Pictured at an "Animaniacs" wrap party from the mid-90's: Colin Wells (the voice of Colin, the kid who tells all the Randy Beaman stories), Steven Spielberg (the big kid who tells lots of other stories), and Nate Ruegger (the voice of Skippy Squirrel).
Colin is the son of "Animaniacs" writer Deanna Oliver. Colin just returned from two years of active duty in Afghanistan. Welcome back, Colin!
Another brilliant photo! These were truly my fave "kid stars" the whole time I watched Animaniacs, and with greater respect now. Thanks for sharing, Tom!
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ReplyDeleteWelcome back Colin! Thanks for your service(if he happens to read this). I love how nicely he's dressed next to Steven and Nate in rather, casual atire. I'm soo jealous, I am desperately trying to find an animaniacs t shirt that isn't in rags, and fits me. And their Nate is with my FAVORITE design. I guess those are some of the perks of having a cartoonist, writer, director, and producer as a father.
ReplyDeleteAh well, cool pic.
Big kid, so, I guess Steven was very fun to be around, eh?
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ReplyDeleteHe apparently had a young voice; I always pictured Colin Wells at around 7 years old. Didn't know the Deanna Oliver connection either.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the main reason behind the "Randy Beaman" shorts being largely confined to Season 1? (There was one in Season 3 but I think it was a holdover.) Did Colin's voice change? Did you not want them produced by any studio other than StarToons? Or did the staff just not want to do them anymore?
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ReplyDeleteThe minute I saw Nate in this photo he looks just like he is now (except younger)...
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¿can I post my tought of animaniacs in this blog?, don't worry all of them are good. A lot of stuff is passing through my head and I want to release them, but I don't know if you mind if I do it
ReplyDeleteNate looks very cute in this pic. I'd adopt him.
ReplyDeleteTWO YEARS of active duty?? dang... that's a long time. I hope he's enjoying the comforts of home.
Tom, if you are there ¿is that ok if I post in this blog my thinkings about animaniacs (!don't worry, all my comments about the show are good!!) the fact is that there are a lot of things passing through my head and they want to "come out"!!, unless you don't want me to do it. Yakko, Wakko and Dot, !!we are gonna miss you!! !!we'll remember you forever!!
ReplyDeleteI never really noticed that almost all the Randy Beamen (spelling?) shots were confined to season 1. I did notice that with Mime Time. I heard at Toonzone that the reason was because of a loss of access to TMS. Which brings up two questions
ReplyDelete1.Why did ya'll lose access to TMS
2.Why couldn't ya'll send them elsewhere?
Never lost access to TMS.
ReplyDeleteTMS did the animation for Wakko's Wish, which was the last production for Animanaics in 1999.
Startoons did Randy Beaman segments after Season One.
Their production depended largely on what and when Deanna wrote for them.
Well, to rephrase Luke's question....I think you said earlier that TMS was being mainly used for Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries in 1995, as well as the P&B Christmas episode. So therefore they'd be unavailable for Animaniacs work....right?
ReplyDeleteNicely presented, Peter.
ReplyDelete¿do you remember the episode called "plane pals"? I think the warner brothers and their sister could find today a brand new "special friend", and its': !!Hugh Laurie!! (from HOUSE M.D.) XD he really could be their "special friend" XD ¿what do you think?
ReplyDelete"Startoons did Randy Beaman segments after Season One."
ReplyDeleteDid they do all of the Randy Beaman skits, or did Akom do them at first? At the time, I had pegged those as being Akom, but certainly the movements of some suggested StarToons. Jon McClenahan told me that he thought they did all the Randy Beaman skits, after seeing them marked as Akom in my old "Animaniacs Handy Episode Manual".
Ron: don't have the records in front of me. If Akom did a batch, it was probably one batch. McClenahan and Startoons were perfect for these.
ReplyDeleteTom, ¿when Tiny Toon was made did'nt the name sound a little for a "pre-schoolers" show? when knew about them I never tought it would have running gags and Slapsticks
ReplyDeleteI saw that Animaniacs was dubbed in 14 diferent idioms, besides spanish, portuguese and french, ¿in what other idioms was it dubbed? ¿remember some?
ReplyDeleteTom ¿did someone or any newspaper or elementary School organization critcize animaniacs for the "violence"?, I mean it's not the same Animaniacs than Saint Seiya, in the first one there are anvils, dinamite, mallets, bombs, smashes but the victims survive all that, and in Saint Seiya, there is a lot of blood, headcuts, impalings, and it was criticized a lot, but ¿did animaniacs received some critics about that? ¿was there a comparison between animaniacs "kind" violence and Saint Seiya "kind" violence?, by the way about the blog ¿where have you been? long time no "see"
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ReplyDeleteSorry I have not been answering your very interesting and valid questions.
My primary goal with this blog is to post original drawings and cartoons. And now and then, a story or two. Perhaps at some time in the future I'll have the time to answer questions about past productions. But at this time, that's not the focus of "Cartoonatics."
My absence on the blog has been due to some work that demands considerable time and attention. I'll return to blogging as soon as time allows.
Thanks for your patience!
OK, take your time, talk about nostalgic cartoons when you have time.
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