are gonna be the 10th anniversaries of the modern story-driven cartoons we love. 🌲💎✨🕯️

[browsethestacks]

Superman / Wonder Woman #023 (Looney Tunes Variant) (2013)

Art by Karl Kerschl

[seeksstaronmewni]

Almost 4 years after the Freakazoid! crossover "Hugbees", Teen Titans GO! pulled ANOTHER surprise crossover... this time with Loonatics Unleashed!

...sort of

Episode "UNLEASHED"

STORYBOARD: BRANKO KLJAJIC, CHRIS MARTIN

LEAD CHARACTER DESIGN: MARINA GARDNER, JUNPEI TAKAYAMA

CHARACTER DESIGN: RILEY PHILLIPS

CHARACTER CLEAN UP: SARA ANDERSON, PABLO BERMUDEZ

Tweet version here.

This made for quite a Saturday morning lineup on Cartoon Network yesterday and I could not sleep on it... I pity those who did

I mean; this is legit Andy Merrill right here

...or maybe you were just eating breakfast/brunch while this stuff was on CN

Tweet of additional comment here.

[90ssuperheroes]

Happy 78th Birthday to

🎁🎂 Tim Curry🎈🎉

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