or references the other. In animation and television The song, often as an instrumental version, was frequently used by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, musical directors at Warner Bros. Cartoons. The song often accompanies a character's hasty or spontaneous departure, such as in the 1946 cartoon Hair-Raising Hare, 1950's Bushy Hare, and 1955's Rabbitson Crusoe, as examples. A well-known rendition of the song appears in a season 4 episode of the television series I Love Lucy. The episode, titled "California, Here We Come!" (1955), features the four principal cast members beginning a cross-country road trip from New York City to California, where Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) plans to make a movie. Ricky, who is shown behind the wheel driving across the George Washington Bridge from New York into New Jersey (and westward), begins singing the song's chorus and he is soon joined by Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel (Vivian Vance), and then, finally, by a badly off-key but highly spirited Lucy (Lucille Ball). At one point, Fred sings part of the chorus as a short solo in a manner that is highly suggestive of the syncopated style often associated with Al Jolson, and Ricky joins in briefly with a similar apparent nod to the song's originator. Still images of the famous scene, which have been popularized in posters and greeting cards, are often used to typify the I Love Lucy series (all four principal cast members are shown together and facing the camera) and the scene offers a nostalgic view of America's love affair with the automobile in the 1950s. The song is played during the closing credits of The Monkees' 1969 TV Special, 33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee, with band member Peter Tork on lead vocals. The song appears in the final episode of Martin, entitled "California, Here We Come," on May 1, 1997, in which Martin and Gina say good-bye to the Motor City for jobs in Los Angeles. Phantom Planet credits Al Jolson and the writers of "California, Here I Come" for Phantom Planet's song "California", which was used as the theme song to the television series The O.C.. The 2002 song, although not a complete cover, alludes to Jolson's song in its lines "California, here we come / Right back where we started from". The song is used as the theme song for the California historical travelogue series on PBS, California's Gold, hosted by Huell Howser. On