chiscribbs: kithandqin:chiscribbs:For those who don’t know: Tom Ruegger is the origi
chiscribbs: kithandqin:chiscribbs:For those who don’t know: Tom Ruegger is the original creator of Animaniacs. He’s the guy you have to thank for the iconic characters Yakko, Wakko, and Dot (for whom the primary inspiration was his own three sons.) Among many others, including the equally popular Pinky and the Brain. He was also an involved writer/lyricist for the show and played a huge part in coming up with new song & story ideas.Yet despite all of this, Tom was never asked back for the 2020 reboot. In fact, he wasn’t even aware that a reboot was in production until it was announced to the public. Although Tom has expressed plenty of interest in being involved in the reboot, WB/Hulu has repeatedly turned him away.Tom’s oldest son, Nate Ruegger (voice of Skippy Squirrel,) has spoken out about this on his twitter: “the naked greed on display here to reboot a series without involving any of the original creative team so they can make *more* money, & then joke about it, is gross.” (x)And he’s absolutely right.Outside of the main voice cast, none of the original team was consulted for the reboot. Tom was/is an integral part of Animaniacs. Without him, the show would never have existed, let alone become a cultural phenomenon. It doesn’t seem right for him to be cut out of the revival of a show that he is largely responsible for bringing to life in the first place.The mistreatment and blatant disrespect of creators by big-name companies is something I’ve seen way too much of lately, and even though this is far from the first time, that doesn’t make the practice in anyway right or okay.I’ve seen petitions for this going around, but they rarely gain enough traction, so I’m taking a more direct approach:I’m asking fans of the series - new & old alike, regardless of your opinion on the reboot itself - to please reblog this. Or, simply spread the hashtag #BringBackTomRuegger somewhere on your social media.So that we can let the new showrunners know that we, the fans, want to see Tom brought back for future seasons!!! I’m not asking for a full rewrite, I just want the man who created these characters to have some say in what happens to them, as he should. Please share to show support, if you agree! Actually that’s not true. They did ask Paul Rugg, one of the main writers and the voice of Freakazoid. He declined, saying he’d already done everything he felt he needed to do for the series. They also asked back the original songwriter and a couple of storyboard artists and I believe one other secondary writer. There was also another recent tweet from a couple of other people involved with the original show who’ve been asked back more recently.Now this doesn’t make it less true that they should ask Tom to be involved, he’s still expressing an interest and I think it would be a good idea, especially since they’ve already stated that they’re open to/wanting to bring back several of the currently missing skits from the original (I imagine my fave is probably the least likely to return just because Bernadette Peters has always been one of the most expensive actors on the show). I’m only bringing this up because it’s important to know all the facts. If someone starts spouting off things that aren’t factual in addressing the company, it makes it way easier to ignore them as just being uninformed fearmongers. The important part is to stress that it’s important/valuable to the fans to have the original creator brought on in an important role for the series going forward. ^^^^^^ Some important additions! ^^^^^^Thank you for the correction, I do want this to be as well-informed as possible so as not to lessen the effectiveness of the message! -- source link
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