Hooray for North Hollywood (Part 1) is the 5th episode of season 5 of the original Animaniacs and the 95th episode overall. It is also the beginning of the series' only two-parter episode; Hooray for North Hollywood.
Theme Song
Last line
- Dot: No pain, no gainy...
Hooray for North Hollywood Part 1
Animation by Wang Film Production (most of the main plotline), StarToons ("There's Only One of You") and Koko Enterprises (Goodfeathers sequences)
Plot
The Warners finish a script for a movie named "Hooray for North Hollywood", and go to Thaddeus Plotz's office to pitch their new movie script. During an extensive waiting line, Yakko and Dot teach Wakko how to "schmooze". The Warners eventually meet with Plotz, and pitch their movie script, alongside a song. Plotz rejects their script, prompting the Warners to seek another producer to produce their script. After reading a Variety article, The Warners find out that a New Years' Eve party with important people of the movie industry is happening in Beverly Hills, prompting them to attend the party themselves in hopes to get their script produced.
At the beginning and end of the episode, the Goodfeathers bicker over sights in the sky.
Crew
- Written by Randy Rogel and Tom Ruegger
- Directed by Stephen Lewis, Herb Moore, David Pryor and Kirk Tingblad
Songs
- "We're On Our Way to Go See Mister Plotz"
- "You Gotta Do the Schmooze"
- "There's Only One of You"
- "Variety Speak" (2nd version)
Trivia
- This episode was originally conceived as a feature-length film before it was condensed into two episodes.[1]
- "There's Only One of You" is a song originally written for the Yakko's World album.
- Bart Simpson from The Simpsons makes a cameo in the first part of the episode (though only his hair is seen).
- A poster of Little Beeper from Tiny Toon Adventures appears in the waiting room outside Mr. Plotz's office. Images of Hamilton J. Pig and Batman also hang on the waiting room walls.
- Death returns from "Meatballs or Consequences" to "greet" writers to their meetings with Mr. Plotz
- The copy of Variety that Dot holds up just after "Variety Speak" ends features the headline "E.T., Zapruder film Join Nat'l Registry." The Zapruder film is footage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- Celebrity cameos include Steven Spielberg, Joe Eszterhas (writer of Flashdance, Basic Instinct, and Nowhere to Run), Woody Allen, George Lucas, Bill Clinton, Martin Short, and Steven Seagal.
- Celebrity name-drops include Barbra Streisand, Arnold Palmer, Cecil B. DeMille, Don Knotts, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Costner, Marlon Brando, Keanu Reeves (misspelled as "Reaves"), Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Johnny Depp, Sean Connery, Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Michael Eisner, Cher, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Zemeckis, Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, and Robert Duvall.
- Plotz's secretary Ms. Hoffelmeyer mistakes the Warners for Ewoks, the bear-like aliens from Return of the Jedi.
- Chicken Boo appears as Plotz's assistant. The Warners consider telling Plotz that his assistant is a chicken, but decide against it.
Gallery
Production Art
Quotes
- Plotz: Who do you have in mind for the actors?
- Yakko: They're terrible, they can't act!
- Plotz: That's bad.
- Yakko: They're movie stars!
- Plotz: That's good!
- Yakko: They're gonna want a lot of money!
- Plotz: That's bad.
- Yakko: But we won't give it to 'em!
- Plotz: That's good!
- Yakko: I see an Academy Award in the future!
- Plotz: That's good!
- Yakko: But not for us.
- Plotz: That's bad.
- Yakko: Spielberg's gonna direct.
- Plotz: That's good!
- Yakko: But not this picture.
- Plotz: That's bad.
- Yakko: But we got Zemeckis!
- Plotz: That's good!
- Yakko: It's Freddy Zemeckis, from accounting.
- Plotz: That's bad.
- Yakko: We cut the budget to the bare bones!
- Plotz: That's good!
- Yakko: It'll cost a hundred million.
- Plotz: That's bad.
- Yakko: What would you say if I stopped talking?
- Plotz: That's good!
- Yakko: What if we just start singing?
- Plotz: That's bad!
Cast
Voice Actors: | Character(s): |
Rob Paulsen | Yakko Warner, Joe Eszterhas |
Jess Harnell | Wakko Warner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Newsstand Owner |
Tress MacNeille | Dot Warner, Ms. Hoffelmeyer |
Frank Welker | Thaddeus Plotz, Chicken Boo, Steven Spielberg, Bill Clinton |
John Mariano | Bobby |
Chick Vennera | Pesto |
Maurice LaMarche | Squit |
Elizabeth Lamers | Chorus Member #1 |
Julie Bernstein | Chorus Member #2 |
Steve Bernstein | Chorus Member #3 |
Gag Credits
Kids' WB Is #1
Ha! Ha! Just Kidding!
Trivia
- This gag credit most likely stems from the Animaniacs crews' own resentment towards Kids' WB, possibly due to factors such as the show's cancellation and the network's forced retooling of Pinky and the Brain into Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain.
Production Notes
- Per the eidr, the production names for the two Goodfeathers segments in this episode are "Birds on a Wire II" and "Birds on a Wire III."[2] These titles compliment the "Birds on a Wire" segment from the series finale, which is classified as "Birds on a Wire I."[3]
- Additionally, "There's Only One of You" was apparently set to be part of an alternate episode 98 with "The Christmas Tree" and "The Scoring Session" at one point.[4]
References
- ↑ Cartoonatics- Animaniacs Movie Poster #5: "Hooray for Hollywood." By Tom Ruegger. Published December 4, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2022
- ↑ Birds On A Wire II / Birds On A Wire III / There's Only One Of You / Hooray For North Hollywood, Part 1 - eidr. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
- ↑ Rich Stone Clip Show / Birds On A Wire I / The Scoring Session - eidr. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
- ↑ There's Only One Of You / The Christmas Tree / The Scoring Session - eidr. Retrieved October 2, 2024.