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.
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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.
Bye Bye Buddy!
The studio found its new star from one of the gang introduced in the Merrie Melodies short, I Haven’t Got a Hat. And they continued to plug songs from Warner Bros. films.
More Musical Changes For Merrie Melodies 1934-35
Once again we continue our exploration of the popular songs embedded in the classic Warner Bros. Cartoons. This post covers the tunes inside the 1933-34 Merrie Melodies.
Big Changes For Merrie Melodies 1934-35
During the 1934-35 season, Warner found a new way of introducing their movies. They began throwing their shield at the audience out of a bank of clouds.
