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While other '90s cartoons were dusting off synth presets, Pinky & the Brain was hiring a full orchestra and writing Broadway-caliber showstoppers about world domination. We dig into Richard Stone's legacy, the show's most ambitious musical numbers, and why the score still holds up decades later.
Brain is many things: a genius, a visionary, a mouse with an unusually large cranium and an even larger ambition. But how many of his elaborate plans would actually work? We put on our lab coats, consulted some real science, and graded the most iconic schemes from Acme Labs on a curve that even Brain would respect — or at least tolerate.
Before there were catchphrases, there were two guys in a recording booth making each other laugh. Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche didn't just voice Pinky and the Brain — they breathed life into two of animation's most beloved characters through sheer comedic instinct and a whole lot of improvisation. Here's the story of how they pulled it off.
Before there was a single frame of animation, before a single scheme was hatched, there were two guys standing in a recording booth making each other laugh. Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche didn't just voice Pinky and the Brain — they *became* them, and the chemistry they built across hundreds of recording sessions is the secret engine powering one of animation's most beloved shows.