Animaniacs
Very Special Opening
TV Flash files “Very Special Opening” as hour 87 of 274 in the TV Flash guide — Animaniacs (1993–1998) on Fox Kids/Kids' WB, season 1, episode 87, aired 1993-11-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E87: listed hour 87 of 274 in the Animaniacs guide, hour 87 of 171 in season 1. It aired 1993-11-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bubba Bo Bob Brain” (S01E86). Next is “In the Garden of Mindy” (S01E88).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Very Special Opening sit in the Animaniacs guide?
S01E87 is listed hour 87 of 274 — hour 87 of 171 in season 1, season 1 episode 87.
When did Animaniacs S01E87 air?
Very Special Opening aired 1993-11-05 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is Pinky and the Brain part of this?
Yes — world-domination sitcom segments inside the variety show, later spun off into a series of their own.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Warner siblings running amok through history, Hollywood, and your parents’ pop-culture memory. Variety-cartoon velocity: Yakko’s geography earworms, Pinky and the Brain’s world-domination sitcom, and gags pitched at two ages in the same frame. Educational chaos as house style — vaudeville, satire, and a music lesson before the next commercial.
Fox Kids, 1993, later Kids' WB: Warner siblings escape the water tower and the drop calendar becomes vaudeville. Tom Ruegger developed the series under Spielberg's Amblin banner. Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche — variety-cartoon velocity: Yakko's geography earworms, parody, wordplay, gags pitched at two ages in the same frame. Pinky and the Brain plotting world domination between segments. Educational chaos as house style — a music lesson before the next commercial. **Five seasons,…
Filed against
- Rob Paulsen as Yakko Warner
Rob Paulsen’s Raphael made cowabunga a business plan on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — pizza, a rat sensei, toy-glut Christmas lists — then ran amok as Yakko-era velocity on Animaniacs. 1987 sewer martial-arts slapstick; variety-cartoon…
- Jess Harnell as Wakko Warner
Jess Harnell’s Wakko Warner ran amok through Animaniacs — Warner siblings looting history and Hollywood, variety-cartoon velocity, Yakko’s geography earworms, Pinky and the Brain in the next cell. 1990s gags pitched at two ages in the…
- Tress MacNeille as Dot Warner
Tress MacNeille’s Dot Warner ran amok through Animaniacs — history, Hollywood, and your parents’ pop-culture memory at variety-cartoon velocity. Yakko’s geography earworms, Pinky and the Brain’s world-domination sitcom, gags pitched at…
- Maurice LaMarche as The Brain
Maurice LaMarche plotted the world as the Brain on Animaniacs — Warner siblings running amok through history and Hollywood, variety-cartoon velocity, Pinky and the Brain’s world-domination sitcom inside the chaos. Gags pitched at two ages…
- Rob Paulsen as Pinky
Rob Paulsen’s Raphael made cowabunga a business plan on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — pizza, a rat sensei, toy-glut Christmas lists — then ran amok as Yakko-era velocity on Animaniacs. 1987 sewer martial-arts slapstick; variety-cartoon…