Oddly I’ve seen a lot of Animaniacs references recently.
So I downloaded an Animaniacs torrent to re-watch a bunch of stuff from the 90s that used to make me happy. Somehow it’s not as great as I remember. Or maybe I’m just old and miserable.
Like another comment mentioned, target age is a huge factor. To that I would add that Animaniacs went unexpected places with the humor in a way few cartoons (that I had access to) were doing. Tiny Toons by contrast was enjoyable enough but the humor was… idk “safe” I guess?
Nations of the World was just tightly executed and clever, for one example. “A clown will not bite me und throw me in the basement” is something I still say from time to time, is another. Both stuck with me because I had that “wtflol” moment the first time I saw them. Real “bologna in our slacks” energy which was hilarious at age 12.
For a brief, shining moment you had Animaniacs, XMen, and The Tick all on back to back on Thursdays after school
Oddly I’ve seen a lot of Animaniacs references recently.
So I downloaded an Animaniacs torrent to re-watch a bunch of stuff from the 90s that used to make me happy. Somehow it’s not as great as I remember. Or maybe I’m just old and miserable.
Like another comment mentioned, target age is a huge factor. To that I would add that Animaniacs went unexpected places with the humor in a way few cartoons (that I had access to) were doing. Tiny Toons by contrast was enjoyable enough but the humor was… idk “safe” I guess?
Nations of the World was just tightly executed and clever, for one example. “A clown will not bite me und throw me in the basement” is something I still say from time to time, is another. Both stuck with me because I had that “wtflol” moment the first time I saw them. Real “bologna in our slacks” energy which was hilarious at age 12.