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Animaniacs
''Animaniacs'' is an American Animated series, animated Comedy television, comedy Musical film, musical television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation. It originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's Fox Kids block in 1993, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, until the series ended on November 14, 1998. ''Animaniacs'' is the second animated series by Warner Bros. Television Animation to be produced in association with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment after ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. It initially ran a total of 99 episodes, along with a feature-length film, ''Wakko's Wish''. Reruns later aired on Cartoon Network from 1997 to 2001, Nickelodeon from 2001 to 2005, Nicktoons (American TV channel), Nicktoons from 2002 to 2005, and Discovery Family (known as The Hub Network at the time) from 2012 to 2014. ''Animaniacs'' is a variety show, with short Sketch comedy, skits featuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animaniacs (2020 TV Series)
''Animaniacs'' is an American animated television comedy, comedy musical film, musical television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Hulu. A Revival (television), revival of the 1993 TV series ''Animaniacs'' created by Tom Ruegger, the new series sees the return of the Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot (voiced respectively by their original voice actors, Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, and Tress MacNeille), and Pinky and the Brain#Pinky, Pinky and Pinky and the Brain#The Brain, the Brain (voiced by their respective original voice actors Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche). The series was first announced in January 2018 with a two-season order and Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation producing; the series debuted on Hulu on November 20, 2020. The second season debuted on November 5, 2021. The third and final season was released on February 17, 2023. Premise ''Animaniacs'' continues to focus on the adventures of the Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot—three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tress MacNeille
Teressa Claire "Tress" MacNeille (; born June 20, 1951) >https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/macneille-tress-1951 is an American voice actress, who has contributed to voice-over work with credits including voicing Dot Warner on the animated television series ''Animaniacs'' and its revival, Babs Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Chip and Gadget Hackwrench on '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'', Anastasia Tremaine in various ''Cinderella'' media since 1994, Daisy Duck in various Disney media since 1999, and Merryweather in ''Sleeping Beauty'' media since 2006. She has also worked on animated series such as ''The Simpsons'', ''Futurama'', ''Disenchantment'', '' Rugrats'', and '' Hey Arnold!'' Early life Teressa Claire Payne was born in Los Angeles, California on June 20, 1951. MacNeille loved cartoons as a child and wanted to be a voice actress from the age of eight, but instead chose a "practical" career, feeling she would never be able to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Harnell
Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor. His roles include Wakko Warner in ''Animaniacs'', Captain Hero in '' Drawn Together'', Jerry in the first two seasons of '' Totally Spies!'', Ironhide in the first three ''Transformers'' films directed by Michael Bay, and the titular character in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' franchise. Harnell has also been the announcer for '' America's Funniest Home Videos'' since 1998. Early life Harnell was born on December 23, 1963, at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Teaneck, the son of Joe Harnell (a jazz composer) and his wife Alice (née Penslar) Harnell. Career In 1989, Harnell provided the voices of Br'er Rabbit and many other critters for the Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland Park. Harnell also recorded some new character dialogue for the subsequent Walt Disney World version of the attraction. He has continued to reprise the role of Brer Rabbit in new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Paulsen
Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Annie Awards for his role as both Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, Yakko and Pinky in the ''Animaniacs'' franchise. His other voice roles include: Hadji in ''The New Adventures of Jonny Quest'' (1986–1987) and ''The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' (1996–1997); Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series), ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1987–1996); P.J. Pete in ''Goof Troop'' (1992), ''A Goofy Movie'' (1995), and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' (2000); List of Disney's Cinderella characters#Jaq and Gus, Jaq in ''Cinderella II: Dreams Come True'' (2002) and ''Cinderella III: A Twist in Time'' (2007); and Goofy Gophers, Mac in ''The Looney Tunes Show'' (2011–2013) and ''Looney T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherri Stoner
Sherri Lynn Stoner (born July 16, 1959) is an American actress, animation executive, and writer. She also voiced Slappy Squirrel in the children's television series ''Animaniacs'' and for one short segment in its revival. Biography She has worked extensively in animation. She was a writer and producer for such 1990s animated shows as ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' and ''Animaniacs''. In ''Animaniacs'', Stoner also voiced Slappy Squirrel, a grumpy elderly squirrel and retired cartoon star. In 2023 she reprised the role of Slappy Squirrel for the final episode of the ''Animaniacs'' revival. She co-wrote (with Deanna Oliver) Universal's '' Casper'' and was on the writing staff of the 1996 revival of an animated ''Casper the Friendly Ghost'', also known as '' The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper''. Stoner and Oliver wrote the Disney film ''My Favorite Martian'', based on the original 1960s TV series. Stoner served as animation reference model for Ariel in Disney's ''The Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice LaMarche
Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor. Across a career spanning more than four decades he has voiced Chief Quimby on Inspector Gadget, Egon Spengler on ''The Real Ghostbusters'', The Brain on ''Animaniacs'' and its spin-off ''Pinky and the Brain'', Big Bob on ''Hey Arnold!'', ''Alec Baldwin'' in ''Team America: World Police'', Kif Kroker on ''Futurama'' and dozens of other highly recognizable characters in central and minor roles across film, television, and video games. Early life LaMarche was born in 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, on March 30, 1958, to Guy LaMarche and Linda Bourdon. His family moved to Timmins, Ontario shortly after he was born and moved back to Toronto when he was around 4. LaMarche's childhood was filled with his "own little world of cartoons and sixties television". It was in his second year of high school that he learned of the popularity his talent for impressionist (entertainment), mimicry could garner him. This realization came fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiny Toon Adventures
''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It originally aired from September 14, 1990 to December 6, 1992, airing in syndication before eventually settling at Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's Fox Kids block. It was the first animated series by Warner Bros. Animation to be produced in association with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. The show follows the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend Acme Looniversity to become the next generation of characters from the ''Looney Tunes'' series. The pilot episode, "The Looney Beginning", aired as a prime-time special on CBS on September 14, 1990, while the series itself was featured in first-run syndication for the first two seasons. The final season aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox under the Fox Kids programming block. The series ended production in 1992 in favor of ''Animaniacs'', which premiered a year later; howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Ruegger
Tom Ruegger () is an American animator and songwriter. Ruegger is known for his association with Disney Television Animation and Warner Bros. Animation. He also created ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''Animaniacs'', '' Pinky and the Brain'', and '' Histeria!''. Early life and career Ruegger was raised in Metuchen, New Jersey. During his childhood, he made drawings of ''The Flintstones'' when it aired. He graduated from Metuchen High School in 1972. In 1976, he made his first cartoon, called ''The Premiere of Platypus Duck'', while he was a student at Dartmouth College. Shortly after graduation from Dartmouth that year, he moved to Los Angeles to become an animator. Ruegger began his career at Filmation, writing for '' Gilligan's Planet''. He soon after joined Hanna-Barbera, writing and producing various animated series, most notably '' The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries'', '' Snorks'', '' The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo'', '' Pound Puppies'', and '' A Pup Named Scooby-Doo''. He also wrote on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Rugg
Paul Kevin Rugg is an American screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and puppeteer. He is best known for his starring roles in shows like ''Freakazoid!'', ''Pig Goat Banana Cricket'', and ''Earth to Ned''. Biography Rugg has worked extensively in the field of animation. His list of credits include writing for, producing, and voice acting in several cartoons, first as the Jerry Lewis-esque Mr. Director in ''Animaniacs''. Afterwards, he voiced the title character in ''Freakazoid!'' and Nostradamus in ''Histeria!'', as well as the main recurring villain, Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy in the Disney series ''Dave the Barbarian''. He also voiced Gweelok for Cartoon Network's ''Secret Mountain Fort Awesome''. Rugg also appeared live as the eccentric character Manny in the ''Manny the Uncanny'' short segments as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Rugg created and directed ''The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!'' with Mit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mariano
John Mariano is an American actor who has worked in film, television, animation and nightclubs. He is known for playing tough guys with a comic edge. His ability of physical comedy has been compared to Jerry Lewis and Buster Keaton. Keaton's wife Eleanor was quoted as saying; "He reminded me so much of Buster, it gave me chills". He got his start in films playing a prissy bank teller in '' Tough Guys'' with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. Working steadily in both film and television, he's best remembered on television for playing Johnny the waiter in ''Caroline in the City'' with Lea Thompson. A gifted improviser, sketch player and voice-over artist, his impression of Robert De Niro in a sketch entitled "De Niro Sings the Supremes" at The Groundlings, led to him playing a pigeon named Bobby in ''Animaniacs ''Animaniacs'' is an American Animated series, animated Comedy television, comedy Musical film, musical television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick Vennera
Francis Vincent Vennera (March 27, 1947 – July 7, 2021) was an American actor, known for his role as Joe Mondragon for Robert Redford's ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1988), among other movies. Vennera voiced Pesto the pigeon for the animated show ''Animaniacs''. He also often served as a voice double for actor Joe Pesci. Acting Vennera served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, first in the Signal Corps and later in the Special Services division."VENNERA, Chick 1952– (Francis Vennera, Chick Vennera) PERSONAL" ''''. Retrieved January 23, 2022. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Jean Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress, best known as the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on ''The Simpsons'', for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Maggie Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and Nelson Muntz. She is also the voice of Chuckie Finster in the Nickelodeon series '' Rugrats'' and its spin-off '' All Grown Up!'', succeeding Christine Cavanaugh. Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio. She moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained under voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series '' Richie Rich'', which she followed with a starring role in the television movie '' Marian Rose White'' (1982) and her first feature film, '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' (1983). In 1987, Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
