WASHINGTON — In a last-minute executive order issued right before he left for Mar-A-Lago, President Trump declared that Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. will be pressured to rewrite the song “Yakko’s World” from Animaniacs and replace every country with “America”. Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav announced in a press release that Warner Bros. would be cooperating with the order.
The order states, “Today, I am dispatching the Secretary of Education to Warner Bros. Headquarters in Burbank, CA with the intent to meet with the Animaniacs themselves. The song ‘Yakko’s World’ has always been an example of American excellence, and it should represent American values. Therefore, I, Donald J. Trump, hereby declare that ‘Yakko’s World’ shall be rewritten with the exclusion of all un-American lyrics to better reflect the superiority of our great nation. Zip zop zoo!” In a footnote, President Trump explained that he’s trying out some new catchphrases, and that ‘Zip zop zoo’ is “still a work in progress.”
The creators of the song had mixed reactions to the executive order.
“On the one hand, this song is one of the highlights of my career,” said Rob Paulsen, the voice of Yakko, “On the other hand, it’ll be so much easier to recite at cons.” Randy Rogel, the writer of Yakkos’ world, had a more positive reaction: “This is actually the way I originally envisioned the song. I was just young and felt like I needed to be politically correct, so I added all the other countries. ”
Meanwhile, the Public Relations manager for the Animaniacs reports that Dot is feeling “A lot of irritation and violent impulses regarding this decision” and that Yakko is “Fighting this in court by doing a pitch-perfect impression of Dustin Hoffman in the climax of Lenny.” As of writing, Wakko was still in rehab and was unavailable for comment.
While some informational resources, such as Wikipedia and Ultimate-Guitar.com, have resisted pressure from the White House to revise the lyrics in their respective databases, other sites such as AZlyrics and Genius have replaced their existing entries for “Yakko’s World” with the revised version mandated by the government.
According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, President Trump plans on ordering a “drastically shortened version” of each government-focused song from Schoolhouse Rock!
