"This is the kind of conversation that can only end in a gunshot. "
Cornell’s Alma Mater is the original, written in 1870. It is probably the most widely copied alma mater of all.
Far above Cayuga’s waters
There’s an awful smell
Some say it’s Cayuga’s waters
Some say it’s Cornell
Colibri, Cornell Bachelor of Science 1973
Well, I know the original G&S song, and I know Tom Lehrer, but… I’ve never heard of the Animaniacs. How’s that for cultural illiteracy?
So did they make Hampton squeal like a pig?
I’m trying to figure out how I can work that into a conversation with my co-worker who is a Cornell alum…
Anne, just ask your co-worker about how he liked attending SUNY Ithaca.
He’ll LOVE that.
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Thuggy teenagers referencing Willow? Were you visiting the theater on Bizzarro Planet?
When I very young I saw a Popeye cartoon that had Olive Oyl singing “I’ve got spurs that jingle jangle jingle.” Later when I heard it on the radio, I said, “They stole that song from Popeye!” My parents corrected me.
“I saw Hamlet for the first time the other day. Didn’t like it. Too many clichés.” (anon.)
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation. A very funny direct-to-video movie featuring the Toonsters and their unusual vacation adventures in a number of different plots: the Deliverance parody involved Buster and Babs going down south and meeting a family of hillbilly possums, and later, a gang of gators who wanted to marry him. Featured a dueling-banjos style parody of the show’s theme song. (The movie was cut into five episodes of the TV series- though complete, it does do away with the multiple gag credits during the films end.)
As for Animaniacs, the writers must have had a thing for Tom Lehrer- one episode featured a song about mulitplication which I believe is a parody of Lehrer’s New Math.
Regarding rowrbazzle’s Popeye anecdote, many of the old cartoons from the major studios used popular songs owned by the studios since they were free. I think most people born after 1970 probably got most of their education on old-time music from old cartoons. I know I sure did. (Modern cartoons tend to go to public domain stuff, but Animaniacs did license the old Warner Bros. standby Powerhouse for one episode. We’re In The Money, which Warners still owns the rights too, sometimes shows up as well.)