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"Merrily We Roll Along" is a song written by Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor in 1935, and used in the Merrie Melodies cartoon Billboard Frolics that same year. It is best known as the theme of Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series since 1936. The first two lines of Cantor's recording are:
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!"
A Looney Tunes Christmas, a parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Other Looney Tunes TV series made during this time were Baby Looney Tunes (2001–2006), Duck Dodgers (2003–2005) and Loonatics Unleashed (2005–2007). On October 22, 2007, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons became available for the first time in High-definition ...
Merrie Melodies originally placed emphasis on one-shot color films in comparison to the black-and-white Looney Tunes films. After Bugs Bunny became the breakout character of Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes transitioned to color production in the early 1940s, the two series gradually lost their distinctions and shorts were assigned to each ...
VHS - Looney Tunes Presents: Marvin the Martian & K-9: 50 Years on Earth! VHS - Looney Tunes Presents: Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes (reissue version) Blu-ray - Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 4; Streaming - HBO Max (restored) Edited into Daffy Duck's Quackbusters in 1988. 864 Rabbit's Feat: LT: Chuck Jones: Ken Harris, Richard Thompson
Carl William Stalling (November 10, 1891 – November 29, 1972) was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Bros., where he averaged one complete score each week, for 22 years.
On the record label under the title of the song is the text "Sorry the word "Spring" wouldn't fit". [2] The backing vocals are credited to "Loony", "The Bleach Boys" and "The Suedettes". [ 2 ] [ 9 ] Although it was not included on the 1974 album Introducing Eddy and the Falcons , it was a bonus track on the CD version released in 2000.
Slap-Happy Pappy is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon, starring Porky Pig. It was directed by Bob Clampett , written by Warren Foster , and scored by Carl W. Stalling . The short was released on April 13, 1940.