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. . . that it would probably take at least a monograph, doctoral thesis, or Magnum Opus book to fully explore. However, speaking of food, let's examine "Herbert Strongfort's" carrot sequence during HOBBY-HORSE LAFFS. The narrator intones that Herb's been eating nothing but carrots, at which point Herbie doffs his cap to reveal large rabbit ears. This bit clearly is based upon WOYZECK, Georg Buchner's virtually illegible dramatic fragment penned in 1836, a year before the playwright's demise. It's clearly set during the period BEFORE Woyzeck has killed his lover Marie for sleeping with the Drum Major. Furthermore, it's obvious that Warner Bros.' Looney Tuners were NOT relying on the inaccurate 1879 translation by Karl Emil Franzos of Buchner's microscopic original draft, but rather the new and improved 1921 Georg Witkowski interpretation. Like Herbie Strongfort, Germany's Fascist Military Quacks had capriciously condemned Woyzeck to eating a single food: the nothing-but-peas diet. Warner warns Americans Then and Now to eat moderately from the Four Food Groups; never eat just peas like Woyzeck, carrots like Strongfort, peanuts like Jimmy Carter, or nuts like Don Juan Rump!