After watching those videos in class I had mentioned it reminded of scenes from Looney Tunes.  It was a random hodgepodge of scenes, but I think to me even though i loved Looney Tunes as I child, it always felt sorta strange and that there were elements of it, that weren't really designed for children.  

This Abstract WB logo was one thing that I was reminded of when watching those videos in class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET-bytj4gcM