Best movie trivia of 1949

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Trivia: Orson Welles' line "...you know what the fellow said... In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed - but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." was not in the script. Welles just wanted to say it, so he did, much to the anger of the original author. He thought it was a terrible piece of writing but it has turned out to be the most memorable line in the entire film.

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Trivia: Loosely based on the life of controversial Louisiana governor then senator Huey P. Long who was assassinated by a political enemy in 1935.

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Trivia: One of the acts auditioning is a turtle who says he is "The Man of 1000 Voices." This was the nickname of the Warner Brothers voice actor, Mel Blanc.

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Trivia: When the Coyote is about to attack the Road Runner with an axe towards the end of the cartoon, look behind him and you can see a billboard saying "Jones Motel" - a reference to the Warner Brothers director Chuck Jones.

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Trivia: When Droopy puts a needle into Spike's rear whilst playing "Pin The Tale On The Donkey", Spike lets out "Tom's Scream."

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Trivia: When Tweety is lighting the fuse on the rocket, there is a crate behind him with a label saying "Friz" on the side of it - a reference to the director Friz Freleng.

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Trivia: Before Leopold (Bugs) begins conducting, he takes the conductor's baton and breaks it. Leopold Stokowski never conducted with a baton, so this is the reason why Bugs breaks it.

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Trivia: The first MGM cartoon in which Droopy is called by his name on-screen.

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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 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: This was the first Warner Brothers cartoon to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

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Trivia: When the usher throws Elmer out of the movie theatre for going into the Ladies' Lounge, there are two buildings with the names of Warner Brothers animators on the roof. The building on the right reads "H. Love Insurance" (Harry Love), whereas the building on the left reads Batchelders (Warren Batchelder).

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Trivia: When Donald gets blasted by the log "cannon" at the end of the cartoon, a "Goofy Holler" can be heard.

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Trivia: When we see Bugs telling the other cowboys about the acts for the vaudeville show, you can see behind him there is a poster for an act entitled "Frizby the Magician." This is a reference to the Warner Brothers director Friz Freleng.

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Trivia: When Donald falls from the tree, you can hear a "Goofy Holler".

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Trivia: After Bluebeard eats all of the "Popovers", he opens a medicine cabinet. In the cabinet are bottles with references to several Warner Brothers staff: "Frizby Miniatures" (Friz Freleng), "Maltese Minestrone" (Michael Maltese), "Ted Pierce's Medicine" (Tedd Pierce), "Dr Foster's Panace" (Warren Foster) and "Jones Laxative" (Chuck Jones).

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