All this and "Spaceballs" too.

June 30, 2017 1:59 PM

One great way to get ready for the Animaniacs reboot is to listen to "Yakko's World"... sung by the movies.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI (15 comments total)

I was literally previewing my post on this when yours appeared. It's great - here is a list of the films used.
posted by AndrewStephens at 2:01 PM on June 30, 2017 [4 favorites]

I love this and you.

But, you forgot previously.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 2:03 PM on June 30, 2017

I should point out that my previously doesn't have anything to do with the Animaniacs (despite one brief appearance), but it's the same sort of idea.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 2:06 PM on June 30, 2017

Live performance extended with new 2017 verse, by Yakko voice actor Rob Paulsen
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 2:13 PM on June 30, 2017 [8 favorites]

That. Is. Incredible.

I used to post snarky garbage about people having too much time on their hands. But I'm older now and I just sit here in wide-eyed wonder. Bravo. Bravo.
posted by The Bellman at 2:44 PM on June 30, 2017

This is great! Just when I start hating the internet someone goes and does something like this and it's all good again.
posted by Mchelly at 2:55 PM on June 30, 2017

How is this possible without spending literally years on this? Did they spend literally years on this?
posted by zachlipton at 3:14 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]

I just found out there's a Rock's Modern Life reboot in the works and now I see Animaniacs are (is?)coming back? This is amazing!
posted by piedmont at 3:31 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]

a Rock's Modern Life reboot in the works

Oh?
posted by Guy Smiley at 3:55 PM on June 30, 2017

I was looking forward to seeing what would be used for "Transylvania," and I was not disappointed.
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:15 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]

I imagine this video used QuoDB or some similar service, but there's still an obvious human curation element in picking which movie to use for any given word, then extracting (and perfectly timing) the clips. Not literally years, but tough work nonetheless.
posted by one for the books at 4:27 PM on June 30, 2017

Nickelodeon has in production a one-time (with potential for follow-ups) movie-length RockO's Modern Life 'revival' in which the characters are all transported to the current day, skipping the last 20 years and learning to cope with a MORE Modern Life. Interesting premise. And ALL the original voice actors have signed on.
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:31 PM on June 30, 2017 [3 favorites]

I can still sing this song from memory at breakneck speed, as it turns out.

That updated version linked above is a little strange because the original song was never complete. It left out a ton of countries, and the updated version adds a few but still leaves out plenty. Poor Burkina Faso.
posted by painquale at 4:34 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]

They sort of cheated with Cayman (Will Smith in MEN IN BLACK introducing himself as Agent "K, man"). ....I am okay with that.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:14 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]

That was SPECTACULAR!!! I'm now more convinced that something good can happen in the world.
posted by rednikki at 8:24 AM on July 1, 2017