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75-407: Each episode consists of a series of topical comedic dialogues and sparring between the co-hosts, plus occasional interviews with notable guests. Gibson and Safi then each present a topical issue concerning gender rights and LGBTQ+ rights. At the end of the show, they read iTunes reviews from their listeners and offer various music, TV, or movie recommendations. Gibson and Safi met while performing at

150-427: A Young Artist Award , and an Environmental Media Award , with nominations for one other Daytime Emmy Award, two Annie Awards , one Primetime Emmy Award , and one other Young Artist Award . Spin-off media include magazines, toys, video games, and home media releases. The Plucky Duck Show , a spin-off television series, was created for Fox Kids and ran for one season. A second spin-off series, Pinky, Elmyra &

225-481: A cel count that was more than double that of most animated television shows then. The series had about 25,000 cels per episode instead of the standard 10,000, making it unique in that characters moved more fluidly. Animation producer Pierre DeCelles described storyboarding for the series as "fun but a big challenge because I always had a short schedule, and it's not always easy to work full blast nonstop". During development, Spielberg said that Warner Bros. would use

300-418: A first-look production deal . Saturday Night Live has been known for seeking top talent from UCB's pool of students. TV shows like The Chris Gethard Show created by Chris Gethard ; and Broad City created by Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer started out as UCB experiments. Tiny Toons Tiny Toon Adventures is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger that

375-571: A 130-seat theater, a bar, and a lounge. The space was expected to open in early 2024. In 2005, the Los Angeles branch of the theater opened at 5919 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, offering up improv, sketch and stand-up comedy shows nightly with a 120-seat capacity. Soon after, Comedy Bang! Bang! (formerly Comedy Death-Ray), a Los Angeles alternative comedy show moved from its former home at

450-506: A 150-seat theater at 307 West 26th Street in NYC in the former Maverick Theater. The new venue had several advantages over the previous theater on 22nd Street, such as double capacity, a more professional tech booth, larger green room with a greater separation from the stage area, two dressing rooms, storage rooms, twice the number of bathrooms, and a "chill out room". In July 2005, the UCB opened at

525-611: A TV movie called Escape From It's a Wonderful Life and appeared weekly on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the 90s. In the way of film, in 2002 they created and starred in the film Martin & Orloff , and made another movie in 2007 titled Wild Girls Gone . Neither film was particularly successful or well received. The group has participated in web series including the ongoing series UCB Comedy Originals , created in 2008, which occasionally shows sketches, and I Hate Being Single , created in 2012. In 2016, Universal Cable Productions announced signing Upright Citizens Brigade to

600-498: A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special in prime time on December 6, 1992. This episode is a parody of It's a Wonderful Life . Although the Christmas episode is called a special, it is only called this as it is Christmas-themed and is just a regular episode. The Tiny Toon Spring Break Special was aired on Fox during prime time on March 27, 1994. Fox aired Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery in prime time on May 28, 1995. The show

675-482: A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special . In 1992, The Plucky Duck Show was produced as a spin-off for Fox Kids , based on the character Plucky Duck. Except for the premiere episode, "The Return of Batduck", the show consisted entirely of recycled Plucky-centric episodes from Tiny Toon Adventures . In 1998, a second spin-off, entitled Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain , premiered on Kids' WB . This series featured

750-512: A celebrity guest. In March 2023, Safi launched his third ongoing podcast, "No Autographs, Please!" with friend and comedian Arden Myrin . They describe the podcast as a "hybrid improv comedy and chat show." Gibson is a writer, director, comedian, and television personality and is a vocal advocate for the rights of women and an ardent supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. Gibson has hosted segments on Current TV 's Infomania which comically addressed

825-480: A comic book series made by Warner Bros. and DC. The characters also made occasional cameo appearances in the Animaniacs , Freakazoid! and Pinky and the Brain comic books. Since its debut, numerous video games based on Tiny Toons have been released. There have been no less than nine titles based on the series released after its original television run and as recently as 2002. Many companies have held

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900-515: A dozen main voice actors. The role of Buster Bunny was given to Charlie Adler , who gave the role, as producer Ruegger said, "a great deal of energy". The role of Babs Bunny was given to Tress MacNeille . Dini said that MacNeille was good for the role because she could do both Babs' voice and the voices of her impressions. Voice actors Joe Alaskey and Don Messick were given the roles of Plucky Duck and Hamton J. Pig, respectively. Child actor Danny Cooksey played Montana Max and, according to Dini,

975-1048: A full orchestra, which some thought too expensive and impossible, but they ended up agreeing. Warner Bros. selected Bruce Broughton to write the theme tune (for which he would win a Daytime Emmy alongside Ruegger and Kaatz) and serve as music supervisor . Screen credits for the composers were given based on the amount of music composed for, or composed and reused in, the episode. Twenty-six other composers were contracted to create original dramatic underscore for each episode: Julie and Steve Bernstein , Steven Bramson , Don Davis , John Debney , Ron Grant, Les Hooper , Carl Johnson, Elliot Kaplan, Arthur Kempel, Ralph Kessler, Albert Lloyd Olson, Hummie Mann , Dennis McCarthy , Joel McNeely , Peter Myers, Laurence Rosenthal , William Ross , Arthur B. Rubinstein , J. Eric Schmidt, David Slonaker, Fred Steiner , Morton Stevens , Richard Stone , Stephen James Taylor and Mark Watters . The composers conducted their own music. Of these composers, Broughton, Bramson, Davis, Olson, Stone, Taylor and Watters wrote

1050-496: A grocery store and talk about the history of the store as well as their experience shopping there. They review everything from the music playing in the store to quality of the carts. The first season of Groceries is available on any podcast platform, but season 2 is currently only available on Stitcher Premium. A third season premiered in 2022. Seasons one and three are available on the show's Patreon. In August 2021, Attitudes! began releasing Patreon-exclusive bonus episodes under

1125-467: A prime-time special on CBS on September 14, 1990, while the series itself was featured in first-run syndication for the first two seasons. The final season aired on Fox under the Fox Kids programming block. The series ended production in 1992 in favor of Animaniacs , which premiered a year later; however, two specials were produced in 1994. Tiny Toon Adventures won seven Daytime Emmy Awards ,

1200-423: A project [...] But he didn't want to just work on characters that Chuck Jones , Friz Freleng , Bob McKimson and Bob Clampett made famous and created. He wanted to be involved with the creation of some new characters." The result was a series similar to Looney Tunes without the use of the same characters. However, Tiny Toons did not go into production then, nor was it even planned to be made for television;

1275-465: A recurring role on 9-1-1 as "Josh Russo". In November 2020, Safi was cast in a recurring role on the third season of the Netflix psychological thriller series You . In November 2019, Safi and co-host " Ronna Glickman ", as played by Jessica Chaffin , premiered a new podcast called Ask Ronna . Safi and Chaffin's show focuses on requests for advice and questions from listeners, and often feature

1350-529: A role in Animaniacs while his fellow Tiny Toons voice actors with smaller roles, such as Paulsen, LaMarche and Welker, were given starring roles in the new series. John Kassir replaced Adler for the remainder of the show's run (although Adler would eventually return to voice Buster in the cancelled video game, Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe ). Alaskey, voice of Plucky Duck, briefly left for financial reasons, but returned when an agreement

1425-417: A row (2012,2013). On January 17, 2017, the first television episode of Throwing Shade aired on TV Land . The show reflected their podcast in which Gibson and Safi tackled political and social issues concerting women's rights and the LGBTQ+ community. The show lasted one season with 10 episodes before being cancelled. On June 28, 2017, The Maximum Fun Network announced that Throwing Shade would be leaving

1500-494: A school called Acme Looniversity to be the next generation of Looney Tunes characters. Most of the Tiny Toons were designed to resemble younger versions of Warner's Looney Tunes characters by exhibiting similar traits and looks. The main characters are Buster and Babs Bunny, two young rabbits with "no relation", their friends, Plucky Duck and Hamton J. Pig, and antagonists Elmyra Duff and Montana Max. They are accompanied by

1575-468: A school whose faculty primarily consists of the mainstays of the classic Warner Bros. cartoons, such as Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Sylvester the Cat , Wile E. Coyote and Elmer Fudd . In the series, the university is founded to teach cartoon characters how to become funny. The school is not featured in every episode, as not all of its storylines revolve around the school. Like Looney Tunes ,

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1650-549: A wide variety of supporting and recurring characters, such as Dizzy Devil, Furrball, Gogo Dodo, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper, Sweetie Bird, Fifi La Fume, Shirley the Loon, Li'l Sneezer, Byron Basset, Concord Condor, Fowlmouth, Arnold the Pit Bull, Mary Melody, and Bookworm, among others. Feeding off the characters are the more traditional Looney Tunes including (but not limited to) Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , and Porky Pig . Most of

1725-655: Is also the writer / co-creator of That's Gay , a television segment focused on gay issues that aired on Current TV , an Emmy Award winning staff writer for the Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was a staff writer on Fashion Police with Joan Rivers and FunnyOrDie .com. Safi has appeared on the Upright Citizens Brigade stage for many years and has had numerous appearances on television shows including The Big Bang Theory , Modern Family , Superstore , and Adam Ruins Everything , and has

1800-400: Is an American improvisational and sketch comedy training center and theatre, originally founded by UCB troupe members Matt Besser , Amy Poehler , Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh . The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Training Center teaches long form improv, sketch, writing, parts of directing, and various other comedy skills. The training center's philosophy of improv is based largely on

1875-543: Is considered by some to be the group's first theatre. The shows and classes at Solo Arts were so popular that the UCB were able to open their own theater, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre , at 161 W. 22nd Street in Chelsea on February 4, 1999. This was a 75-seat auditorium that used to be the Harmony Burlesque Theater, an all-nude lap-dancing club—essentially a storefront. The original theatre

1950-467: The Looney Tunes panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. On July 22, it was revealed that Ashleigh Crystal Hairston would be voicing Babs, instead of Tress MacNeille . Numerous pieces of concept art were shown, revealing a revamped Acme Looniversity and its interiors. This also confirmed many of the original series' major characters would be returning, some with updated appearances. Most notably, Elmyra

2025-604: The New Variety produced and hosted by Richard O'Donnell at the Chicago Improv comedy club, 504 N. Wells. In 1996, prior to opening their own theatre, the Upright Citizens Brigade relocated to New York performing their signature improv show, ASSSSCAT, first at KGB Bar , and then later at Solo Arts. Solo Arts was the first semi-permanent home to the Upright Citizens Brigade's Harold Teams and

2100-707: The New York City neighborhoods of Hell's Kitchen and the East Village , and on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , this location and the New York training center were closed on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, leaving no NYC locations of UCB, with no confirmed plans for revival. However, on June 29, 2023, UCB announced its return to New York at 242 E. 14th Street, which will house

2175-716: The Tamarind Theatre in Los Angeles at 5919 Franklin Avenue (between Tamarind & North Bronson Avenue). In September 2011, UCB opened a second theater on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, at 153 E 3rd St. This theater featured 124 seats, two lobbies, and a full bar known as the "Hot Chicks Room" in reference to an episode of the Upright Citizens Brigade TV show. Often referred to as "the Beast" (a portmanteau shortening of "UCB East"),

2250-688: The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles, and continued to work together as writers and hosts on InfoMania , on the Current TV network. They released the first episode of Throwing Shade on November 9, 2011. On March 5, 2012, it was announced that Throwing Shade was joining the Maximum Fun podcast network. Throwing Shade has earned the People's Choice Podcast Award for Best GLBT Podcast two years in

2325-505: The "Totally Tudes!" banner, starting with Safi's monthly recaps of Dateline NBC episodes. In November 2021, Gibson launched Dolls , a Patreon-exclusive "Totally Tudes!" limited series. The thirty-ninth and final episode of Dolls was released May 18, 2023. The podcast was produced by Jesse Thorn's podcast and radio production network, Maximum Fun . Funding for Maximum Fun, Inc. is raised through underwriting and corporate sponsorship, as well as individual membership donations. The show

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2400-467: The Brain ran on Kids' WB for one season. A reboot/revival series , Tiny Toons Looniversity , was released on September 8, 2023, on Max and then premiered the next day, on September 9, on Cartoon Network . Tiny Toon Adventures is a cartoon set in the fictional town of "Acme Acres", where most of the Tiny Toons and Looney Tunes characters live. The characters attend "Acme Looniversity",

2475-620: The Brain lasted for 13 episodes. A reboot , Tiny Toons Looniversity , was announced on October 28, 2020, through the Amblin Entertainment website. It was ordered for two seasons, with each episode running 30 minutes. As with the original series, Steven Spielberg will return to his role as executive producer. Sam Register , Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey will also be serving as executive producers, while Erin Gibson will be

2550-544: The M Bar to join the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, appearing on Tuesday nights. An expansion in Los Angeles started in 2014. In 2014, UCB announced the opening of UCB Theatre Sunset located at 5419 Sunset Boulevard for November 1. The venue played home to Upright Citizens Brigade's training center, an 85-seat theatre, cafe/performance space called Inner Sanctum, video production offices, and even retail stores on street level. This location

2625-488: The Pit Bull, Concord Condor and other characters. Legendary original Looney Tunes voice actor, Mel Blanc , was initially set to reprise his roles as the classic characters, but due to his death in July 1989, his characters were recast to Alaskey, Jeff Bergman , Greg Burson , and Bob Bergen . During production of the third season, Adler left the show due to a feud with the producers. Adler was angry that he had not been offered

2700-631: The Poet in Chicago. Their first show was called Virtual Reality . The group followed with shows titled UCBTV , Conference on the Future of Happiness , Thunderball , Bucket of Truth , Big Dirty Hands , The Real Real World , and Punch Your Friend in the Face . In 1993, the Upright Citizens Brigade (Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Amy Poehler, Adam McKay, Rick Roman, and Horatio Sanz) were regular guests on stage at

2775-614: The Warner Bros. Animation studio approached Steven Spielberg to collaborate with Semel and Warner Bros. head of licensing Dan Romanelli on Semel's ideas. They eventually decided that the new characters would be similar to the Looney Tunes characters with no direct relation. As series producer/show-runner Tom Ruegger explained: "Well, I think in Warner Bros. case, they had the opportunity to work with Steven Spielberg] on

2850-458: The Warner Bros. staff disliked working with Kennedy Cartoons due to the animation studio's inconsistent quality, and episodes that they animated were often subjected to multiple re-takes; in other cases, portions of Kennedy-animated episodes were reanimated by other studios. Kennedy Cartoons was dropped after the end of the series' first season. Tiny Toon Adventures was made with a higher production value than standard television animation. It had

2925-477: The adults teach classes at Acme Looniversity and serve as mentors to the Tiny Toons while others fill secondary positions as needed. According to writer Paul Dini , Tiny Toons (originally title Tiny Tunes ) originated as an idea by Terry Semel , the then-president of Warner Bros. , who wanted to "inject new life into the Warner Bros. Animation department", and at the same time create a series with junior versions of Looney Tunes characters . Semel proposed that

3000-435: The character Elmyra Duff as well as Pinky and the Brain, two other characters who were originally on Animaniacs before receiving their own spin-off series, also entitled Pinky and the Brain . Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain picks up after Pinky and the Brain leaves off where Pinky and the Brain become Elmyra's pets after Brain accidentally destroys their original home, ACME Labs, during an experiment. Pinky, Elmyra &

3075-534: The characters and the setting of "Acme Acres" with Spielberg. On January 9, 1989, Warner Bros. Animation chose its voice actors from over 1,200 auditions and put together its 100-person production staff. On April 13, 1989, full production of series episodes began with five overseas animation houses and a total budget of $ 25 million. The first 65 episodes of the series aired in syndication on 135 stations, beginning in September 1990. During that time, Tiny Toons

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3150-409: The characters' roles in the series, explaining Foghorn would occupy as Acme Looniversity's coach, while Bugs would take on a " Dumbledore -like" personality. He also confirmed recording sessions had begun. As shown in the teaser trailer, Lola Bunny and characters from the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts era will be appearing. On July 9, 2022, it was announced that Tiny Toons Looniversity would be part of

3225-481: The choice to make Buster and Babs related, saying, "They're fraternal twins, which was not an original plot point. I wanted to dive into a brother/sister relationship that looked really symbiotic and collaborative and supportive, not antagonistic. Seeing two people who are really on the same page, and then how do people who are so close make new friends? You know, find out who they are by these new relationships — these new college experiences while still having fun and doing

3300-429: The clever, subversive and smart humor that made Tiny Toon Adventures such a standout series. Fans old and new will love to laugh at and with these characters all over again." Shortly after the reboot's announcement, it was reported that several of the original voice actors were not going to be involved in the series. Cree Summer had revealed she was informed that Elmyra Duff was excluded. Additionally, Charlie Adler

3375-420: The development and publishing rights for the games, including Konami (during the 1990s), Atari , NewKidCo , Conspiracy Games , Warthog , Terraglyph Interactive Studios , and Treasure . Toys for the series included plush dolls and plastic figures, primarily made by Playskool . Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation was released on DVD on August 21, 2012. There are currently no plans to release

3450-474: The dumbest stuff you'll ever see on TV, but having story and plot points and character development." Nate Cash added, "And they look up to the faculty, they're established Tunes who are like their gods, but then they're like, 'Who am I?' and 'What's my voice?' — which is a cool place to develop them as their own characters and not just mini versions of their counterparts." On April 20, 2023, IGN shared an official teaser trailer on their YouTube site, stating

3525-458: The hosts discussed the strong contenders for that year's awards ceremony, and subsequent episodes discussed the actual winners (and losers) of the major awards. The show returned in 2020 to discuss that year's Academy Awards ceremony with guests Kate Aurthur , Editor-at-large, Variety and Adam B. Vary , Senior Entertainment Writer, Variety . Features of the episode included determining which celebrities were snubbed and special performances of

3600-485: The network. They subsequently joined the Earwolf Network . On October 15, 2020, it was announced Throwing Shade was renamed Attitudes! In July 2021, Attitudes! left Earwolf with Episode 502. Gibson and Safi launched the show on Patreon later that month. Safi is a writer, actor, director, and television personality primarily known for his role in the popular podcast and television show on TV Land . He

3675-567: The new series would be a show based on Looney Tunes where the characters were either young versions of the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters or new characters as the offspring of the original characters. The idea of a series with the basis of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters was common at the time; the era in which Tiny Toons was produced for had such cartoons as Muppet Babies , A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (which Ruegger worked on), Tom & Jerry Kids and The Flintstone Kids . On January 20, 1987,

3750-426: The reboot, as opposed to best friends and potential romantic partners. This decision was criticized by fans of the original series. A July 2022 interview had crew members giving more details. They revealed the series was going to bring back all of the characters from the original show, "down to Arnold the Pit Bull ". They also hinted at an episode which takes place in outer space. Gibson provided an explanation behind

3825-420: The score to How I Spent My Vacation . These composers would later write the musical scores for shows including Animaniacs and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries . A feature-length film was released direct-to-video in 1992, entitled Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation . This was later re-edited and aired as part of the series. The length of the movie is 79 minutes. Fox aired It's

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3900-426: The series "Adults looking for the smart-aleck attitude and wit of the old Warner Bros. classics will be disappointed, however; these are aimed squarely at kids and reflect a '90s sensibility, sneaking pro-social messages into madcap adventure stories." In January 2009, IGN named Tiny Toons as the 41st in their Top 100 Animated TV Shows list. Tiny Toon Adventures Magazine , a quarterly children's magazine based on

3975-508: The series initially was to be a theatrical feature-length film . On December 27, 1988, Tiny Toons was changed from a film to a television series, with Jean MacCurdy overseeing production of the first 65 episodes. MacCurdy said that Tiny Toons was changed to a television series to "reach a broader audience". For the series, MacCurdy hired Tom Ruegger , who previously wrote for Filmation and Hanna-Barbera , to produce. In January 1989, Ruegger and writer Wayne Kaatz began developing

4050-402: The series makes use of cartoon violence (e.g. anvils falling on someone, liberal use of explosives) and slapstick . The series parodies and references the current events of the early 1990s and Hollywood culture. Occasionally, episodes delve into veiled ethical and morality stories of ecology , self-esteem , and crime . The series centers on a group of young cartoon characters who attend

4125-416: The series' first writers were Jim Reardon , Tom Minton and Eddie Fitzgerald. Other writers included Arleen Sorkin . The character and scenery designers included Alfred Gimeno, Ken Boyer, Dan Haskett , Karen Haskett and many other artists and directors. "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian" was co-written by three then-teenage fans. Voice director Andrea Romano auditioned over 1,200 voices and chose more than

4200-588: The series, debuted in October 1990. Issues #1–4 were published by DC Comics , and issues #5–7 were released by Welsh Publishing Group. The final issue was cover-dated Spring 1992. Also, various storybooks were published by the Little Golden Book company, including a few episode adaptations and some original stories ( Lost in the Fun House and Happy Birthday, Babs! ). Tiny Toon Adventures also had

4275-530: The show was scheduled to premiere in Fall of 2023. On June 22, 2023, the main voice cast was announced. Eric Bauza will voice Buster, Daffy Duck , and Gossamer , David Errigo Jr. will voice Plucky and Hamton, Tessa Netting will voice Sweetie, Bob Bergen and Cree Summer will reprise their roles as Porky Pig and Elmyra respectively, Candi Milo (the original voice of Sweetie) will now play Granny and Witch Hazel , and Fred Tatasciore will voice Yosemite Sam and

4350-412: The showrunner and co-executive producer. The series premiered on Max on September 8, 2023, and it aired on Cartoon Network on September 9, 2023. The reboot's first piece of concept art showed Buster Bunny and Babs Bunny , redesigned with different clothes and a new art style. Tom Ascheim , then-current president of Cartoon Network, was quoted saying. " Tiny Toons Looniversity will capture all

4425-586: The teachings of Del Close , with a strong emphasis on the "game" of the scene. In 2013, they co-authored a manual titled The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual . The primary improvisational form is " The Harold ", and the theater in all its incarnations has had a group of "Harold Teams", house teams that perform regularly. The original group, Matt Besser , Matt Walsh , Ian Roberts , and Amy Poehler have had two TV shows— Upright Citizens Brigade and The UCB Show —and their show ASSSSCAT has been televised twice. In addition to this they had

4500-423: The theater was initially opened in hopes of showcasing more stand-up comedy. This venue ran smaller-scale shows for $ 10 or less. The UCB East permanently closed on February 9, 2019. In its stead, the group once (but no longer) offered three nights of programming per week in the nearby SubCulture theatre on Bleecker Street. At the start of 2017, ticket prices increased (the first in ten years). In October 2017, it

4575-486: The two specials ( Spring Break and Night Ghoulery ) on DVD . In the early to mid-1990s, Warner Bros. had released several videos, including Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (a direct-to-video release which later aired as a four-part TV episode), Best of Buster and Babs , Two-Tone Town , Tiny Toons: Big Adventures , Tiny Toons: Island Adventures , Tiny Toons: Music Television , Tiny Toons: Fiendishly Funny Adventures , Tiny Toons: Night Ghoulery , and It's

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4650-554: The way women are treated in media around the world. As an actress, she has had appearances on Kroll Show , Key and Peele , and Parks and Recreation , and has various other acting credits stretching back to 2006. She was a regular contributor to Huff Post , from 2012 to 2017, and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series in 2016, 2018 and 2019 for her work on Funny or Die's " Gay of Thrones ". In 2018, her comedic book Feminasty

4725-479: The year's Best Song nominations. On August 25, 2019, Safi and Gibson premiered an episode on the Earwolf Podcast Network called Groceries . It is the expansion of an existing segment from the original podcast, in which the hosts discuss all things related to their experiences inside of grocery stores. Every episode, ("Bag Lady") Erin Gibson and ("If you're shoppin', I'm-") Bryan Safi each pick

4800-507: Was a huge success and got higher ratings than its Disney Afternoon competitors in some markets. After a successful run in syndication, Fox attained the rights for season 3. Production of the series halted in late 1992 to make way for Animaniacs to air the following year. The series and characters were developed by series producer, head writer and cartoonist Tom Ruegger , division leader Jean MacCurdy , associate producer and artist Alfred Gimeno and story editor/writer Wayne Kaatz . Among

4875-864: Was announced that the UCB Chelsea location would close. The last show in Chelsea was Wednesday, November 28, 2017. The next UCB space, from November 30, 2017, was at 555 42nd Street in Hell's Kitchen, the former home to the Pearl Theatre Company. The Upright Citizens Brigade has performed in the Comedy Tent at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic , UCB had locations in

4950-491: Was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first animated series produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblin Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Animation . The show follows the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend Acme Looniversity to become the next generation of characters from the Looney Tunes series. The pilot episode, "The Looney Beginning", aired as

5025-553: Was closed on November 18, 2002, after a building inspector ordered the theater to be shut down due to fire code violations. In the months that followed, the theater found a temporary home at the Access Theater on lower Broadway, then moved to the Chelsea Playhouse for a short time before finding a permanent space. On April 1, 2003, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre moved to its second official space in Chelsea,

5100-807: Was formerly produced by the Earwolf network. As of August 2021 they run independently through Patreon . Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre The Upright Citizens Brigade ( UCB ) is an improvisational and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago 's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The original incarnation of the group consisted of Amy Poehler , Matthew Walsh , Matt Besser , Ian Roberts , Adam McKay , Rick Roman, Horatio Sanz and Drew Franklin. Other early members included Neil Flynn , Armando Diaz, Ali Farahnakian and Rich Fulcher . In 2013, Besser, Roberts and Walsh wrote The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual . The Upright Citizens Brigade began performing improv and sketch comedy at Kill

5175-517: Was good for the role because he could do a "tremendous mean voice." Cree Summer provides the roles of Elmyra Duff and Mary Melody; former Saturday Night Live cast member Gail Matthius voices Shirley the Loon, and Kath Soucie provides Fifi La Fume and Li'l Sneezer. Other voice actors include Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Devil; Candi Milo as Sweetie, Frank Welker as Gogo Dodo, Furrball, Byron Basset, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper, Barky Marky and other voices; and Rob Paulsen as Fowlmouth, Arnold

5250-406: Was included in one of these pictures, disproving the claims of her removal. Some have suggested this meant Elmyra was added back at some point or was always intended to appear. Spielberg referred to the series as "the best iteration of Tiny Toons he'd ever seen". Character design supervisor Leonard Lee and showrunner Erin Gibson confirmed that Buster and Babs would be presented as twin siblings in

5325-472: Was not approached to reprise his role as Buster, nor was Maurice LaMarche as Dizzy Devil . However, during an interview on July 12, 2021, Candi Milo said she would be returning to voice Granny but it remained uncertain if she would also be reprising her role as Sweetie Bird. A few days later, on July 15, Jeff Bergman confirmed that he would be returning to the series as well, voicing Bugs Bunny , Sylvester , and Foghorn Leghorn . He went into detail on

5400-402: Was published. In October 2020, it was announced the Gibson would serve as showrunner on the Tiny Toons reboot at HBO Max , titled Tiny Toons Looniversity . In early 2019, Earwolf released a spinoff miniseries podcast, called Throwing Shoscar , hosted by Bryan Safi and "Ronna Glickman" (played by Jessica Chaffin ) which focused on the 2019 Academy Awards season. In the miniseries,

5475-486: Was reached with the studio. In order to complete 65 episodes for the first season, Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television contracted several North American and international animation houses, including Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Wang Film Productions , AKOM , Freelance Animators New Zealand, Encore Cartoons, StarToons and Kennedy Cartoons. Tokyo Movie Shinsha also animated the series' opening sequence. Some of

5550-561: Was received with positive reviews; the Philadelphia Daily News remarked "It's the most cinematic first-run animated show on TV, mixing long shots, extra-tight closeups and odd perspectives for comic effect..." Citizens' Voice noted "Combining the animation of Warner Bros. and the creative direction of Spielberg, the collection of 65 half-hour cartoons is sure to make a big impression during the weekday late afternoon viewing period..." However, The Journal News criticized about

5625-588: Was sold in December 2020, leaving the Franklin theater as the only space owned by UCB. In March 2022, former owner and CEO of The Onion, Mike McAvoy, and co-founder of Mosaic talent management, Jimmy Miller, acquired UCB and its lone remaining theater with the backing of venture capitalist, Elysian Park. They reopened the UCB comedy theater and Los Angeles training centers in September 2022. The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (shorter UCB Theatre or just UCB)

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