Episode 48: Mobster Mash/Lake Titicaca/Icebreakers

Mobster Mash/Lake Titicaca/Icebreakers is the 48th episode of the original Animaniacs. It originally aired on November 24, 1993.

Newsreel of the Stars

See also: Episode 1: De-Zanitized/The Monkey Song/Nighty-Night Toon#Newsreel of the Stars

Animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd.

Trivia

• An extended version of the Newsreel seen in the first episode with extra scenes and dialogue.
  

Theme Song

Last line

Dot: Here's the show's name-y...

Trivia

• In the original airing of this episode, the last line was Wakko singing "Chicken Chow Meiny!"
  • The "Chicken Chow Meiny" version is seen in original airing, iTunes, DVD, and HBO Max Latin America.
  • The "Here's the show's name-y" version is seen in reruns, Netflix and Hulu.
    

Dot's Poetry Corner

Animation by Freelance Animators, Ltd.

Plot

Dot recites her rather morbid interpretation of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," called "Requiem for a Lamb." It is only 1 sentence long: "Mary had a little lamb with mint jelly."

Mobster Mash

Animation by Wang Film Production

Plot

The Warners pester a mafia don (a parody of The Godfather) in an Italian restaurant because mafia tried to take the booth the Warners had been sitting in just because it was his booth.

Crew

• Written by Nicholas Hollander
• Directed by Greg Reyna and Dave Marshall

Songs

• "Ravioli, Pepperoni"
• "The Warner Waiter Two"
• "We Were Sitting Here Before You"

Trivia

• The episode's title is a pun on that of the 1962 novelty song "Monster Mash".
• The Godfather is satirized throughout the whole segment.
• The Goodfeathers appears in a cameo.
• The song about Italian food The WB Kids sing parodies Rossini's famous Tarantella.
• Dot's pet appears.
• When the Godfather threatens the Warners with "sleeping with the fishes", Wakko asks if Jimmy Hoffa is there, a reference to Hoffa's disappearance.

Goofs and Inconsistencies

• Throughout most of the cartoon, the Warners refer to spaghetti as "psketti" (as mentioned in the series bible) even though they actually used the correct word during their song at the beginning. (They're probably doing it for the "funsies" as Dr. Scratchansniff would say)
• The restaurant is called Mario Puzzo's, although it is actually spelled "Puzo", with one Z.

Mime Time

Animation by TMS

Today on Mime Time

Lifting an imaginary barbell.

An anvil falls on The Mime.

Lake Titicaca

Animation by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Ltd.

Plot

The Warners sing a song about Lake Titicaca...probably the naughtiest song ever sung on Animaniacs. The Warners show that they really like saying its name.

Crew

• Music by Richard Stone
• Lyrics by Tom Ruegger

Songs

• "Lake Titicaca"

Trivia

• This song was later re-recorded and re-arranged for the Yakko's World album.

Randy Beaman

Animation by StarToons

Plot

Colin walks out of the house all wet wearing nothing but a towel and talks about how Randy Beaman's cat eating a piranha and becoming a "piranha cat" as a result. Before he walks into the house, his towel falls down exposing his rear end.

Icebreakers

Animation by Akom Film Production

Plot

In Alaska, Runt, against Rita's objections, finds himself as Ross Perot's new sled dog.

Crew

• Written by Nicholas Hollander
• Directed by Lenord Robinson

Songs

• "Florida"
• "Cats Always Get the Short End of the Stick"
• "I'll Go It Alone"

Trivia

• Buttons and Mindy appear running for a silent cameo.

Good Idea, Bad Idea

Animation by Wang

Good Idea: Drinking fresh milk from the carton.

Bad Idea: Drinking fresh milk from the cow.

Production Notes

• Just about every animation studio working on Animaniacs during the first season contributed at least one cartoon to this episode.

Cast

Voice Actors:	Character(s):
Rob Paulsen	Yakko Warner, Mobster 1
Jess Harnell	Wakko Warner, Elvis Presley, Mobster 2
Tress MacNeille	Dot Warner
Frank Welker	Runt, Don Pepperoni, Ross Perot
Tom Bodett	Announcer
Colin Wells	Colin
and Bernadette Peters as Rita

Stinger

Yakko:

(o.s.) Goodnight, Dot. Night, Wakko.

Dot:

(o.s.) Goodnight, Yakko. Goodnight, Wakko.

Wakko:

(o.s.) Nighty-night, Dot. Night, Yakko.

Yakko:

(o.s.) Goodnight, Elvis.

Elvis:

(o.s.) Thank you very much, but I don't want anyone to know I'm here.

Trivia

• This stinger as well as the John Boy stinger is a parody of the end of every episode of The Waltons.

Transcript

See here

List of Animaniacs (Original Series) episodes
Season 1
De-Zanitized / The Monkey Song / Nighty-Night Toon • Yakko's World / Cookies for Einstein / Win Big • H.M.S. Yakko / Slappy Goes Walnuts / Yakko's Universe • Hooked on a Ceiling / Film Projector Transition / Goodfeathers: The Beginning • Taming of the Screwy • Flipper Parody / Temporary Insanity / Operation: Lollipop / What are We? • Piano Rag / When Rita Met Runt • The Warners' Lot Song / The Big Candy Store / Bumbie's Mom • Wally Llama / Where Rodents Dare • King Yakko • No Pain, No Painting / Les Miseranimals • Garage Sale of the Century / Fortunes / West Side Pigeons • Hello Nice Warners / La Behemoth / Little Old Slappy From Pasadena • La La Law / Cat on a Hot Steel Beam • Space-Probed / Battle for the Planet • Chalkboard Bungle / Hurray for Slappy / The Great Wakkorotti: The Master & His Music • Roll Over, Beethoven / The Cat and the Fiddle • Pavlov's Mice / Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov / Nothing But the Tooth • Meatballs or Consequences / A Moving Experience • Hearts of Twilight / The Boids • The Flame / Wakko's America / Davy Omelette / Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago • Guardin' the Garden / Plane Pals • Be Careful What You Eat / Session 1 / Up the Crazy River / Session 2 / Ta Da Dump • Yakko's World of Baldness / Opportunity Knox / Wings Take Heart • Hercule Yakko / Home on De-Nile / A Midsummer Night's Dream • Testimonials / Babblin' Bijou / Potty Emergency / Sir Yaksalot • You Risk Your Life / I Got Yer Can / Jockey for Position • Moby or Not Moby / Mesozoic Mindy / The Good, the Boo, and the Ugly • Draculee, Draculaa / Phranken-Runt • Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled / Moon Over Minerva / Skullhead Boneyhands • O Silly Mio / Puttin' on the Blitz / The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert • Chairman of the Bored / Planets Song / Astro-Buttons • Cartoons in Wakko's Body 1 / Noah's Lark / Cartoons in Wakko's Body 2 / The Big Kiss / Cartoons in Wakko's Body 3 / Hiccup / Cartoons in Wakko's Body Conclusion • Clown and Out / Bubba Bo Bob Brain • Very Special Opening / Animaniacs Stew / In the Garden of Mindy / Pinky and the Cat / We've Been Mixing Up the Scripts / No Place Like Homeless / Katie Ka-Boo / We Found This Old Computer / Dottie the Squirrel / Baghdad Café • Critical Condition / The Three Muska-Warners • Dough Dough Boys / Boot Camping / General Boo-Regard • Spellbound • Smitten with Kittens / Alas Poor Skullhead / White Gloves • Casablanca Opening / Fair Game / The Slapper / Puppet Rulers • Buttermilk, It Makes a Body Bitter / Broadcast Nuisance / Raging Bird • Animator's Alley / Hollywoodchuck • Of Nice and Men / What a Dump! / Survey Ladies • Useless Facts / The Senses Song / The World Can Wait / Kiki's Kitten / • Mary Tyler Dot Song / Windsor Hassle / ...And Justice for Slappy • Turkey Jerky / Wild Blue Yonder • Video Review / When Mice Ruled the Earth • Mobster Mash / Lake Titicaca / Icebreakers • Very Special Opening / A Christmas Plotz / Little Drummer Warners • Slippin' on the Ice / 'Twas the Day Before Christmas / Jingle Boo / The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert / Toy Shop Terror / Yakko's Universe • Branimaniacs / The Warners and the Beanstalk / Frontier Slappy • Ups and Downs / The Brave Little Trailer / Yes, Always • Drive-Insane / Girlfeathers / I'm Cute • Brain Meets Brawn / Meet Minerva • Gold Rush / A Gift of Gold / Dot's Quiet Time • Schnitzelbank / The Helpinki Formula / Les Boutons et le Ballon / Kung Boo • Of Course You Know, This Means Warners / Up a Tree / Wakko's Gizmo • Oh, Oh, Ethel / Inkblot Test / Meet John Brain / Smell Ya Later • Ragamuffins / Woodstock Slappy • Karaoke Dokie / Cranial Crusader / The Chicken Who Loved Me • Baloney & Kids / Super Buttons / Katie Ka-Boom: The Driving Lesson • Scare Happy Slappy / Witch One / MacBeth • With Three, You Get Eggroll / Mermaid Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: Call Waiting • Lookit the Fuzzy Heads / No Face Like Home • My Father the Tuna / The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special
Season 2
Take My Siblings, Please / The Mindy 500 / Morning Malaise • We're No Pigeons / Whistle-Stop Mindy / Katie Ka-Boom: The Broken Date • Miami Mama-Mia / Pigeon on the Roof / Coo • I'm Mad / Bad Mood Bobby / Katie Ka-Boom: The Blemish / Fake
Season 3
Super Strong Warner Siblings / Nutcracker Slappy / Wakko's New Gookie / A Quake, a Quake! • Variety Speak / Three Tenors and You're Out / Bingo • Previously on Animaniacs / Deduces Wild / Rest in Pieces / U.N. Me • A Hard Day's Warners / Gimme a Break / Please Please Please Get a Life Foundation • The Tiger Prince / All The Words in the English Language (Part 1) / The Kid in the Lid / All The Words in the English Language (Part 2) / Method to Her Madness / All The Words in the English Language (Part 3) • The Presidents Song / Don't Tread on Us / The Flame Returns • Gimme the Works / Buttons in Ows / Hercules Unwound • This Pun for Hire / Star Truck / Go Fish / Multiplication (song) • The Sound of Warners / Yabba Dabba Boo • My Mother the Squirrel / The Party / Oh! Say Can You See / The Twelve Days of Christmas • Dot's Entertainment / The Girl with the Googily Goop / Gunga Dot • 2001 Parody 1 / Soccer Coach Slappy 2001 Parody 2 / Belly Button Blues / Our Final Space Cartoon, We Promise / Valuable Lesson • Wakko's 2-Note Song / Panama Canal / Hello Nurse / The Ballad of Magellan / The Return of the Great Wakkorotti / The Big Wrap Party Tonight
Season 4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock • Cutie and the Beast / Boo Happens / Noel / Cold Ending • Animani-rats /• Jokahontas / Boids on the Hood / Mighty Wakko at the Bat • A Very Very Very Very Special Show / Night of the Living Buttons / Soda Jerk • From Burbank with Love / Anchors A-Warners / When You're Traveling • Parody Commercials / Papers for Pappa / Amazing Gladiators / Pinky and the Ralph • Ten Short Films About Wakko Warner / No Time for Love / The Boo Network • Pitter Patter of Little Feet / Mindy in Wonderland / Ralph's Wedding
Season 5
Moosage in a Bottle / Back in Style / Bones in the Body • It / Dot - The Macadamia Nut / Bully for Skippy • Cute First (Ask Questions Later) / Acquaintances / Here Comes Atilla / Boo Wonder • Magic Time / The Brain's Apprentice Hooray for North Hollywood: (Part 1 • Part 2) • The Carpool / The Sunshine Squirrels • The Christmas Tree / Punchline (Part 1) / Prom Night / Punchline (Part 2) The Ultimate Animaniacs Super Special: (Birds on a Wire / The Scoring Session / Transition: Very Special Opening / The Animaniacs Suite)