tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post2722503610928642119..comments2024-03-06T00:01:06.897-08:00Comments on Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 211. The Major Lied 'Til Dawn (1938)Steven Hartleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-26341623873629622222012-10-30T03:23:03.868-07:002012-10-30T03:23:03.868-07:00It's also worth noting that the African charac...It's also worth noting that the African characters that you describe as "slaves" aren't. It was a staple both of jungle movies and documentaries - not to mention real life safaris - to hire native bearers for pay to carry the supplies that the safari or a distant trading post would need. They were working for pay and thus by definition were not "slaves."Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-3762067104175442942012-10-29T19:12:49.889-07:002012-10-29T19:12:49.889-07:00The Van Buren reference is for comedian Bob Burns,...The Van Buren reference is for comedian Bob Burns, who was from Van Buren, Ark., and was popular in the mid-1930s, known as The Arkansas Traveler. Tashlin no doubt enjoyed the inside joke involving his former boss and comic target, but he wasn't trying to go inside on the audience with this gag.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-2632100367006888162012-10-29T08:34:19.121-07:002012-10-29T08:34:19.121-07:00The major's name is "Twombley." I do...The major's name is "Twombley." I don't know where they got the name, but Gene Twombley was a radio sound effects man who later worked on the Jack Benny show and was then married to Bea Benaderet. <br /><br />"With men who know tobacco best, it's Luckies 2 to 1!"<br />Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-66913032247564785932012-10-29T07:46:32.803-07:002012-10-29T07:46:32.803-07:00Freddie Bartholomew was not in the Little Rascals ...Freddie Bartholomew was not in the Little Rascals – which at the time were known as the “Our Gang Comedies” – but was in fact in bigger roles such as in DAVID COPPERFIELD with W.C. Fields and CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS with Spencer Tracy. In this cartoon, he is patterned after the role he played in LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. <br /><br />“With Men who Need Muscles its Spinach 2 to 1!” is a parody of a Lucky Strike cigarette slogan, "People Choose Luckies 2 to 1."Devon Baxterhttp://www.youtube.com/baxterfilmsnoreply@blogger.com