A Hard Day's Warners/Gimme a Break/Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation
is the 4th episode of the 3rd season of the original
Animaniacs and the 73rd episode overall. Every cartoon in this episode was animated by
Wang Film Production .
Last line Wakko Penny Lane-y...
Trivia Goofs Even though Wakko sings "Penny Laney", they are actually recreating the Abbey Road album cover. A Hard Day's Warners
Plot In this practically scene-for-scene parody of the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night Elmyra ) at a Comic-Con-like convention. Pinky and the Brain make a cameo appearance at the end.
Crew Songs Trivia Throughout the whole cartoon, most of the fans are recolors of the fanboys that would later appear in Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation . Even some of the background fans had the same color scheme as Elmyra.
Mr. Director has a brief cameo during the "They Want to Laugh" photo montage.Gallery
Good Idea : Buying a pair of shoes on sale.
Bad Idea : Buying a parachute on sale.
Gimme a Break
Plot Slappy really wants to get some rest and relaxation, but Skippy insists they go to the mega awesome movie that is being shot. Every time she tries to relax, she somehow ends up on the set of the movie.
Crew Trivia The title is a reference to KitKat 's famous slogan "gimme a break of that KitKat Bar."
Throughout the cartoon, Slappy ends up in parodies of Die Hard Forrest Gump Speed Passenger 57 the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode of The Twilight Zone Jaws
While delirious, Slappy mentions Huey, Dewey, Louie and Daisy Duck; who are owned by Disney.
She also mentions Tony the Tiger from Frosted Flakes.
Blow the Man Down plays while The Warners are in a bathtub. Also, Wakko takes a bite out of his rubber duckie.
This is the final Slappy Squirrel short to be written by Sherri Stoner, and would continue voicing the character until the end of the series.
Hello Nurse reprises her "I don't get it" shtick from "Bumbie's Mom ". Quotes [Skippy pulls Slappy who is holding onto the tree, accidentally revealing the Warners taking a bath in the background. Dot screams.] Wakko : Uh-oh, I feel a bubble coming on. (referring to feeling flatulent) Slappy : Go away.Slappy : [seeing three Skippys] Well, if it isn't Huey, Dewey and Louie. I haven't seen you guys since Daisy Duck's bat mitzvah.Keanu Reeves : Uh, I'm looking for a bomb.Slappy : Check out your performance in Dracula .Skippy : Aunt Slappy, you were g-r-r-r-reat!Slappy : Tony the Tiger , is that you?Slappy : I'd like to go on a vacation where nothing happens!Hello Nurse : (as an airport receptionist) Huh? I don't get it.Slappy : No one expects you to.Gallery
"Uh oh! I feel a bubble coming on!"
Good Idea, Bad Idea
Good Idea : Climbing a mountain.
Bad Idea : Climbing a mountain lion.
Trivia Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation
Plot In a not-so-subtle jab at the fanboys who post every single goof and piece of trivia about the show on the Internet (GUILTY!), the Warners advertise about a rehabilitation center for those people.
Crew Trivia In the opening shot, the bedroom contains not only Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain merchandise, but also Tiny Toon Adventures Star Trek
Most of the Internet nerds' lines are taken verbatim from the Cultural References Guide for Animaniacs . Writer Peter Hastings asked Animaniacs fan site founder Ron "Keeper1st" O'Dell for a copy to use for the show.
The shot of the coffee mug rippling is a parody of the scene from Jurassic Park
A slightly edited version is displayed in the beginning of some Animaniacs Live
Normally the closed captioning for the show's opening theme correctly portrays the lyric "We have pay or play contracts", but for this episode, it was intentionally changed to read "We have pay for play contracts", to reflect the nerd in the segment's opening pointing out the error. Goofs Some of the goofs are inaccurate. The TMS version of the Pinky and the Brain theme has Brain writing 91210, not 90201.
(kinda makes you wonder if they did that on purpose so people like us could write that.)
The third "please" is misspelled with 2 e's for humor value. Cast
Voice Actors:
Character(s):
Rob Paulsen
Yakko Warner , Pinky , Dr. Scratchansniff , Bruce Willis , Internet Nerd #1
Jess Harnell
Wakko Warner , Elvis Presley, Arnold Schwarzenegger , Internet Nerd #3
Tress MacNeille
Dot Warner , Hello Nurse , Sandra Bullock
Sherri Stoner
Slappy Squirrel
Nathan Ruegger
Skippy Squirrel
Frank Welker
Ralph T. Guard , John Wilkes Booth
Maurice LaMarche
The Brain , William Shatner , Reporter, Internet Nerd #2
Jeff Glen Bennett
Captain , Baloney , Keanu Reeves , Tom Hanks , Steven Puttner
Tom Bodett
Announcer
Gag Credits This is Episode #73
Surlaw Eht T'nsaw Luap
Surlaw Eht Saw Okkay
Trivia The gag credit is "Paul Wasn't the Walrus: Yakko Was the Walrus" spelled backwards. Stinger Yakko : I'm Yakko.
Wakko : I'm Wakko.
Dot : And I'm rabid.
Trivia This stinger is a redubbed version of the "I'm Yakko, I'm Wakko, and I'm cute" stinger. Transcript See here
References
List of Animaniacs (Original Series) episodes
Season 1
De-Zanitized / The Monkey Song / Nighty-Night Toon • Yakko's World / Cookies for Einstein / Win Big • H.M.S. Yakko / Slappy Goes Walnuts / Yakko's Universe • Hooked on a Ceiling / Film Projector Transition / Goodfeathers: The Beginning • Taming of the Screwy • Flipper Parody / Temporary Insanity / Operation: Lollipop / What are We? • Piano Rag / When Rita Met Runt • The Warners' Lot Song / The Big Candy Store / Bumbie's Mom • Wally Llama / Where Rodents Dare • King Yakko • No Pain, No Painting / Les Miseranimals • Garage Sale of the Century / Fortunes / West Side Pigeons • Hello Nice Warners / La Behemoth / Little Old Slappy From Pasadena • La La Law / Cat on a Hot Steel Beam • Space-Probed / Battle for the Planet • Chalkboard Bungle / Hurray for Slappy / The Great Wakkorotti: The Master & His Music • Roll Over, Beethoven / The Cat and the Fiddle • Pavlov's Mice / Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov / Nothing But the Tooth • Meatballs or Consequences / A Moving Experience • Hearts of Twilight / The Boids • The Flame / Wakko's America / Davy Omelette / Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago • Guardin' the Garden / Plane Pals • Be Careful What You Eat / Session 1 / Up the Crazy River / Session 2 / Ta Da Dump • Yakko's World of Baldness / Opportunity Knox / Wings Take Heart • Hercule Yakko / Home on De-Nile / A Midsummer Night's Dream • Testimonials / Babblin' Bijou / Potty Emergency / Sir Yaksalot • You Risk Your Life / I Got Yer Can / Jockey for Position • Moby or Not Moby / Mesozoic Mindy / The Good, the Boo, and the Ugly • Draculee, Draculaa / Phranken-Runt • Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled / Moon Over Minerva / Skullhead Boneyhands • O Silly Mio / Puttin' on the Blitz / The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert • Chairman of the Bored / Planets Song / Astro-Buttons • Cartoons in Wakko's Body 1 / Noah's Lark / Cartoons in Wakko's Body 2 / The Big Kiss / Cartoons in Wakko's Body 3 / Hiccup / Cartoons in Wakko's Body Conclusion • Clown and Out / Bubba Bo Bob Brain • Very Special Opening / Animaniacs Stew / In the Garden of Mindy / Pinky and the Cat / We've Been Mixing Up the Scripts / No Place Like Homeless / Katie Ka-Boo / We Found This Old Computer / Dottie the Squirrel / Baghdad Café • Critical Condition / The Three Muska-Warners • Dough Dough Boys / Boot Camping / General Boo-Regard • Spellbound • Smitten with Kittens / Alas Poor Skullhead / White Gloves • Casablanca Opening / Fair Game / The Slapper / Puppet Rulers • Buttermilk, It Makes a Body Bitter / Broadcast Nuisance / Raging Bird • Animator's Alley / Hollywoodchuck • Of Nice and Men / What a Dump! / Survey Ladies • Useless Facts / The Senses Song / The World Can Wait / Kiki's Kitten / • Mary Tyler Dot Song / Windsor Hassle / ...And Justice for Slappy • Turkey Jerky / Wild Blue Yonder • Video Review / When Mice Ruled the Earth • Mobster Mash / Lake Titicaca / Icebreakers • Very Special Opening / A Christmas Plotz / Little Drummer Warners • Slippin' on the Ice / 'Twas the Day Before Christmas / Jingle Boo / The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert / Toy Shop Terror / Yakko's Universe • Branimaniacs / The Warners and the Beanstalk / Frontier Slappy • Ups and Downs / The Brave Little Trailer / Yes, Always • Drive-Insane / Girlfeathers / I'm Cute • Brain Meets Brawn / Meet Minerva • Gold Rush / A Gift of Gold / Dot's Quiet Time • Schnitzelbank / The Helpinki Formula / Les Boutons et le Ballon / Kung Boo • Of Course You Know, This Means Warners / Up a Tree / Wakko's Gizmo • Oh, Oh, Ethel / Inkblot Test / Meet John Brain / Smell Ya Later • Ragamuffins / Woodstock Slappy • Karaoke Dokie / Cranial Crusader / The Chicken Who Loved Me • Baloney & Kids / Super Buttons / Katie Ka-Boom: The Driving Lesson • Scare Happy Slappy / Witch One / MacBeth • With Three, You Get Eggroll / Mermaid Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: Call Waiting • Lookit the Fuzzy Heads / No Face Like Home • My Father the Tuna / The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special
Season 2
Take My Siblings, Please / The Mindy 500 / Morning Malaise • We're No Pigeons / Whistle-Stop Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: The Broken Date • Miami Mama-Mia / Pigeon on the Roof / Coo • I'm Mad / Bad Mood Bobby / Katie Ka-Boom: The Blemish / Fake
Season 3
Super Strong Warner Siblings / Nutcracker Slappy / Wakko's New Gookie / A Quake, a Quake! • Variety Speak / Three Tenors and You're Out / Bingo • Previously on Animaniacs / Deduces Wild / Rest in Pieces / U.N. Me • A Hard Day's Warners / Gimme a Break / Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation • The Tiger Prince / All The Words in the English Language (Part 1) / The Kid in the Lid / All The Words in the English Language (Part 2) / Method to Her Madness / All The Words in the English Language (Part 3) • The Presidents Song / Don't Tread on Us / The Flame Returns • Gimme the Works / Buttons in Ows / Hercules Unwound • This Pun for Hire / Star Truck / Go Fish / Multiplication (song) • The Sound of Warners / Yabba Dabba Boo • My Mother the Squirrel / The Party / Oh! Say Can You See / The Twelve Days of Christmas • Dot's Entertainment / The Girl with the Googily Goop / Gunga Dot • 2001 Parody 1 / Soccer Coach Slappy 2001 Parody 2 / Belly Button Blues / Our Final Space Cartoon, We Promise / Valuable Lesson • Wakko's 2-Note Song / Panama Canal / Hello Nurse / The Ballad of Magellan / The Return of the Great Wakkorotti / The Big Wrap Party Tonight
Season 4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock • Cutie and the Beast / Boo Happens / Noel / Cold Ending • Animani-rats /• Jokahontas / Boids on the Hood / Mighty Wakko at the Bat • A Very Very Very Very Special Show / Night of the Living Buttons / Soda Jerk • From Burbank with Love / Anchors A-Warners / When You're Traveling • Parody Commercials / Papers for Pappa / Amazing Gladiators / Pinky and the Ralph • Ten Short Films About Wakko Warner / No Time for Love / The Boo Network • Pitter Patter of Little Feet / Mindy in Wonderland / Ralph's Wedding
Season 5
Moosage in a Bottle / Back in Style / Bones in the Body • It / Dot - The Macadamia Nut / Bully for Skippy • Cute First (Ask Questions Later) / Acquaintances / Here Comes Atilla / Boo Wonder • Magic Time / The Brain's Apprentice Hooray for North Hollywood Part 1 • Part 2 )The Carpool / The Sunshine Squirrels • The Christmas Tree / Punchline (Part 1) / Prom Night / Punchline (Part 2) The Ultimate Animaniacs Super Special Birds on a Wire / The Scoring Session / Transition: Very Special Opening / The Animaniacs Suite )
