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Boomers were groomed by Bugs Bunny

I agree 100%. I distinctly remember stomping through the house singing “Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit!” and telling my mom I liked that song. I’ve heard Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries played by symphony musicians and I still, to this day, call it Kill the Wabbit.
 
I listened to classic music on classic radio stations. And, of course, I listened to rock and roll on rock stations as well.

My favorite piece of classical music is Scheherazade.
 
Barber of Seville
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"Wwwwaaaabbit Season." "DUCK SEASON! FIRE!!"

Of course the primary reason for this is that classical music was free, they didn't have to pay any royalties on it.

In contrast to all of the pop culture references they mixed into their cartoons, that they were just able to lift freely.

Jones and Freleng were comic genius. Man, was that stuff funny.
 
Looney Toons was a great educator.
Saturday mornings were enjoyable classes in real life in an animated silly kind of way.
 
tuxumino said:
Most won't acknowledge how much this influenced them but the reality is your appreciation of classical music is due to cartoons.



oh yeah and jazz too
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Hmmm, while certainly not a Boomer, I am old enough to have been exposed to these cartoons as a young child in the 70's and 80's. That being said, my parents were no fans of contemporary music, so my designed and intentional exposure to Classical and Jazz actually predates my birth, and I give Loony Tunes no credit for it.

I can specifically remember watching Bugs Bunny Spoofing on Der Ring for the first time and calling out to my confused little brother that they were doing Wagner. As he never really had much of a penchant for understanding such things, I then went and excitedly told my mom, who was amused.
 
Yes, and...

Can distinctly remember being in our elementary school auditorium listening to a rendition of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. That performance cemented an appreciation for symphonic music. Later, I noted that my favorite pieces were those of a marchy style by Austro-Prussian composers.

When I met my wife, she had a few cassettes of Rachmaninov & Prokofiev. I owned a piano, couldn't play it. She could. Game, set, match.

Recently, my daughter was remembering Peter & the Wolf and explained to her that I played the David Bowie version for her back then. She's preggers, so that'll be passed on to another generation.
 
Mr Bugs Bunny groomed me to be ready to see this, as soon as dear ol’ dad thought I was old enough to appreciate it:


probably where my enduring appreciation for watching sunrises began, also … :laughing:ride
 
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Bugs and the Barber of Seville.

Saturday mornings from 08:00 to 11:00 and momma didn't care if we were getting groomed, we weren't in her hair for a couple of hours. She was always busy.
 
Lots of violence, but we didn't go out and shoot anyone after watching cartoons! What changed? Social media :unsure:
 
I how many people associate the "William Tell Overture" with "The Lone Ranger" TV show in the 50's that I watched in the early 60's.
 
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