Anywhere But Burbank

Chapter 41: Newsreel of the Stars intro

(Newsreel of The Stars!)

"Dateline, Hollywood, 1930. The Warner Brothers Studios. Here at the Studios new animation department, the artists toil endlessly to come up with cartoons stars. Ultimately creating three new characters. The Warner Brothers and their sister Dot!" A narrator spoke over the animation process, and then the Warners all hop out their paper into the arms of the people at the drawing board. "Helloooooooooooo Nurse!"

The door bursts open as people began to run away. "Unfortunately, the Warner kids were totally out of control." The narrator spoke as the Warners began bouncing up and down. "Boingy, boingy, boingy, boingy!" "The trio ran amuck throughout the studio. Until their capture." A net captures all three of the Warners, as they scratch at the net. "The Warners' films, which made absolutely no sense, were locked away in the studio's vault, never to be released. As for the Warner's themselves, they were locked away in the studio water tower, also never to be released." The Warners get locked away in the water tower and then the door closes.

"Publicly, the studio has disavowed any knowledge of the Warners' existence to this very day. When the Warner's, along with the help of the executive's daughter, Carrie Nelson, escaped."

"It's time for Animaniacs! And we're zany to the max!" The three Warners sang and bounced around as Carrie swung around on a long vine, transitioning the scene over to Dr. Scratchansniff on a chair. "So just sit back and relax. You'll laugh till you collapse! We're Animaniacs!" Wakko and Dot tickled Dr. Scratchandsniff as Yakko pulls a lever, bringing him right into the floor. The four then appear on their logo, with Carrie leaning on the left side of it.

"Come Join the Warner Brothers." Yakko and Wakko walk alongside together and Carrie started to get more into it, as Dot popped in from the side of the screen and sang out for the crowd. "And the Warner sister Dot." And they began to run away as Ralph, the security guard, chases after them. "With Carrie now, we run around the Warner movie lot." The Warners get trapped in a net, as Carrie flinched slightly. "They lock us in the tower whenever we get caught." Carrie breaks the three out of the tower and they began to run again. "But we break loose and then vamoose, so now you know the plot."

"We're Animaniacs! Dot is cute and Yakko yaks." The four of them sing as Dot does a cute act and Yakko bores a yak. As Wakko eats a truckload of food, Carrie rushed in from the side and picked Wakko up before an Anvil could hit him. "Wakko packs away the snacks, and now Carrie has our backs. We're Animaniacs!" The four of them all share a hug as Carrie blushes with a dorky smile, then they began to call on their animated friends. "Meet Pinky and the Brain, who want to rule the universe. Goodfeathers flock together, Slappy whacks them with her purse. Buttons chases Mindy, While Rita sings a verse. The writers flipped, we have no script. Why bother to rehearse?" Carrie tossed Wakko the script and he eats it up.

The cast got together and began to walk side by side, and Carrie leads the pack in a red and gold majorette uniform. "We're Animaniacs. We have pay or play contracts. We're zany to the max, there's baloney in our slacks. We're Animaney, totally insaney." It then cuts to Carrie and Yakko, hugging each other, and Carrie tussles his fur. "Our true love is uncanny!" Then the Warner siblings and Carrie get back to the logo, finishing with the line "Animaniacs! Those are the facts."