- Hi, you guys! My name is Rob Paulsen.
- And I'm Maurice LaMarche.
- (as Pinky) And you know us better as Pinky and the Brain!
Narf! - (as Brain) Yes!
Yes, and today, we're here to surprise
and perhaps take over some of our fans, yes!
- So we're doing something pretty fun today.
We are going to be playing you some audio clips
of classic animated characters, and we're gonna see
who can guess who they are first.
- That's so fun! - (laughs) You're going down, Kennedy!
- Oh, okay, well, we'll see about that, Jason.
- Here's the first one.
- (Pinky) Oh, okay, sorry Brain, narf!
- Pinky and the Brain. - It's Pinky! (laughs)
- Pinky and the Brain was correct, but the actual correct answer
was just Pinky, so Ashly got it.
- Okay. - Yay!
- They're really iconic characters, I think that's why my brain
just said Pinky and the Brain,
because I always just associate them together.
- (Pinky) Oh, okay, sorry Brain, narf!
- Oh, that's Pinky. - Oh, yeah.
- Pinky and the Brain. (Kennedy laughs)
(bell rings) - Jason got it!
Alright!
- Yeah, that guy's voice is so distinct.
- (Pinky) Oh, okay, sorry Brain, narf! - Oh!
- That's Pinky. - Yeah. (laughs)
I blanked for a second. - That goes to Scott.
- That was one of my favorite shows.
- What would you like to do tonight, Brain?
The same thing we do every night Pinky.
- (Brain) The same thing we do every night, Pinky.
- The Brain, that's the Brain right there.
- Yeah, I was about to say.
I keep just overthinking,
and then I'm like wait, am I correct?
And then he just beats me to the punch.
- (Brain) The same thing we do every night, Pinky.
- (both) Oh, Brain.
- That was close. - That was really close.
- I'll give you both a point for that one.
You are correct, that was Brain, from Pinky and the Brain.
- Heck yes. - That show was great.
I miss that show. (laughs)
- (Brain) The same thing we do every night, Pinky.
Try to take over... - Brain?
- It's Brain. (laughs)
- Brain is the correct answer.
- I think Chelsea said it first. - Hey! (laughs)
- Some of those voices are pretty much
our entire childhood, so, I think we can spot them
in a lot of places.
- So you may have already caught on to this,
but today's episode is in honor of the 25th anniversary
of Pinky and the Brain.
- Wow, 25th anniversary? - 25 years?
That's crazy.
- Can you guys talk a little bit about
what the show meant to you?
- There's something about it that just, was always so fun.
It was just so different than any other cartoon.
- Me and some friends from work found out about the cartoon
and started watching it,
and one of the big draws was the fact that the humor
was adult oriented, as well as kid oriented.
We could get something out of it as well as the kids.
- It's something that's so like, I guess cool,
and something I connect with a lot, especially now,
is because the Brain is played by one of my close friends' dads,
and... - Aw!
- Yeah, and he's one of the best people I know.
- I remember rushing home to watch it, like from the bus stop.
Like running so I would not miss Pinky and the Brain.
And I can't believe it's been 25 years!
- Alright, well now we're gonna make things a little harder.
- Oh!
- We're gonna play you a scene from the show,
and see if you can remember which episode it's from.
- Oh God, I'm not gonna get this. - Oh!
- Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
- I think so Brain, but if Kieran and Scott are here,
shouldn't they be somewhere else?
It's quite, I find it fascinating to see them both enjoying our show.
We're 150 years old, narf!
- There's the narf, what? - What? (laughs)
- (Brain) No Pinky, I plan for world domination.
We will recruit fans of the Pinky and the Brain show.
Like Jason and Kennedy. - What a great idea, narf!
- No way, that is cool.
- No Pinky, we will recruit Ashly to be totally honest...
- (laughs) I can't. Wait.
- And admit that she knows the son of Maurice LaMarche.
- Wait! - Oh dear!
That's a conflict of interest!
I don't even know what the hell I'm doing,
and clearly, clearly, you're the genius.
- So, we actually have the voices of Pinky and the Brain
here with us today, so... - What?
- Kieran, Scott. - No!
- Meet Rob and Maurice!
- (laughs) Hey!
- Hey guys! - Oh my gosh!
- Yeah!
- (as Pinky) Egad, look at those smiling faces!
They're so beautiful! - (as Brain) Yes!
- It's so weird, it doesn't feel real. (laughs)
- Exactly. - But it's really cool.
- You should see it from our side.
- It doesn't feel real to us either.
- Mind is blown. (kaboom!)
Mind is blown big time.
- I'm like warm, I feel like my cheeks are red,
and the teary-eyed thing is definitely happening.
- You feel something... - Oh my gosh dude.
- Yeah. - It's like, that's my childhood.
- This is like my childhood, and like these voices,
and then seeing what like the voices look like in person too.
- Yeah. - My brain is tripping out.
- It's really cool to see you guys do the voices live.
'Cause I've never asked Maurice to do any of the voices,
'cause I always get like shy. - Oh my...
- (laughs) It's really cool!
- Obviously, Rob and Moe are the voices
of the iconic Pinky and the Brain, but they also voiced
some other classic Animaniac characters.
- (as Yakko) We did?
- So, even though we're celebrating the anniversary of Pinky and the Brain
we thought it would also be fun to take a look
at some of the other voices that they're known for
while they're here with you today.
- Dude. - Oh, I'm so down.
- (Squit) Godpigeon!
- Ah, the Goodfeathers, right? - Yeah!
- Is it Goodfeathers, is that what? - Yes!
- Is that what they were?
- Exactly! - Oh my gosh!
- (Squit) Beaked? Carloota got beaked?
- Moe, you're so good!
- I loved when they played Poo Poo.
- (Squit) He thinks I beaked Noodles,
and he beaked the one I love for revenge.
- Fantastic. - They got beaked!
Who beaked these guys! - Yeah, I know!
They got whacked, instead of getting whacked.
They got beaked. - Yeah, we couldn't say
whacked or killed. - Right.
- Moe is the voice of one of the characters in that scene,
Squit the Goodfeather. - Yep, Squit Pigeon.
The peacemaker, the peacemaker, the storyteller,
and the narrator.
- I see, you know, Jason, what you were saying about
how the show is definitely for kids and adults at the same time.
Now that I'm older, I watch it, and it's, I'm like whoa!
- Isn't that great? - That was in the thing, yeah.
- (Dr. Scratchansniff) Now, when you wake from sleepytime...
- (as Dr. Scratchansniff) Oh, I love that guy!
- What? (Ashly laughs)
- (Dr. Scratchansniff) ...who like to sit and be really quiet.
Now, wake up!
- (both) Are you still Zany?
- (Yakko) Only our hairdresser knows for sure!
(group laughs)
- (Dr. Scratchansniff) Stop that! Sit down!
- (as Dr. Scratchansniff) What are you?
- (laughs) I had no idea. - That's crazy!
- That was another Rob character, Dr. Scratchansniff.
- (as Dr. Scratchansniff) Yeah, that was me too.
I stole that voice from Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove.
- Ah!
- It's like this time machine for me, like I'm picturing my house,
in Vista, like the time of day when the television was on,
and when I was watching this, and I can see the neighbor's house...
- Aw, I love that!
- It's really weird, because I remember that episode a lot.
- Oh!
- And just, I didn't know that was you!
And it's crazy to know like, your guys' range in voices is insane.
- (as Dr. Scratchansniff) I'll tell you, from all the people
banging around in my cabasa, I really appreciate that
so very much from you, thank you, my darling.
- And of course, we couldn't do a Pinky and the Brain episode
without showing a scene from the show.
- (Pinky) What, a frog?
- Yes!
- (Brain) Its skin gives off a powerful hypnotic fluid
full of active peptides. - (both) Narf!
- (Brain) What is narf, do you mind telling me what that is?
- (Pinky) Well let's see, it's like zort, or um, poit!
- (Brain) We must devise a plan to draw thousands of people here
to ingest it and become hypnotised.
- (Pinky) You mean like a gigantic pancake jamboree?
- Nice, nice.
- That's our first prime time episode, if I'm not mistaken.
- Yes!
- So Rob and Maurice.
Would you be willing to give our reactors a little tutorial
on how to do these voices?
- Now you got celebrity coaches.
To do Brain properly, you must go deep.
Deep and bitter. - Alright.
- Get really, really, cheesed off about the fact
that you haven't taken over the world in 20 years, yes!
Yes, do the yes, the yes is very important.
- Deep and bitter. This is as deep and bitter as I go.
(Ashly laughs) Yes!
I will take over the world!
- Yes! - Excellent, yes.
- Yes!
- Alright Scott, nice, well done. - Nice, nice!
- Yes!
- Cool. - Nice!
- Excellent!
- Ah, open up the throat, open up, ah, see, alright.
Yes!
- That was good!
- Nice. - Very good.
(as Pinky) If you're going to do Pinky,
you can't go deep and dark, you go high and silly!
♪ La la la la la ♪
Because ignorance is bliss, let me tell you,
I'm a terribly blissful mouse.
What I would like you two ladies to do is say egad, narf!
Try that.
- Do you wanna go... - Egad, narf! (laughs)
- Egad, narf! (laughs) I can't do it.
- Ultimately, it's about narf!
So if you could have a little bit of gravel in narf.
Try that. - I don't know if my voice does that.
But, narf! (laughs) - Oh perfect.
- Narf! I can't do it, dude!
I'd rather do the Pinky's talking like...
- Narf! - Perfect.
- Great! - (as Pinky) Brain, I have a feeling
we'd better watch ourselves, because if we ask for more money,
these people will do it, and they're much better and younger.
- Alright, well we hope that you guys had some fun
playing with these voices. - Thank you!
- And celebrating the 25th anniversary of Pinky and the Brain today.
But before we go, obviously, Kennedy, Jason,
you're actually sitting here with Pinky and the Brain right now.
So is there anything that you've always wanted to ask them
'cause now is your chance.
- Brain, answer me this.
What's the first step into taking over the world
at this point in time. - (as Brain) Firing Pinky!
(group laughs) Getting rid of Pinky!
After 25 years, I've finally learned, it's Pinky!
- This is for both Pinky and the Brain,
what is the meaning of life?
- (as Pinky) The meaning of life is a Chia Pet.
- (as Brain) The meaning of life is love, luck, and lollipops.
- (both) Oh.
- (as Pinky) Egad, Brain, love, luck and lollipops, narf!
- (as Brain) Yes, it's fun, fun, silly willy.
Just like today has been.
- What's the most challenging character
that you've ever had to voice for?
- I was on a show called The Critic in the early '90s,
and I did almost every celebrity impression.
In once episode, I think I did 27 voices.
- I did an animated version of The Mask,
in which I was Jim Carrey for a lot less money.
- I remember watching that. - Yeah, that was probably
the most challenging, because in every half hour,
Stanley Ipkiss would take on, you know, various different characters
when he put the mask on, depending upon the storyline.
That was challenging, but great fun.
- What can we expect?
Like is there anything that you can sort of let us in on
for the reboot and everything? - Oh.
- You can expect, I think we're safe to say.
- Yeah. - You can expect
that we're playing the parts again.
Expect the show to come into the 2020s,
and to have a bit more of an edgy sensibility to it.
- (as Yakko) I can also tell you that as Yakko,
that the Animaniacs are very self-aware.
They are very clear that they have, that 20-odd years has gone past,
so yeah, the hilarious hijinks ensue. It'll be great.
(as Pinky) We'd like to thank all of you
(as self) at FBE, on behalf of Moe and myself
for giving us this incredibly wonderful opportunity
to just laugh and smile and get all
(as Pinky) fun fun silly willy (as self) with everybody.
- We got to meet some wonderful fans.
We had a fantastic time on the show today.
- (as Pinky) We did, and in a word, narf!