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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).
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 was "Merrily We Roll Along" (1935). An electric guitar provided the song's initial sound effect. [2]
The hour-long Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show remained on the air until 1999, when it was again reduced to a half-hour. In 2000, Warner Bros. made the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies film library exclusive to Cartoon Network, [10] which Time Warner owned as part of the purchase of Turner Broadcasting in 1996.
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".
Cliff Friend (October 1, 1893 – June 27, 1974) was an accomplished American songwriter and pianist.A member of Tin Pan Alley, Friend co-wrote several hits including "Lovesick Blues", "My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now" and "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", also known as the theme song to the Looney Tunes cartoon series.
Skyscraper Caper is a 1968 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Alex Lovy. [1] The short was released on March 9, 1968, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales. [2] It was the penultimate cartoon in the Daffy/Speedy series, and the only one where the two are never adversaries at any point in the cartoon.
The series was cancelled at the end of the 1999–2000 season, with its last airing on August 31, 2000. With this, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain, and Looney Tunes were retired from the Kids' WB block to make way for the 2000-2001 lineup.