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.
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.
Here are the melodies that inspired much of the “merrie” in the AAP package, syndicated to local television from 1956 through the 1980s.
By the end of the 1932-33 movie season, the film industry was seeing light at the end of the tunnel- and the Merrie Melodies continued to plug Warner’s popular published songs.
By 1932, the Merrie Melodies shorts were carrying their weight. But in some cases, they weren’t necessarily plugging the songs that were to be featured.
This week (with apologies), a potpourri of “stuff we missed” due to an inadvertent reversal in order of intended segments of this article last week.
Here’s the draft from Chuck Jones’ first cartoon as director, “The Night Watchman”. Bob McKimson, Phil Monroe, Ken Harris, Ben Washam, and Rod Scribner are on board – let’s see who animated which scenes.
Editor’s Note: Will Friedwald is back this week to fill us in on a tune familiar to all cartoon lovers everywhere: Before we begin, Will Friedwald and I wish…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Last week on Stu’s Show, I was asked by Stu Shostack and Jeanine Kasun about the song “I Haven’t Got A Hat” – the song used in the…