>>104036466I think I remember reading an interview from Chuck Jones where he mentioned how at some point it became clear that the cartoons were still being replayed, were moving to TV as well, etc., and so they, or at least he, tried to cut back on a lot of the really obvious celebrity stuff to keep them more universal.
I don't remember exactly when he said that would have been, but he made that claim at least. Some point in the '50s, probably.
