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It concerns a speaking (and silent) skull. Nigerian? A version is somewhere on the Internet. This isn't very helpful I know. "An inverted cycle of tales about a skull that refused to talk occurs in several African and African American traditions, commonly titled 'The Talking Skull Refuses to Talk'", say Dov Noy et al. in Folktales of the Jews (Chjapter "The Rabbi Who Was Tricked" p. 31).
Well, now the article says the cartoon was partly inspired by the 1944 Cary Grant movie, "Once Upon a Time". While it's more probable than the link to an ancient African myth or folk tale (from which region and culture in Africa, by the way? It's a big place, and not a monolithic culture), there's no citation. Did Michael Maltese or Chuck Jones ever cite the movie as inspiration for the cartoon, for example? If there's a citation to back up the statement, should it not be referenced as a note? Best regards(
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19:24, 4 December 2020 (UTC)theBaron0530reply