More WB references
Anthony Palombella
of questions about period references in WB cartoons:
1) In _Baby Bottleneck_, the one in which Porky and Daffy help fill in
for the stork, a Gorilla is delivered a baby that turns out to be the two
stars. She picks up the phone and says, "Mr. Anthony, I have a problem!"
The only Mr. Anthony I remember is the guy from the show "The Millionaire."
And I barely remember _that_. Any Ideas?
2) In Mike Denny's .sig and lots of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett toons,
someone will say, "Well, I've been sick." Source?
3) Agony! AAAA-GO-NEEEE!
4) Does your tobacco taste differently lately?
Thanks a bunch. Just to show I'm willing to contribute, here's a list of
references, most of which were lifted from Schneider's "That's All Folks:"
WARNERISM SOURCES (1-32 from Schneider)
1) So round, so firm, so fully packed, so free and easy on the draw. (Lucky
Strike)
2) Have you had your iron today? (Ionized Yeast)
3) Wanna buy a duck? (Joe Penner)
4) Don't ever *dooo* that! (3)
5) Greetings, Gate -- let's osculate! (Jerry Colona)
6) Gruesome, isn't it? (5)
7) Aaah! Something new has been added! (5)
8) Here I am! (Red Skelton as Clem Kadiddlehopper)
9) He don't know me vewy well, do he? (8 as Mean Widdle Kid)
10) If I dood it, I gets a whippin'. I dood it! (9)
11) You bwoke my (his) widdle (head, etc.). (9)
12) I'm a *baaad* boy! (Lou Costello)
13) Gee, ain't I a stinker? (12)
14) I'm only three and a half years old. (12)
15) It's a possibility! (Artie Aurbach as Mr. Kitzel from "Al Pearce and his
Gang" and Jack Benny show)
16) Mmmmmmmm -- could be! (15)
17) You were expecting maybe Humpherey Bogart? (Minerva Pious as Mrs.
Nussbaum from Fred Allen show)
18) "Bub" (Parker Fennelly as Titus Moody from Fred Allen show)
19) Gremlin's "Yankee Doodle" laugh (Benny Rubin)
20) I like him -- he's silly! (Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks)
21) He faw down and go BOOM! (1928 Song, "I Faw Down an' Go Boom")
22) Milkman, keep those bottles quiet! (1944 Song title)
23) The rabbits are coming, hooray, hooray! (The Campbells are Coming)
24) I *love* that man! (Marlin Hurt as woman in "Fibber McGee and Molly")
25) Do you *min* it? (Bert Gordon as The Mad Russian from Eddie Cantor show)
26) How do you do? (25)
27) Wohhhh yeah! (Tony Labriola Oswald character from Ken Murray show)
28) Well, now, I wouldn't say *that*! (Richard Legrand and Forrest Lewis as
Peavey the druggist from Great Gildersleeve)
29) (Nobody home), I hope, I hope, I hope! (Al Pearce as Elmer Burt from 28)
30) Genie in A LAD IN HIS LAMP (Jim Backus as Jim Backus as Hubert Updike
from Alan Young show)
31) Monkies is da cwaziest people! (Lew Lehr from Movietone News' zoo
segments)
32) Confidentially, she stinks! (Mischa Auer as Russian ballet master in
Capra's _You can't Take it With You_)
33) Which way did he go, George, which way did he go? (Lenny in_ Of Mice and
Men_)
34) Victory Through Hare Power (A takeoff of _Victory Through Air Power_, a
book made into an animated film by Disney in 1943)
35) Tain't funny, McGee! (Fibber McGee and Molly)
36) BEEEEE-YOOOOOO (Lifebuoy Soap)
37) Was this trip really necessary?/Keep it under 40, etc. (wartime signs to
promote gas/rubber conservation).
38) (Auctioneer's patter followed by) Sold, American! (American Tobacco Co.)
39) Pardon me, but could you help out a fellow American who's down on his
luck? (Bogart from _Treasure of the Sierra Madre_)
40) I wish my brother George was here! (Liberace)
Once again, any help with the above questions, or any additions to
this list are greatly appreciated.
-- Tony
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Jonathan N. Deitch
> As long as the thread has been started again, I have a couple
>of questions about period references in WB cartoons:
> 2) In Mike Denny's .sig and lots of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett toons,
>someone will say, "Well, I've been sick." Source?
Lots of 'em ... example is the one about the lion who's a nervous wreck. At
the beginning, he roars and roars (and what a roar ...). A bunch of alligators
run out of the lake. One of them has a normal head but a teeny tiny body. He
stops, looks at the camera, and says "Well ... I've been sick ..."
> 3) Agony! AAAA-GO-NEEEE!
This is the classic tease. Elmer shoots and thinks he has hit Bugs. Bugs is
behind Elmer making all sorts of 'I'm Dying' sounds including Agony. Then
the smoke clears and Elmer realizes he has been snuckered again.
- Jonathan
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> 37) Was this trip really necessary?/Keep it under 40, etc. (wartime signs to
> promote gas/rubber conservation).
Can't help you on the ones you really wanted, but it seems that the
constant references to meat rationing and "meatless tuesday," etc. are
important enough to be mentioned, as they often are critical to the
gag ending of a cartoon.
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Bill York
Thanks a bunch. Just to show I'm willing to contribute, here's a list of
references, most of which were lifted from Schneider's "That's All Folks:"
Thanks a lot for this list.
WARNERISM SOURCES (1-32 from Schneider)
1) So round, so firm, so fully packed, so free and easy on the draw. (Lucky
Strike)
Hmmm. The (1930's?) song "Cruisin in My Model T" contains part of this
reference:
"Clincher rims, and two-wheel brakes.
No shock absorbers, got the shimmy shakes.
Armstrong starter, and painted black.
So round, so firm and so fully packed."
So, which came first, the song or the cigarette ad?
Anthony Palombella
>pal...@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Anthony Palombella) writes:
>> As long as the thread has been started again, I have a couple
>>of questions about period references in WB cartoons:
>> 2) In Mike Denny's .sig and lots of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett toons,
>>someone will say, "Well, I've been sick." Source?
>Lots of 'em ... example is the one about the lion who's a nervous wreck. At
>the beginning, he roars and roars (and what a roar ...). A bunch of alligators
>run out of the lake. One of them has a normal head but a teeny tiny body. He
>stops, looks at the camera, and says "Well ... I've been sick ..."
>> 3) Agony! AAAA-GO-NEEEE!
>This is the classic tease. Elmer shoots and thinks he has hit Bugs. Bugs is
>behind Elmer making all sorts of 'I'm Dying' sounds including Agony. Then
>the smoke clears and Elmer realizes he has been snuckered again.
>- Jonathan
Sorry. I should have been more specific. I meant to ask for
the _original_ source of these lines. Personally, my favortie "Agony!"
is uttered by Porky in _Kittie Kornered_ when being chased by his cats
dressed as little Teddy Roosevelts.
Michael W. Denney
>mus...@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Jonathan N. Deitch) writes:
>
>>pal...@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Anthony Palombella) writes:
>
>>> As long as the thread has been started again, I have a couple
>>>of questions about period references in WB cartoons:
>
>>> 2) In Mike Denny's .sig and lots of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett toons,
>>>someone will say, "Well, I've been sick." Source?
Incidently my name has an extra 'e' (Denney). Don't feel bad though. It is
my personal belief that my family screwed up the spelling years ago. :)
>>> 3) Agony! AAAA-GO-NEEEE!
> Sorry. I should have been more specific. I meant to ask for
>the _original_ source of these lines. Personally, my favortie "Agony!"
>is uttered by Porky in _Kittie Kornered_ when being chased by his cats
>dressed as little Teddy Roosevelts.
Ok, I got one. "Agony! AAA_GO_NEEEE!" was borrowed from Smokey Garner who
was a cameraman and all around Mr-Fix-it at Termite Terraces (that the original
WB cartoon studio).
Michael
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Tom Hancock
> As long as the thread has been started again, I have a couple
> of questions about period references in WB cartoons:
>
The only thing I remember about this is one of those joke
postcards. This one had a dog lifting it's leg on a tobacco plant and a
sly look on its face. The caption "Does your tobacco tast differently
lately?" is below. I remember seeing this postcard when I was a kid
(30+ years ago). Whether the postcard predates the cartoon or not I
don't know.
>
>[neat list deleted]
>
> Once again, any help with the above questions, or any additions to
> this list are greatly appreciated.
>
> -- Tony
For those that are interested there is a book called:
Title: Cartoon Confidential
SubTitle: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About
Animation But Didn't Know You Wanted To Know.
Writers: Jim Korkis and John Cawley
Publisher: Malibu Graphics Publishing Group
ISBN: 1-56398-005-3
Cover Price: $14.95US/$17.95CA
Forward by William Hanna
that has a chapter about the crossover in humor between radio and
cartoons.
Of course, I'm not affiliated with Malibu Graphics, Korkis and
Cawley, etc. I did enjoy the book very much, though.
Tom
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Okay, another bit of WB trivia... who can name the U.S. Senator after
whom Foghorn Leghorn's speech and mannerisms were patterned? (I've
forgotten his name, actually. :)
And a sort of related question:
Of the cartoons featuring Pussyfoot and Marc Antony (the incredibly
cute black and white kitten, and the yellow (bull?)dog), I have only
seen three of the four I remember from my youth:
"Cat Feud" the construction site
"Feed the Kitty" Pussyfoot becomes a cookie
"Kiss Me Cat" Marc Antony tries to teach mousing to Pussyfoot
The fourth is the one where Marc Antony is an antagonist, chasing down
Pussyfoot and a female kitten. In this one, Pussyfoot flies by rapid
tail-spinning. I have seen a Merrie Melodies "Hip Clip" from this one,
but have yet to see them re-run the actual cartoon. Anyone out there
know its name, perchance?
Thanks in advance.
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Michael W. Denney
>
>Okay, another bit of WB trivia... who can name the U.S. Senator after
>whom Foghorn Leghorn's speech and mannerisms were patterned? (I've
>forgotten his name, actually. :)
You're refering to a character played by Kenny Delmar on the radio:
"Senator Claghorn from Bighorn".
>Of the cartoons featuring Pussyfoot and Marc Antony (the incredibly
>cute black and white kitten, and the yellow (bull?)dog), I have only
>seen three of the four I remember from my youth:
>
>"Cat Feud" the construction site
>"Feed the Kitty" Pussyfoot becomes a cookie
>"Kiss Me Cat" Marc Antony tries to teach mousing to Pussyfoot
>
>The fourth is the one where Marc Antony is an antagonist, chasing down
>Pussyfoot and a female kitten. In this one, Pussyfoot flies by rapid
>tail-spinning. I have seen a Merrie Melodies "Hip Clip" from this one,
>but have yet to see them re-run the actual cartoon. Anyone out there
>know its name, perchance?
>
"Go Fly a Kit" - the cat "was adopted by an old lady eagle with an over-
developed mother instinct."
I don't think this is supposed to be Pussyfoot and Marc Antony though (unless
of course, you assume they are just playing a role). Chuck Jones directed it
(as well as the other Pussyfoot/Marc Antony run-ins) so he might have borrowed
their model sheets, but I always assumed Pussyfoot was a girl (think of the
trauma of a boy named Pussyfoot) and this cat is definitely a boy.
Michael
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Anthony Palombella
>The fourth is the one where Marc Antony is an antagonist, chasing down
>Pussyfoot and a female kitten. In this one, Pussyfoot flies by rapid
>tail-spinning. I have seen a Merrie Melodies "Hip Clip" from this one,
>but have yet to see them re-run the actual cartoon. Anyone out there
>know its name, perchance?
_Go Fly a Kit_, I belive.
ent...@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
>
>Okay, another bit of WB trivia... who can name the U.S. Senator after
Not a real senator, but a radio character on a comedy show like Fred
Allen named Senator Claghorn. The actor's name was Kenny something.
Erik Timmerman
Film/Video Department
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Tony Nowikowski
>
>>>> 3) Agony! AAAA-GO-NEEEE!
>> Sorry. I should have been more specific. I meant to ask for
>>the _original_ source of these lines. Personally, my favortie "Agony!"
>>is uttered by Porky in _Kittie Kornered_ when being chased by his cats
>>dressed as little Teddy Roosevelts.
>
> Ok, I got one. "Agony! AAA_GO_NEEEE!" was borrowed from Smokey Garner who
> was a cameraman and all around Mr-Fix-it at Termite Terraces (that the original
> WB cartoon studio).
>
> Michael
> a.k.a. The Phantom Scribbler
Also, in several of Clampett's 'toons someone will utter the phrase "Roll 'em,
Smokey!" This is another reference to the Swamp Rabbit (a.k.a. Smokey, a.k.a.
Henry Garner.)
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Steve Schneider's _That's All Folks!_ has this to say on the origin of Foghorn
Leghorn's voice and mannerisms:
Most directly, the great white bird's unstoppable Dixie yapping is a
parody of the "Senator Claghorn from Bighorn" character played by Kenny Delmar
on the old Fred Allen radio program. But director Robert McKimson ... also
cited the sheriff character on an earlier radio show, "Blue Monday Jamboree,"
as a source. Meanwhile, Mel Blanc recalled that he "took that voice when I was
just a kid from a vaudeville show of a hard-of-hearing sheriff."
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