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Since this cartoon is set in 1492, Porky Pig is the star of the short as Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. himself with a song at the title card. The short begins with the 1492 text zooming and forming smoke with the announcer saying that the astronomers thought "the world was flat as a pancake" with a sign on top, located not too far from Saturn.
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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Chris Columbus, Jr. is a 1934 short animated film by Walter Lantz Productions, starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. [2] It is loosely based on the historic events leading to Christopher Columbus' sailing to the lands that were later named America. It is also among the few cartoons where Oswald plays a character other than himself.
The cartoon skips forward to the California Gold Rush; upon James W. Marshall's discovery of gold, the Internal Revenue Service arrives in a helicopter to seize the nugget. Finally, Alexander Graham Bell is seen building the first telephone , but upon using it, learns his new device is a payphone when the operator asks for fifty cents.
Hare We Go is a 1951 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. [1] The short was released on January 6, 1951, and features Bugs Bunny . [ 2 ]
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