game shows are universally dreadful. they are hosted by grinning pipsqueaks who ask dumb questions and offer tacky prizes. it's all carrot and no stick. idiocy isn't punished. that's why the game show featured on the chuck jones toon "the ducksters" (1950) is so good: it's entertainingly cruel, arbitrary and punitive.here the host, daffy duck, interrogates the contestant, porky pig:
daffy duck: i will now play a passage from a famous opera, you must name the opera.
porky pig: but... but i'm weary.
daffy duck: listen carefully!
(plays a single note on the piano).
daffy duck: and there you have it! now, what's the opera?
porky pig: "c-cavalleria rusticana"?
daffy duck: audience?
audience: "rigoletto"!
genius.
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