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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Who is Petrillo?
Message-ID: <560@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 16:35:04 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  9 16:35:04 1985
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In article <9117@ritcv.UUCP> sji2796@ritcv.UUCP (Sam Iraci) writes:
>The responses all say that James Petrillo was the leader of the musicians'
>union back then.
>
>Dumb question:  Who was watching Bugs back then that would know that?

This isn't a dumb answer, but it might qualify as a dumb speculation.
Bugs Bunny and other cartoons were run before every movie, as "selected
short subjects." You have to be pretty old to remember when theatres 
actually showed cartoons instead of advertisements for the refreshment 
stand.

I speculate that Mr. Petrillo must have made national news prior to the
cartoon in question; thus his name was still on the public's mind.


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