Cartoons from the fifties were my first exposure to classical music, and I couldn’t get enough of it!
I've started a loose leaf book of about a hundred articles I've printed out now, of their quick reads and I look forward to winter re-reading.
Yes, those old Bugs Bunny cartoons were very educational. Today thousands of adults of my generation know for instance to NEVER look down the barrel of a loaded shotgun and NEVER blow out a birthday cake that has dynamite as candles.
Are you curious why classical music was part of early radio and television?
There was no computer complied database of music but there was a huge storehouse of music they could play without having to pay the writer.
The Lone Ranger theme for example was the William Tell Overture.
Not just classical: Bugs Bunny would always be singing “I Dream of Jeanie” or “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano” or would dance to show tunes.
But you sure know about saving the planet from global warming
They used classical music and story lines because they did not have to pay royalties. That gave them free music and story lines. I had a friend who was deep into classic music- he had hundreds of vinyl records. When asked how he got interested in classical music, he unashamedly said- cartoons.