{"id":88142,"date":"2024-12-10T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T08:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/?p=88142"},"modified":"2024-12-08T19:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:59:24","slug":"a-musical-up-roar-1953-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/a-musical-up-roar-1953-54\/","title":{"rendered":"A Musical Up-Roar 1953\/54"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By this time, the short subjects divisions of MGM were proving to be less profitable. People were staying away from the movie theaters, getting their entertainment at home via television. The cartoon division\u2019s response to television was mostly derisive. What\u2019s more, MGM wasn\u2019t producing as many musicals as it had been, although they did produce some big budget musicals at this time. Scott Bradley was seemingly less willing to pick up in-house songs, and more willing to mine the classics – so stirring, so familiar, so public domain.<\/p>\n

Cobs and Robbers<\/strong> (3\/14\/53) – Barney Bear in a typical cartoon situation – trying to guard his cornfield from a flock of hungry crows. Several of the crows dress as a scarecrow and try to flim flam Barney into a merry chase. Barney finds he cannot shoo them away. At one point, a fire gets loose, and turns at least one ear of corn into popcorn. Eventually, the crows conga their way to an exit with Barney\u2019s corn for the fade out. Songs:<\/strong> \u201cCornfield Medley\u201d, also known as \u201cWay Down Yonder in the Cornfield\u201d, and also known by the rubric of \u201cDarktown Quartet Rehearsal\u201d. Recorded by the Edison Male Quartet on 2 minute cylinder, the Imperial Quartet on Victor, the Invincible Quartet on a spoken introduced 1901 version for Columbia, the Columbia Stellar Quartette on Columbia, and the Peerless Quartet (basically same personnel as Invincible Quartet) on Okeh. <\/p>\n