classic cartoons taught me so much about vocabulary and culture.
Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes had so much vocabulary and adult puns buried into it as well as smatterings of all kinds of art and culture and just interesting concepts. It was always hilarious when Bugs and Daffy ("let me slip out of my accoutrements") or even Wily E. Coyote switched to intelligent mode and started speaking smart.
Also, man this episode is amazing. This sort of thing could make kids like Opera. What other kids show could do this? I still remember all these songs in my adulthood. Learned alot about music and my first young experiences with music just because of this episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u0zY...eature=related