Who Am I? Week #545

[kingchuck69]

Welcome to the 545th edition of Who Am I?, the weekly game where I dish out a daily clue to a subject and you have to guess who or what it is.

Every day, the clues get easier. The winner of this week's game gets a piece of my gratitude.

This week's subject is a TITLE.

CLUE #1: I was written in the 1930s.

 

[JHDK]

Late this week King...are you off from work or something?

Anyway...The Hobbit.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Gone With the Wind

 

[MadisonRadio1]

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

 

[HecticArt]

Late this week King...are you off from work or something?

Anyway...The Hobbit.

Maybe he was hungover?

 

[Aaron]

The Grapes of Wrath

 

[kingchuck69]

Late this week King...are you off from work or something?

Anyway...The Hobbit.

Actually, I am.

 

[Channel98]

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. If my guess is wrong, I will not be upset. Not a bit. I'm taking my Soma.

 

[kingchuck69]

CLUE #2: I was the subject of an old Tex Avery cartoon.

 

[Channel98]

The song I Only Have Eyes For You was written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin in 1934 for the movie Dames. Can you imagine a movie with that title in 2020? Anyway, Tex Avery directed a 1937 cartoon with the same title. It involved an ice man. "Eyes," "ice" – get it?

 

[HecticArt]

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not

 

[MadisonRadio1]

Broadway Melody

 

[kingchuck69]

The song I Only Have Eyes For You was written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin in 1934 for the movie Dames. Can you imagine a movie with that title in 2020? Anyway, Tex Avery directed a 1937 cartoon with the same title. It involved an ice man. "Eyes," "ice" – get it?

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Congrats, Channel 98!

Yes, C98 is correct regarding the song "I Only Have Eyes For You". It was written for a movie called "Dames" and the great Fred "Tex" Avery made a 1937 Warner Bros. Merrie Melody cartoon surrounding the song.

The next two clues were that the most-famous version of the song was recorded in 1959 by The Flamingos. Of course, it would be one of the most-iconic songs in early rock history.



Probably the 2nd-most famous version was by none other than Art Garfunkel, recorded in 1975 and reached #18 on the pop charts in America and #1 in the UK. Garfunkel performed his version on the second episode of Saturday Night Live.



New game next week!

 

[scotchandcigar]

The song I Only Have Eyes For You was written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin in 1934 for the movie Dames. Can you imagine a movie with that title in 2020? Anyway, Tex Avery directed a 1937 cartoon with the same title. It involved an ice man. "Eyes," "ice" – get it?

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It seemed likely that 98 got it, so I gave up. Congrats! Your knowledge of all things pre-1960 has paid off.

 

[HecticArt]

Congrats 98! That was a pretty good guess.

Thanks for the game King.

 

[MadisonRadio1]

Great guess 98 and good song too

 

[Channel98]

Al Dubin was a good songwriter but not very good with grammar. The title should be I Have Eyes For Only You. The word "only" should precede the word it modifies, which, in this case, is "you."

This version by the Lettermen reached #72 in July 1966: