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1950 Cartoon:

  • Harsher in Hindsight: Elmer Fudd points to caricatures of Al Jolson, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, and Bing Crosby, saying "They'll never amount to anything!". While this was hilarious in 1950 thanks to their popularity in film and radio at the time, nowadays, only Crosby will be recognizable right away to modern viewers due to his films like White Christmas standing the test of time in the decades since. Jack Benny wouldn't enjoy the same level of enduring popularity due to his success being mainly on television and radio, nor would Eddie Cantor (himself known for radio and vaudeville). Al Jolson, while still a known figure among classic Hollywood fans for starring in the first "talkie" The Jazz Singer, is also unlikely to be as well-known as Crosby due to his career being steeped in serious Values Dissonance (as detailed on Jolson's creator page). This changes the entire impact of the joke, since these days, Bugs is the most iconic figure among that group. As an extra insult to Cantor, the scene even plays one of his songs in the background, "Merrily We Roll Along", now far more synonymous as the Merrie Melodies jingle.
  • Older Than They Think: Baby Bugs playing a Classical Music piece on a toy piano, a year before Schroeder's debut in Peanuts.


1972 Film:

  • Hilarious in Hindsight: At one point, Mrs. Van Hoskins calls Hans the hotel clerk “Franz”.
  • Hollywood Homely: There are a few implications that Eunice is unappealing and homely ("That's...unbelievable"). Eunice is played by Madeline Kahn. Yeah, right.
  • One-Scene Wonder: John Hillerman as the hotel manager, and Liam Dunn as the judge (and Judy's father).
  • Retroactive Recognition: M. Emmet Walsh as the arresting officer who brings everyone to Judge Maxwell's courtroom and then tries to explain what crimes were committed.
  • Spiritual Successor: To Bringing Up Baby. In both films, the male lead is a milquetoast academic, working on an important research project and uninterested in his engagement to an overbearing nag, while the female lead is a fast-talking, scatterbrained Manic Pixie Dream Girl who is determined to capture the male lead's affections however she can while also assisting in his research.

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