Cartoon theme song lyrics
"I'm strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach" is sung by this hero
Popeye
A ballerina's stage costume typically includes this skirt
tutu
Part of a tea set, or a college football game first played in 1935
a sugar bowl
Not Donald but he is tormented by an all-powerful animator in the classic short "Duck Amuck"
Daffy Duck
To give up completely, or to flee a ship
abandon
He "will sleep till noon but before it's dark, he'll have every picnic basket that's in Jellystone Park"
Yogi Bear
An abnormal sound of the heart, or to say something in a very quiet voice
murmur
For decades this venue has been the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
the Hollywood Bowl
One of Pixar's first animated shorts was "Luxo Jr."; Luxo is this, still seen in the opening of Pixar films
a desk lamp
A kidnapper, or a muscle that pulls away from the middle
abductor
"More than meets the eye", they're "robots in disguise"
Transformers
Big in the 1950s, this double- or even triple-speak ballroom dance has roots in the mambo
the cha-cha
It's Team Ruff vs. Team Fluff & a whole lot of cuteness when Animal Planet presents this competition
the puppy bowl
I was 22 for 23 on my Oscar ballot in 2022 but missed Documentary Short Subject: "The Queen of" this team sport, about Lusia Harris
basketball
In a monastery, he's the boss
the abbot
"Grab your backpack! Let's go! Jump in! Vámonos!!" says her theme
Dora the Explorer
Roy's, a Hawaiian fine-dining destination, serves macadamia crusted this fish
mahi-mahi
Winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1940, "The Grapes of Wrath" has been called "the greatest novel about" this subject
the Dust Bowl
John Lennon & this woman made a 1970 short film in which a fly walks over a nude body
Yoko Ono
Irritating & grating, or a substance used to grate away by friction
an abrasive
"Come join the Warner Brothers & the Warner Sister, Dot! Just for fun we run around the Warner movie lot"
the Animaniacs
Something fancy & frilly, or the name of a character in "The Aristocats"
froufrou
This holiday drink whose name derives from an Old Norse toast to health is traditionally served in a large bowl of the same name
a wassail
In a legal morass for decades, 1987's "Superstar" uses Barbie dolls to tell of this singer & her tragic battle with anorexia
Karen Carpenter
To wait patiently, like a movie "Dude"
to abide