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Trivia: When the baby woodpecker walks glumly away after being thrown out of Jerry's house, he goes over to Tom who is sitting in a deckchair. The magazine that Tom is reading has "Saturday Evening Puss" on the front cover, which would be used as the title for a 1950 Tom and Jerry short.

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Trivia: When Porky and Daffy are at the computer, there are several buttons with the names of Warner Brothers staff on them: John Burton, Tedd Pierce, C.M. (Chuck) Jones, Mel Blanc, Norman Moray and Eddie Selzer.

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Trivia: When Oliver Hardy is in the phone box at the beginning of the short, he picks up the phone and says "Oxford-0614." This was Stan Laurel's real phone number.

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Trivia: When Mysto the Magician tries to impress the Great Poochini with his audition, he ends with a quick dance. This is a reference to another Tex Avery cartoon, "Doggone Tired", in which the hunting dog did the same dance with background music after finding a rabbit hole.

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Trivia: When the stork arrives at the apartments, the people who he is delivering the baby to is Mr and Mrs Pierce. This is a reference to the Warner Brothers story writer, Tedd Pierce.

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Trivia: When Jerry phones the club and informs Mammy Two-Shoes about the party, she runs back home. You can see Mammy Two-Shoes' face for about two frames as she runs back to the house.

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Trivia: This was the first animated short to be made in Technicolor, as well as the first to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

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Trivia: When Sleepy Lagoon is licking his lollipop towards the end of the cartoon, look at the wall and you can see a picture of the Warner Brothers animator and director Friz Freleng.

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Trivia: When Elmer turns around and finds an elephant behind him, the elephant says, "I'll give you such a pinch." This was one of the catchphrases of Stinky, Joe Besser's juvenile character on The Abbott and Costello Show.

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Trivia: "Tit for Tat" was the only sequel Laurel and Hardy ever made. It was the successor to their 1934 film "Them Thar Hills."

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Trivia: When Tom is reading Jerry's diary, the flashbacks we see are clips from four previous Tom and Jerry shorts: "Tee for Two", "Mouse Trouble", "Solid Serenade" and "Yankee Doodle Mouse."

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Trivia: At the start of the cartoon, we see animals changing seats in the theatre. This is re-used footage from a 1937 Warner Brothers cartoon, "She Was An Acrobat's Daughter."

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Trivia: When Ned is launching Ralph on the bottle of champagne, the label on the bottle says "Selzer's Champagne Extra Dry" - a reference to the Warner Brothers producer Eddie Selzer.

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Trivia: Casper the Caveman is a caricature of the American comedian Jack Benny.

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Trivia: At the beginning of the cartoon, we see Donald wearing an army hat instead of his usual sailor hat. This would be repeated in the other army-themed Donald Duck cartoons.

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Trivia: When Prissy arrives at the grocery store to see if her egg has been delivered there, there is "Foster's Fresh Eggs" on the window - a reference to the Warner Brothers story writer Warren Foster.

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Trivia: In the original cut, Yosemite Sam says after introducing himself, "I don't mean Mahatma Ghandi." After the death of Ghandi in 1948, the line was changed to "I ain't no namby-pamby." in the cartoon's re-release.

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