There were no shortage of cartoon mice characters when Pinky & The Brain made their debut, but they found a way to stand out from the pack. Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulson gave the characters distinct and iconic voices to go along with their cleverly written adventures. I'm a little surprised that we've never seen a revival in the past couple of decades. EDIT - Sounds like they came back on Hulu - I'll have to check it out!
cool!
ReplyDeleteLoved Mighty Mouse especially the operatic ones.
ReplyDelete"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
ReplyDelete"I think so, Brain--but I don't really think the 1960s BATMAN and the original STAR TREK would have been better if Adam West and William Shatner had swapped roles."
"No problem Pinky. I have created reconstituted butter, just add water, For such an occasion.".
ReplyDelete"No, Pinky! I was pondering why it took so long for Mr. Greenwade's suggestion to be acted upon."
ReplyDelete"Which suggestion might that be, Brain? He's made so many! Good ones, too. But, I don't Mr. Ross has had an equivalent number of images to go along with 'em!"
"An uncharacteristically astute observation, Pinky. Which makes wonder if you might really be..."
WHOOSH!
"BA-GOCK!"
"...Chicken Boo in disguise. Just as I thought."
At WSSC this past weekend, I got to chat briefly with Maurice and Rob. Both are pretty great guys.
ReplyDelete@Cary: Actually, of my several suggestions involving these two, this was not one of them. But I'm glad to finally see them appear here.
Re: Chicken Boo, I think it'd be great to find his face under Iron Man's helmet.
hey Ross a very cool old school/new school mouse cover which is way cool....
ReplyDeletein your notes you identified Walter Carzon as Walter Garzon.....
Narf!
ReplyDeleteIf you've never heard PMJ's rendition of the Pinky and the Brain theme:
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/OqMs9WsJg2k
There was a time Marvel had the rights to Mighty Mouse...and we didn't get a Spider-Ham crossover! I still feel ripped off.
ReplyDeleteIf you're referring to the spin-off of the Ralph Bakshi/Terrytoon series from 1990, the Glove probably had a hand in that non-happening.
ReplyDelete@Other Bob: I saw that one when it came out. Egad, Scott -- brilliant! (And it ends with the most epic "Narf!" ever.)
ReplyDeleteAnd... if Pinky went over to the Dark Side, would he become...
ReplyDeleteNarf Vader?
@Ken Roskos: more like Darth Competence. ;-D
ReplyDeleteMighty Mouse; punching out the lead singer of Crush Station? Talk about everybody being critics!
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