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Pinky and The Brain (1995) - Brain Stem clip included
Pinky and The Brain
.Only available on US DVD
U.S Cover- Unavailable in Oz
“I think so, Brain, but then it'd be Snow White and the Seven Samurai...” – Pinky
Sunday morning was spent viewing the ingenious animated comedy Pinky and the Brain on U.S DVD. John Doe has decided a Monday morning treat is in order. As the uproarious laughter subsides it has been decided to share a few highlights that will surely help readers Monday morning be more cheerful.
For those who didn’t tune in during the 90’s, Pinky and the Brain are two laboratory mice. The Brain is mercilessly striving for Global domination, sounds eerily like Orson Welles with a dizzying intellect that is circumvented by his ravenous ego.
“I'd like to thank all the little people I stepped on to get where I am today.” – The Brain
The cruel joke is that his only companion is the terminally innocent, empty headed Pinky.
“This is the earth. And this is Pinky. You can tell the difference quite easily. One is a lump of inert matter hurtling blindly through the void. The other... is the earth.” – The Brain
Together they fail gloriously and uproariously while zingers, one liners and pop culture references fly by at frightening speed.
“Hurry up, Pinky, If we don't get to Carley Simon's house I'll never know if that song was about me.”– The Brain
Produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Eva Almos (Invader Zim, Duckman) the series ran from 1995-1998.
The gregarious scripts were aimed at adults and children, contained clever sociopolitical innuendo and united high brow wit with low brow slapstick.
“Isn't life wonderful, Brain? Just think, we started out as lab mice forced to spend the whole day working our way through frustrating mazes that went absolutely nowhere. Now we get to do what humans do!” – Pinky
The colourful art design is filled out with impressive shadow and light play, manipulating atmosphere to homage everything from Looney Tunes to Goodfellas.
Smart and infinetly engaging, Pinky and The Brain is "narf","zoit" fun. Lets all join hands, chant kumbaya and concoct and Australian (Region 4) DVD release.
"What are we going to do tonite Brain?" - Pinky
"Same thing we do everynight, try to take over the world" - Brain
Here is the astounding, amusing and educational musical number that features Brain explaining the anatomy of the cerbrum. Introducing the Brainstem..
Below you can enjoy 6 minutes of the classic "Yes, Always" episode.
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Duckman and Invader Zim are classics, too. Ah, cartoons...
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Do you have a favourite P&B moment?
Duckman and Invader Zim are also good fun.
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Or Wile E. Coyote. He was one of my favourites. The quintessential loser who just won't give up.
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There is a thorough love and admiration for the classic, traditional style animation of Chuck Jones.
For the tunes Wile E is a fave, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian etc...and i still measure all cartoons by them
Ren and Stimpy are still a good time too.....South Park got boring fast, though the bigscreen release was way better than the series..."Blame Canada"
Im a sci fi geek so Futurama does it for me and Family Guy hits its stride in the 4th season...
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I think Family Guy is great on Youtube lips, but I can't sit through an entire episode.
I actually like South Park... I think the 5th, 6th season, they were doing some brilliant satire. Well, maybe not brilliant. But wicked.
JD, I love the P&B when they go back in time - there are a couple like that, right?
And there's the one where Brain makes a big robot and controls him from the head?
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I remember Clutch Cargo, and yeah their was something disturbing about the low rent animation. Still a fun adventure if memory serves, I would check it out again if it ever gets released on DVD.
Hi Cib,
The time travel episodes of P&B are soem teh best for sure...they feature Snowball (Roddy McDowell) too which makes em even better...I think he passed away after doing the series.
Your right about the one with the robot controlled from the noggan, funny stuff..narf.
The Tex Avery stuff is ofcourse classic and Im a sucker for some of teh Hanna Baberra stuff like Jetsons, Hong Kong Fuey, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglespuss etc
It is amazing how well these seemingly childish toons cater to adult senseabilities, so much more complex than they first appeared as 5 year olds.
I didn't realise that the Brain was voiced by Maurice LaMarche, known for his work on The Critic and in Futurama. I adore him as the pompous Calculon.
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I didn't know Maurice went onto Futurama, great little trivia slice.
I really wish that Pinky and The Brain had continued the way the Simpsons has, such brilliant writing.
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Yep this was certainly a modern golden years of animation contender...along with Dexter's Lab and Johnny Bravo
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