ITT: dated stuff you enjoy.
I didn't get half the references in Hollywood Steps Out when I saw it as a kid. But it's still one of my favorite Merrie Melodies shorts ever.
As a kid, I thought he was looking for the penguin.
I genuinely didn't get this one at all.
I still don't get half the references in it.
Who killed who?
>>94125146
Mickey Rooney is the ONLY person in that entire roster to out live ALL OF THEM.
Christ.
>tfw cartoons rarely make fun of Hollywood now because people who make cartoons nowadays hate pop culture references like that, nevermind hate modern Hollywood and refuse to acknowledge it (rather than ya know, take the piss on it)
What the fuck was his problem?
>>94127594
>people who make cartoons nowadays hate pop culture references like that
Family Guy and all the other McFarlane shows
The Simpsons
Half the shows that want to be Family Guy or The Simpsons
Mostly though they fuck it up. A reference isn't funny in and of itself. Cameos should be funny even if the audience doesn't recognize the celebrity.
Like Tale of Two Kitties, it's still funny even if you don't know they're Abbot and Costello.
>>94127675
Pretty sure it is a racist depiction of an Inuit
>>94127687
Oh right, I forget those exist since they're so mediocre in quality
>>94127688
Finns were considered oriental back then.