![]() ![]() ![]() There are riffs on the original show’s iconic theme song, slapstick over-the-top violence, ridiculously specific Hollywood jokes, and movie references, all updated for 2020 without missing any of the original show’s manic energy. This trailer starts out with Yakko explaining earnestly to the camera everything that’s wrong with reboots and reboot culture, before the shot zooms out to show all three Warner siblings decked from head to toe in Hulu merchandise and getting handed a giant check for a reboot of their own.įrom there, the trailer goes off in a hundred different directions as only the Animaniacs can. ![]() If you watched any of Animaniacs back when it originally aired in the mid ’90s, you know exactly what to expect from the reboot. Applying the same joke to a more frivolous host, like Jimmy Fallon, would not be much funnier, but at least it would kind of make sense.After 22 years off the air, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot will be coming back with new episodes of Animaniacs, and if the first trailer for the reboot on Hulu is any indication, the Warners don’t seem to have missed a beat. It’s an odd segment that makes fun of a version of Seth Meyers with no basis in reality - Meyers being the late-night host most openly interested in giving airtime to unusual topics and more incisive political commentary. (It’s worth noting that the showrunner of the Animaniacs reboot is a Family Guy alum.) Animaniacs, meanwhile, spends a whole Pinky and the Brain segment lambasting Seth Meyers and cute animal memes. And Family Guy has created a whole genre of television where the whole point is in self-aware asides to the audience. Rick and Morty is a genre-hopping adventure that lampoons genre tropes while also having plenty to say about the entertainment landscape. Trouble is, there have been other shows doing excellent showbiz satire in the Animaniacs’ absence, like BoJack Horseman, which managed to skewer Hollywood and the new media ecosystem that now covers it. Mostly, the new Animaniacs seems to be attempting to succeed using the old formula. ![]()
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