Welcome Home, Animaniacs! (partially found Kids' WB Saturday morning preview; 1995): Difference between revisions

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Advertisement for Kids' WB's debut, including two supposed but unrealized air dates for the special.

Status: Partially Found

Welcome Home, Animaniacs! is a 1995 special that was centered around the fact that for Kids' WB!'s inaugural season, Animaniacs would be moving to the block from competitor Fox Kids.^[1] The special was originally meant to introduce four new shows, along with Animaniacs and the then airing in primetime Pinky and the Brain on the then-new Kids' WB! block.

Known Details

The special was hosted by Harland Williams and also featured the cast of several of The WB's primetime shows introducing each of the block's shows, wrapped around new animation of Yakko, Wakko and Dot driving to the Warner Bros. studios from Fox's studios. The special was meant to be aired twice, once on the night before the block's launch and once six days after the launch.

However, it became obscure almost immediately as only a few WB network affiliates ended up airing the special; and several that did actually aired it immediately after the inaugural Kids' WB! broadcast on September 9th, 1995.

Findings

For a while, due to the obscurity of the preview special, no footage had resurfaced. The fact that airing the special at a specific time was not mandated by The WB contributed to the obscurity of the special.

However, on September 25th, 2017, LMW and YouTube user TheLandofNoPoint (NormanTheIdiot's Alt) uploaded a 2 minute part of Welcome Home, Animaniacs!. The rest of the special, however, remains lost.

Gallery

Part of Welcome Home, Animaniacs!.

Wikipedia page on various Kids' WB! specials, including Welcome Home, Animaniacs!.

Reference

↑ A Kids' WB! blogspot that briefly mentions the special. Retrieved 20 Jan '19

[1] A Kids' WB! blogspot that briefly mentions the special. Retrieved 20 Jan '19

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-'''''Welcome Home, Animaniacs!''''' is a 1995 special that was centered around the fact that for Kids' WB's inaugural season, ''Animaniacs'' would be moving to the block from competitor Fox Kids. The special was originally meant to introduce the five new shows, along with ''Animaniacs'', on the then-new Kids' WB block. However, it became obscure almost immediately as only very few WB network affiliates ended up airing the special; and those that did actually aired it ''after'' the inaugural Kids' WB broadcast on September 9, 1995.
+'''''Welcome Home, Animaniacs!''''' is a 1995 special that was centered around the fact that for Kids' WB!'s inaugural season, ''Animaniacs'' would be moving to the block from competitor Fox Kids.<ref>[http://kidswbyourself.blogspot.com/ A Kids' WB! blogspot that briefly mentions the special.] Retrieved 20 Jan '19</ref> The special was originally meant to introduce four new shows, along with ''Animaniacs'' and the then airing in primetime ''Pinky and the Brain'' on the then-new Kids' WB! block.
-The special was hosted by Harland Williams and also featured the cast of several of The WB's primetime shows introducing each of the block's shows, wrapped around new animation of Yakko, Wakko and Dot driving to the Warner Bros. studios from Fox's studios.
+==Known Details==
+The special was hosted by Harland Williams and also featured the cast of several of The WB's primetime shows introducing each of the block's shows, wrapped around new animation of Yakko, Wakko and Dot driving to the Warner Bros. studios from Fox's studios. The special was meant to be aired twice,  once on the night before the block's launch and once six days after the launch.
-The special never aired again anywhere after its original broadcast and currently no footage of the special is available.
+However, it became obscure almost immediately as only a few WB network affiliates ended up airing the special; and several that did actually aired it ''immediately after'' the inaugural Kids' WB! broadcast on September 9th, 1995.
-On September 25th, 2017, LMW and YouTube user NormTendo uploaded a 2 minute part of ''Welcome Home, Animaniacs.
+==Findings==
+For a while, due to the obscurity of the preview special, no footage had resurfaced. The fact that airing the special at a specific time was not mandated by The WB contributed to the obscurity of the special.
+However, on September 25th, 2017, LMW and YouTube user TheLandofNoPoint (NormanTheIdiot's Alt) uploaded a 2 minute part of ''Welcome Home, Animaniacs!''. The rest of the special, however, remains lost.
 ==Gallery==
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+==See Also==
-==References==
+===Other Lost Saturday Morning Previews===
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids'_WB_Specials Wikipedia page on various Kids' WB specials, including ''Welcome Home, Animaniacs!'']. Retrieved Sept. 24, 2017
-==Related links==
-===Other lost Saturday morning previews===
 *[[The Brady Bunch Visits ABC (lost Saturday Morning Cartoons preview; 1971)]]
 *[[The Brady Bunch Meet ABC's Saturday Superstars (lost Saturday Morning Cartoons preview; 1972)]]
 *[[The Wacko Saturday Morning Preview and Other Good Stuff Special (lost Saturday morning preview; 1977)]]
 *[[C'Mon Saturday (lost Saturday Morning preview; 1977)]]
+*[[Saturday Morning Sneak Peek (partially lost Saturday morning preview; 1973)]]
-===Other articles relating to Kids' WB and ''Animaniacs''===
+===Other Articles Relating to Kids' WB===
-*[[Kids' WB! Crazy Takes (partially found promos; early 2000s)]]
+*[[Animaniacs (unproduced "Minerva Mink" animated shorts; early 1990s)]]
-*[[Animaniacs - "Minerva Mink" (unproduced animated shorts; early 1990s)]]
+*[[Animaniacs "I'm Mad" (partially found original theatrical version of animated short; 1994)]]
-*[[Animaniacs: Potty Emergency (partially lost cut scenes of animated series episode; 1993)]]
+*[[Animaniacs "The New Year's Party Tonight" (partially lost alternate version of animated comedy series short; 1995)]]
+*[[Animaniacs "Potty Emergency" (lost deleted scenes of episode of animated comedy series; 1993)]]
+*[[Brainstem (lost preview version of "Pinky and the Brain" song; 1995)]]
+*[[Channel Umptee-3 (partially found Kids' WB! educational animated series; 1997)]]
+*[[Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island (partially found pitch pilot of Kids' WB! animated comedy series; early-mid 2000s)]]
+*[[Detention (found Kids' WB! animated series; 1999-2000) ]]
+*[[Earthworm Jim (partially found unaired pitch pilot of Kids' WB! animated series; 1995)]]
+*[[Kids' WB! (partially found animated "Backlot" bumpers of children's programming block; 1997-2003)]]
+*[[Kids' WB! (partially found "Crazy Takes" promos of children's program block; early 2000s)]]
+*[[Kids' WB! "Top 20 Pokéthon Countdown" (partially found promos and bumpers of event from children's programming block; 1999) ]]
+*[[Lobo (lost production material of cancelled Kids' WB! animated series based on DC character; 1990s)]]
+*[[Monster Allergy (partially found Kids' WB! English dub of animated series based on comics; 2006)]]
+*[[Waynehead (found Kids' WB! animated series; 1996-1997)]]
+==External Links==
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids'_WB_Specials Wikipedia page on various Kids' WB! specials, including ''Welcome Home, Animaniacs!''.]
+==Reference==
+{{reflist}}
-[[Category:Partially found media]]
 [[Category:Lost animation]]
 [[Category:Lost TV]]
+[[Category:Partially found media]]