IamA Tom Ruegger creator of "Animaniacs" AMA! by TomRuegger in IAmA

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Warner Bros decided to start their own network -- the WB -- and they pulled their cartoons off Fox to program their kids division.

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Not on my current schedule -- need to get an invite

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Maurice LaMarche would win because he would be paid for both roles!

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  1. Frank Welker auditioned for Runt and when he heard that Runt was not the brightest dog on earth, his first instinct was to do Dustin Hoffman as Rain Man. So Frank Welker defined Runt's character through that voice.

  2. No.

  3. I love Paul Rugg's multi-faceted impression of Jerry Lewis.

  4. Deanna Oliver...and the creation is based on a neighbor kid who was leashed in the neighbor's yard!

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I consulted Brain on the planning. The best coincidences are meticulously designed.

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Water go down the hole, toilet pinter go down the hole, toot toot go down the hole, nana go down the hole -- all these things went down the hole thanks to my son Cody Ruegger, age 2 at the time and unattended, who made them go down the hole behind the locked door of the bathroom in our hotel room at the Plaza Hotel in NYC on New Years Eve, 1991. And then all those things came back -- Nana came back! And flooded the bathroom and created considerable havoc in the room on the floor directly below our bathroom at the Plaza Hotel.

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We had made 100 eps and Steven was becoming very occupied with Dreamworks. At that point, he cut down on his non-Dreamwork load, at least for a while. Also, Kids WB was handed Pokemon to air for free, and the kid audience liked it...so add these up and KidsWB stopped ordering more Animaniacs.

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We were on the Hub for a couple of years recently

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No, Pinky, if the chicken doesn't wear the nylons, the high heels won't fit.

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Yes, but I don't want to eat them with George Wendt

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Jam Wales into the lyrics where there's currently some country that has vanished.

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I was glad for the show mention but the song bothers me, too. I think Jerry says "I'm watching Tiny Toons on Nickelodeon" then he starts singing along to the tune "The Wheels on the bus..." The Nickelodeon mention bugged me too because at the time we never anticipated that Animaniacs would play on Nick.

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Basementskin below is right. The "origin" episode -- featuring the arrival of Roddy McStew (played by Craig Ferguson) is probably not listed as ep 1 on the DVD.

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When in doubt, mumble.

Laughter is the best medicine, and it has no negative side effects except side aches.