Somebody post the link to Trump as Buggs giving to to the CNN Pavarotti.
Timely and SO educational!!
What is also kind of interesting is finding out that the Bugs Bunny cartoons I grew up watching were in some cases cut or censored for TV viewing (myself having been born in 1970 and grew up watching the Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Hour on Saturday mornings back in the day). As an example, I recall reading about how the Giovanni Jones one had a scene in which Bugs, dressed up as a bobbysoxer, asked for an autograph and gave Jones a stick of TNT disguised as a pen. Did not see this until watching a full, uncensored version of this cartoon on You Tube a few years back.
I for one enjoy the juvenile mind numbing humor of classic cartoons for the sake of juvenile minding numbing humor.
In addition to classic cartoons, in the United States we were lucky and blessed to watch the worlds greatest opera singers on TV talk shows! Merv Griffin , Mike Douglas, Dick Cavett, and of course Johnny Carson regularly had Judith Blegen, Luciano Pavarotti, Martina Arroyo, Marilyn Horne, Carol Neblett, and Plácido Domingo, Robert Merrill and Sergio Franchi as guests.
The late great American soprano, Beverly Sills was a special favorite. Funny and witty with her red hair and amazing voice, that bubbly gal from Brooklyn charmed the hosts and audiences alike. It’s such a treat to have so many of these gems available on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn227ShOc5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEuUvGVbSxY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yTeixRxPBg
The cartoon Peter and the Wolf is still played to our grandchildren and truly helps them to understand music and storytelling.
Lordy, what have we come to that the decline of the culture is measured in cartoon devolution?
A professor I had at the University of Northern Colorado called Carl Stalling’s cartoon soundtracks, when heard without the accompanying cartoon, some of the first ‘avant garde’ music.
Favorite literary reference: “And I will love him, and I will squeeze him, and I will call him George.”
Americans used to love these cartoons. Others sometimes see them in ways we could never imagine: http://religiousfreaks.com/2006/02/27/tom-jerry-a-jewish-conspiracy/
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They also taught me about gun safety. If you don’t want to hurt someone, just shoot them in the butt.
I use a ROKU box and installed the XTV app (google it) which has all the old tv shows and some new ones plus it has the cartoons you would remember. All the classics and not so. Better then what is on today if there is anything on Saturday mornings.
"Leopold!"
Great post!
Great post!
One word - “Fantasia”....
I realized (well reaffirmed really) this when I was Mozart in the Jungle. Most of the music I recognize is either because of Bugs Bunny or ELP. Benefits of a pseudo-classical education.