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.
Tag Archives: Warner Bros. Cartoons
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 1933-34
The new season for 1933-34 saw some big changes for the Warner cartoon division. Here’s the music the cartoons contained in that period.
Merrie Tunes and Looney Melodies …Enter Buddy
Harman and Ising left the Schlesinger studio – taking star “Bosko” with them. A new character was now required to front the “Looney Tunes” series. That character was “Buddy”.
Exit Bosko… “So Long, Folks!”
Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were about to leave – and taking the studio’s most popular character with them. Here is Warner’s last batch of Boskos.
The Many Lives of Duck Dodgers
A survey of Duck Dodgers and Marvin Martian in over 60 years of animation – in all formats.
Songs From The 1932 Merrie Melodies
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.
Merrie Tunes and Looney Melodies: Bosko Carries On!
The initial 1930-31 Looney Tunes were doing respectably well in the marketplace, as they continued to plug songs from Warner Bros. various publishing companies.
“Dog Gone South” (1950)
An especially unique aspect of Chuck Jones’s Dog Gone South is its complete absence of African American characters.
Chuck Jones’ Inki
The Warner Brothers cartoon character Inki is unique in that he was a recurring African character, as opposed to African Americans like Bosko, L’il Eightball or the maid in “Tom and Jerry”.
