Talk:Tooter Turtle

Okay, so his name is pronounced 'tooter' but his name is/was Tudor Turtle. Why does the article have the wrong name?

and... 'vel Tutor, my boy...' why no mention of obvious Jay Ward studio, sweatshop connection?

and also.. i know why, but does anyone else know the reason Mr Wizard talks w/ a Jewish accent? or for that matter, Grandpa Munster too...? 76.218.248.127 (talk) 17:29, 28 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Every source I have found says the name of the cartoon is Tooter Turtle, not Tudor Turtle. The article is about the cartoon, not the character. I don't see any reason to discuss this "sweatshop connection" in an article about Tooter Turtle; if it belongs in the Jay Ward Studio article, put it there. I don't know why the Wizard talks with the accent he has. Why not? It's just as likely to be a German accent and he might be sort of a Hex Magician (he's got a conical wizard's hat like Merlin in The Sword in the Stone, but depicting Merlin with a Jewish accent would be pretty funny). However, the actor who played Grandpa Munster was Jewish. He was probably imitating the most famous Dracula actor of the time, Bela Lugosi, who was Hungarian, and was trying for a Transylvania accent, which would be Romanian (very similar accent) although it has been part of Hungary at times, too. They also switched "w" with "v", like the Germans and Yiddish-speakers. Rosencomet (talk) 18:06, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

The Matrix
Isn't the catchphrase "Mr. Wizard. Get me the hell out of here" in The Matrix taken from this cartoon? It would be a nice start to a Legacy heading if someone could source it. RMoribayashi (talk) 17:54, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's an obvious reference. Nothing that belongs in the main article, because it's too commonly used.  It's like "Beam me up, Scotty" in that. - Embram (talk) 18:24, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
 * +1 add. I think it belongs in the article in a "In popular culture" section as it was removed from the Watch Mr. Wizard section by the same name *because* it was more specifically a reference to Tooter Turtle. I would support copy/pasting literally what was removed in that edit, into a new "In popular culture" section in this article with citation of that edit as the edit summary. - Tantek (talk) 16:42, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
 * A couple of direct citations for the reference in this article: http://www.inreview.com/topic-16039.html and http://www.killermovies.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-25435-film-references-in-the-matrix-trilogy.html Tantek (talk) 16:42, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

name?
“Tooter Turtle (sometimes spelled Tudor or Tutor)”…that’s like saying “Cincinnati, Ohio (sometimes spelled Cincinatti or Cincinnatti)”…the fact is that episode 2, according to the title card, is “Tailspin Tooter”…how is that not definitive?…71.162.113.226 (talk) 16:48, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Because you are not considered a reliable source on Wikipedia, unless you published in a reliable source. Sundayclose (talk) 01:09, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Tie-in with Vietnam War and description as gruesome
Maybe I am not well acquainted enough with the requirements of what is required of items added to or deleted from a Wikipedia page, but the paragraph under critical reception about the show being made “during the Vietnam War” does not seem relevant in any way since (as noted in the item itself) it happened well before the US had any public involvement and there was any general awareness by the people who would have created, produced or viewed the cartoon. The claim that “some” described the particular episode given as one of the most gruesome glorifications of warfare may have been technically true as I am sure that all sorts of demonstrably idiotic things have been published in some journal somewhere. I must admit that I could not get access to the footnoted article. I DID get access to the actual cartoon episode referenced. I can unequivocally say that it was in no way gruesome and its cartoonish depiction of war was no more pro war than Charles Schultz’s contemporary cartoon featuring Snoopy in the same situation.

Is it proper to include such a footnoted item that is as plainly erroneous as this just because it was published somewhere? Userbobnamepants (talk) 21:23, 26 May 2024 (UTC)