Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs: Vol. 2

I grew up watching Animaniacs on television back in the day when you had to tune in at the right time on the right channel. So this buy was for nostalgic purposes. The seller was prompt in sending it out, the product was true to its used description, and all the discs played without skipping.For those who aren't familiar with Animaniacs, it is a variety show with each episode split in different unrelated segments, much in the style of Looney Toons. The flag ship characters are Yacko, Wacko, and Dot, three siblings who test the patience and sanity of those around them with gag humor and practical jokes. Among the other sketches are Pinky and the Brain (lab rats who try to take over the world in each of their segments) and Buttons and Mindy, (Mindy the toddler who obliviously wanders into hazardous environments and Buttons the dog who faithfully risks life and limb to keep her out of danger.)Pros:1) The show was created by Steven Spielberg. Enough said about that.2) It is strangely educational on occasion. Some of the songs are helpful for memorizing geography, the U.S. presidents, parts of the human brain, and similar content.3) It's variety. Some segments one may not like as well, but those characters are not in every episode.Cons:1) There is a significant amount of 90's pop-culture and referential humor. Young kids today may not fully appreciate some of the content simply because they don't recognize who or what is being parodied. Having said that, Animaniacs was rebooted for 2 seasons that I'm aware of in 2020 and 2021 that will be more relevant to kids today.

Fox kids had the best shows ever, Animaniacs being one of them. In my opinion, Steven Spielberg's Tiny Toon Adventures, along with its follow-up show Animaniacs and all the other shows on Fox Kids were the very best animated shows of the early 90s. The Animainacs never failed to make me laugh when I was a kid and they never fail to make me laugh now that I'm an adult. Animaniacs is a show that's made in very good taste - it has really smart humor and nice cultural references, it doesn't have any dirty or obscene material, and as opposed to many modern TV shows, movies and animated films that try to be funny by being dirty, Animaniacs is very funny in a good, clean way. Animaniacs has something for all ages - kids and teenagers will have a lot of fun and will actually learn some life lessons along the way (the show has some 'educational' episodes meant to bring a message to the children), while the adults will appreciate the smart humor and cultural references. And of course, everybody will appreciate the top-quality animation created by some of the greatest animation studios of the day and will love the nicely drawn cute characters, each of which is well thought-out and has his/her own personality, and will adore the fun-packed stories in each of the episodes.In case you're a fan of good, high-quality classic animation, or if you like animated comedy shows, or if you just like to have fun and if you have a good sense of humor, don't miss Animaniacs! If you got the first volume of the first season, I'm sure you'll adore the second volume too, and if you haven't yet experienced Animaniacs, it might just as well be a good idea to grab both volumes and volume 3 and prepare for a few days of fun and wackiness!

As hopefully most of the readers know Steven Spielberg had a hand in the production of this terrific series of cartoons. They are easily on par with the best feature films from Dreamworks, Pixar and Disney. The two comparisons that imediately come to mind are Shrek and Antz. In other words while there are lots of slapstick and visual gags, there are even more subtle grown up jokes, innuendos and hidden meanings. For those that understand Spanish, turn on the Spanish subtitles and get even more hilarity from seeing the translators get some things totally wrong.My favorite episodes are the Animaniacs themselves on stage of various parodies of cinema or literary classics such as "Moby Dick" and "Frankenstein". The writing is brilliant and the voice over actors deliver the lines with gusto.

Purchased this collection for my son (yeah right) It's a show i can sit and watch with him. The best contribution Warner Bros has made to animation since the original Looney Tunes. Some of the familiar participants made it to their own shows (Pinky and the Brain), while others are just found here. The whole cast of crazies Slappy Squirrel, the Good Feathers and Rita and Runt as well as Good Idea/Bad Idea made afternoon cartoons in the 80's fun. The sets are boxed well and closed captioned...packed for safety I would recommend them to anyone who remembers the show (and if you don't you should get them and laugh for the first time now).

When we were younger my best friend and I used to watch this cartoon all the time. I bought it for her a while back as a birthday present and she loved it! She is an elementary teacher and she uses it in her classroom as a special treat when the students have been good and finished all their work. They really like it and she feels comfortable showing it to them because it doesn't have a lot of the violence and fighting that so many other kid cartoons have now. I will probably buy her one of the other volumes for her next birthday.

Although some of the references to actors, films and politicians are a little dated (only those old enough will remember Bill Clinton playing sax), this was an excellent series of cartoons that I happily watched as a 20 year old on a Saturday morning whilst nursing the obligatory hangover.20 years later and the humour has stood the test of time. Suitable for both children and adults. There are references to characters from history, film and US politics that kids won't get, but which adults will, but the style is very child friendly. I now have a very happy 6 year old who has 5 DVDs of laugh-out-loud cartoon fun.Shame one of the disks doesn't work (even though new)! But given that I live in the UK, returning is not really an option. It was certainly worth my while buying from US, even with international shipping charges, UK price for this was almost £100 ($150)!!

A classic! Amazing to rewatch them as an adult and be able to appreciate the fabulous writing and humor in a whole new way.

I loved watching Animaniacs growing up and so I made the decision to purchase Volumes 1 & 2. These DVDs are listed as being encoded for Region 1 players but I can tell you first hand that I fortunately had no issue getting them to play on my Region 2 games console here in Ireland. So European Animaniacs fans, you're in luck!Enjoy the adventures of Yakko, Wakko and Dot, the Goodfeathers, Pinky and the Brain, Slappy Squirrel, Buttons and Mindy, Chicken Boo and many more!On this volume, some notable episodes include:•Potty Emergency - Wakko goes to incredible lengths to relieve himself after drinking too much soda with hilarious results•Moon Over Minerva - One of the handful of shorts featuring the infamous and rarely seen Minerva Mink•Chairman of the Bored - Wakko meets the most boring man in the world at the party, and he drives the Warners crazy with his incessant rambling on inane topics in voice actor Ben Stein's trademark deadpan monotone•Bubba Bo Bob Brain - The Brain decides to hypnotise the world through the guise of becoming a popular country music star•Critical Condition - Slappy Squirrel goes to war with parodies of Siskel and Ebert after they give her cartoons a bad review•Spellbound - A full 22 minute Pinky and the Brain short about an epic quest for a red dragon's toenail clippings!•Raging Bird - The Goodfeathers do their version of Raging Bull/Rocky•Video Review - The Warners feature in a video store where the movie titles come to lifeAnimaniacs is fast paced, zany fun. Don't hesitate to add to your collection!

Classic anamated 90 series, hours of nostalgic content.

Volume 2: Another nostlagic trip for me to rekindle my enjoyment of these absolutely wacky cartoons. And, quite extraordinarily, all three volumes of the compilations, although supposedly Region 1 only (US), play on region 2 DVD players (UK), too! And I've tried them on a number of different players with the same result.What I like about the Animaniacs is that each 'episode' varied in content. It's never just the Animaniacs (the two Warner Brothers and their sister Dot) but other characters plus filler idiocy, too. The quality of the animation is excellent - these are not walking and talking heads cartoons but pretty full animation. And a full orchestra is used with music being specifically timed to the visuals, recreating the experience that I enjoyed in the 'golden days' of animation. A lot of the items have songs in them, these ranging from plain daft to rather clever and fast paced. The jokes, puns, songs, humour in general could be enjoyed by children and parents alike, as there's a lot of jokes and references to past classics, people and places.If you like full animation, zany humour with some nostalgia, you will enjoy The Animaniacs. Highly recommended - enjoy!

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