# Explain this joke from a Looney Toon cartoon

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** cartoons-animation\
**Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-joke-from-a-looney-toon-cartoon/925571 "2020-11-14T12:30:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-joke-from-a-looney-toon-cartoon/925571/41 "2020-11-17T19:09:31Z")

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I occurred to me that the only reason I know the first couple of lines to _Hiawatha_ is because of a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-joke-from-a-looney-toon-cartoon/925571/42 "2020-11-17T20:00:32Z")

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For me, it’s “I Love Lucy” (Lucy recites part of Hiawatha several times in one episode (“Daughter of the _Moon_, Nokomis”)

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