Derek Janssen wrote:
> Don Del Grande wrote:
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>> ? - it looked like a mix of Bosko and Buddy shorts to me.
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> (So...you can tell the difference, then?) :/
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>>> The good news: An entire disk of wartime shorts
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> (Plus the complete set of Economic educational Sylvester shorts, which
> had masqueraded as "cartoons" for most of our TV-syndicated childhood!)
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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. They usually used John
Sutherland's animation studio for their pro-business propaganda
cartoons, till they forked some cash over to WB to make "By Word of
Mouse," "Yankee Dood It" and "Heir Conditioned."
>> Speaking of which, I've always wondered - at the end of "Herr Meets
>> Hare", when Bugs appears as Stalin, he says in a Russian accent, "Does
>> your tobacco taste different lately?" - is that meant to be a
>> reference to anything in particular?
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> Also a commercial.
During WW2 many cigarette makers used cheaper materials in the
packaging. This caused a variance in flavor.
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>> (While I'm asking - I've heard this one in a number of cartoons
>> (mainly Popeye); what was the origin of "Sold, American"?)
The radio shows sponsored by Lucky Strike (Jack Benny, Your Hit Parade)
usually began with a tobacoo auctioneer doing his spiel, which is
unintelligible till he gets to "Sold to American" (i.e. the American
Tobacco Company). Many phrases from Lucky Strike ads found their way
into pop culture and WB gags... "L.S.M.F.T.," "With men who know tobacco
best it's Luckies 2 to 1," "So round, so firm, so fully packed," etc.
