The 'Animaniacs' are going on tour. Yes, really
Helloooooooooooooooooooooo, nurse!
The Animaniacs are back on Netflix -- and 2016 has another surprise in store for the beloved '90s cartoon series. Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell and Tress MacNeille -- the voices of Yakko, Wakko and Dot, respectively -- are taking the show's memorable musical numbers on tour.
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It's not the first time Animaniacs has hit the road. The show's cast performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in 2014. They'll be backed by an orchestra once again on the upcoming tour.
Details beyond those are scant. There aren't any tour dates published yet, and there's been no formal announcement of the news outside of a Paulsen interview in The New York Times.
The Yakko actor does confirm, however, that the 1993 song "Yakko's World" has been updated with a new verse. The original version from the show ran through (almost) every nation in the world at the time, to the tune of the "Mexican Hat Dance."
The problem is, the song doesn't account for the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union -- and the world map has changed dramatically since then. (It also includes countries that no longer exist, like Czechoslovakia.) The re-written song will include all the "newly" shifted borders.
Animaniacs ran for five seasons, from 1993 to 1998, and was frequently hailed for mixing kid-friendly humor with jokes that spoke to an older audience. It was created by Tom Ruegger, who was also behind the very successful Tiny Toons Adventures, and produced by Steven Spielberg.
In the years since the show concluded, Animaniacs fervor has been kept alive by a committed cult fanbase. Although its largely topical/timely humor doesn't hold up as well as it once did -- the opening credits include a crack about former President Bill Clinton's saxophone skills -- much of the music is timeless.
Hopefully Warner Bros. announces tour dates and ticket availability soon.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
