Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
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]
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were so named as a reference to Disney's Silly Symphonies and were initially developed to showcase tracks from Warner Bros.' extensive music library; the title of the first Looney Tunes short, Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930), is a pun on Singin' in the Bathtub. [9]
Lickety-Splat is a 1961 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical animated short directed by Chuck Jones and Abe Levitow. [1] The short was released on June 3, 1961, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner .
The Rebel Without Claws is a 1961 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. [2] The short was released on July 15, 1961, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. [3] The cartoon, one of many Warner Bros. cartoons set during the American Civil War, is a play on the film titled Rebel Without a Cause.
June 24, 1961 VHS - The Looney Tunes Video Show Volume 6; VHS - Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 15: A Battle of Wits; Laserdisc - Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites; DVD – Looney Tunes Super Stars' Pepe Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best; Streaming - Boomerang App (restored)