Cultural Influence
The I Love to Singa cartoon has built a cult following in recent years. In the "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" episode of the animated series South Park, characters Eric Cartman and Officer Barbrady lapse into Owl Jolson's odd song-and-dance routine, complete with wide black 1930s-style eyes with pie-wedge pupils, whenever they get hit with an alien beam.
In Warners' 2003 film Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Owl Jolson's dance sequence from I Love to Singa repeatedly appears on the video screen of the ACME Corp. Chairman (played by Steve Martin), since he cannot properly operate his remote control. He also shows up in the Looney Tunes: Back in Action game, in the France, Las Vegas, and Africa levels. He can be turned on and shut off by being hit by either character. When approached, Bugs and Daffy will make comments.
Owl Jolson also appears in Cartoon Network's newest series The Looney Tunes Show.
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