Talk:Book Revue

The reference to Glenn Miller in this cartoon looks more like Tommy Dorsey from this picture: http://www.jazzitude.com/images/tommydorsey.jpg

Dorsey would make more sense, since Glenn Miller had died two years earlier, in 1944. Defense Mechanism (talk) 22:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Harry James was later featured playing trumpet (ghosting Kirk Douglas) on the film version of Young Man with a Horn (1950). 119.11.0.241 (talk) 16:12, 27 August 2011 (UTC) MBG

edit issue

Look, let's get something straight, ok? There is no refrerence regarding Blip. There should be mention of Frank Tashlin as the short is the same as his shorts where books came to life. The storefront is a colorised version of the one seen in A Coy Decoy. There shouldn't be two links to It Had to Be You. The Arkansas Traveler shouldn't be bracketed and the Melody in 4F is a redlink. Visokor (talk) 07:18, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Lead Paragraph

This is a wonderful, thorough article about one of my very favorite cartoons. But what is the meaning of the phrase "This cartoons blue ribbon titles are on Blip"? I know what Blue Ribbon titles are, but what's 'Blip'? PurpleChez (talk) 21:55, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

and it should be "cartoon's" anyhoo.... PurpleChez (talk) 21:56, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I deleted the sentence. Even if the titles are posted somewhere at that site it doesn't belong in the lead paragraph. "See also" maybe.... PurpleChez (talk) 21:59, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

I would argue that either spelling of the title is as much a pun as the other. PurpleChez (talk) 18:57, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

plot should detail everything.

Hello? The majority of the plot is missing. someone's trying to butcher the article. Visokor (talk) 12:07, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

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Tommy Dorsey v. Glenn Miller

I agree with the comment above; not only does the caricature of the trombonist playing in front of "Brass" look more like Tommy Dorsey (note the shape of the nose), but the fact that Miller had been dead a year at the time the cartoon came out makes it less likely that it's Miller. WB had a tendency to shy away from using celebrities that died in tragic circumstances; for example, when "A Wild Hare" was re-released, the reference to Carole Lombard was eliminated, and Clampett had another project, "For He's a Jolly Good Fala," cancelled in 1945 when Franklin Roosevelt died. A cartoon at the same time, Chuck Jones' "Fresh Airedale," also had some specific FDR references removed. Given that, I think it's less likely Miller, who died in tragic circumstances during the War, would have been used. I've shied away from correcting the article, pending reaction to this post. Eric O. Costello (talk) 23:19, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

@Eric O. Costello: Indeed. Jerry Beck said in his 1989 book: "A jam session ensues with Brass (Tommy Dorsey), Drums Along the Mohawk (Gene Krupa), The Pie-Eyed Piper (Benny Goodman), and the Arkansas Traveler. Daffy Duck steps off the cover of Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies Comics to protest the swing music." Tomskyhaha (talk) 15:18, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

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Information about background text

Maybe the following information could be of some use. The text on background: 1) when Wolf chases Daffy Duck to and fro, before the "Hopalong Cassidy" scene; and 2) when the police car is going on the cover of "Long Arm of the Law" are from "Congressional Record. Seventy-fourth Congress, Second Session. Volume 80 – Part 2, Washington, 1936" (for example: "Attorney General Wickersham, who ran his office on the merit system..." is on page 1216, as Google Books provides). (without signature, June 2020)

Ukrainian or Russian tune?

The article states: "Standing in front of a book called "Danny Boy" with the classic Ukrainian tune Ochi chyornye as background music..." (June 24, 2020), but the "Dark Eyes (song)" article says that it "...is a well-known and popular Russian romance folk song" (June 24, 2020). Maybe the correction should be brought in one of the articles. (without signature, June 2020)