What is the meaning behind the orange juice references? My friend is severely bothered by this and he is beating himself up over it just about every day because he has no idea what it means. Could someone please help this kid before he goes crazy?
shareBelieve it or not, it was an obscure reference to Bing Crosby's relationship with (I think) Minute Maid: he was an investor in and spokesman for the company, and one of the characters was a caricature of Crosby. Of course, as we all know, kids of this era (the 1990s), much like kids today, were obsessed with Crosby and all the pop culture minutia of their grandparents' era. If you want to see a small child squeal with delight, just mention Vic Damone, Sonny Tufts or Akim Tamiroff.
shareThat's awfully odd about the kids today but thanks for the help!
shareA bit of sarcasm. I think a lot of kids' animated shows are heavily invested with pop culture references that have no meaning for their audiences, and the Bing Crosby connection here was a perfect example. He was a great singer and comedian, and as an adult, I appreciate his work, but he died in (I think) 1977: who was up watching cartoons on Saturday morning in 1992 who was into Bing Crosby's orange juice commercials? I think we did a whole episode of Hitchcock parodies: I remember asking, "have these kids seen "Strangers On A Train"? It's a truly great film; my Dad is a Hitchcock fanatic (and a Bing Crosby fan), but he wasn't getting up and watching "Taz-Mania". My nephews and nieces were. If they need to have seen "Strangers On A Train" to get the sequence, it's not going to work.
It's certainly o.k. to refer to that stuff, but don't make it the centerpiece of the story- or the character.