“Animaniacs” Show Tunes – Live!
Hellooo, Nurse! Animaniacs fans in L.A. later this month are in for a treat. Voice actor Rob Paulsen (Yakko) and composer Randy Rogel will perform songs from the Steven Spielberg/Warner Bros. animated series’ Animaniacs for a live podcast. On Friday night, July 27th, Paulsen and Rogel will take center stage at the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club at Universal City Walk to sing some of Animaniacs most memorable tunes including Yakko’s World, Yakko’s America, I’m Mad, Variety Speak, The Presidents Song along with several musical numbers that never made it into the animated series. The 90-minute show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets can be purchased online. According to the press release:
Since 2011, Paulsen has been hosting his own weekly podcast series based around cartoons. The shows have been such a hit on iTunes; they’ve reached #1 in the audio Film and TV category. Some of animation’s biggest stars have been guests on Paulsen’s show including actor Mark Hamill, Debi Derryberry (voice of Jimmy Neutron and Speedy Alka Seltzer), Bill Farmer (voice of Disney’s Goofy and Pluto), Kevin Michael Richardson (voice of Cleveland Brown Jr. from The Cleveland Show), and Emmy Award winner Maurice LaMarche (voice of The Brain from Pinky & The Brain, The Chief on Inspector Gadget, Futurama) to name a few.
