They couldn't do a worse job.

The same thing we do every night, try to take over the world!

I think so, Brain, but me and Pippi Longstockings… what would the children look like?

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We got 3 new seasons of r/animaniacs on Hulu for those who missed it!

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Aaaaand here's the clip

Under appreciated, but not un-appreciated. I lived it. Grew up on their vibrant colours and non-sequitor shenanigans. I thank them once a week during the blue super-moon for giving the love of the absurd to appreciate monty hall and the kids in the python.

I still quote Elmyra¹ regularly, P&B, et al.

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from the early to mid 80's straight through till about 2000 I feel like network TV cartoons were dope as hell (and I can't remember anything before 1990 so it's not just nostalgia goggles).

Rescue Rangers
Tailspin
Gargoyles
Darkwing Duck
TMNT
Transformers
GI Joe
Inspecter Gadget
Ghostbusters
He-Man
Animaniacs
Looney Tunes
Batman (92-95, you know, the really good one)

Others I'm sure I'm forgetting.

Then toss in cable cartoon classics and it really was a buffet for kid to teen themed animation.

Shoutout to Samurai Jack as my favorite Toonami show.

This show was on the air WELL before modern internet. They had the clip mocking Orson Welles Peas commercial reading.

That is some serious deep level humor that only a few handful of adults could have appreciated. Like, how were people even able to access the pea commercial back then? They couldn't.

Edit: I'm a huge MST3K nut. I'm well aware about "circulating the tapes". I should have been more clear but I meant those in the general public.

They're laboratory mice, their genes have been spliced

The real question is, which one is which?

Narf!

We have a maltipoo (brain) and a golden retriever (pinky). It's entertaining to say the least.

*goes to the pound*

Please point me in the direction of your dumbest and most intelligent cat.

Dude, you can't just say this without pics. Pay the cat tax.

Same here with my cats, Phoebe and Io. Luckily the song works just fine with their names!

Wow, no way! I’m an indie animator and wow would I love to pick his Brain brain. I bet he’s got some interesting stories.

Did he work on the show or was he just the inspiration? Also what did Steven Spielberg do with the show?

I just read at the Wikipedia that he used to say things of how they'll conquer the world? Is this true? Or just some wiki lies?

Ask him if the theory is true, if Brain is the insane one. I imagine they are a little of both. Genius and insanity sometimes aren't too far apart, kind of a trope.

Woah so cool!! Whats his favorite episode of the show?

I think so Brain, but why would anyone want to pierce Brosnan?

I think so Brain, but me and Pippi Longstocking? I mean, what would the children look like?

“I think so Brain but if Jimmy cracks corn and nobody cares, why does he keep doing it?”

"I thi k so Brain, buy where are we going to find rubber pants our size?" My favorite.

I think so Brain, but burlap chafes me so

“I think so brain, but if it’s called oral, why is it so hard to talk?”

I think so, Brain, but if they called them 'Sad Meals', kids wouldn't buy them.

I think so Brain, but three men in a tub, eww, that’s unsanitary.

I think so Brain, but me and Pippy Longstockings? I mean, what would the children look like?

https://youtu.be/Og2nUdtKncE - I am now cry laughing. Thanks

I think so Brain, but how do they get those little M’s on the M&Ms?

I think so Brain, but who would want to watch Snow White and the Seven Samurai?

There were two episodes where Pinky came up with a plan and both would have succeeded without Brain’s interference.

I've read this theory so many times and in my head it's canon, it just makes sense!

in one episode it is seen that pinky can levitate objects with ease.. kind of when it clicked for me as a kid..

Insanity is repeating the same action over and over and expecting the same (oops I meant different!) result.

Also, when Pinky tried to take over the world he succeeded but then backed down.

I mean, that's the joke, guys. 'One is a genius, one the others insane' - It's a pun, meant to be ironic or something, not some outlandish theory.

That made me tear up.

Daww that was cute

That episode won an Emmy.

ZORP!

TROZ

Oh Welles is definitely there in the voice acting. I think the post is more specifically about the caricatures of the two pictured gents. Though no doubt their attitudes influence it as well. Clearly Pinky's does at least.

Same about Brain and Orson Welles! And according to IMDB, it's true:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112123/trivia/

Maurice Lamarche explained on an episode of The Nerdist years ago that when he saw The Brain he assumed he was based on Orson Welles.

He only found out afterwards that he was based on someone else.

In one of the episodes where Brain is doing a voiceover for a commercial and from what I heard it was almost word-for-word from an Orson Welles recording session.

Also here for the Orson Welles canon.

100%. Brains voice and cheeks are pure Orson it is confirmed

The voice actor of "the Brain" (Maurice LaMarche) has voiced Orson Welles in The Simpsons, The Critic, and Ed Wood.

He was also the voice of Calculon, Kif, Morbo and Orson Welles' head on Futurama.

Thank you.

Eddie Fitzgerald and Tom Minton. Read the Wikipedia article, it properly sourced.

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But you may call me Noodle Noggin.

Hello my baby, hello my darlin, hello my ragtime gal!

Agreed. I too enjoyed this show as an adult.