# A Looney Tunes question for you - TO HAVE

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 16, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-looney-tunes-question-for-you-to-have/213503 "2003-11-16T03:10:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-looney-tunes-question-for-you-to-have/213503/1 "2003-11-16T03:10:22Z")

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I was flippping the channels today and noticed that Cartoon Network is have a all-Looney Tunes weekend. I caught the middle of a Bugs toon featuring a skinny brunette girl wearing big glasses as Red Riding Hood.

She would talk like this:

“Grandma, what a big nose for you…TO HAVE”

What is the referring to?

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-looney-tunes-question-for-you-to-have/213503/2 "2003-11-16T03:48:56Z")

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I’m convinced she’s a parody of a media figure from that era, but darned if I know who. 😕

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**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-looney-tunes-question-for-you-to-have/213503/3 "2003-11-16T05:59:44Z")

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That’s “Little Red Riding Rabbit” (1944) and the voice is a parody of Cass Daley.

see:

[http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=440](http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=440)

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-looney-tunes-question-for-you-to-have/213503/4 "2003-11-16T07:45:08Z")

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There’ve been a couple of threads about this with not completely satisfactory guesses. I tried searching but somehow I missed the BCDB. Maybe that info was a recent addition? (grasping at straws to avoid looking completely foolish)

In any event, thanks, **Extraneous!**

.wav clips from the cartoon: [http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/Red\_Riding\_Hood.html](http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/Red_Riding_Hood.html)

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**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-looney-tunes-question-for-you-to-have/213503/5 "2003-11-16T08:27:03Z")

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glad to help…

also see:

[http://members.aol.com/EOCostello/index.html](http://members.aol.com/EOCostello/index.html)

and, for a general resource for “classic” WB cartoons:

[http://looney.toonzone.net/](http://looney.toonzone.net/)

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-looney-tunes-question-for-you-to-have/213503/6 "2003-11-16T14:25:59Z")

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Thanks!