Original subtitles

NARRATOR: And now, a visit to the Warner Vault.

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[flush]

[airlock hissing]

[thud]

♪ Old timey music playing ♪

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- Welcome to the Warner Archival Vault,

where every cartoon we've ever done

is preserved for the good of all humanity.

- Today, we're gonna show you something we did in the 1970s.

I gotta be honest, I don't remember this one at all.

- That's right. The year was 1972. [smash]

Nixon was president, the economy was in shambles,

and society was bitterly divided over the war in Vietnam.

- And we starred in a public service announcement

called Wipe Those Feet. Roll it!

[projector whirring]

♪ jaunty music ♪

WARNERS: Boingy! Boingy! Boingy! Boingy!

BROOM: There now. It's all clean.

Why don't you three go out and play?

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But be sure to wipe your feet on the mat before you come back in the house.

WARNERS: We will!

- Mm, yum!

I love having a purpose!

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[creak]

[sniffing] DANDELION: Hey!

You should ask permission before you smell someone!

- Be my guest!

[sniffing]

[thunder]

♪ ragtime music ♪

BROOM: Yakko! Wakko! Dot!

Time for dinner! [cheering]

BROOM: Uh-uh-uh! Now, don't forget your promise!

- Always ask permission before you smell

a three-headed dandelion?

- No! I remember! Always wipe your feet on the mat

when you come into the house. [scraping]

BROOM: That's right. Wipe those feet, Yakko.

[creak, slam]

[slurping]

- It makes me happy to help with manners.

♪ jaunty music ♪

WAKKO: What the heck was that?

I don't get it!

- Yeah, maybe we should think about rewatching these things

before we "preserve them" for the good of all humanity?

- Hold on, guys. I think I get it.

The '70s were such a huge chaotic mess

that instead of facing the unpleasant realities

of an evil president,

economic turmoil, and unjust foreign wars,

some people focused on things they could control like--

- Like wiping your feet! YAKKO: But guys,

isn't all that bad stuff happening again right now?

- Exactly. When we don't learn from the past,

we're doomed to repeat it!

Brothers, we gotta clean up this country!

We gotta shake the dust off these tootsies!

We gotta fight! Are you gonna be part

of the problem, or part of the solution!?

BOTH: [gulp] Solution.

- [clears throat] Brought to you by

the American Council for Cleanliness.

♪ jaunty music ♪

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