Howard jerked with a start at having his attention pulled so abruptly from the engaging children’s diversion. He had been watching the cartoon closely and realized that the humorous material was meant for adults as well as children. There were references to people and places he dimly remembered from his history classes in college as well as figures from old movies he had watched as a child. Evidently the writers had been creating their work as part of the war effort during World War II. He had been surprised when he realized that the script had been written on at least two levels, perhaps three. At the bottom-most level there were the sight gags for children and lesser mentalities. On the next level up, the jokes had been written for the troops of the time.
Who Wears the Pants Scene 71
