He hesitated to add emphasis to it, in the original, orson flowed right into "and ill go down on you" while brain "and I... I'll... make cheese for you."
For the record, "Yes, Always" was a $500,000 inside joke dedicated to Maurice LaMarche. The backstory goes that the writers included the frozen peas outtakes verbatim as a means "to shut him up"; since Maurice had a habit of warming up each daily session to this very dialog, much to the awe and irritation of the crew. It is noted that when he read the script and realized what was there, he actually teared up.
This is true but is missing some context. LaMarche had just been to a friend's funeral and the producers waited until after that to record it. It was a moment of badly needed levity for LaMarche.
@@MagnaCarterGT Maurice's interview on Kevin Pollack's Chat Show (KPCS) #286 is worth watching in its entirety. What a life story! Anyway, what began as a moment of being given a cassette tape of the famous outtake as a means of cheering him up, having missed a flight to attend a New Year's Eve party hosted by Mtv, turned into a 1/2-million dollar moment you can't replace in life. He, like many other voice actors are so blessed!
@@minty_Joe Yeah Maurice’s story, especially about the murder of his father by his former best friend is quite both amazing and tragic same with Grey Griffin who has discussed the hard relationship she had with her biological mother
@@mckenzie.latham91 I agree. I use a similar ritual that Maurice uses (with regard to the Dalai Lama story) when I get up each day. I too have had childhood trauma (abuse/bullying) that I didn't get help with until recently. I'm getting better, but it does take one day at a time to heal.
The fact that they took a series of infamous Orson Welles gaffes, that were not only obscure at the time, but wildly inappropriate for children, and put it verbatim in a kids' show (edited) with a spot on impersonation is nothing short of amazing!
The fact that they’ve implemented this so perfectly into a childrens show where it would go entirely over the standard child viewers heads is kind of surreal. It’s unbelievably artistic in its mockery.
@@byronic-heroine reminds me of Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire: "you don't have to play dumb to kids, you just play to them". The content that treated me as an equal way back when I was a kid is content I still cherish today.
3:50 "If you want this done, you'll have to find some actor who does... impressions!" A subtle nod to Maurice LaMarche as the Brain, doing his impression of Orson Welles, with a glance at the "fourth wall"
I was a college student and not a kid, but it was the same way for me...I didn't get why this was supposed to be funny or what the deal was. Now that I know the backstory, of course... The makers of this called it a $200,000 in-joke.
I too remember this bit to some point and remember thinking, why isn't he trying to take over the world. This is funny and I think the writers were looking to make something funny, for them this time and not their audience that was otherwise a fraction their ages.
Nostalgia critic said same thing when he did top 11 animaniacs episodes and this was on list saying most kids wouldn’t get it but when you know the backstory it’s hilarious
I love how at 1:11 when he says "I'll make cheese for you" he gives a knowing look to the camera. In the original recording this is based on, Orson Wells said "Show me how you can say 'in July' and I'll go down on you." His look kinda says, "I'm saying this, but you know what I'm referencing."
Now if only we can have Paulsen and LaMarche get together in the studio one more time and record Pinky and the Brain reenacting the Paul Masson champagne commercial. "Wah-haahhh, the French…"
I saw this when it originally aired and I found myself laughing at how weirdly mundane it was, so different from the customary Animaniacs shtick; Frankly, I've never forgotten it and think about it every once and awhile. And then just today--I find out it's an almost verbatim reiteration of an Orson Welles' commercial recording session! I am bowled over. It adds another fun layer.
The recording engineer was voiced by Harry Andronis who was the recording engineer for all of the Animaniacs and Pinky and The Brain cartoons. He died of ALS in December of 2010. When Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche did the Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014, they dedicated it to Harry.
Babylonthegreat my brother is a musician...the tape he copied for me in the early '80's had Orson, Red's Tube Bar, the infamous Linda McCartney backup vocals, Buddy Rich's "pep talk" and more. Believe me, it made the rounds if I had it. When this cartoon came out I felt like a real insider.
Us kids had no idea what the cartoon creators were referring to, but lol now that we're older...I can't help but to laugh. They substitute "go down on you" with "make cheese for you" lol
Today we can easily listen to the Wells' original audio, but when this aired, how many people had ever even known about it, much less, heard the original source recording? Parody is damned tough if the audience hasn't experienced that which is being parodied. That they were willing to do this was insanity and greatness combined or, to quote Steve Jobs, insanely great.
Gillian Orley As a kid, I was dumbfounded. I didn't know the joke. I know they were making fun of something, something older than myself. It's funnier now knowing the truth. In hindsight, I had some of the same problems with animaniacs. I didn't like half the jokes and thought they were bullies because of all the adult humor that flew over my head.
Yeah, this was before RUclips. It was one of those very insidery things. Like how 30 Rock flew well under the radar with a joke about Bill Cosby's sexual impropriety, which was known at the time in comedy circles.
While true, there were shows before on demand internet research or dvd extras that aired things like the original audio and other such outtakes, bloopers, and the like. I remember hearing the frozen peas bit from not only such shows, but later a biography around the time Transformers: The Movie came out (his last role before he passed). Orson apparently wasn't too enthused about his role as Unicron, either. Point is, I was able to get the joke from prior knowledge for both this and a similar joke from The Critic. Tge knowledge may not have been nearly as widespread, but it was out there.
I mean Looney Tunes was full of references to old films, actors, and musicians I’d never seen or heard of, but I still loved it. Simpsons did it too. The material being parodied, if done well, should be funny regardless of knowledge of the source.
Rob Paulsen as Pinky Maurice LaMarche as The Brain The late, great Harry Andronis (RIP) as the pony tailed sound engineer. True facts: This episode is a $500,000 dollar inside joke dedicated to Maurice. He had a habit of warming up his voice each day to this exact dialogue, much to the stunned awe of the other staff members present those days. Maurice can even still to this very day, recite the entire Orson Welles "Frozen Peas" outtake front to back. Just ask him to do so at one of the many conventions he shows up at (Comic-Con, Emerald-Con, Momo-Con, etc.).
@@ink1931 Yep. And the Lady with the glasses at the very beginning of "Yes, Always" is a cameo appearance of Voice Director (now retired) Andrea Romano.
@@madProgenitorDeity Strange. And yet, I don't see the resemblance. Pinky & The Brain are drawings based on Eddie Fitzgerald and Tom Minton, true fact.
That mouse made the most famous movie in the annuals of cinema, was married to Rita Hayworth AND tried to take over the world every night and it's come to this. Peas.😂
4:00 That last part (for those who don't wit) is a parody of something that happened to Herve Villechaize, the actor who played "Tattoo" on *Fantasy Island* . After that show became extremely popular, he planned to barge into producer Aaron Spelling's office to demand more money. When he got there, though, he saw 50-100 dwarf actors reading Tattoo's lines. He then got scared and left.
The look on Brain's face during the "Make cheese for you" line suggests to me he totally DID consider saying, "Go down on you", but decided to air on the side of caution on this one.
I wanna know what it was like to pitch this idea. "Hey, you know that blooper reel where Orson Welles just shits on the script of those food commercials? Let's have the Brain re-enact it word for word."
Apparently this was Marice LeMarche's warm up for the Brain. The crew would watch in awe as he would just recite this from memory, and wanted to use it in an episode.
The fact that Maurice Lemarche would use these rants/gaffes that he had memorized from the real Welles gaffes, as way of vocal warm up to the point the show’s writers added it into the script is just one of those amazing behind the scene tales.
"We do the same thing we do every night, Pinky... Try to find a way to emphasize 'in' before 'July'! Also there's this movie I'm directing. Huge thing, starts with a crystal snowflakeball falling from an old man's hand. I feel it's going to be something big."
@@snichols1973 the bit, complete with country goodness and pea-ness is included in an episode of the critic, one of the earlier cartoons aimed at adults post-Simpsons.
I remember watching Animaniacs as a kid in the ‘90s and so many of these great references just went right over my head. As an adult I’m only just now appreciating this show for what it was.
I remember watching this as a kid and my dad overheard it. Once the show as over he took me aside and had me listen to the original Orson Welles bit. Even though I didn't get it at the time I am now amazed that this show took something so obscure and made it memorable.
I think this was more for the adults in the audience than the kids. No kid in 1993 would have gotten the parody of Orson Well's Frozen Peas outtake. Well, not unless they were unusually Precocious or heard the audio somehow.
Brain/Orson makes a great point. To say "in July" as "IN July" is just bizarre, as is the rest of the text, which tries to sound like "we have insider's knowledge of great food" but comes off stilted and...I don't know...too precious, perhaps? Like "listen, children, to my story of enchanted peas".
Wow, Pinky is actually kind of a smart mouth. It’s been a while since I’ve seen animaniacs but I think this is the first time we see Pinky act a little sarcastic
So many jokes and references went right over my head when I watched this as a kid, but I still loved it. I love re-watching this stuff now that I'm older and understand what they were parodying
i asked Maurice LaMarche about this scene and Warner and Spielberg just gave them money to do what they wanted such as covering this widely circulated Orson Wells bit
The best part about this is it's one long inside joke, but there are still enough changes to make an actual story out of and don't just rely on people to "get" it off the bat. If you were to do something like this nowadays, say with Christian Bale's rant, it'd just be a verbatim re-enactment with no jokes and people would be expected to just laugh at that.
Does anyone else think that Maurice LeMarche would make an excellent Unicron in a future Transformers project? Since Orson Welles voiced him from the movie in the 80's, and Maurice is doing an impression of him, it's a shame he was never cast to play Unicron in any show or film.
I didnt fully appreciate this clip until recently after hearing the original from Orson Wells. Notice the slight quip they substitute in as "make cheese for you" instead of "go down on you". Gotta keep it kid friendly! But this should be taught in English class
The best part is that the dialogue is almost 100% exactly taken from an old outtake reel of Orson Welles having a meltdown reading poorly-written, poorly-directed advertisement copy. The guy was asked by a real director and sound engineer to emphasize the wrong word and he tore into them multiple times for their incompetence. Maurice LaMarche, the VA behind The Brain, would use that outtake to keep his Orson Welles impression sharp, and from what I've read this bit being a near-exact rip of that outtake was a sort of thank-you gift to the actor, who teared up when he realized what his writers had given him.
An honorary 5th wall was constructed so that this scene could break it.
"I'll make cheese for you" is one of the best reworkings of a profane statement EVER.
It really is. whoever thought of that to replace "I'll go down on you" is fucking great
He hesitated to add emphasis to it, in the original, orson flowed right into "and ill go down on you" while brain "and I... I'll... make cheese for you."
@@CGJ7755
What if the line just reminded him that he was voicing a cartoon rat and he had to take a short pause? XD
Goodnight, everybody!
I see you tomorrow
I admire the dedication to a 4 minute bit to an Orson Welles story nobody in the actual demo would understand.
I heard the who's on first joke first on animaniacs
For the record, "Yes, Always" was a $500,000 inside joke dedicated to Maurice LaMarche. The backstory goes that the writers included the frozen peas outtakes verbatim as a means "to shut him up"; since Maurice had a habit of warming up each daily session to this very dialog, much to the awe and irritation of the crew. It is noted that when he read the script and realized what was there, he actually teared up.
This is true but is missing some context. LaMarche had just been to a friend's funeral and the producers waited until after that to record it. It was a moment of badly needed levity for LaMarche.
@@MagnaCarterGT Maurice's interview on Kevin Pollack's Chat Show (KPCS) #286 is worth watching in its entirety. What a life story! Anyway, what began as a moment of being given a cassette tape of the famous outtake as a means of cheering him up, having missed a flight to attend a New Year's Eve party hosted by Mtv, turned into a 1/2-million dollar moment you can't replace in life. He, like many other voice actors are so blessed!
@@minty_Joe Yeah Maurice’s story, especially about the murder of his father by his former best friend is quite both amazing and tragic
same with Grey Griffin who has discussed the hard relationship she had with her biological mother
@@mckenzie.latham91 I agree. I use a similar ritual that Maurice uses (with regard to the Dalai Lama story) when I get up each day. I too have had childhood trauma (abuse/bullying) that I didn't get help with until recently. I'm getting better, but it does take one day at a time to heal.
Why 500k?
The fact that they took a series of infamous Orson Welles gaffes, that were not only obscure at the time, but wildly inappropriate for children, and put it verbatim in a kids' show (edited) with a spot on impersonation is nothing short of amazing!
I believe Maurice LaMarche warms up with Frozen Peas.
+aresef You're correct.
I know! I love Orson Welles! Have you seen the Battle For Citizen Kane? It's really informative.
So true
pure genus
The fact that they’ve implemented this so perfectly into a childrens show where it would go entirely over the standard child viewers heads is kind of surreal. It’s unbelievably artistic in its mockery.
It was very amusing at the time
This is what I love about a lot of the cartoons from my childhood. I got enjoyment from them then, and something new 20 years later.
@@byronic-heroine reminds me of Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire: "you don't have to play dumb to kids, you just play to them". The content that treated me as an equal way back when I was a kid is content I still cherish today.
3:50 "If you want this done, you'll have to find some actor who does... impressions!" A subtle nod to Maurice LaMarche as the Brain, doing his impression of Orson Welles, with a glance at the "fourth wall"
Paul frees did, in fact do impressions of Orson Welles do you want a really good one
Pinky: " I was just thinking that- "
The Brain: " *You aren't thinking.* "
That is so perfectly in character for both of them.
Hmm... I wonder where else I have heard these lines.
Korra: "I was thinking-"
Toph: "Exactly. You weren't thinking."
@@CadetGriffin
not quite the same but very reminiscent indeed.
I had NO idea what this really was when I was a kid back in the 90's. Now, it's hysterical.
I was a college student and not a kid, but it was the same way for me...I didn't get why this was supposed to be funny or what the deal was. Now that I know the backstory, of course...
The makers of this called it a $200,000 in-joke.
I too remember this bit to some point and remember thinking, why isn't he trying to take over the world. This is funny and I think the writers were looking to make something funny, for them this time and not their audience that was otherwise a fraction their ages.
Same here. I was 11 when I first saw this and was completely confused. Now though, I know how hilarious it is.
as a 90's kid. I knew 100% what this show was about and pretty much every other 90s cartoon shows
Nostalgia critic said same thing when he did top 11 animaniacs episodes and this was on list saying most kids wouldn’t get it but when you know the backstory it’s hilarious
I love how at 1:11 when he says "I'll make cheese for you" he gives a knowing look to the camera. In the original recording this is based on, Orson Wells said "Show me how you can say 'in July' and I'll go down on you." His look kinda says, "I'm saying this, but you know what I'm referencing."
We all know what's going on here. It's just implied, but we all know what's going on in this scene. The kids don't, but we do.
Now if only we can have Paulsen and LaMarche get together in the studio one more time and record Pinky and the Brain reenacting the Paul Masson champagne commercial. "Wah-haahhh, the French…"
I'd pay good money to see that!!
Headcolors TV I’m sure they’d be up for it. Also there’s a certain reboot coming up 😏 where well, we’ll have to see what happens
I would LOVE to see that
LaMarche does cameos. We can make it happen
I love how brain says "I'll make cheese for you" instead of saying "I'll go down on you" like welles originally said
miguelsandov999 I also like also a paused for second. I like to think he was about to say "I'll go down on you" but he caught himself.
And how he said shoot and tripe instead of shit lol
@@RachelDeRosier010894 My favorite is that "Jiminy." It's so genuine.
I saw this when it originally aired and I found myself laughing at how weirdly mundane it was, so different from the customary Animaniacs shtick; Frankly, I've never forgotten it and think about it every once and awhile. And then just today--I find out it's an almost verbatim reiteration of an Orson Welles' commercial recording session! I am bowled over. It adds another fun layer.
I am amazed at this how they put this in a kids show that none would get
The recording engineer was voiced by Harry Andronis who was the recording engineer for all of the Animaniacs and Pinky and The Brain cartoons.
He died of ALS in December of 2010. When Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche did the Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014, they dedicated it to Harry.
Brain + Orson = perfection.
"Your friend." lol I love when Orson / Brain sarcastically says that.
Now I'm old enough to know why my mom was laughing at the "make cheese for you" part.
Babylonthegreat my brother is a musician...the tape he copied for me in the early '80's had Orson, Red's Tube Bar, the infamous Linda McCartney backup vocals, Buddy Rich's "pep talk" and more. Believe me, it made the rounds if I had it. When this cartoon came out I felt like a real insider.
Your mom had culture. It also takes culture to make cheese.
"And I'll go down on you" was changed to "I'll make cheese for you." 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I can just imagine all the kids (and parents) being confused at this in-joke when this aired in the 90s.
Us kids had no idea what the cartoon creators were referring to, but lol now that we're older...I can't help but to laugh.
They substitute "go down on you" with "make cheese for you" lol
"Like a narf but from outside"
"Like a narf"
"but from outside"
oh jeez.
Today we can easily listen to the Wells' original audio, but when this aired, how many people had ever even known about it, much less, heard the original source recording?
Parody is damned tough if the audience hasn't experienced that which is being parodied. That they were willing to do this was insanity and greatness combined or, to quote Steve Jobs, insanely great.
Gillian Orley As a kid, I was dumbfounded. I didn't know the joke. I know they were making fun of something, something older than myself. It's funnier now knowing the truth.
In hindsight, I had some of the same problems with animaniacs. I didn't like half the jokes and thought they were bullies because of all the adult humor that flew over my head.
+Gillian Orley It's why I didn't understand literally any of the jokes in the show as a kid.
Yeah, this was before RUclips. It was one of those very insidery things. Like how 30 Rock flew well under the radar with a joke about Bill Cosby's sexual impropriety, which was known at the time in comedy circles.
While true, there were shows before on demand internet research or dvd extras that aired things like the original audio and other such outtakes, bloopers, and the like. I remember hearing the frozen peas bit from not only such shows, but later a biography around the time Transformers: The Movie came out (his last role before he passed). Orson apparently wasn't too enthused about his role as Unicron, either.
Point is, I was able to get the joke from prior knowledge for both this and a similar joke from The Critic. Tge knowledge may not have been nearly as widespread, but it was out there.
I mean Looney Tunes was full of references to old films, actors, and musicians I’d never seen or heard of, but I still loved it.
Simpsons did it too.
The material being parodied, if done well, should be funny regardless of knowledge of the source.
Brain's words are almost verbatim to Orson Welles rant during his voice over commercial takes.
This episode is a homage to Orson's temper tantrums.
Well, a specific one. Frozen Peas.
Maurice lamarche the voice of brain memorized that rant...he actually supported welles and respected him much.
@@mckenzie.latham91 LaMarche is right, the more I listen to it the more I agree with Orson. Those 2 men in the sound booth were morons.
Orson was 100% correct those clowns were harassing him
Rob Paulsen as Pinky
Maurice LaMarche as The Brain
The late, great Harry Andronis (RIP) as the pony tailed sound engineer.
True facts: This episode is a $500,000 dollar inside joke dedicated to Maurice. He had a habit of warming up his voice each day to this exact dialogue, much to the stunned awe of the other staff members present those days. Maurice can even still to this very day, recite the entire Orson Welles "Frozen Peas" outtake front to back. Just ask him to do so at one of the many conventions he shows up at (Comic-Con, Emerald-Con, Momo-Con, etc.).
the pony tailed sound engineer is Harry Andronis, who voiced himself in this episode and sadly passed away a while ago
@@ink1931 Yep. And the Lady with the glasses at the very beginning of "Yes, Always" is a cameo appearance of Voice Director (now retired) Andrea Romano.
@@minty_Joe while we're on this topic of real likenesses... Ariel the mermaid was modeled after Animaniacs writer Sherri Stoner
@@madProgenitorDeity Strange. And yet, I don't see the resemblance. Pinky & The Brain are drawings based on Eddie Fitzgerald and Tom Minton, true fact.
Mwaaaaah! The French... champagne.
...has always been celebrated for its excellence...
Dynamic_ And now with a bit of magic I will make this jug disappear!
Yes...oh YES! They're even better RAW!
It's sexulance is what I hear
@@Dynamic_78There is a California champagne by Paul Masson…
"I was just thinking that..."
"You aren't thinking."
THANK YOU for NOT re-dubbing it with Orson Welles' voice like everyone else!
Chris Carnicelli he probably could have and a lot of people wouldn't notice.
Goddamn this is meta.
TheUnholyHandGrenade
No it isn’t.
I love a cartoon that is written for kids to watch now but understand 20 years later.
It's perfect that Pinky is sitting in for the role of one those directors that annoyed Welles so much.
_"Mhaaaahhh the French-"_ oh wait, wrong commercial.
Orson Welles............even his outtakes are art
That mouse made the most famous movie in the annuals of cinema, was married to Rita Hayworth AND tried to take over the world every night and it's come to this. Peas.😂
The Brain will forever be Orson Welles because of this! I'm howling!!!
Wells is so extremely rude while somehow simultaneously being polite. "Come on fellas, your losing your heads!"
Today is the 100th birthday of Orson Welles.
I just re-heard the original, and, erm, "make cheese" is a heck of a euphemism for what he actally said...
4:00
That last part (for those who don't wit) is a parody of something that happened to Herve Villechaize, the actor who played "Tattoo" on *Fantasy Island* .
After that show became extremely popular, he planned to barge into producer Aaron Spelling's office to demand more money. When he got there, though, he saw 50-100 dwarf actors reading Tattoo's lines.
He then got scared and left.
Filled with country goodness, and green peaness.
The look on Brain's face during the "Make cheese for you" line suggests to me he totally DID consider saying, "Go down on you", but decided to air on the side of caution on this one.
"If you want this done, you'll just have to find some actor that does impressions" I love that joke :D
"We're talking about them growing, and she's picked 'em."
"I was out. I was already p-past that."
To quote Dot Warner "Obscure joke, ask your parents."
Me as a kid… “Mom, what does Yakko mean by ‘fingerprints?’”
When I was a kid this made no sense. It's funny how they made this before RUclips exist when you could look up things like this
Yeah, this show always put me to sleep, mainly because of weird shit like this that I would have had no idea what it is
samdiego ikr
As a kid, I (as I'm sure most kids) had no idea this was a legit commercial bit with an acting such icon as Welles was.
2:24 true Orson Wells fans know it was originally "This is a lot of shit, you know that?"
But of course, this is a kid's show.
Goodnight, Everybody!
If I ever invent a time machine, I'm going to show this to Orson Welles.
I wanna know what it was like to pitch this idea. "Hey, you know that blooper reel where Orson Welles just shits on the script of those food commercials? Let's have the Brain re-enact it word for word."
Apparently this was Marice LeMarche's warm up for the Brain. The crew would watch in awe as he would just recite this from memory, and wanted to use it in an episode.
This is so freaking funny!! It is literally word for word! I enjoyed every bit of it! XD
If you find proof for me that it actually is word for word, I'll make cheese for you.
@@DrZaius3141 bazinga
The fact that Maurice Lemarche would use these rants/gaffes that he had memorized from the real Welles gaffes, as way of vocal warm up to the point the show’s writers added it into the script
is just one of those amazing behind the scene tales.
I love how they devote five minutes to reciting the "lines" almost verbatim and it sounds just like a legitimate comedy routine.
"We do the same thing we do every night, Pinky... Try to find a way to emphasize 'in' before 'July'!
Also there's this movie I'm directing. Huge thing, starts with a crystal snowflakeball falling from an old man's hand. I feel it's going to be something big."
"Rosebud...
Yes. Rosebud Frozen Peas. Full of country goodness and green peaness.
Wait, that's terrible. I quit."
artistwithouttalent Oh, what luck! There's a french fry stuck in my beard!
Mrs. Pell's Fish Sticks -
"Oh yes! They're even better when they are raw!"
"They're even better when you're dead!"
"Pea-ness" probably wouldn't make it past the censors, while "count-ry" might just slip in under the radar as a stealthy joke...
@@snichols1973 the bit, complete with country goodness and pea-ness is included in an episode of the critic, one of the earlier cartoons aimed at adults post-Simpsons.
I can't decide what's funnier. Brain saying "This is a lot of tripe, you know that?" or the guy's shrug.
Shut up and sell me wine priced at a dollar a jug.
Aaaahh, The French
I remember watching Animaniacs as a kid in the ‘90s and so many of these great references just went right over my head. As an adult I’m only just now appreciating this show for what it was.
I remember watching this as a kid and my dad overheard it. Once the show as over he took me aside and had me listen to the original Orson Welles bit. Even though I didn't get it at the time I am now amazed that this show took something so obscure and made it memorable.
How did he get the original Orson Welles recording, before the RUclips era ?
Long ago there was the meatspace tradition of tape circulation.
Nerdist sent me here. Thank you Andrea Romano.
Me too!
Me three!
Me four. I have way better context after listening to the original clip. I didn't know what the hell was going on with this episode when i was a kid.
Me four. I remember seeing this when it first aired. Still as good today.
Me too. I was completely confused when this first aired.
This is somehow funnier _after_ you hear the original tape
And remember, there is no fish stick like Mrs Pell's!
SPMCG 7 Mmmm...yes! They're even better raw!
@@mrdankhimself This isn't a promotion, it's an expression of love!
Yes. They're alive, but I have gone to a better place. A place filled with Mrs. Pell's Fish Sticks. Yes! Oh yes! They're even better when you're dead!
There's a South Park fish sticks joke in here, for sure. Thank you, Bill Hader, for writing that one!
Funny how even the sip of water was in the right place.
Brain trying to smile looks like my sleep paralysis demon.
I think this was more for the adults in the audience than the kids. No kid in 1993 would have gotten the parody of Orson Well's Frozen Peas outtake. Well, not unless they were unusually Precocious or heard the audio somehow.
Animaniacs once did a Who's on First routine. Ren and Stimpy, Rocko and SpongeBob have plenty of bonuses for adults.
Brain/Orson makes a great point. To say "in July" as "IN July" is just bizarre, as is the rest of the text, which tries to sound like "we have insider's knowledge of great food" but comes off stilted and...I don't know...too precious, perhaps? Like "listen, children, to my story of enchanted peas".
My enchanted peas, full of country goodness and green peaness.
+FijiUnited Wait that's terrible, I quit. What luck, there's a french fry stuck in my beard
Sean Wilkinson of course it's "every July" that's just bad copy
"And I'll... make cheese for you"
This lands so differently as an adult
I'll make cheese for you.
Ahuhhh...
Wow, Pinky is actually kind of a smart mouth. It’s been a while since I’ve seen animaniacs but I think this is the first time we see Pinky act a little sarcastic
Aspergers
Make cheese for you xD
Too bad he didn't say go down on you like the original xD
Kid's show, kid's show
True but the amount of suggestive things in allllll of these old shows (from what i can remember) you think they would have just let it slide xD
It's better this way
So many jokes and references went right over my head when I watched this as a kid, but I still loved it. I love re-watching this stuff now that I'm older and understand what they were parodying
His voice reminds me of Garfield
Pretty good Maurice Lamarche. Orson Welles would be proud.
I love Mrs. Pell's peas. They are full of country goodness and green peaness.
Rosebud Frozen Peas, Mrs Pells was the fish sticks
Wait, that’s terrible! I quit!
(Looks at the peas in front of him)
Just a handful for the road…
i asked Maurice LaMarche about this scene and Warner and Spielberg just gave them money to do what they wanted such as covering this widely circulated Orson Wells bit
As a kid, I thought this was funny because of Brain getting so angry.
Now that I am aware of the Orson Welles tape, its 10x funnier.
I feel like “make cheese for you” a lot dirtier euphemism than the “go down on you” line.
Hilarious. Brain had me laughing out loud the whole time
The best part about this is it's one long inside joke, but there are still enough changes to make an actual story out of and don't just rely on people to "get" it off the bat. If you were to do something like this nowadays, say with Christian Bale's rant, it'd just be a verbatim re-enactment with no jokes and people would be expected to just laugh at that.
"We're talking about 'em growing, and she's picked 'em."
This is actually amazing. There's no way in a million years this would be made today.
Indeed. They'd take one look at the script and go "wait a minute, this is Yes Always."
Full of country goodness and green peaness...
Handful for the road...
I cannot believe that this is an Orson outtake verbatim.
This episode is so meta.
Does anyone else think that Maurice LeMarche would make an excellent Unicron in a future Transformers project? Since Orson Welles voiced him from the movie in the 80's, and Maurice is doing an impression of him, it's a shame he was never cast to play Unicron in any show or film.
When I first heard Orson Welles trying to do a commercial about peas I thought to myself…”by golly, Orson Welles sounds exactly like the “Brain”.
"Battle for the Planet" and "The Third Mouse" are also based on Orson's work.
Here under protest is Beef Burgers
His name is Robert Paulson.
His name is Robert Paulson.
No way anyone was supposed to get this when it first aired. I love it when showrunners make things just for themselves.
Now I want to see the Brain do an advertisement for French champagne!
56 dislikes? Really?? They probably couldn't have cheese made for them because there wasn't a jury to emphasize "In July".
Here from Maurice's interview on KPCS!
Wow. This is VERBATIM the outtakes from ghe peas ads. Thats amazing. Its hilarious!!
"Yes, always! I'm always ,but past that!"
"You are?"
"YES!"
0:52 - For "Yes Always"
I didnt fully appreciate this clip until recently after hearing the original from Orson Wells. Notice the slight quip they substitute in as "make cheese for you" instead of "go down on you". Gotta keep it kid friendly! But this should be taught in English class
Such a beautifully deep dive by what by all deceptive appearances was a throwaway show for kids.
He's right though, it is written for shit.
Rosebud frozen peas, full of country goodness and green peaness.
I'm actually trying to read Brain's scripts as Pinky wants them; "IN July", "Prairie-feed BEEF" XD sounds so stupid its hilarious
The best part is that the dialogue is almost 100% exactly taken from an old outtake reel of Orson Welles having a meltdown reading poorly-written, poorly-directed advertisement copy. The guy was asked by a real director and sound engineer to emphasize the wrong word and he tore into them multiple times for their incompetence. Maurice LaMarche, the VA behind The Brain, would use that outtake to keep his Orson Welles impression sharp, and from what I've read this bit being a near-exact rip of that outtake was a sort of thank-you gift to the actor, who teared up when he realized what his writers had given him.
"What is a gonk?"
"It's like a Narf, but from outside."
I remember seeing this when I was a kid and it went completely over my head but now I see the absolute insane genius of it.
Same here!