Wakko and Dr. Scratchansniff get stuck in an elevator and try to keep calm and entertain themselves while waiting for the elevator to get fixed. At one point, Wakko talks about Randy Beaman's grandparents getting stuck in an elevator.
At another point, Wakko sings Chopsticks and Old Mac Donald's Farm. At yet another point, Wakko tells a knock-knock joke. Just when it seems they are about to be freed by the repair men, the jaws of life end up snapping off the door, trapping them back in the elevator. Scratchy screams as the cartoon ends.
This is the first Warners segment in the series to not feature Yakko and Dot.
This was inspired by a true story: Paul Rugg and Deanna Oliver were stuck in an elevator for a few hours.
Quotes
Wakko: Okay. One time, okay, see, one time, Randy Beaman's grandparents were stuck in an elevator, and they were in it so long, they became skeleton people.
Wakko: Knock knock.
Scratchansniff: Who's there?
Wakko: Max.
Scratchansniff: Max who?
Wakko: Max wants to come in and go crazy!
Scratchansniff: See, Wakko, that is not a funny joke.
Wakko: It is if you knew Max.
The Brave Little Trailer
Animation by TMS
Plot
In this miscellaneous short told entirely in rhyme, a small trailer has to defend his home against tornadoes while avoiding the grasp of a devouring steam shovel.
In the beginning, the people that Brain fires are producer and creator Tom Ruegger, writer Peter Hastings and voice director Andrea Romano, all of whom voice themselves. The engineer is a caricature of real-life engineer Harry Andronis, who also voices himself.
The Warners make a cameo appearance running out of the recording studio, followed closely by Ralph.
Some of Welles' dialogue was cleaned up for this version. He originally says, "Get me a jury that can 'In July' and I'll...go down on you." which was changed to "...I'll...make cheese with you." Additionally, he drops two S-bombs in the recording. The first time, it is replaced with "Shoot!" and the second time he says, "This is a lot of tripe, you know that?" Welles saying "Jesus!" is censored to "Jiminy!"
The British director in the original outtake's dialogue was replaced by Pinky and the second director was replaced by the Engineer.
This is the first Pinky and The Brain cartoon to not feature an “Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?” exchange between the mice.
The jacket Brain puts on when he's about to leave the recording booth resembles the Animaniacs crew jacket.
This short came about from Maurice LaMarche's inspiration for the Brain's voice. When he came into the studio to audition, he unexpectedly did an impression of Orson Welles. LaMarche had perfected this impression by memorizing the original Welles outtakes and performing them by himself. After securing the role of the Brain, LaMarche would warm up his voice by reciting parts of Welles' outtakes whenever he came to the studio to record.
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