Beany and Cecil - So What and the Seven Whatnots

[TheBeanyandCecil]

Thanks for identifying the stripper Lili St. Cyr. Only thing St. Cyr was popular as a stripper most likely in the 1940's and definitely in the 1950's, a little later than you identified.

And the previous question we believe refers to "Dragon Train" which is not presently on DVD.

Sorry about that.

[ertznay]

@AlmightyToonGod Lili St. Cyr a popular stripper in the 1930s.

[AlmightyToonGod]

Does anyone know who Lili Insincere is supposed to be a parody of?

[magdeutz]

hello, i'm looking for an episode of beany and cecil with a shark in a western adventure.

can you help me and what is the name of the episode and have you got this episode here in youtube.com ?

i like this old cartoons.

[TheBeanyandCecil]

Thanks. Keely, great personality of the era!

[ertznay]

Love the Keely Smith reference at 3:05

[TheBeanyandCecil]

Thanks for your comment about Keeley. She and her hubby were scat-singing superstars. One of the dwarf icons from the cartoon Satchmo did his share as well.

Don't recall the origins of the line "My Headache is Gone", but the gang working on the Beany and Cecil cartoons got a lot of mileage out of it!

[wileyk209zback]

@TheBeanyandCecil I guess it might be because of how Cecil always got headaches, IIRC.

[richartrod]

"It's gone! It's gone! My headache's gone!" Was that a popular catchphrase for an aspirin or headache medicine of the time?

I got a big kick out of the caricatures of the Seven Whatnots, especially Desi Arnaz and Liberace. So What's impersonation of Louis Prima's wife Keeley (aka Squeeley) Smith was a spot-on riot with the nose and hip scratching. Louis and Keeley were major scat-singing jazz superstars back in the 50's and early 60's with "That Old Black Magic" and "Just a Jigolo".

[wileyk209zback]

Man, LOTS of references to celebrities here; in order of appearance I found Frank Sinatra, Bob Newhart, Lili Sincere (possibly), Louie Armstrong, Elvis, Harpo Marx, Desi Arnez, William Demerest, Toulouse LaTrec and Liberace!

(3:08) So What's use of scat-singing "Scooby-Doo" predates Frank Sinatra's so-called use of it in "Strangers in the Night" (AND the meddling kids' lovable Great Dane Hanna-Barbera created after that).

[Sammerkona]

My headache's gone!

[wileyk209zback]

@Sammerkona Ah yes, I remember Cecil's little "headaches" there (most notably the one in "Super Cecil.") I find it funny how they use the sound of a thunderclap for his headache getting cleared up by that poison apple juice.