Animaniacs: Taming Of The Screwy

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Air Date

Friday September 17, 1993

Production Code

406-614

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(Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Episode)
Thaddeus Plotz has invited over some very important buissness people to a buissness dinner and it's Dr. Scratchnsniff's job to train the Warners with manners so they can attend. He suceeds and the Warners are allowed to go to the party, but when they're only there for a minute and are sent back to the Water Tower they start to ruin the party, but in the end the buissness people are pleased and give the check to the Warners instead.

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Episode Cast and Crew

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Stars
- Nancy Cartwright voice of Mindy
- Colin Wells (II) voice of Randy Beaman's Friend
- Tom Bodett voice of Narrator / Additional Voices
- Tress MacNeille voice of Dot Warner / Marita Hippo / Hello Nurse
- Frank Welker voice of Buttons / Ralph / Runt / Flavio Hippo / Chicken Boo
- Tony Pope Additional Voices
- Chick Vennera voice of Pesto Pigeon
- Bernadette Peters voice of Rita
- Maurice LaMarche voice of The Brain
- John Mariano voice of Bobby Pigeon
- Avery Schreiber voice of Beanie the Bison / Additional Voices
- Sherri Stoner voice of Slappy Squirrel
- Rob Paulsen voice of Yakko Warner / Dr. Scratchansniff / Pinky
- Jess Harnell voice of Wakko Warner
- Julie Brown voice of Minerva Mink
Guest Cast
- John Mariano voice of Danny D.
- Chick Vennera voice of Joe P.
- Dorian Harewood voice of Spike
- Valri Bromfield voice of Mary Hartless
- Robert Ito voice of Mr. Kato
- Julia Kato voice of Miss Tanaka
Writers
- Peter Hastings Story
- Tom Ruegger Story
- Peter Hastings Writer
- Earl Kress Story
Directors
- Alfred Gimeno Director
Recurring Roles
- Frank Welker voice of Thaddeus Plotz
- Paul Rugg voice of Mr. Director
- Maurice LaMarche voice of Jack P.

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Trivia

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Yakko is apparently able to speak Japanese. [edit]
When the Warners are hiding in the music pit, they alternate playing "Turkey In The Straw" and Mozart's "A Little Night Music". [edit]

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Animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Ltd. [edit]

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Dr. Scratchensniff: (telling the Warners about a party) The bad news is you can only go if I train you to be polite, clean, well-dressed children on your best behavior.
Dot: I thought you said it was a party! [edit]
Scratchansniff: Get up, get up!
Dot: What, without a treat?
Scratchansniff: Yes!
Yakko: All right, but Shamu wouldn't work under these conditions.
Scratchansniff: Shamu doen't want to go to the party!
Dot: Was she invited? [edit]
Scratchansniff: Stop it, stop that! I am not here to amuse you!
Yakko: Then please stop being so funny! [edit]

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Yakko: Aw, you're a wrecking machine!
This is a parody of the popular film "Rocky", starring Sylvester Stallone. Yakko is imitating Rocky's trainer in order to motivate Wakko. [edit]
Studio Executive: It was a giant chicken, I tell you!

This is a reference to the character Chicken Boo who joins the cast later in the season. His shorts involved him disguising himself as human and fooling everyone except for one person who would run around yelling, "He's a giant chicken!" [edit]
Episode Title: "The Taming Of The Screwy"
The title of thi episode is a play on words to Shakespeare's "The Taming Of The Shrew". The plot line bears closer similarity to "Pygmalian" by George Bernard Shaw, however. [edit]