FN + LN

[Jonathan Lighter]

Back in the '50s there was a Bugs Bunny cartoon involving Arab anti-rabbit terrorists from the _1001 Nights_. Hassan carried a scimitar that he would swing at Bugs while crying, "Hassan CHOP!"

  Wackipedia notes that animation-industry insiders voted it the 35th greatest animated cartoon of all time:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Baba_Bunny

  JL

  Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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On 6/6/07, Charles Doyle wrote:
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> Some comedy show on TV has a running gag in which a Karl Malone
> impersonator is featured saying foolish things in Dissociative Athletic BoSpeak.

Dunno about that, but a few years ago Budweiser ran commercials
featuring Leon, a parody of self-involved NFL stars like Terrell
Owens. The character would say things like "Leon can't do everything"
or "Leon doesn't have a bad side."


--Ben Zimmer

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