Episode 48: Mobster Mash/Lake Titicaca/Icebreakers

Episode 48: Mobster Mash/Lake Titicaca/Icebreakers
Series
Season	1
Episode	48
Gags
Variable Verse	Dot: "Here's the show's name-y!" Wakko: "Chicken Chow Mein-y." (Original Airing) [citation needed]
Gag Credit(s)	Bonsai Sculptor- Kathryn Page
Closing Line	Yakko: "Goodnight, Dot. Night, Wakko." Dot:"Goodnight, Yakko. Goodnight, Wakko." Wakko: "Nighty-night, Dot. Night, Yakko." Yakko: "Goodnight, Elvis." Elvis: "Thank you very much, but I don't want anyone to know I'm here."
Broadcast Details
Premiered	November 24, 1993
Episode Chronology
Previous	Episode 47
Next	Episode 49

Mobster Mash/Lake Titicaca/Icebreakers is the 48th episode of the original Animaniacs. It originally aired on November 24, 1993.

Newsreel of the Stars

See also: Episode 1: De-Zanitized/The Monkey Song/Nighty-Night Toon#Newsreel of the Stars

Animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd.

Trivia

• An extended version of the Newsreel seen in the first episode with extra scenes and dialogue.
  

Theme Song

Last line

Dot: Here's the show's name-y...

Trivia

• In the original airing of this episode, the last line was Wakko singing "Chicken Chow Meiny!"
  • The "Chicken Chow Meiny" version is seen in original airing, iTunes, DVD, and HBO Max Latin America.
  • The "Here's the show's name-y" version is seen in reruns, Netflix and Hulu.
    

Dot's Poetry Corner

Animation by Freelance Animators, Ltd.

Plot

Dot recites her rather morbid interpretation of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," called "Requiem for a Lamb." It is only 1 sentence long: "Mary had a little lamb with mint jelly."

Mobster Mash

Animation by Wang Film Production

Plot

The Warners pester a mafia don (a parody of The Godfather) in an Italian restaurant because mafia tried to take the booth the Warners had been sitting in just because it was his booth.

Crew

• Written by Nicholas Hollander
• Directed by Greg Reyna and Dave Marshall

Songs

• "Ravioli, Pepperoni"
• "The Warner Waiter Two"
• "We Were Sitting Here Before You"

Trivia

• The episode's title is a pun on that of the 1962 novelty song "Monster Mash".
• The Godfather is satirized throughout the whole segment.
• The Goodfeathers appears in a cameo.
• The song about Italian food The WB Kids sing parodies Rossini's famous Tarantella.
• Dot's pet appears.
• When the Godfather threatens the Warners with "sleeping with the fishes", Wakko asks if Jimmy Hoffa is there, a reference to Hoffa's disappearance.

Goofs and Inconsistencies

• Throughout most of the cartoon, the Warners refer to spaghetti as "psketti" (as mentioned in the series bible) even though they actually used the correct word during their song at the beginning. (They're probably doing it for the "funsies" as Dr. Scratchansniff would say)
• The restaurant is called Mario Puzzo's, although it is actually spelled "Puzo", with one Z.

Mime Time

Animation by TMS

Today on Mime Time

Lifting an imaginary barbell.

An anvil falls on The Mime.

Lake Titicaca

Animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Ltd.

Plot

The Warners sing a song about Lake Titicaca...probably the naughtiest song ever sung on Animaniacs. The Warners show that they really like saying its name.

Crew

• Music by Richard Stone
• Lyrics by Tom Ruegger

Songs

• "Lake Titicaca"

Trivia

• This song was later re-recorded and re-arranged for the Yakko's World album.

Randy Beaman

Animation by StarToons

Plot

Colin walks out of the house all wet wearing nothing but a towel and talks about how Randy Beaman's cat eating a piranha and becoming a "piranha cat" as a result. Before he walks into the house, his towel falls down exposing his rear end.

Icebreakers

Animation by Akom Film Production

Plot

In Alaska, Runt, against Rita's objections, finds himself as Ross Perot's new sled dog.

Crew

• Written by Nicholas Hollander
• Directed by Lenord Robinson

Songs

• "Florida"
• "Cats Always Get the Short End of the Stick"
• "I'll Go It Alone"

Trivia

• Buttons and Mindy appear running for a silent cameo.

Good Idea, Bad Idea

Animation by Wang

Good Idea: Drinking fresh milk from the carton.

Bad Idea: Drinking fresh milk from the cow.

Production Notes

• Just about every animation studio working on Animaniacs during the first season contributed at least one cartoon to this episode.

Cast

Voice Actors:	Character(s):
Rob Paulsen	Yakko Warner, Mobster 1
Jess Harnell	Wakko Warner, Elvis Presley, Mobster 2
Tress MacNeille	Dot Warner
Frank Welker	Runt, Don Pepperoni, Ross Perot
Tom Bodett	Announcer
Colin Wells	Colin
and Bernadette Peters as Rita

Stinger

Yakko:

(o.s.) Goodnight, Dot. Night, Wakko.

Dot:

(o.s.) Goodnight, Yakko. Goodnight, Wakko.

Wakko:

(o.s.) Nighty-night, Dot. Night, Yakko.

Yakko:

(o.s.) Goodnight, Elvis.

Elvis:

(o.s.) Thank you very much, but I don't want anyone to know I'm here.

Trivia

• This stinger as well as the John Boy stinger is a parody of the end of every episode of The Waltons.

Transcript

See here

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