# "I shoulda turned left at Albuquerque" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [September 16, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796 "2020-09-16T22:29:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/81 "2020-09-17T15:47:04Z")
My favorite Albakoikee short: [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6eazht](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6eazht) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/82 "2020-09-17T16:28:03Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Born 1955, and yes, I know the reference. I believe you turn left at Albuquerque to get to Pizmo Beach. 😃 That only works if you’re coming from Las Cruces and points south. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/83 "2020-09-17T16:40:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > My favorite Albakoikee short: It’s the little ice cube tears that make it. “Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played girl?”. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/84 "2020-09-17T17:00:18Z")
Ditto this. My kids all enjoy good fun quality animation far better than that Disney-tripe. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/85 "2020-09-17T17:07:39Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > That only works if you’re coming from Las Cruces and points south. But he should either be coming from Hollywood or NYC. Well, planning such a trip that has a waypoint in Albiqoikie might explain how Bugs gets so lost. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/86 "2020-09-17T17:18:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > of course I know the reference, and am surprised that any adult wouldn’t. Really? You’re surprised that there are adults in 2020 who wouldn’t get a reference to a specific cartoon short from 1945? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/87 "2020-09-17T17:46:03Z")
Very late Boomer, got it. In my very early years I saw these cartoons in English with limited comprehension except of course “AlbyuKoiKee” was memorable, then as a tween I’d see it in Spanish dub which alas took away the accent gag; but when I finally saw a map of NM showing Albuqerque, it clicked. IIRC, part of the gag was that old US Rte. 66/ State Rte. 6 in New Mexico had a number of changes of alignment in the 30s so the people travelling West on the Mother Road at some point had to turn away from the “original” direction or else they’d find themselves off track. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/88 "2020-09-17T18:25:51Z")
Alba-koy-kee ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/89 "2020-09-17T19:10:30Z")
Millennial. Never heard it before. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/90 "2020-09-17T19:17:52Z")
1947 and of course I know it. In fact, I use it often. Ranks right up there with “Duck season!” “Rabbit season!” and [“Yoiks! And awa-a-a-a-a-y!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sICy5oSHHzA&ab_channel=kenpoarniceguy1) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/91 "2020-09-17T19:26:42Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Really? You’re surprised that there are adults in 2020 who wouldn’t get a reference to a specific cartoon short from 1945? I’m pretty sure it was a running gag featured in several cartoons. Being unaware of the reference is almost as unlikely as being unaware of Bugs Bunny. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/92 "2020-09-17T19:31:32Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > > That only works if you’re coming from Las Cruces and points south. > > But he should either be coming from Hollywood or NYC. Well, planning such a trip that has a waypoint in Albiqoikie might explain how Bugs gets so lost. When I teach trigonometry, specifically the Law of Cosines, I do a classroom example based on the one where Bugs becomes a matador. The premise is Bugs missed his left turn and wound up in Mexico, traveling x miles past Albuquerque. He then deals with the bull, turns 80°, and heads to Coachella, traveling y miles. So what is the distance directly from Albuquerque to Coachella? I then include a little geography lesson. If Bugs wound up in Mexico, then he must have been traveling south in the first place. He should have made a _right_ turn at Albuquerque. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/93 "2020-09-17T19:40:59Z")
It’s funny how much the left turn upset the Geography nerd in me while never considering just how ridiculous a form of transportation tunneling through solid ground is. I wonder if there’s a Geology nerd out there with the opposite gripe. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/94 "2020-09-17T19:52:24Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > never considering just how ridiculous a form of transportation tunneling through solid ground is. Especially when he goes completely under the Atlantic Ocean in Frigid Hare and Ali Baba Bunny (at a minimum). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/95 "2020-09-17T20:00:58Z")
The sequel: > **[8 Ball Bunny (1950) with original titles recreation - video Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x56mbtk)** > > Enjoy! I DON'T OWN NOTHING! Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use... ---
**Author:** ![GrassFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b19c9b/32.png) [@GrassFox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrassFox)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/96 "2020-09-17T20:06:25Z")
I think of the reference every time I see the word Albuquerque, although I can’t spell it for nothing!! Born in early 60’s. ---
**Author:** ![GrassFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b19c9b/32.png) [@GrassFox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrassFox)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/97 "2020-09-17T20:10:19Z")
My entire childhood I thought wabbits tunneled to get around. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/98 "2020-09-17T20:13:50Z")
That part of it is now called the Southern Ocean. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/99 "2020-09-17T20:20:08Z")
First, you’ve got the best username for commenting in this thread. 🙂 But I think you and Chronos have wildly unrealistic ideas about what is broadly relevant culturally to American adults. With ~80 million American adults alive today born after 1980, and an ever growing and splintering culture, it should come as no surprise that not even some but many adults are going miss this one reference to one particular episode of an old cartoon, even if it’s a gag that had an impact and a small life outside of its original context. When you consider that: - Exposure to something like Loony Tunes required either a cable TV subscription or renting them on tape for at least a few decades (say, 80s-2000s), or at least depended on region. It certainly wasn’t broadcast on any network stations when I was a kid (80s and 90s) - Exposure to something like Loony Tunes in the internet/Youtube age likely depends on being directly and intentionally directed to it - There are plenty of Americans who spend minimal time engaging with TV culture - There are 10s of millions of immigrants (and their descendants) who might or might not have made their way to Loony Tunes Again, I’m not saying that there’s not a decent (and aging) chunk of the population that probably get this reference, but it’s been a nostalgic, throw-back reference for almost half a century already. I mean, I get it. I know the Three Stooges, because my dad watched them when he was a kid, and so rented them on VHS when I was a kid. But for every parent that did that for thing X from their childhood, there’s another parent who didn’t, or for whom that thing was never part of their childhood. And for today’s younger adults, we’re really talking about even another generation of “pass it on or not”. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796/100 "2020-09-17T20:28:44Z")
I was mostly commenting on your mistaken contention that the reference is to a single cartoon. Even if you have only seen a handful of Bugs Bunny cartoons you have likely heard it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e8TUwHTfOOU/hqdefault.jpg "Bugs Bunny Albuquerque") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8TUwHTfOOU) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796.md?page=6)