I would bet much that TRP saw this cartoon from 1944 and was influenced by it. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7212331714939885235# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zoot_Cat He knocks on the door again and the girl cat is shocked to see Tom in the impressive outfit. She exclaims, "Jackson!". Tom responds with, "What's jumpin' chick?" Tom, eh?!