Old School Lane Casual Chats: Wakko's Wish

In the first episode of Casual Chats of 2025, Patricia and Arun
discuss about the 1999 TV movie Wakko's Wish based on the 1993
animated series Animaniacs. In a small town called Warnerstock,
people were living in peace, happiness, and harmony. But then the
kingdom of Ticktockia took over Warnerstock and the king is
taxing the people to the point of living in disarray, despair,
and poverty. Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are orphans who are struggling
to survive in the cold weather in an abandoned orphanage. Dot is
sick and needs an operation, so Wakko leaves for a year to make
money for her needs. He comes back with a haypenny, but is taxed
by the king's men and is left poor again. Wakko makes a wish on a
star and is told by an angel that he needs to touch the star that
fell hundreds of miles away to have his wish comes true. Now,
everyone in the town knows about the star and rushes towards it
to have their wish come true. When it was released direct to
video, it received positive reviews from critics and fans
praising the music, animation, voice acting, and story. It would
be the final Animaniacs project released until the 2020 revival
on Hulu. How well does Wakko's Wish hold up 25 years later?