What pop culture did you first encounter from a parody?
This week’s question comes from reader Gonzalo Perez-Garcia:
Sex, cities, sock puppets, superheroes, and short skirts: 24 hours of 1998 TV
The TV of 1998 feels more like the end of something than the beginning. Dawson’s Creek and Will & Grace were pointing…
Hulu orders two seasons of the Animaniacs reboot
It’s (almost) time once again for Animaniacs, with Variety reporting that the Warner brothers—and the Warner sister,…
A classic Animaniacs song gets a cinematic remake courtesy of 168 movies
It’s probably not much of a stretch to say that plenty of people of a certain age have Animaniacs musical numbers to…
Steven Spielberg is bringing back Animaniacs
In addition to all of his upcoming Peter Jackson collaborations, Steven Spielberg has found the time to return to his…
How comedy’s depiction of Hillary Clinton has transformed over the years
Hillary Clinton has been a public figure for decades now, first coming to the attention of the nation during her…
An animator makes a GIF a day to mark his month in Los Angeles
Over the summer, London-based animator James Curran, proprietor of SlimJim Studios, spent a month in Los Angeles.…
Pop culture has always loved asking, “Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?”
Yesterday marked the death of Edward Albee, a playwright whose contributions to the American theater spanned decades,…
Goodfeathers Vs. Goodfellas: The pitfalls of parody
On The Comics Page, The A.V. Club invites comics artists to illustrate their pop cultural flights of fancy. This week: J…
Brush up on presidential history with this slightly irregular Hall Of Presidents
On the eve of the major party conventions, you can smell it in the air: America has President Fever (one symptom of…
Read This: The Toast imagines Animaniacs’ totally insane-y pitch meeting
Quickly now, try to summarize the premise and intrinsic appeal of Animaniacs. And do so in a way that even a couple of…
The Animaniacs are coming to a water tower near you
It seems that, in addition to having bologna in their slacks, the Animaniacs are also in possession of bus tickets.…
The Animaniacs are out of the water tower again and on Netflix
In what was either an oversight or an early April Fools’ joke, Netflix forgot to mention that its April lineup included…
On its 20th anniversary, everything worth pondering from Pinky And The Brain
Prepare the various “Narfs!” and “Zorts!”, as it’s time to fondly recall Pinky And The Brain. Originally appearing as a…
Wakko’s states and capitals song from Animaniacs expanded, updated
Animaniacs ceased production in 1998, but several clips from the show have enjoyed remarkable second lives as YouTube…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles debuts tonight on Nickelodeon at 8 p.m. Eastern, before moving to its regular timeslot,…
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Adventure Time: “Ignition Point”
What show other than Adventure Time could begin with farts and end with Shakespeare? “Ignition Point” is an episode…
Animaniacs: “Yakko’s World Of Baldness”/“Opportunity Knox”/“Wings Take Heart” & “Hercule Yakko”/“Home On De-Nile”/“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Though it’s taken us an entire summer to get through the first quarter of Animaniacs’ 99-episode run, back in 1993,…
Kelsey Grammer rules all of Chicago... like a Boss. (It had to be done)
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Friday, August 24, and Saturday, August 25. All times are Eastern.
Animaniacs: “Guardin’ The Garden”/“Plane Pals” & “Be Careful What You Eat” / “Up The Crazy River” / “Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump, Ta Da Dump Dump Dump”
It’s weird seeing Slappy The Squirrel in a cartoon.