In 1994, a video was released containing 4 episodes from the first series, albeit without the cartoon shorts.

The gag would be reused in many cartoon shorts to come.

The total running time of the cartoon shorts is 99 minutes.

Each Animaniacs episode usually consisted of two or three cartoon shorts.

The first season consists of 20 cartoon shorts, paired into 10 episodes.

In the cartoon shorts all voices are by Mike Judge.

The style was even emulated in animated cartoon shorts.

The weekly program featured 48 new creator-driven cartoon shorts developed by its in-house staff.

The show also featured four cartoon shorts per day during the week.

Each show's taping included (but was not necessarily limited to) education, music, audience participation, games, interviews and cartoon shorts.