Its executive producer was Steven Spielberg, already famous at the time for films like ET the Extraterrestrial (1982) e Shark (1975), which was used in the promotion of the animation at the time. Applying the same joke to a more frivolous host, like Jimmy Fallon, would not be much funnier, but at least it would kind of make sense.Animaniacs It was successful in the 90s for a number of reasons. It’s an odd segment that makes fun of a version of Seth Meyers with no basis in reality - Meyers being the late-night host most openly interested in giving airtime to unusual topics and more incisive political commentary. (It’s worth noting that the showrunner of the Animaniacs reboot is a Family Guy alum.) Animaniacs, meanwhile, spends a whole Pinky and the Brain segment lambasting Seth Meyers and cute animal memes. And Family Guy has created a whole genre of television where the whole point is in self-aware asides to the audience. Rick and Morty is a genre-hopping adventure that lampoons genre tropes while also having plenty to say about the entertainment landscape. Trouble is, there have been other shows doing excellent showbiz satire in the Animaniacs’ absence, like BoJack Horseman, which managed to skewer Hollywood and the new media ecosystem that now covers it.

Mostly, the new Animaniacs seems to be attempting to succeed using the old formula.

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