ANIMANIACS
Vol. 2 |
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| INFO |
RELEASE DATE: 12/5/2006
CREATOR: Steven Spielberg, Rich Arons, Peter Bonerz, Barry Caldwell, Michael Gerard, Alfred Gimeno, Bruce Gowers, Bob Kline, Jenny Lerew, Jon McClenahan
WRITERS: Tim Ruegger
ACTORS: Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille,John Mariano, Chick Vennera, Maurice LaMarche, Frank Welker
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
RATED: G
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| SYNOPSIS |
Ensemble cast of off-the-wall Warner Brothers characters, appearing in a wide variety of roles. Wakko, Yakko, and Dot Warner, are WB Studio creations who were just too "zany" to be of any use to the studio. Pinky and the Brain are two mice bent on world domination. Rita and Runt are a cat and dog team, who get into perilous situations every episode, put always seem to find time to sing a song. Bobby, Pesto, and Squit are the Goodfeathers, part of a New York mob of pigeons, who worship Martin Scorsese. Slappy the Squirrel is a late middle-age squirrel; she starred in a series of popular cartoons in the Golden Age. Buttons is a watch-dog, charged with watching the mischievous toddler, Mindy. Chicken Boo is a giant chicken trying to integrate into human society. Flavio and Marita are two urbane hippopotami.
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| DVD REVIEWS |
Review Date: 12/20/2006
Author: Matt |
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A child of the 90's am I, and that being said I have always had a certain leaning to the genius that is STEVEN SPIELBERG'S ANIMANIACS. Yes, I was in my early teens when the show first aired and it may have been a little below my grade, but I always made sure I was around a TV when they were on as something about the characters and the quick skits and introductions always kept me entertained. From the Warner brother Yakko and Wakko and their sister Dot to Chick-A-Boo or "the classic in their own right" Pinky and the Brain. The show was always well crafted and full of plenty of pop culture references and tid bits of actual knowledge.
The VOLUME 2 COLLECTION DVD set of ANIMANIACS is just as good, if not better than its VOLUME 1 predecessor as the arsenal of episodes on these discs in this reviewers humble opinion are of a much higher and more memorable quality than VOLUME 1. I am sure there are those out there who would argue, and to those blind, deaf and humorless few I would say "I am over here!!! Oh wait, you're deaf what am I yelling for???" Episodes like Hiccup where the Goodfeathers search for the cure for hiccups and the Godpidgeon shows up to lend a hand all wrapped inside the running gag of Wakko being sick because he has a cartoon in his body, easily portray why this show is and always will be classic and sadly will never be duplicated.
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Features: Hardcore fans of the ANIMANIACS won't be thrilled with the lack of extras, being there but one lone featurette, but it is something at least. Luckily, with 25 episodes to chew on the extras are not really missed.
Available Subtitles: Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
25 episodes on five discs
"The Writer’s Flipped, They Have No Script" featurette |
Bottom Line: This is the ultimate gift or purchase for any fan of the show, and a great addition for anyone with the VOLUME 1 COLLECTION sitting lone on their shelf. I guess sometimes it is just nice to slip away into past memories and forget what I just spent on Christmas presents (if I don't look at the receipts I didn't spend it, right??)
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Rating: 10
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