Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> the line is the sort that would catch your attention   
      
   Yes it is.  Good thing I was half paying attention.   
      
   As we speak I happening to have it on and there is a commedian doing a really   
   unrelatable commedy routine that I could easily have missed.   
      
    NB> After which you appreciated the song even more   
      
   Not really but it did help explain why it never matched the premise of the TV   
   show ... except maybe the "got youself a gun" line which is something that   
   gangsters feel is a required tool of their trade ... or so I am led to believe.   
      
    NB> but the other cartoon studios also used classical, often from   
    NB> opera, musical selections   
      
   I recall "Bugs Bunny" doing an opera(s) way back when.  I seem to recall it   
   being small clips from different operas designed to more or less match the   
   action.  Elmer Fudd was hunting wabbits if I am not mistaken.  There was one   
   scene with the "Barber of Seville" which is the only thing that comes to mind   
   at the moment.   
      
   Looking down at the bottom of this reply I see that we're getting very close.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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