. . . as America's Early Warning System for impending disasters, approaching cataclysms, looming catastrophes, and ultimate apocalypses (or is it "Apocalypti"?). This was especially true during Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Golden Age. I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT is one of many Warner Bros. warnings which speak as much to Citizens of Our 21st Century as to the Dead People of the 1900s who saw them first (if not more so). HAT amplifies what U.S. President-Elect Trump and his Rich People's Party have been yapping about for years: America does not need and should not have a public school system for general education. As these out-dated "educational" institutions fritter away the Prime Working Years of American Youth on such Fiddle Faddle as cursive writing, civics, critical thinking, and current events, Asia's young folks are running circles around our kids, who will never catch up. As Leader Trump has noted, McDonalds had it right when it opened its University of Hamburgology. Why clog kids' heads with reading, writing, Chaucer, and Shakespeare if they're going to spend their working lives pushing buttons with picture symbols while ringing up orders at Mickey D's? Let Asia train all the STEM grads the world needs on their own dime to build our Roads, Bridges, and future Trump Towers--and then give them U.S. visas IF they can withstand the Extreme Vetting Process. You cannot watch HAT without agreeing with our Donald-in-Chief.

Although "I Haven't Got a Hat" just looks like a cute cartoon, it really seems to be focusing on the various kinds of things that can happen during a school recital, namely stage fright and resentment. Probably most famous as Porky Pig's debut (he sings about Paul Revere's ride), the cartoon culminates when an owl tries to play the piano but a cat messes with the piano.So, this is a formidable part of cartoon history. The crowd behind the Looney Tunes cartoons would further develop the cartoons in later years, but this is a good reference point. Worth seeing.The lamb's fleece was as white as corn flakes. Ha!

It's an earlier version of Porky though. He still stutters, but not the way he stuttered when Mel Blanc started doing his voice later. In this cartoon, he still manages to get his words out after a few tries, unlike when Blanc did the voice, and Porky would choose different words in mid sentence that were easier for him to say.I liked the teacher. She even had her own bell.The poem by Little Kitty was cute. "Corn Flakes".The song, "I Haven't Got A Hat" by the twin dogs, Ham and Ex was done well with some good bass lines.The highlight of the cartoon was the piano recital by Oliver Owl. A brilliant bit of musicianship, thanks to assistance from Beans and a fighting cat and dog.

Mr. Freling comes up with the ultimate classroom stutterer in this Merrie Melodies cartoon. It begins with an elementary age Porky reciting "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" in front of an audience. Other characters strut their stuff too, but I only recognise Porky.