Merrie Melodies 1939-40: A Significant Year
The 1939-40 season of Merrie Melodies saw many familiar to us from endless television runs – and, late in the season, one of the most significant cartoons of all.
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Looney Tunes 1939-40: Keep On Keepin’ On
By the 1939-40 season, a new pattern had now been established – and the use of Warner songs in the cartoons became much more sophisticated.
1938-39 Merrie Melodies: “The People’s Choice” (Pt. 2)
We continue with the first of many extended seasons of Merrie Melodies to come. The Warner animators were not only creative, but prolific in output – a profitable combination of character traits, to say the least.
1938-39 Merrie Melodies: The People’s Choice (Pt. 1)
The musical highlights from those Merrie Melodies cartoons familiar from television as part of AAP’s package of shorts, first syndicated in 1956.
1938-39 Looney Tunes: New Patterns Emerge
For the 1938-39 film season, there were about twice as many Merrie Melodies produced in color as there were Looney Tunes in black and white.
Merrie Melodies 1937-38: More Old Friends
Continuing our on-going survey of the songs used in the 1930s Warner Bros. cartoons, this week a particularly strong 1937-38 season of hits.
Looney Tunes 1937-38: Steady As She Goes
By the beginning of the 1937-1938 season, both the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were zooming their Warner Brothers’ shields at the audience.
Merrie Melodies 1936-37: Building a Better Terrace
By the beginning of the 1936-37 season, many of the building blocks that would form the ediface of Warner Bros Cartoons were available to Leon Schlesinger.
Looney Tunes 1936-37: We’ve Got Ourselves a Star… Let’s Get Another
Carl W. Stalling comes aboard to do the musical scores, replacing the Brown – Spencer team, finding new ways to use the Warner songs creatively in the cartoons.
Merrie Melodies 1935-36: Let’s Meet Some Old Friends
Here are the melodies that inspired much of the “merrie” in the AAP package, syndicated to local television from 1956 through the 1980s.
