Charles tobias and merrie melodies walkerhomeschoolblog. Looney tunes and merrie melodies parodys scratch studio. I was initially disappointed with book revue because there was no story. Frank tashlin, 1938 and book revue bob clampett, 1946. Merrie melodies theme from looney tunes by double zero orchestra. The golden age of looney tunes is a collection of laser discs released by mgm in the early 1990s. The 100 greatest looney tunes cartoons 9781608870035. As with its parent series, looney tunes, merrie melodies featured some of the most famous cartoon characters ever created. Cartoons by jerry beck and will friedwald but was subsequently corrected to the dirty fox in the second edition.
Book revue books in a bookshop come to life and have a jam session. It seemed to be a throwback to early 30s merrie melodies where things come to life for no reason. In formation, one private has a great deal of trouble remembering what comes after 3. Looney tunes book revue opening and closing low tone. They may even want to attend class wearing the tasmanian devil mask thoughtfully provided near the end of the book. The package was later acquired by united artists in 1958. Topics old cartoons, vintage cartoons, color cartoons, classic cartoons, censored cartoons, daffy duck. When the cartoon opens, the cuckoo clock in the library sounds, and the camera pans over the room, to the town crier who gives a brief introduction. The best looney tunes merrie melodies cartoons a list of 39 titles created 14 nov 2015 top 25 looney tunes shorts a list of 25 titles created 18 nov 2015 see all related lists. I first saw book revue shortly after i discovered great piggy bank robbery, coal black and a few other of clampetts classics. The censored one the uncle toms cabin part had been edited out. Merrie melodies warner bros wiki fandom powered by wikia. Producer leon schlesinger had already produced one cartoon in the looney tunes series, based on music, and its success prompted him to try to sell a sister series to warner.
The use of the latter term was stated as fact in the first edition of the book looney tunes and merrie melodies. This is a new blue ribbon version of the looney tunes cartoon from 1946 book revue. The censored looney tunes and merrie melodies guide. Watch looney tunes book revue zaza cartoons on dailymotion. Included are the familiar theme songs, tunes associated with various characters, warner brothers pop songs used as background music, and the wacky melodies of raymond scott. Merrie melodies is an american animated series of comedy short films produced by warner bros. The plot of this wild and wacky cartoon is quite simple. The golden age of looney tunes looney tunes wiki fandom. Inside a supposedly quiet little bookshop, which has been shut down for the night, all of the various characters on the covers of the many classic novels come to. The looney tunes treasury is a freshmans intro to warner history and production techniques but it is just the sort of book that could make a casual animation fans mouth water for the graduate level courses.
It preceded the merrie melodies series and is warners first animated theatrical series. The scene where the wolf chases daffy through uncle toms. In 1986, the cartoons changed hands when mgms premay 1986 film library was acquired by turner entertainment. Robert clampett robin hood daffya merrie melodies version of robin hood. The original print with the correct title is available fully restored on the looney tunes golden collection vol. The ultimate warner brothers books come to life cartoon. Some eu looney tunes and merrie melodies 19941995 prints has the altered ending cards. The definitive bugs bunny cartoon and tex averys masterpiece. Merrie melodies and themes from warner brothers cartoons pianovocalguitar alfred music on. The second looney tunes bookstore video, book revue is a looney tunes cartoon short featuring daffy duck, released in 1946.
Looney tunes and merrie melodies filmography 194049 jump to navigation jump to search. Book revue is a looney tunes cartoon short featuring daffy duck, released in 1946, with a plotline that is a mixture of the plots of 1937s speaking of the. You can easily tell which shorts are which from the intro melodies lts the merry go round broke down vs mms merrily we roll along. There were five sets made, featuring a number of discs five discs in volumes 1 to 4, four discs in volume 5, and each disc side represented a different theme, being made up of seven cartoons per.
Pictures between 1931 and 1969 originally produced by harmanising pictures, merrie melodies were produced by leon schlesinger productions from 1933 to 1944. Looney tunes book revue opening titles blue ribbon version. Parodies and caricatures of harry james, frank sinatra, benny goodman, tommy dorsey, gene krupa, jimmy durante and, in a wild takeoff on danny kaye, daffy launches into a russianaccented version of carolina in the morning, then scatsings his way through the tale of red riding hood with margaret obrien as red. Last cartoon to contain the 193841 closing arrangement of the merrie melodies theme, as well as the last to contain the 194041 arranged opening theme. Merrie melodies is a series of animated short films produced by warner bros.
The original print with the correct title is available fully restored on. The film uses two of johann strauss best known waltzes, tales from the vienna woods and the blue danube. Random gags around military life, set on an army base. Both the looney tunes and merrie melodies series had acquired their long running theme songs, the merry go round broke down and merrily we roll along. The looney tunes songbook by book sheet music for piano. Daffy attempts to convince porky, as friar tuck, that he really is robin hood.
Mgm gained the rights to the cartoons when they bought united artists in 1981. Looney tunes and merrie melodies best tv shows wiki. Merrie melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by warner bros. Parodies and caricatures of harry james, frank sinatra, benny goodman, tommy dorsey, gene krupa, jimmy durante and, in a wild takeoff on danny kaye, daffy launches into a russianaccented version of carolina in the morning, then scatsings. This was released on january 5, 1946 i didnt own anything. This is a 700 subscriber gift i wanted to go out early. Looney tunes bookstore animation the worlds greatest book. Book revue the ultimate warner brothers books come to life cartoon. More old friends by the end of the 193738 season, warner brothers cartoons were looking and sounding much like we would expect them to look and sound. This took me two weeks but anyway i hope you enjoy this compilation of intros.
Hyde, fu manchu, the phantom of the opera, and frankensteins monster who introduce themselves roaring, but then dance briefly to gossecs gavotte. Looney tunes and merrie melodies intro and outro 1939 part 1 by pvz hd arabia tv official channel naif alotabi. Countless amazing characters such as bugs bunny, daffy duck, porky pig, elmer fudd, wile e. A corny concerto is a 1943 american animated short film of the merrie melodies series starring bugs bunny, porky pig, elmer fudd and daffy duck. The looney tunes treasury is a freshmans intro to warner history and production techniques but it is just the sort of book that could make a. The looney tunes songbook features music used by carl stalling in the scores for warner brothers beloved cartoons from the 1930s through the early 60s. The best looney tunes merrie melodies cartoons a list of 39 titles created 14 nov 2015 my top 30 favorite bob clampett cartoons a list of 30 titles. As with its parent series, looney tunes, merrie melodies featured some of the most famous cartoon characters ever created, including bugs bunny, daffy duck and porky pig. The best looney tunesmerrie melodies cartoons imdb. Considering how much this has in common with the style of later wb cartoons, and that there are later released cartoons where bugs and elmers personality and appearance are less similar to their final versions, it almost seems like this cartoon came out of nowhere. As with its sister series, looney tunes, it featured cartoon characters such as bugs bunny, daffy duck, porky pig and elmer fudd.
For example an eu print of the heckling hare kept the willoughby dog closing line nyah. For somebody not already steeped in looney tunes knowledge, this is an outstanding introduction. This cartoon would not only inspire upcoming looney tunes and merrie melodies titles, but hugh harman would use the premise as the first of his good little monkeys cartoons, taking place in a book. They perform a parody of disneys silly symphony cartoon series and specifically his 1940 feature fantasia. Despite the fact that this short was released during the precode. Merrie melodies closing 19341935 with ending by dylanespinomuller. This is a list of looney tunes and merrie melodies animated shorts that were in the associated artists productions television package. Looney tunes and merrie melodies filmography 194049.
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