Hare We Go
In 1492, Bugs Bunny sails the ocean blue, as mascot for Christopher Columbus.
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"Obviously, "Hare We Go" is promoting the myth of Christopher Columbus's life. In reality, it's unclear whether or not Columbus was really Italian (he may have been a Spanish Jew who converted to Christianity during the Inquisition); by the time that he set sail, most people on both sides of the Atlantic had already figured out that the Earth is round (Washington Irving made up the story about him proving it round); the story about the crew trying to mutiny mostly seems to be making those at the top look good - an attack on the working class, if you will; and Columbus couldn..."
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In arguing the shape of the world with King Ferdinand, Columbus states, with his Italian accent, that, "She's a round, she's a firm, she's a fully packed" This was the advertising slogan for Lucky Strikes cigarettes later made even more popular by it's use as the title of a 1947 hit song by Merle Travis.
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In 1492, Bugs Bunny sails the ocean blue, as mascot for Christopher Columbus.