Plotz explains that he has looked at the end-of-the-year budget and found that Yakko, Wakko and Dot have caused far too much damage this year, and since Ralph was unable to keep them under control, he is being fired. Ralph reads a special holiday greeting and then gives a fruitcake that his wife made for Plotz. As the bitter CEO complains about how everyone always sends him fruitcake for Christmas, Ralph the Guard steps in, since Plotz has called him in. studio lot, but CEO Thaddeus Plotz is not at all in the mood to celebrate the holidays. Almost anyone will find something to enjoy here.It is Christmas Eve at the Warner Bros. I recommend these episodes without reservation. I was able to find "Noel" on Youtube, and it's a fantastic short that both parodies and celebrates the season. There were at least two more Animaniacs Christmas shorts, but those episodes haven't been released on DVD yet.
There's another holiday-ish short: "A Gift of Gold", in a later episode, which is cute, but slightly sappy. Yakko's Universe is of course a classic, although it was in an earlier episode as well. which stars almost every Animaniacs character, and rhymes throughout. Twas the Day Before Christmas is an amusing take on Twas The Night. It is a pretty great assortment, with the highlights being the first and last. The music is really well done, and a nice mix of spinning the lyrics into comedy and playing it straight.Īnimaniacs: Twas the Day Before Christmas / Jingle Boo / The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert / Toy Shop Terror / Yakko's Universe (1993)Īs you can tell from the title, this episode is an assortment of shorts. Now I'm often downright allergic to religion in my Christmas specials, but I actually found this fun and quite sweet.
The second short in this episode is more or less a musical medley of Christmas Carols, loosely plotted around the Nativity. It has a nice ironic twist that I enjoyed quite a bit, and an assortment of short original songs. Most of this episode is a cute riff on A Christmas Carol, with the CEO playing the role of Scrooge and the Warners as the ghosts. There were two fully holiday-themed episodes released in 1993.Īnimaniacs: A Christmas Plotz / Little Drummer Warners (1993)
There's an occasional dated reference, but in general Animaniacs is still really fun to watch.
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