Ocean Phoenix
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Feb 10, 2004
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- 591
I love Animaniacs. Unlike Batman: The Animated Series, which I've watched many times over the past few years after downloading episodes off the internet, I haven't seen Animaniacs since it was on TV. I don't remember much of it, but I do remember that it was a really special cartoon, wildly clever, imaginative, and creative. Seeing the recent TV movie "Wakko's Wish" brought back some fond memories and made me really want to watch the show again.
Since I haven't seen it in so long, seeing Animaniacs on DVD would be like reliving the experience of seeing it for the first time. I've been wondering over the last few years about why Animaniacs hasn't been put on DVD, and I thought it might be because of all the shots it took at celebrities, and all of the movies/TV shows it referenced in sight gags.
As a child, I never appreciated those jokes much, but now that I'm older I would love to see them again and am sure I would appreciate them like I never have before. I can still remember some of them, like hilarious caricatures of celebrities like Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey, science fiction characters like Captain Picard and Darth Vader in the background when the warner kids are on an alien spaceship, and one of the greatest sight gags of all time- Michael Richards from "Seinfeld" sitting at a table with Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman, constantly switching from a looking at one to looking at the other, with a confused look on his face. Does anyone think such funny and (mostly) innocent teasing of celebrities could prevent the show from getting released on DVD?
Since I haven't seen it in so long, seeing Animaniacs on DVD would be like reliving the experience of seeing it for the first time. I've been wondering over the last few years about why Animaniacs hasn't been put on DVD, and I thought it might be because of all the shots it took at celebrities, and all of the movies/TV shows it referenced in sight gags.
As a child, I never appreciated those jokes much, but now that I'm older I would love to see them again and am sure I would appreciate them like I never have before. I can still remember some of them, like hilarious caricatures of celebrities like Barbara Walters and Oprah Winfrey, science fiction characters like Captain Picard and Darth Vader in the background when the warner kids are on an alien spaceship, and one of the greatest sight gags of all time- Michael Richards from "Seinfeld" sitting at a table with Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman, constantly switching from a looking at one to looking at the other, with a confused look on his face. Does anyone think such funny and (mostly) innocent teasing of celebrities could prevent the show from getting released on DVD?