There’s a lot of topical references and contemporary cultural references in this stuff, huh? I figure that I’m missing about half the in-jokes and taglines there, and I’ve watched a decent amount of popular culture from that time period.
No, this is not an original notion. I’m just finding it a fascinating one, particularly since some of the stuff that Bugs is doing in these cartoons would be fairly taboo today.
No kidding on the taboo part. Check out unedited Tom and Jerry cartoons sometime. Makes Bugs look tame
“There’s a lot of topical references and contemporary cultural references in this stuff, huh?”
No more so than in similar things from today … not that there are a lot of similar things being made today.
In fact, one of the things I’ve enjoyed most about Warner Bros ‘toons since I realized there was all this cultural stuff lurking in them is looking for the cultural references and in-jokes that are lurking in them. Everything from the universal Irish accent for cops to Carl Stalling’s magnificently barmy choices of background music.
“OH..so he hidin’ in the stove is he?”……darn…off to youtube…