#Simon garfunkel bookends spoof series#

in Memphis, followed the soundtrack to The Graduate in the Number One spot on May 25th, 1968 for the first of seven non-consecutive weeks. Robinson,” which was by far the pair's biggest hit to date.īookends, which was issued the day before the assassination of Dr. Bookends was propelled by Simon & Garfunkel's massive Number One hit that spring, “Mrs. The album was coming off the success of the duo's songs being featured in Mike Nichols' blockbuster 1967 hit movie, The Graduate - the soundtrack for which topped the charts for nine non-consecutive weeks. Coincidentally, 'Hoop Schemes' was also aired under the 25th episode of its' respective series.It was 52 years ago today (April 3rd, 1968) that Simon & Garfunkel released their fourth album, Bookends. The mice previously formed a Simon and Garfunkel-type band in the beginning of the Pinky and the Brain episode ' Hoop Schemes,' where they performed the song ' Lo La Li' (a parody of ' The Boxer') as they busk on the city street.Maurice LaMarche reprises his Ed Sullivan impression previously used in past episodes such as ' The Warners 65th Anniversary Special' from the original Animaniacs and ' Brain of the Future' from Pinky and the Brain.The music at the end is 'Scarborough Fair', which is a public domain song covered by Simon and Garfunkel.The ending is a spoof of The Graduate, which featured the music of Simon and Garfunkel.Being a 1960s' period-piece, Acme Labs appears in its original design before its 2020 renovation.Pinky’s solo album cover “I Ate Breakfast” is a parody of Art Garfunkel's 1978 solo album ' Fate for Breakfast.'.The cover of the spinning record during the scene transition between the recording session and the sold-out concert is a parody of the album “ Bookends”.

The title of this segment is even a parody of their album ' Bridge over Troubled Water.'.

This cartoon parodies the work of Simon & Garfunkel.

Written by Kathleen Chen and Brian Polk.

He and Pinky become a musical duo 'Brain and Narfunkel' to popularize their song and gain the adoration of the public. His computer creates a surefire popular tune with the intention of performing it on The Ed Sullivan Show.

In the 1960's, Brain concocts a new plan that requires black-and-white television sets and music to hypnotize the people.

This cartoon is a parody of 'apology' videos put out by influencers, which are usually desperate attempts to fix their images.

TubeSpace is a parody of the website YouTube.

Written by Kathleen Chen, Brian Polk, and Wellesley Wild.

They then decide that they stand by their quote and begin to relax as dislikes on their video soar. They then remember they called Ralph a silly goose, which offended a lot of geese and question why they're apologizing. The Warners apologize to the internet in a TubeSpace video, but forget why they're apologizing halfway through.

A Chupacabra was seen amongst the mythological creatures but it was flatten by the Ark’s gangplank.

Mothman and the egg are the only one to not be mythical or mythological.

The various mythical/mythological creatures that the Warners pick up are:.

The Warners' outfits look identical to the outfits they wore in ' Little Drummer Warners'.

Dot's line 'Nobody puts baby in the omelette' spoofs the iconic line spoken by Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing 'Nobody puts Baby in the corner.'.

#Simon garfunkel bookends spoof series#

An earlier production listing for 'Noah's Lark' in the original series labels it as a Warners cartoon, implying the siblings were going to be the ones joining Noah on his voyage instead of Flavio and Marita (though the siblings do get to make a cameo in the finalized version of the cartoon).

The original series did a Noah's Ark parody with The Hip Hippos in ' Noah's Lark,' as well as in the 48th issue of the Animaniacs comic with the Warners.

Trouble arises when an egg is found as Yakko and Dot try to protect it from the hungry passengers (and Wakko!) The Warners take in the extra mythological creatures that Noah couldn’t accommodate on his ark.