Interesting how merry go round broke down is used in more contexts that fit with carnivals or merry go rounds while merrily we roll along is treated as more a brand associate song like “oh look its bugs bunny!”
so merrily we roll along was the original song that looney tunes gets its theme song leitmotifs from. bruh. that's crazy, man. i never even knew that. that's crazy, my bro.
I remember it being played in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, with both Roger and later Eddie making up their own lyrics: Eddie: I'm through with taking falls/and bouncing off the walls/Without that gun I'd have some fun/I'd kick you in the...*bottle falls on Eddie's head* Roger: Nose! Smarty: Nose? That don't rhyme with walls. Eddie: No , but this does! *kicks Smarty between his legs*
From what I gather, "Merrily we roll along" was used more often than "Merry go tound broke down" because WB owned the rights to the first song, the latter song they have to pay royalties to Eddie Cantor every new iteration...
0:00 Billboard Frolics (footage's rearranged to avoid copyright) 2:53 Toy Town Hall 3:18 Hollywood Steps Out 3:22 Porky Pig's Feat 4:14 What's Cookin' Doc? 4:18 Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips 4:36 Stage Door Cartoon 4:48 Odor-Able Kitty 4:55 The Goofy Gophers 5:02 Mississippi Hare 5:35 A Ham in a Role 5:39 What's Up, Doc? 5:50 This Is a Life? 6:01 The Major Lied Till Dawn (couldn't decide if it should count as an outro [and thusly be excluded] or not so I just stuck in the end.)
So it seems as if "Porky Pig's Feat" was the first short to actually acknowledge that Bugs was becoming the face of Leon Schlesinger Cartoons and that "Merrily We Roll Along" was essentially becoming the "Bugs Bunny Theme".
5:41 the irony here is Elmer walked by numerous parodies of other REALLY famous people at the time saying Bugs was the talented one, which was the joke at the time but now Bugs Bunny the probably the only one anybody remembers these days.
Also, among the famous people is Eddie Cantor, who was one of the people who wrote "Merrily We Roll Along" (which was not only the theme song to Merrie Melodies but it also served as Bugs' theme song for a while, as a few clips in this video show), another subtle show of irony
Eh, I think a lot of people remember Bing Crosby at least at Christmas time for "White Christmas." A few possibly remember Al Jolson as the star of the first sound movie, "The Jazz Singer."
@@looneytunessongs-xr5fsI'm not sure if he actually wrote the song. He may have just wanted to be credited as a songwriter so he can earn those sweet sweet royalties.
What I really like about the one at 4:55 is that Mel Blanc could have easily just done his Bugs Bunny voice, but he doesn't. He is clearly doing the voice of that character _doing an impression of Bugs Bunny,_ which is a pretty impressive feat of characterisation!
Favorite Arrangements: Mississippi Hare and This is a Life? Also, after listening to the usages, I think I like this track slightly more than “Merry Go Around Broke Down”.
Every Time Merrily We Roll Along (1935-1991) Was Used in Logo Tunes and Logo Melodies from Toonsville TV (except intro/outro) 0:00 Billboard Frolics 2:53 Toy Town Hall 3:18 Hollywood Steps Out 3:22 Universal's Feat 4:18 20th Century Fox Nips the Nips 4:36 Stage Door Cartoon 4:48 Odor-Able Logo 4:55 The Logo Brothers 5:02 Mississippi Logo 5:35 A Ham in a Role/Stop Look and Hasten/That's Blooper Logo 5:39 What's Up Logo? 5:50 This is a Life? 6:01 The Major Lied Till Dawn/What's Cookin Logo?
No wonder it sounded so fast, like Nightcore Merrie Melodies. Now, did recording tapes exist back then? If not, how did they speed it up other than playing it live faster and in a higher pitch/key?
I think it's poorly translated Spanish: encantos baila vamos mi rondo azul todo que contabamos vengan a bailar which I think is supposed to mean: "Loves, come on and dance my blue rondo / Everything we're talking about, come on and dance."
3:22 The Last Black and White Warner brothers Merry Melodies Short with Porky Pig and Daffy Duck the Next short Would be the last Short in black and white
Ya know, this was also Merrily We Roll Along was heard when Daffy opened the vault and see nothing but cobwebs and a sign that says, "You lose, Duck!", from Cubish’s spirit.
tha tha tha tha tha that's all Folks,Muggles, species,Earthlings,Martians,Aliens,Bye Bye Folks have a nice life,tha tha that's it!.go go home folks,can i go home, you out there in the Comment think i am going to keep this up all night till Morning your Screwy and we do mean you (Bay-woop!) iris out fade out to black.
Interesting how merry go round broke down is used in more contexts that fit with carnivals or merry go rounds while merrily we roll along is treated as more a brand associate song like “oh look its bugs bunny!”
And long before Bugs Bunny even came along
so merrily we roll along was the original song that looney tunes gets its theme song leitmotifs from. bruh. that's crazy, man. i never even knew that. that's crazy, my bro.
@@nickyrodriguezj.r.5953 There's also that "Merry Go Round Broke Down"
I remember it being played in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, with both Roger and later Eddie making up their own lyrics:
Eddie: I'm through with taking falls/and bouncing off the walls/Without that gun I'd have some fun/I'd kick you in the...*bottle falls on Eddie's head*
Roger: Nose!
Smarty: Nose? That don't rhyme with walls.
Eddie: No , but this does! *kicks Smarty between his legs*
From what I gather, "Merrily we roll along" was used more often than "Merry go tound broke down" because WB owned the rights to the first song, the latter song they have to pay royalties to Eddie Cantor every new iteration...
0:00 Billboard Frolics (footage's rearranged to avoid copyright)
2:53 Toy Town Hall
3:18 Hollywood Steps Out
3:22 Porky Pig's Feat
4:14 What's Cookin' Doc?
4:18 Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
4:36 Stage Door Cartoon
4:48 Odor-Able Kitty
4:55 The Goofy Gophers
5:02 Mississippi Hare
5:35 A Ham in a Role
5:39 What's Up, Doc?
5:50 This Is a Life?
6:01 The Major Lied Till Dawn (couldn't decide if it should count as an outro [and thusly be excluded] or not so I just stuck in the end.)
Please do raymond scott powerhouse
I recall one of the Road Runner shorts has a different variant for the ending.
So it seems as if "Porky Pig's Feat" was the first short to actually acknowledge that Bugs was becoming the face of Leon Schlesinger Cartoons and that "Merrily We Roll Along" was essentially becoming the "Bugs Bunny Theme".
The Merrie Melodies theme song I love it. 😅😅😅😅
3:25 It’s really weird that Daffy calls Bugs Bunny his hero until the hunting trilogy.
Bugs not being able to get Daffy out of the hotel was probably what changed his mind.
Probably bugs is just new to the cast
It was BEFORE Bugs’ popularity surpassed over Daffy’s popularity
never meet your heroes
@@baybvgo2.058Yes, I spoke to him once and that is indeed why.
3:19: fun fact those two men are caricatures of Henry Binder and Leon Schlesinger
who's Henry Binder
@@Goodwrencher29 he was an assistant producer of the looney tunes shorts
5:41 the irony here is Elmer walked by numerous parodies of other REALLY famous people at the time saying Bugs was the talented one, which was the joke at the time but now Bugs Bunny the probably the only one anybody remembers these days.
Also, among the famous people is Eddie Cantor, who was one of the people who wrote "Merrily We Roll Along" (which was not only the theme song to Merrie Melodies but it also served as Bugs' theme song for a while, as a few clips in this video show), another subtle show of irony
Eh, I think a lot of people remember Bing Crosby at least at Christmas time for "White Christmas." A few possibly remember Al Jolson as the star of the first sound movie, "The Jazz Singer."
@@looneytunessongs-xr5fsI'm not sure if he actually wrote the song. He may have just wanted to be credited as a songwriter so he can earn those sweet sweet royalties.
0:31 Singer Eddie Cantor 😁😁😁
Merrily We Roll Along. Eddie Cantor and his collaborators gave it its life and heart. But Carl W. Stalling, invariably gave it its soul!
What I really like about the one at 4:55 is that Mel Blanc could have easily just done his Bugs Bunny voice, but he doesn't. He is clearly doing the voice of that character _doing an impression of Bugs Bunny,_ which is a pretty impressive feat of characterisation!
Favorite Arrangements: Mississippi Hare and This is a Life? Also, after listening to the usages, I think I like this track slightly more than “Merry Go Around Broke Down”.
1:51 That sounds like how it usually sounds!
My favorite arrangement ever used in the shorts outside of their own intros and outros.
Possible rough draft from Bernard Brown.
1:20 Interesting.
A C Minor version of "Merrily We Roll Along".
2:01 RCA Victor, is that you!?
there's no way that can't be nipper!
also 1:43 they converted it into a waltz
Every Time Merrily We Roll Along (1935-1991) Was Used in Logo Tunes and Logo Melodies from Toonsville TV (except intro/outro)
0:00 Billboard Frolics
2:53 Toy Town Hall
3:18 Hollywood Steps Out
3:22 Universal's Feat
4:18 20th Century Fox Nips the Nips
4:36 Stage Door Cartoon
4:48 Odor-Able Logo
4:55 The Logo Brothers
5:02 Mississippi Logo
5:35 A Ham in a Role/Stop Look and Hasten/That's Blooper Logo
5:39 What's Up Logo?
5:50 This is a Life?
6:01 The Major Lied Till Dawn/What's Cookin Logo?
a song like that is the MOST recognzable in most of the Looney Tunes music
It really is the definition of a timeless sound.
The cue from "What's Cookin' Doc?" is the exact same recording as the one used on the Merrie Melodies ending titles, only sped up.
No wonder it sounded so fast, like Nightcore Merrie Melodies. Now, did recording tapes exist back then? If not, how did they speed it up other than playing it live faster and in a higher pitch/key?
@@isabeld.paredes4923 Maybe an acetate record played at a different speed?
@@arqivist2077Probably, if they had to re-record it at a faster speed.
@@arqivist2077 33 1/3 rpm to 45 rpm? I doubt it because 45 rpm wasn't used until sometime in the early 1950's.
1:32 could somebody tell me what are those tamales singing?
every thing in here is “merrily we roll along “ that just had a more “mexican vibe”.
@karlstuber6399 oh
I think it's poorly translated Spanish:
encantos baila vamos mi rondo azul
todo que contabamos vengan a bailar
which I think is supposed to mean: "Loves, come on and dance my blue rondo / Everything we're talking about, come on and dance."
Elephant: That's all folks! 6:03
5:02 Stripping this of all context makes it funnier to me. 😂
(man approaches with trousers on fire) _Pardon me, do you have change?_
1:55 An early prototype of Sylvester and Tweety???
3:26 Heyyy....Bugs debuted in a color cartoon and this one is greyscale.
"Porky Pig's Feat" (1943) was originally in black and white.
@@Rlotpir1972Porky Pig Debuted in Color in 1935.😅😅😅
3:22 The Last Black and White Warner brothers Merry Melodies Short with Porky Pig and Daffy Duck the Next short Would be the last Short in black and white
0:31 So this is if Merrily We Roll Along had lyrics
It always had guyus, It always had
4:37 Early Yosemite Sam?
well yeah in a way, that short "Stage Door Cartoon" was released in 1944, Sam's first appearance would be in "Hare Trigger" in 1945
1:51 *WARNER BROTHERS PRESENTS MERRY MELODIES*
Ya know, this was also Merrily We Roll Along was heard when Daffy opened the vault and see nothing but cobwebs and a sign that says, "You lose, Duck!", from Cubish’s spirit.
1:51 That's just pure America.
2:36 Creepy
I sorta noticed how popular the tune was in some classical Looney Tunes shorts.
2:02 = That roast to the RCA mascot... 😂😂😂
So this is the origin of the Looney Tunes theme song.
It's actually Merrie Melodies
@@michaelharrisjrI think you're right, but it's been the theme of the Looney Tunes franchise since 1994.
2:36 - 2:39 Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you: _your nightmare for the next couple of days._
4:36 Is this the prototype of the 1945 music
Hold on...all this time the end credits tune for the Merrie Melodies was Merrily We Roll Along?
It always was
@@poopoostinky771I never knew that, though...never seen the musical before
@poopoostinky771 Not always just since 1936. That was the 3rd Merrie Melodies theme.
@@stephenholloway6893 Yes, I know that, I didn't want to give a long answer
the beginning theme too
Love the theme
So THAT'S what that tune is called
♪ Truly classic stuff ♫
"Billboard Frolics" seems to be the only one that used the melody of the verse, instead of merely using the chorus.
Thank you
Honorable yipe!
2:02 rca Victor
I Love This.👍
The Backyardigans sang that in a Carl Stalling tune!
No they didn't
@@Mattcai2004 Yea…
When they convinced the ringmaster (Tyrone) that the clowns (Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin) could make him laugh.
@@MichaelBlaneWalker i just rewatched the episode and the tune that played was not merrily we roll along. It was Mary had a little lamb.
Can you do Wedding March
4:36
And I was a legend was brn
0:31
4:18 11
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tha tha tha tha tha that's all Folks,Muggles, species,Earthlings,Martians,Aliens,Bye Bye Folks have a nice life,tha tha that's it!.go go home folks,can i go home, you out there in the Comment think i am going to keep this up all night till Morning your Screwy and we do mean you (Bay-woop!) iris out fade out to black.
1:50