Purchasers should note that this volume, like the first volume, not only IS a "season" compilation, due to the varied number of episodes in each season, each volume extends beyond the individual seasons. They are not simply "selections of episodes" they are in fact in the order of original broadcast.
Volume 1 consists of all of season 1 and most of season 2.
Volume 2 contains the last 3 episodes of season 2 and about half of season 3 (by far the longest season in terms of number of episodes).
It is likely that Volume 3 will be the final collection for this series with the remaining half of season 3 and the 5 episodes of season 4.
The Animaniacs collection on the other hand should require 4 Volumes to complete.
What are we going to do tonight, Brain?
They're going to try and take over the world. So...maybe the two misbegotten lab rats from Acme Labs have never quite succeeded, but their list of attempts is astounding. In this Season Two box set, the duo tries everything from cloning, which ends up with the pair being parents because Pinky's toenail got in the mix, to episodes based in the 1947 Los Angeles of Humphrey Bogart in "Brain Noir" which happens to be my all-time favorite Pinky episode.
No matter what mood you're in, the pair is good for a laugh. Their deadpan double entendres are enough to keep especially jaded and cynical adults laughing.
Contents of Disc
Purchasers should note that this volume, like the first volume, is not a "season" compilation but a collection of selected episodes. This volume contains the following:
1. Brain of the Future
2. Brinky
3. Hoop Schemes
4. Leave It to Beavers/Cinebrainia
5. Brain Noir
6. Pinky and the Brain and . . . Larry!/Where the Deer and the Mousealopes Play
7. Brain's Bogie/Say What, Earth?
8. My Feldmans, My Friends
9. All You Need Is Narf/Pinky's Plan
10. This Old Mouse
11. Brain Storm
12. A Meticulous Analysis of History/Funny, You Don't Look Flemish
13. The Pinky Protocol
14. Brain Drained
15. Mice Don't Dance
16. Brain Acres
17. Pinky and Brainmaker/Calvin Brain
18. Pinky Suavo/T.H.E.Y.
19. The Real Life
20. Brain's Way
21. A Pinky and the Brain Halloween
22. Brainy Jack
The package also contains a special feature, "The Audition," described as follows: "Mark Hamill [. . .] and Wayne Knight [. . .] answer a casting call to do the voices of Pinky and the Brain for a future movie--and get a surprise coaching session from original Pinky and the Brain voices Rob Paulsen and Maurice LeMarche."
Since "Meet John Brain" originally aired on ANIMANIACS, one can hope it will show up in a forthcoming volume of that series.
I probably don't need to go into how great this show was. Others have already done that in their reviews of Volume 1 released back in July. This second volume contains some of my favorite episodes, so I was really thrilled to have them. There are several hours of these great cartoons here for you to discover or (as in my case) re-discover. It seems they don't make shows like this anymore. Highly recommended. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Barry Caldwell - Greg Reyna - Michael Gerard DVD Release Date: Released the 05 December 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Are you pondering what I'm pondering, animation fans? Yes! Pinky and the Brain have finally arrived on DVD, and they're going to take over the world! Well, at the very least, these genetically engineered lab mice are going to prove, once and for all, that they're the best comedy duo ever created for an animated series aimed at children.... but, why limit their appeal to kids? As executive producer Steven Spielberg said to the show's creators, he wanted this brilliant, Emmy®-winning half-hour cartoon series to lure adults into watching it with their kids, and like the classic Warner Brothers cartoons of the past, it's likely the grown-ups will enjoy it even more! This is largely due to the fact that Pinky and the Brain was produced under the radar, almost as if nobody... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Rusty Mills - Russell Calabrese - Kirk Tingblad - Mike Milo - Jon McClenahan DVD Release Date: Released the 25 July 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If you've got the others, grab this set as well. Looney Tunes have never looked better.
This time around, the box set is smaller and much more efficient. The previous sets had one disc per fold-out, which left extra space on the opposite side to fill up with dumb quotes from the shorts. Now the layout is much better.
The cover art however, could've been much better. It looks so much like the first volume - why couldn't they do something different? Volume 3's cover was refreshing, volume 4's looks bland. The gloss and emboss is nice, though.
I love the black and white shorts - the sense of humour in the early 30's shorts is totally different from later years. The characters would always make objects do things they weren't supposed to - like grabbing... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Chuck Jones - Robert McKimson - Friz Freleng DVD Release Date: Released the 14 November 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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As a splendid homage to the legacy of Warner Bros. animation, the Emmy and Peabody award-winning Animaniacs was arguably the most inventive and deliriously entertaining cartoon series of the 1990s. The series' appeal is at least two-fold: kids will enjoy the wacky characters and easy-to-follow comedy, and grownups raised on "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoons will love the show's knowledgeable movie spoofs, witty satire, and spontaneous lines of dialogue aimed squarely at an older audience with an appreciation for Hollywood history. Cartoon lovers and film buffs will benefit the most from repeated viewings of Animaniacs since the series was conceived by head writer Tom Ruegger (under the supervision of executive producer Steven Spielberg) as an affectionate tribute... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Barry Caldwell - Greg Reyna - Michael Gerard DVD Release Date: Released the 25 July 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The 5-star rating is for the program itself--the animated Star Trek adventures were intelligent, perhaps even before their time in terms of animated programming in the early 1970s.
However, the packaging leaves a lot to be desired. Other reviews & postings have noted cracked disk holders and other damage to the inside of the case resulting in scratched disks. If you are getting this as a gift for someone, check the inside of the package ASAP so you can replace it if necessary before seeing a disappointed face when the recipient opens it! Nothing has been done to stabilize the disks or disk holders in the case. My set arrived with a cracked disk sleeve & loose disks, but fortunately none of the disks in the set were damaged. AMAZON does whatever they can to send out products in... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Hal Sutherland - Bill Reed DVD Release Date: Released the 21 November 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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