Episode
Animaniacs: Variety Speak
Overview
Yakko and Dot explain to Wakko through song about how to read the headlines in Variety Magazine.
Details
- Series
- Animaniacs
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1995-09-16
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Variety Speak is Episode 8 in Season 3 of Animaniacs. It aired on 1995-09-16. The runtime is 22 min.
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