I learned most of what I know about classical music from Bugs Bunny cartoons.
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Growing up we only had 3 channels (and had to defer to dad for show selection). Lived for Saturday morning cartoons
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and classical music! I mean, I knew the music already because of my dad, but so much of the soundtrack for the old cartoons was classicalâŚ
sigh⌠the good olâ daysâŚ
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As an 80s baby and southerner, there is not enough Foghorn Leghorn in these comments. I constantly quote him and wanted to marry someone that sounded just like him.
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Back when i was growing up theyd show these Flipper reruns in the summer on Nickelodeon. That terrible theme song still gets stuck in my head.
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Music geek-out alert:
They still had real orchestras back then. 99.5% of the time now, itâs synth. When I was a boy, my dream job was playing horn (THE horn) in a studio orchestra. We binge watched Masters of the Air last month, and while the synthesis is quite good in the opening theme, the strings still sound too uniform, and the brass intonation still isnât realistic. Judging by the ability of AI models to clone voices, studio orchestras are pretty much dead unless film producers demand them.
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Another funny thing I remember: (I mean, not really funny, but what else can you do but laugh because the concept itself is ridiculous?) Even as late as the early 90s, the Loony Tunes films that had r@cist scenes were still playing. My sister and I saw a character emerge from having his face in an explosion, whereupon his face was darkened and he started speaking sterotypically. We both looked at each other like, âWait did that just happen?â We instincively knew it wasnât right. Hopefully I wonât get a chastising flagging for mentioning this. 
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That one is one of my favorites. I still stop myself from quoting it aloud when someone asks me if they would do something. I found a few of the cartoons to be tedious, but the novelty of that one was hilarious.
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My cousin was quite the artist. He could draw practically every loony toon. He convinced my brother and I that his artist name was Fritz Freling. He was like 12 at the time and I was in kindergarten. So I went to school and told the teacher my cousin was Fritz Freling. She thought that was pretty cool and called my Aunt to see if he would come talk to the class. Lol
Boy did my cousin get a good talking to. But his art ability saved him and he came to school and showed the class how he drew Elmer Fudd and a few other characters. And as himself not his artistic name⌠lol
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Yes. Loony Toons and as Gen Xers we were also exposed to weird live creations like HR Pufnstuf, Lidsville and Land of the Lost by people who were obviously tripping balls
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Yep, and still watching to this day! 
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Mel Blanc was the greatest to ever do it.
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âWhatâs Opera, Docâ was always one of my favorites, mostly because of the âRide of the Valkyries.â
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Yes!! Whatâs Opera, Doc was a masterpiece.
Best viewed in picture in a picture then size to 4:3 (16:9 makes it blurry)
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