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QueenBee299 OP t1_j4zc5d2 wrote

The two worked in the same office at Warner Bros. Animation and developed interesting personalities that the other staff had picked up on; Ruegger said that Minton seemed to be always scheming to take over the world, while Fitzgerald comedically agreed with him, injecting nonsense words like "Narf" and "Egad" around the office. The gag credit for the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "You Asked For It" credits Eddie Fitzgerald as "Guy Who Says 'Narf'". Series producer Peter Hastings described Eddie by saying, "He always greeted you like you were wearing a funny hat – and he liked it."

During the development of Animaniacs, animator Bruce Timm drew caricatures of Minton and Fitzgerald, and Ruegger then added mouse ears and noses to the drawing, cementing the concept for Pinky and the Brain. The Fitzgerald/Minton connection to Pinky and the Brain is shown in the episode "The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special".Two characters shown as writers for Pinky and the Brain cartoons within the short are caricatures of Fitzgerald and Minton.

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NanoDomini t1_j4zj7ti wrote

>"He always greeted you like you were wearing a funny hat – and he liked it."

What a great description!

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kerred t1_j4zo6ev wrote

I recall in the audio commentary the conversation The Brain and Marv Albert had was pretty much how Maurice LaMarche and Steven Spielberg interacted.

Spielberg: you play The Brain right?

Maurice :. Yes

Spielberg (trying to imitate the Brain): yes!

Maurice (acting as the Brain): yes!

Spielberg (trying again):. Yes!

Maurice (repeating to help Spielberg): yes!

Spielberg (trying again): Yes

Maurice: ok bye bye

And of course the peas episode of Pinky & The Brain is just Maurice reciting the Orson Welles commercial. When he does that bit live he uses the more inappropriate working 😂

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SilasMarner77 t1_j4zyxpb wrote

Apparently Maurice was so delighted at the opportunity to reenact the infamous "frozen peas" bit that there were tears in his eyes.

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Tangent_ t1_j53tx8r wrote

Full of country goodness and green peaness.

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dokuromark t1_j50mvfz wrote

I didn't know about the peas thing until I rad your comment. Just went to YT and watched both the P&TB bit and the original Orson Welles takes, and cracked up. Thanks for this!

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