# Possible 1930s pop culture references: Can you id? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [December 28, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-1930s-pop-culture-references-can-you-id/956798 "2021-12-28T17:43:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-1930s-pop-culture-references-can-you-id/956798/1 "2021-12-28T17:43:58Z")
A follow-up question to [this post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across/851674/3295) based on having seen an old cartoon. [Gifts from the Air (1937)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtvWO8CtILQ) based on a Hans Christian Anderson story shows the story of a poor boy who rescues a broken toy soldier. The toy soldier, happy to have been taken, informs Santa Claus, who brings lots of toys to the poor boy. At about 5:07 there are some contemporary celebrity caricatures. Are the question marks pop culture references that I don’t get, or just random filler toys: Joe Penner - You wanna buy a duck ? – Roly Poly toy Ben Bernie – Band Leader Ed Wynn – Fireman Eddie Cantor – Beady sailor ? - Santa Claus Bing Crosby - Wind-up Goat ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-1930s-pop-culture-references-can-you-id/956798/2 "2021-12-28T17:55:37Z")
[This](https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2020/12/celebrity-toys-for-little-boy.html?m=1) might help. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-1930s-pop-culture-references-can-you-id/956798/3 "2021-12-28T18:03:31Z")
Well, thanks. I had kinda guessed “Kate Smith,” but wasn’t sure. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-1930s-pop-culture-references-can-you-id/956798/4 "2021-12-28T18:18:05Z")
The link in your OP goes to The Little Match Girl. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/agaSmcCSg54/maxresdefault.jpg "Gifts from The Air (1937)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agaSmcCSg54) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-1930s-pop-culture-references-can-you-id/956798/5 "2021-12-28T18:26:37Z")
Eh. . . oops. I guess it must have come up next, and I hadn’t noticed it. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-1930s-pop-culture-references-can-you-id/956798/6 "2021-12-29T19:20:20Z")
Thanks to this post I finally figured out the other parody cartoon featuring birds where the band leader’s name was Van Birdie.