Friday Nights

***Friday Nights*** is an animated television series, produced by Warner Bros. Television which originally aired from 2001 to 2003. In the series, Ricky and his gang of famous friends run a nightclub frequented by many other animated Warner Bros, characters from throughout the company's animation history.

## Premise

The basic premise of the show focuses on Ricky Boy and his friends operating a dinner theater club in downtown ToonTown. Considered a popular venue by the residents, the club is frequented by a host of character from Warner animated properties – every character from cartoons and films produced by Warner Bros. Animation Studios are featured in the episodes, with the exception of those made after 2001–2003. Such characters mostly appear as guests, with a few voiced in episodes depending on the scripts provided to voice actors, while a number sometimes operate as performers for the club. The show is notable for including many relatively obscure and otherwise rarely used Disney characters, often with speaking parts for the very first time. Notably, Li'l Bad Wolf and April, May and June, who had appeared very often in Disney comic books but never before in an animated cartoon, finally made their animated debuts on *Friday Nights*. The show also featured some cameos by characters created for other television cartoons and theme park attractions, but these appearances were few and far between.

Each episode focuses on a story involving Mickey and his associates facing an issue during an evening's operation of the club, and focuses on them trying to overcome it – the most common plot tended to them dealing with a serious problem caused by Larry in his attempts to shut down the club and use it for his own gains. These stories, often involving farcical mishaps, tended to act as a wraparound for the cartoon shorts played in between scenes, the theme of the story contributing towards the story-lines of the cartoon shorts shown in the episode.[1] Cartoon shorts played in episodes focused on elements from classic theatrical cartoons of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, though most were reruns from *Ricky Boy Works*, and featured a simple story. Some stories were set to a specific theme for a specific character, but with differing scenarios – for example, some cartoons focused the same theme of Mickey seeking to rescue Sissy from Larry against different obstacles, while another set focused on the theme of Pluto attempting to get Ricky his paper and facing different problems doing so.

* Greeter and Co-Owner - Matthew Potter
* Reservation Clerk - Brittany Miller
* Head Waiter - Chris Davis
* Mascot - Toby
* Mechanical Technician - Bobby Mango
* Chef - Gus Goose
* Gossip Columnist - Mary McBride
* Parking Valet - Johnny Davis
* Waiters - The Penguin Waiters
* Janitors - The Magic Brooms

## Cast

* Thom Adcox-Hernandez – Ricky Boy
* Samantha Kelly – Stacy Seville
* Tara Strong – Matthew Potter
* Janice Karman – Brittany Miller
* Dave Foley – Chris Davis
* Jeff Bennett – Larry Wolfbottom, Tom Cat
* Kevin McDonald – Professor Scamp
* Maria Bamford – Mary McBride
* Maurice LaMarche – Goodman Potter, Barney Cow,
* Frank Welker – Toby, Scooby-Doo, Fred Jones, Crunchy, Marty the Gadget Hat, Barney Rubble
* Henry Corden – Fred Flintstone
* Casey Kasem – Shaggy Rogers
* Mindy Cohn – Velma Dinkley
* Grey DeLisle – Daphne Blake
* Dee Bradley Baker – Jerry Mouse, Robin Raccoon
* Bill Hader – Roger Cat
* Rob Paulsen – Dante Turtle
* Carlos Alazraqui – Morty Monkey, Binkly Bird
* Bob Barker – Microphone Mike
* Greg Burson – Yogi Bear
* Tom Kenny – Boo-Boo Bear
* Jeff Bergman – George Jetson
* Penny Singleton – Jane Jetson
* Patric Zimmerman as Elroy Jetson
* Paul Reubens – Lenny the Gadget Car
* Jimmy Fallon – Himself