Exhibit 16: ANIMANIACS
Episode description
If old Hollywood, 90s topical humor, and general zaniness are your cup of tea, then you're likely already acquainted with the topic of this week's exhibit. Animaniacs introduced a new generation to the wacky, highbrow-meets-lowbrow aesthetic of the Looney Tunes, and it's now available on Netflix.
"Toon" in to learn which movie parodies zinged and which fell flat, who were the best and worst of the huge cast of characters, and what was the dirtiest joke those three kooky Warner siblings ever got past network censors.
Chicago Tribune review from 1993
Way More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Animaniacs (Mentalfloss)
A compilation of racy jokes from Animaniacs
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