# Challenge!! Who are the girls in Tex Avery cartoons?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 9, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-who-are-the-girls-in-tex-avery-cartoons/665819 "2013-08-09T18:03:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-who-are-the-girls-in-tex-avery-cartoons/665819/1 "2013-08-09T18:03:22Z")

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I’m especially curious about [this one](http://vimeo.com/32889552) at the 3:20 mark. She’s gorgeous! (Yes, I know she’s probably dead by now. Don’t ruin this for me. :p)  
Also, is it at all weird that Tex Avery, objectifies women in cartoons meant for kids? Did anybody give a shit at the time?  
Alright, this could probably be two threads. But I’d like us to not lose sight of the first question. Tex used a lot of women in his cartoons. Who the heck were they?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-who-are-the-girls-in-tex-avery-cartoons/665819/2 "2013-08-09T18:12:47Z")

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I don’t know who the women are, yet.  
But, regarding your other question: the cartoons were made to be shown in movies, pre-TV. They’re family entertainment, and that means entertaining Dad and all the other guys in the audience, not just the kids. Look at advertising at the time: the sexual objectification of women was so pervasive as to be accepted as the norm.

And yeah, she is gorgeous.

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-who-are-the-girls-in-tex-avery-cartoons/665819/3 "2013-08-09T18:43:17Z")

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According to Wikipedia, she’s [Joi Lansing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Tomorrow_%28film%29).

StG

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-who-are-the-girls-in-tex-avery-cartoons/665819/4 "2013-08-09T19:24:04Z")

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Spooky. I usually scroll through the “died on this day” section of Wkipedia, and clicked on her bio two days ago.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-who-are-the-girls-in-tex-avery-cartoons/665819/5 "2013-08-09T19:42:50Z")

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> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> Spooky. I usually scroll through the “died on this day” section of Wkipedia, and clicked on her bio two days ago.

Two days ago in 1972.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-who-are-the-girls-in-tex-avery-cartoons/665819/6 "2013-08-09T20:47:14Z")

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Moving from IMHO to Cafe Society.