Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
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| Also known as | ''Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain'' |
| Genre | Crossover comedy |
| Created by | Tom Ruegger |
| Starring |
Maurice LaMarche Rob Paulsen Cree Summer |
| Composer(s) |
Richard Stone Harvey R. Cohen Steve Bernstein Julie Bernstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Steven Spielberg |
| Running time | 11 minutes (22 minutes in "Teleport A Friend") |
| Production company(s) |
Warner Bros. Animation Amblin Television Warner Bros. Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
The WB (Kids' WB!) |
| Picture format |
SD: 4:3 (broadcast/DVD release) HD: 16:9 (streaming) |
| Original release | September 19, 1998 – April 10, 1999 |
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| Preceded by |
Tiny Toon Adventures The Plucky Duck Show Animaniacs Freakazoid! Pinky and the Brain |
Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain is the retooling of the animated television series Pinky and the Brain (itself being a spin-off from Animaniacs), with the title characters being joined by Elmyra Duff from Tiny Toon Adventures. The show is executive produced by Steven Spielberg and the series was produced by Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Animation, and aired from 1998 to 1999 on The WB Television Network, running for 13 episodes. It was Spielberg's last collaborative effort with Warner Bros. Animation.
The series starts with Pinky and The Brain's home, Acme Labs, destroyed, and the two mice are on the run from a man named Wally Faust. Pinky and The Brain end up in a pet store and take refuge inside a turtle named Mr. Shellbutt, and Elmyra purchases the turtle with the mice inside. In their new home, Pinky and the Brain continue to attempt new methods of trying to take over the world.
Warner Bros. network executives had reportedly wanted Pinky and the Brain to be part of a sitcom "more like The Simpsons". In a press release, Warner Bros. stated that the new series was "a fresh approach to popular favorites as Pinky & The Brain move from ACME Labs to America's suburbs when they are adopted by the extremely excitable Elmyra." The idea was reportedly met with resistance from the producers of the series.
The apparent dissatisfaction with Warner Bros.' decision to change Pinky and the Brain showed up in episodes. The last script that producer Peter Hastings wrote before leaving Warner Bros. for Disney was the episode "You'll Never Eat Food Pellets In This Town Again", in which the demise of Pinky and the Brain is caused by network decisions to change the show.
The theme song for Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain included the lyric: "Now Pinky and the Brain share a new domain. It's what the network wants, why bother to complain?". An image during the theme showed Pinky and The Brain getting kicked out of the Warner Bros. office during the song lyric. In addition, a spoken line by The Brain towards the end of the theme states: "I deeply resent this."
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