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The tune first appeared in the Merrie Melodies cartoon short Sweet Sioux, released June 26, 1937. [2]Starting with the Looney Tunes cartoon short Rover's Rival released October 9, 1937, an adapted instrumental version of the song's main tune became the staple opening and closing credits theme for the Looney Tunes series, most memorably featuring Porky Pig stuttering "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!"
By 1937, the theme music for Looney Tunes was "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin, and the theme music for Merrie Melodies was an adaptation of "Merrily We Roll Along" by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor [10] (the original theme was "Get Happy" by Harold Arlen, played at a faster tempo).
Both series made use of the various Warner Bros. characters. By 1937, the theme music for Looney Tunes was "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin, and the theme music for Merrie Melodies was an adaptation of "Merrily We Roll Along" by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor.
Stalling recorded many variations of the opening themes of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. The theme of the Looney Tunes series was "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" (1937), a minor hit from the team of Dave Franklin and Cliff Friend. Franklin and Friend were members of the Tin Pan Alley. [2] The theme of the Merrie Melodies series ...
From 1994–2003, it was used by Warner Bros. Television as part of their logo at the end of shows, in reference to the studio's production of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts. The song shares a title with the 1934 play Merrily We Roll Along by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart , but is unrelated to it.
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 3: The Night Watchman: 1938-11-19 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 4: Little Brother Rat: 1939-09-02 Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection: Cross Country Detours: 1940-03-16 Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Vol. 2: The Bear's Tale* 1940-04-13 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5: A ...
Porky's Garden is a 1937 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon directed by Tex Avery. [3] The short was released on September 11, 1937, and stars Porky Pig. [4] * This cartoon's theme is a Looney Tunes theme from 1937, known as Porky Signature theme, but not "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", which would be first used as the opening theme in "Rover's Rival".
The show originally debuted as a primetime half-hour program on ABC in 1960, featuring three theatrical Looney Tunes cartoons with new linking sequences produced by the Warner Bros. Cartoons staff. [1] After two seasons, The Bugs Bunny Show moved to Saturday mornings, where it aired in various formats for nearly four decades.