Well, I have had an enjoyable last two days at work; I feel like I have watched cartoons all day, the old Warner Brothers cartoons, to be more specific. To be even more specific, Mel Blanc has been singing in my ear, much to my amusement.
Now you think I’m crazy, right? Uhh, well I am sorta crazy, but not that crazy. Hark, I feel an explanation coming on.
I use an internet-based music subscription service, both at home and work, and this week I have been listening to musicals. Cats, Chicago, Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, Urinetown, Moulin Rouge, just a whole mix. When I was putting together this playlist, I came upon a set of songs called Bugs on Broadway. Interesting . . .
It turns out that it is the full soundtrack, both music and vocals, of those Bugs Bunny cartoons where ol’ Bugs was singing. All we need is four words here, people:
The. Rabbit. Of. Seville.
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My second-favorite Warner Brothers cartoon of all time, following closely behind Duck Amuck, but that’s another story. So let me set the scene for you . . .
I’m sitting at work, hunched over some irrigation plan doing more math than is necessary, and Bugs is singing in rhymes while butchering Fudd’s hair. I have seen this cartoon so much, mostly due to my intense absorption of all Merrie Melodies cartoons in my childhood, that I am actually seeing these cartoons play in my mind’s eye, just as if I was back at home watching the animation on that old cabinet T.V. we had.
I don’t work. I listen to music, watch cartoons, draw, and color all day, and I get paid for it.
Wowzers.
Now if I could only engineer how to instantly teleport myself down to Auburn every afternoon . . . that would be AWESOME!