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The Barber of Seville (1944) was a Animation - Family Film directed by Shamus Culhane and produced by Walter Lantz.

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Woody Woodpecker: Maybe I can cut my own hair. I cut my own teeth.


[title credits]
Woody Woodpecker: Guess who!


Indian: Me wantum quick shampoo.
Woody Woodpecker: Okay, turkey head.


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Woody inadvertently combs his hair into the famous "peekaboo" hairstyle. He says, "Looks like Harmonica Lake." He means Veronica Lake, who set the trend for the "peekaboo" look.
The Italian customer cries, "Coming, mother!" He is quoting a catchphrase of the popular radio and movie character, Henry Aldrich, an adenoidal adolescent.
The title refers to the opera performed in the cartoon, The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution, an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The première took place on 20 February 1816, at the Teatro Argentina, Rome.
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