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- Over the span of the Looney Tunes cartoons, there were numerous variations of its famous theme song, "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down." This was especially true when Carl Stalling was doing the music for the Warner cartoons, but there were not as many variations as "Merrily We Roll Along."
This includes most (if not all) of these Carl Stalling arrangements, along with the 1955 Milt Franklyn version, and the infamous (and STRANGE) Bill Lava versions of the 1960s (but I steer away from that pseudo-jazzy version used on "The Looney Tunes Show!") I also left out the variation from "Box-Office Bunny," because this is only to cover the classic era of Looney Tunes.
Unlike the logo montages I've seen, this is only to showcase the evolution of the theme music.
I have updated this montage with a few RARE recordings, such as the closing themes without Porky's "That's all, folks!", and the full 1969 theme (my original source cut off the very start.)
0:01 - The very first version, from 1937
0:22 - A rarer alternate opening theme used only on three cartoons, from late 1937-early 1938
0:43 - First version of the closing theme, 1937
0:52 - Second version of the closing theme, early 1938
1:02 - A different take on the opening theme, late 1938
1:23 - A unique one-time variant of the opening theme, used only on "Joe Glow the Firefly," 1941
1:42 - Faster-paced, vaguely brassier version of the opening theme, 1941
2:01 - Faster-paced closing theme, 1941
2:09 - First shortened version of the opening theme, 1945
2:23 - A unique one-time variant of the closing theme, used only on "Acrobatty Bunny," mid-1946
2:31 - "Goofy" variant of the shortened opening theme, final Carl Stalling arrangement, late 1946
2:45 - Accompanying closing variant of the above theme, late 1946
2:53 - Milt Franklyn's version of the shortened opening theme, 1955
3:08 - Milt Franklyn's version of the closing theme, 1955
3:16 - Strange "klunky" version of the theme arranged by Bill Lava, 1962
3:32 - Abridged version of above theme used for closing titles, 1964
3:41 - Revamped, "lighter" version of the Bill Lava theme, 1967
3:57 - Rarer alternate version of Bill Lava theme used only on two cartoons, 1968
4:12 - A unique one-time variant of the Bill Lava theme, used only on "Fistic Mystic," 1969
2:33 will always be the definitive Looney Tunes theme song for me. My favorite
Defo
Same. It's always been my favorite version and the first one I heard. Along with the Milt Franklyn version, which I heard second.
Same lol
Fun fact: Looney Tunes just turned 90 years old this year on April 19.
3 days ago bugs turned 80
@@GavinOReilly. Yeah, and don't you mean 2 days ago?
Aren JTumaStens depends where in the world you are. Currently on the emerald island it’s the 30th making it three days since the 27th the release of a wild hare
@@GavinOReilly. I see. Well, I'm in California.
Aren JTumaStens no problem happy to clear up
[Eddie Valiant]
Now, Roger is his name.
Laughter is his game.
C'mon, you dope,
Untie his rope
And watch him go insane.
This singing ain't my line.
It's tough to make a rhyme.
If I get stuck,
I'm...I'm out of luck...
[Jessica Rabbit]
I'm running out of time!
[Eddie Valiant]
Thanks!
I'm through with taking falls!
I'm bouncing off the walls!
Without that gun,
I'd have some fun!
I'd kick you in the...
[Roger Rabbit]
Nose!
[Smartass]
Nose? That don't rhyme with "walls!"
[Eddie Valiant]
No, but this does!
W reference
1:42-2:08 Best version, IMO.
I agree
I agre
Agreed
I like 1:24-1:42 better
1:23-1:42 is the best version to me.
Another personally go with:
The 1937 theme 0:00
The 1941 theme 1:42
The Rare 1968 theme 3:57
The 1945 theme 2:09
Same expect the rare 1968 intro
I mean it was only used in two Warner Bros.
Seven Arts cartoons from 1968.
3 Ring Ding Wing
&
See Ya Later Gladiator,
which received negative
critic reviews due to the obnoxious use
of Hanna-Barbera sound effects and
crappier animation and horrible music.
My list
1. 1937
2. 1937-1938
3. 1941-1944
5. 1962
6. 1968
For ages I always wanted to know what created that boing sound at the start. Then once I actually went to "The music of Loony Tunes - Live!" with a big orchestra. The opening boing sound is made by a slide lap-steel guitar!
It’s a electric steel guitar, which in the 1930’s was brand-new technology.
@@Akira625 you're both equally correct.
My great Uncle Cliff Friend wrote this song.
U should listen to Johnny Winter, his music is all about steel guitars and slide techniques 😎🎸👍
thanks! cool story!
Forever the most recognizable song in Human History, Millennials, we have to pass this on to our children.
Its sad how gag cartoons are falling out of favour for brain numbing cheaply 3d animated kids shows
@@ChanceKearns That's not quite true... I mean, the most popular animated shows over the course of the last decade-or-so have been stuff like Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, Over The Garden Wall, Amphibia, The Owl House, etc... Not _gag_ cartoons, sure, but also in no way "brain numbing", "cheap" _or_ 3d... So don't be cynical: Kids can still tell the difference between the good stuff, and the stuff the corporatists _want them to think_ is the good stuff.
@@GrahamChapman the most popular shows have been completely indistinguishable style-wise
@@ChanceKearns If that's true, then Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Woody Woodpecker, Coyote & Roadrunner, Tom & Jerry, Sylvester & Tweety, Pepé le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Animaniacs and, in fact, a majority of the most popular cartoons from the by-gone era that you so praise have also been completely indistinguishable style-wise... Fact of the matter is that though the niche genre of gag cartoons has become vacant, cartoons as a whole have definitely been getting better since the "good old days". It's just you have become... grumpy old coot-ier? **shrugs** Lemme hear your best "Why, back in my day" speech. ^^
@@GrahamChapman in the 20s and 30s they were almost indistinguishable, after that you could tell the different styles apart fairly consistently, newer animated shows have the same big round eyes, rounded mouth and acorn shaped head with spaghetti limbs and flat colours everywhere.
2:31 is my jam
Well, all of them
Classic.
mine too.
have a nice week and weekend.
yeah.
Tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha that's all Folks,Muggles,Earthlings and Martians with TH-cam (Bay-woop!) iris out fade to black.
Same
The late 1946 version
1:02 is the best for me, just chilling in my eye doctor's kid's waiting room while the actual kids stare at me for watching these old shorts is timeless to me. It's always 1938 Looney Tunes and I love it.
Same it’s like those ones of porky pig and daffy duck
@@daffyducklovestowooohoo4255 Those were the best. Love the late 30's/early 40's cartoons the most.
1:43 and 2:31 are probably the most nostaligic
2:54 its my favorite
The Classics, for anyone searching:
1:43, 2:02, 2:46, 2:54, 3:17 and *especially*
2:31
2:32-2:54 My Favorite
Ah yes, the "goofy" version.
Don't be deaf, wiley
Cami J. Green ii
It's my favorite version as well. Since it was how I first heard that theme. The first Looney Tunes cartoon I saw was "The Super Snooper" (1952), starring Daffy Duck.
@@ZakWolf That version of the Looney Tunes opening theme had two alternate variants. The first alternate variant had the "zooming WB shield" sound effect from the 1945-1955 Merrie Melodies opening theme, and appeared in the Academy Award-winning Pepé Le Pew cartoon, "For Scent-imental Reasons" (1949). The second alternate variant had a more powerful "zooming shield" sound, and appeared in the only Bugs Bunny cartoon in 3D, "Lumber Jack Rabbit" (1954). Other than that, the rest of the 1946-1955 Looney Tunes opening theme remained exactly the same in those two alternate variants.
One of the best songs in cinema, cartoon & TV history
1:23 to 1:42 sounds so cheerful.
3:08-3:16
”'Knighty Knight Bugs' was produced and directed by Friz Freleng. He got an Oscar, and I got a carrot."
-Bugs Bunny, _The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie_ (1981)
Well said Bugs, well said.
4:13 I like how the guy playing the trumpet sounds like he’s having a stroke mid-way through
The woodwind players must have been very board playing this song
4:22 he's like I can't take it anymore
He wanted to stop
That era of Looney tunes was so bad even the theme music didn't want to be there
S T R O K E 😂😂😂😂😂
2:01 Man, major props on finding a version of that outro that doesn't have Porky saying "That's all folks!" over it.
2:54 still my favorite theme song on the end of space jam legacy. Still the Best even better modern
2:31 is the intro I'm most familiar with, though I can remember the two immediately before it (1:42 and 2:09) too, as well as the one right after it (2:54).
3:16 *changing channel*
Unless it turns out to be "Now Hear This!"
Yeah that's the ugly one
@@ZakWolf Or "Bartholomew Versus the Wheel" and "Senorella and the Glass Huarache"
@@swagkirby3449 Yeah, those are good too, but "Now Hear This" is the most surreal, and the "Abstract" logo sequence fits better with that as it was originally created for that short.
"Wb splatter flash back's".(And yes I know it's not from wb splatter)
I kinda like the Bill Lava ones. Sort of a mysterious “what have we gotten ourselves into?” vibe.
I bet you like Van Halen with Sammy Hagar too 🙄
Caterslave I would confirm or deny this if I had any idea what that sounded like.
It sounds like someone did alot of cocaine and LSD.
Shit begins at 3:17
@@fredarok579 The intros were first used in "Now Hear This",
as Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble designed the logo
and title theme and intro.
3:08-3:12
"Wait! Hold it! You didn't think I'd let it end that way, did ya? I just gotta find out what's behind all this!"
-Bugs Bunny, "Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers" (1992)
Fun Fact: Although the original 1937 opening version of this theme made its final regular appearance in “The Daffy Doc” (1938), it made a surprise reappearance in “The Timid Toreador” (1940).
That was probably a mistake that no one caught.
@@aarongamin2783 Or maybe Carl Stalling decided to just dust it off for another go. He was always experimenting with opening themes.
Audio error.
Wow, these are so nostalgic. Many things can make us think about when we were kids, sometimes it's something that tastes like a treat your grandmother used to make, or an old photo. But NOTHING brings me back like these cartoon themes!!! I'm 72 and I love how I feel when I listen to these, I need to make ringtones out of them. My faves:
0:00 Nothing like the original, it's so pure
1:02 Cleaner version of the original, it's awesome
1:43 Absolutely the one that I remember, perfect balance for me
I actually saw that!
It was actually the first time
I've ever seen that 1941 intro
in 1943's Yankee Doodle Daffy.
It aired on Boomerang at night in 2014
when I was 7. Produced by Leon Schlesinger.
So Rare.
2:46 I like the ending
0:22 - this version was often used for some of the redrawn colorized shorts replacing the 1938-1941 opening theme such as Porky's Hotel, Naughty Neighbors, Porky's Snooze Reel, The Daffy Doc, Polar Pals, Kristopher Kolumbus Jr, Porky the Gob, Chicken Jitters, The Lone Stranger & Porky, Porky's Picnic, Patient Porky and Porky & Teabiscuit where they all use the incorrect 1937-1938 opening visuals instead of the correct 1938-1939 and 1939-1940 opening visuals.
1:42 | The signature version.
Awesome Merry Go Round Broke Down cue compilation video! :)
2:31 is the one I’ve always remembered
The 60`s was truly a acid filled decade. All of the intros of that time sounds off compared to the others, but I guess that was what he was going for...
3:08-3:16
Marvin the Martian: “Don’t worry, folks. After all, it’s only a cartoon.”
4:12 Trumpet player was tired
😂
I love the dissonance in the Bill Lava ones.
2:01 th-th-th-th-th-th-that's all folks"
"And that's the end!"
-Bugs Bunny, "Hare Tonic" and "Baseball Bugs"
Zachary Noah
“HOOHOOHOOHOOHOOHOOHOO”
-Daffy Duck, Porky Pig’s Duck Hunt
"Oh, Roger is my name
And laughter is my game
C'mon, cowpoke
It's just a joke
Don't sit there on your brain
I'm not that debonair
I'm just a silly hare
If you want class
I'll have to pass
So go get Fred Astaire
My buddy's Eddie V.
A sourpuss, you'll see
But when I'm done
He'll need no gun
Cause a joker he will be
C, D, E, F, G, H, I
I love to raise some cain
Believe me, it's no strain
It feels so great
To smash a plate
And look, there is no pain.
No pain"
[Eddie Valiant]
Now, Roger is his name.
Laughter is his game.
C'mon, you dope,
Untie his rope
And watch him go insane.
This singing ain't my line.
It's tough to make a rhyme.
If I get stuck,
I'm...I'm out of luck...
[Jessica Rabbit]
I'm running out of time!
[Eddie Valiant]
Thanks!
I'm through with taking falls!
I'm bouncing off the walls!
Without that gun,
I'd have some fun!
I'd kick you in the...
[Roger Rabbit]
Nose!
[Smartass]
Nose? That don't rhyme with "walls!"
[Eddie Valiant]
No, but this does!
Wonderful memories of being a little girl enjoying these any time.
2:54 are best opening ever
2:31 the best one by far
Ah yes. the goofy version.
I remember the 3:16 version from the Road Runner cartoons, along with the weird opening titles where WB was made up from shapes.
It was ages before I realised it was the same tune as the other Loony Tunes intros.
2:31, childhood 🥰🤩😍
0:53 so calming (somehow)
I always thought 1937-1941 went on a little too long, so I feel like the 1945-1955 versions are the perfect versions to me because it's at just the right length.
the ones after 3:16 creep me out idk why
Lol you're not the only one
...eye cartoons...those are the best lol
Probably the switch to a flat key and introduction of some dissonance.
Possibly; this IS Bill Lava we're talking about.
That's the dissonance ;)
Thank you! I have been looking all over for this!
Carl Stalling: Top dog of cartoon and Looney tunes.
It's bringing back my childhood memories.
Nuff Said 🍒🍪
Oh and one more thing, Happy 81st birthday Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes Gang.
Life is alot sweeter than it was in my childhood memories.
Watched this movie for the first time in about 20 years last night. Theres so much dialog I missed, forgot, or didn't understand when I was a kid
My favorites versions are the Milt Franklyn and Bill Lava. I know Lava gets a lot of flack, but you know what? It was the 60s. He had an excuse to be so musically strange.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Tunes of my childhood.
More like, the "toons" of your childhood.
@@MrScottishManiacCat Nah, it’s spelled T-U-N-E-S.
my childhood has always been Looney Toons now it what .. Looney Tunes, no doesn't make sense.
Tunes.
Not toons
I like how hardly anyone is asking “Why isn’t Porky saying “That’s all folks!” (I know where they’re from too)
2:31 The Definitive Looney Tunes Theme to me - even heard it in an old VHS ad advertising tapes containing their shorts.
3:16 End of the video
This brings back a lot of memories it weird I am 13 years old and most people my age don't find this amusing but I still do I still love the Looney tunes all of these bring a smile to my face except the last ones
I often get this theme mixed up with that of Merrie Melodies when I was younger
It doesn't help that Waner Bros. these days use "Merrily We Roll Along" as the general Looney Tunes theme in most modern media
@@TheTinman1996 sad. I prefer Merry Go Round Broke-Down.
0:01
0:22
0:43
0:52
1:02
1:23
1:42
2:01
2:09
2:23
2:31
2:45
2:53
3:08
3:16
3:32
3:41
3:57
4:12
World War 3 Alarm Siren
The Bill Lava ones are so weird. They kind of go along with the precipitous decline in quality of the cartoons themselves from that period. Maybe it was supposed to sound more modern....?
Aaron Hazouri if I understood right, it's because the orchestra was disbanded by that time so he had just few samples to work on with synth. But yeah, that music sounds like on drugs. It creeped me out when I was a kid.
Actually, it was a small orchestra-band. Same in early DePatie-Freleng cartoons where Lava scored
Especially the last one which literally sounds like a really drunk version which would state that Warner Bros. were on drugs when this was being made.
Oh yes; the last one is the strangest one of all! But I like it for that reason.
The theme does sound really weird and I prefer the old themes over it, but the theme was actually made to sync up with the Looney Tunes intro that they used at the time.
0:08 I really like that muted trumpet/flute combo. it sucks that that never got carried over to any other version tbh
Porky Pig: “Okay, m-m-move along. Th-th-there’s nothing else to see. That’s all, folks! Hmm. I like the sound of that.”
[The 1946-1955 closing version of the Looney Tunes theme plays from 2:56-2:54.]
Porky Pig: “Th-th-th-th-that’s all, folks!” (laughing)
[Tinker Bell closes the film with the wave of her wand.]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit That's All Folks
Ahhhh, this takes me back.
The sixties were a weird decade…
Gerald Dearing Everyone was dropping acid then.
My favorite song was written and preformed in the 60’s
@@ariannagorbet6674 performed
Everyone was probably doing a lot of crack.
@@jacksanders2493 ~ No crack in the sixties. LSD and pot.
1941, 1946, and 1955 were my favorites.
2:31 The best version
Agreed
Ah, nostalgia. I need to go through my DVD collection and watch what I have again.
Rest in piece Cliff Friend
My fight or flight activated with the Bill Lava version
The Warner Club presents, *BREAKDOWNS FROM THE YEAR!!*
No! It Uses The Breakdowns From The Year Opening Theme!
Wow!!! I have been enjoying the for about 53 years, I still miss them on Saturday Morning!!!!
My personal preferences are:
The 1937: 0:00
The 1941: 1:41
The 1946: 2:31
And the 1955: 2:53
All but one have appeared in Boomerang cartoon airings.
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1:01 My Favorite
How come the train whistle part of the Looney Tunes theme was eventually cut out? That was always my favorite part of the intro.
Because the cartoons’ opening credits were now longer, giving the directors their own credit screen, and there was also the introduction of the “BUGS BUNNY in” screen.
Yeah, I remember when my brother and I were younger we liked to jokingly say “A train’s coming! Get off the tracks!” at the whistle.
@@ZakWolf By the way, did the same thing happen with Merrie Melodies' intro, too? Because I also noticed that the xylophone part was cut out in the later cartoons in that series.
@@jamiecinder9412 Yeah, again due to the opening credits now running longer to give the directors their own credit screen.
i think in new looney tunes they brought it back, but that show's discontinued now
that simple. as that was for Looney Toons now its Tunes yeah cause it cut out maybe, could be, is Mandela winning again, the truth will come out, its was Looney Toons , than Looney Tunes what Next Looney CartTunes
2:46
“That’s All, Folks!”
I love Merry-Go-Round Broke Down.🎵🎶📻❤💘👍🏼✏🖌🖋🤣😁🎉
I had no idea this was the name of the theme. Honestly makes sense.
The song writing here is pure genius
Personally I liked and remember the most the early version with the pipe organ toots at the end.
I also like the firefly one. Warner Brothers should use this for a Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon celebrating Bugs Bunny's 80th Anniversary. Or a (Bugs Bunny 80th) anniversary party.
I'm just saying.
This could fit well for a 90th anniversary thing.
Can I be honest here? I actually kinda like the Bill Lava arrangements. I will agree it is strange, but it's also a charming kind of strange.
I have to agree with you. While I generally prefer Carl Stalling's versions, the Bill Lava versions have kind of a quirky charm to them. I like the initial 1962 version and the 1969 "Fistic Mystic" versions the best.
Like them all
You need to think before you comment.
durece100 since when
durece100 this has never been about thinking before you comment
The "Joe Glow the Firefly" version sounds very anniversary-ish. Was Joe Glow the Firefly the 100th WB cartoon, a cartoon celebrating 10 years of WB, or something else entirely?
Consider this, at the time, the Merrie Melodies were ten years old and the Looney Tunes were 11. It probably was meant to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Looney Tunes but it was pushed back til 1941.
That makes sense, Stephen.
1933 was Warner Bros (or rather Leon Schlesinger) took over production from Ising Harman which previously made the shorts between 1930-33.
I think the reason for the special theme there was because "Joe Glow the Firefly" was the first one-shot Looney Tunes cartoon, as all previous titles in that series had recurring characters, and one-shots were typically the norm for Merrie Melodies (this was back when the Looney Tunes were still only in black-and-white, while Merrie Melodies were in full color.)
Possibly but consider that The Hep Cat, which was the first color Looney Tunes was also a one shot, and it didn't get a special theme. One would think that at least the first color Looney Tunes would get a special theme, instead of a black and white Looney Tunes short. Regardless of it being the first one shot Looney Tunes short.
2:01
"And that's the end!"
-Bugs Bunny, "Hare Tonic" and "Baseball Bugs"
Now that ain't DETHSPIKKABLE !
In Looney Tunes Cartoons, the short version of The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (also used in the 1945, 1946, and 1955 opening themes) has a main role.
Original 1937 lyrics:
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down
And we went round and round
Each time t'would miss, we'd steal a kiss
And the Merry-Go-Round went
"Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah
Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!'
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down
And it made the darndest sound,
The lights went low, we both said "Oh!"
And the Merry-Go-Round went
"Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah
Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!'
Oh what fun a wonderful time
Finding love for only a dime.
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down
But you don't see me frown
Things turned out fine and now she's mine
Cause the the Merry-Go-Round went
"Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah
Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!"
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down.
- th-cam.com/video/At9PR03romM/w-d-xo.html
Oh, the memorys.
I remember your very first version of this video :)
On ABC Saturday mornings in the late 80s and through the 90s the 1945-55 opening theme was also used as a shortened intro for all the episodes aired on the Bugs Bunny and Tweety show
The current theme song of LT Bloopers is an acapella version of the 1964 opening and closing themes.
0:05
1:06
1:46
2:13
2:35
2:58
Happy 😃 90th Birthday 🎂 Looney Tunes (1930-2020)
“Eh, what’s up doc?”
- Bugs Bunny
Edit: Happy 80th anniversary Bugs Bunny
The best ones (in my opinion):
0:00
0:43
1:02
1:23
1:42
2:09
2:23
2:31
2:45
2:53
3:08
3:16
3:32
3:57
4:12
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0:03 Damn, the Merry go round broke down so bad, the shield zoom sound effect had to play twice
While I think most of the cartoons from the 60's-era of looney tunes tend to suck, my favorite version of the opening theme is actually lava's version, not sure what about it I love, perhaps it's how "strange" it sounds.
Love the version at 3:32! My favorite music is orchestra sounds... prefer no vocals.
1:43 Davemadson LT Bloopers
2:54 💗 © 2019 Julius N Jeter Co. Ltd.
I've heard the Bill Lava ones so much when I was watching Daffy vs Speedy cartoons
I love sending this to a lunachick when we break up! Ba dee ba dee ba dee uhhhh THAT'S ALL, FOLKS!
3:57 is where shit starts getting real weird
Why does the fast paced closing theme (2:01) sound identical to the one used in Acrobatty Bunny (2:23)
I was surprised for noticing the full theme was revived on New Looney Tunes in the late 2010's, albeit rearranged and sped up.
2:54 - 3:08 this version even better
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I thought I was the only one