Warner Bros.- Seven Arts Looney Tunes opening and closing with alternate music (HD, 1969)
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- A version of the 1967-69 "Abstract W7" logo sequence from the Looney Tunes shorts of the era featuring a unique one-time variation of Bill Lava's klunky rendition of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" that may be very well the strangest rendition of all! Taken from the high-definition restoration of "Fistic Mystic" (1969).
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This intro sums up what is currently going on at Warner Bros discovery.
Yep, pretty much! The only upside so far is that the current WB-D management likes the Looney Tunes too much for this merger mess to affect them, the way the Warner Bros.- Seven Arts and AOL Time Warner mergers did.
Of course, if my Wile E. Coyote costume wasn't too worn-looking, I'd do a vlog about all of this as Wile E. But I AM hoping to save up for a new suit soon!
Turns out I was wrong. This has led to the 1951-2004 "Looney Tunes" shorts (including the recently-restored Seven Arts ones) being removed from HBO Max, and the impending "Bye-Bye Bunny" TV/video movie being in limbo...
@@ZakWolf i wonder why? Was it because of Toon In With Me?
@@LDFE2002 No. It was because HBO Max chose not to renew the license to stream those shorts. It's very likely they've decided to wait until the rebranded "Max" is ready for them to do so.
@@ZakWolf hope the 1951-2004 shorts return (including the Seven Arts shorts)
The song makes it feel like something’s gone wrong.
“Something’s gone wrong” is the perfect way to describe the W7 era of the Looney Tunes as a whole.
Definitely! It feels like reality is falling apart...
It's less like "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" and more like "The Merry-Go-Round Is Destroyed Beyond Repair".
I also get a weird ominous feeling from this
Whenever I saw this logo as a kid, I knew it was time to change the channel.
Oh absolutely, either you were gonna be stuck watching Daffy and Speedy bicker, or even worse, a W7 original, like Merlin or Cool Cat. 🤢🤢
Unless it’s Norman Normal
@@bensanchez8121 that cartoon's theme song is goated
@@RandomGuy-qh7tl Cool Cat was a idiot anyway. I prefer Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Woody Woodpecker, Screwy Squirrel, Heckle and Jeckle and the Aracuan Bird better than this moronic beatnik tiger. because I can tell than Bonkers D. Bobcat and Tigger would've hated him so much that they'll bop him on the head with a mallet.
@@george-nu5nr To be fair, I don't remember really anything about Cool Cat, aside from seeing one of the cartoons as a child and absolutely hating every second of it. It just didn't feel like Looney Tunes, it felt like a failed pilot episode for a Hanna Barbara television show.
The Looney Tunes cartoons really dipped in quality by the time this logo debuted, but the song is still rather catchy. Even with the very minimal amount of instruments it has.
Song is "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", for the record.
@@timphiz I know, but I do appreciate you letting others know. After all, I spent years believing it was a completely original composition for Looney Tunes.
Quite possibly the cleanest version of both this intro and the music.
I will be 44 this year! As a teenager, I LIVED for seeing this back in the day on the weekends - it signified a great week for the following week, yo! I affectionately call them "Eye Cartoons" 👀👀👀🤣🤣🤣
Regular Looney Tunes Theme: The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down.
W7 Looney Tunes Theme: The Merry-Go-Round Is On Fire!
This Is The Fingers Down.
The Fingers Are Destroy!
Looney Tunes happened to have turned 91 on the 19th this month. And as of today, it's the birthday of Shirley Temple and the 16th anniversary of the very first ever TH-cam video.
It's turning 93 this year!
@@chrisrj9871 yeah. And that's tomorrow.
I’m at loss at how no one had made a Warner Bros. Discovery spoof of this intro.
Hmmm, now THERE'S an idea! If only they had a very corporate-looking insignia the way Warner Bros.- Seven Arts did (Warner Bros. Discovery only uses the classic WB shield with the WBD text next to it).
@@ZakWolf I hate Scooby-Doo ! that wretched franchise is so overrated !
It's just a cartoon about stupid teenagers solving mysteries with their ugly, dumb, annoying, cowardly, stupid mutt. AND I CAN'T STAND IT !!!! The franchise has been going on for years and years ! I'm not going to talk about the plot, BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS IT GODDAMNIT !!!!! I mean, c'mon ! EVERY. SINGLE. SHOW. they're literally all the same thing ! It got old so fast ! The characters are annoying morons and I'll give you reasons:
1. Fred is a dumb blonde who's obsessed with The Mystery Machine.
2. Velma's a nerd.
3. Daphne is a huge crybaby who panics if her clothes or hair got dirty.
4. Shaggy's a craving little coward
and 5. Scooby's voice gets me...ON MY DARN NERVES !!!!! Sheesh.
Most of the Hanna-Barbera remakes died in the 90's, but somehow...those idiots just kept watching this crap ! and to say, Scooby-Doo has overstayed his welcome to the Warner Bros. family is the understatement of the century.
Scooby-Doo hasn't just overstayed his welcome, he has also kicked the house owners in the nads, parked himself in the living room for over 30 years and sleeps with the house owner's wife every night. I cannot think of another cartoon that's refused TO DIE ! How the hell do they keep remaking these dumb cartoons ? and why are they still doing this ?! GOD !!! They're literally loads of remakes of this disgusting monstrosity ! I am DEAD. GODDAMN. SERIOUS. Does any kid actually sit down and go "Oh joy ! Scooby-Doo is on !" and enjoy every minute of it ? No offense, but Scooby-Doo is pure cartoon white noise ( a la SpongeBob SquarePants ) and is literally proud of it ! Scooby-Doo got elected president of Cartoon Network in 2000. What the actual hell ?! Bugs Bunny would make a better president ! GIVE ME A FRICKIN' BREAK ALREADY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD !!!!! Nowadays, Scooby-Doo is being treated better than the Looney Tunes. DANG YOU, WB !!!!!
So if I saw the Scooby gang in real life, I would torture them so badly.
Now you understand my hatred towards Scooby-Doo ?
@@george-nu5nr ok cool, but why did you need to comment this on a video about the fucking seven arts warner bros logo?
@@doyouknowwhoyouredealingwith Yeah. This is to show how overrated Scooby-Doo is nowadays.
now what would people who went to the theatres think about a blinding blue silver screen with a deafening intro music, just how did they react?
More than likely hated it.
Exactly bro, but these 60s looney tunes started only showing on TV channels (I think)
This version of '' The Merry Go Round Broke Down'' only has 3 intruments: a Xylophone, a piano, and a trumpet (I think)
And an electric guitar for the "zooming" sounds. The low budgets could often hurt the music in these cartoons, as Bill Lava had to work with smaller bands compared to the massive studio orchestra from WB Animation's heyday.
@@ZakWolf yeah, but one thing keeps me curious, why were these cartoons made with very low budgets? Was Warner Bros Seven Arts bankrupt or something?
@@4rtui1 well they had a defunct in 1969
Yes, Bill Lava had a small combo, instead of a huge orchestra like Carl Stalling or Milt Franklin.
Interestingly enough, while the Looney Tunes theme was once again rerecorded for the WB Seven Arts era, the closing theme was still the same as the De-Patie -Freleng WB cartoons.
@@bonniethenostalgia5237But if were to see the final years of Paramount Cartoons, which ended in '67, the low budget animation on those cartoons, makes the post '64 WB 'Toons look like DISNEY animation!
Warner Bros. Animation reused and recreated that logo in the Looney Tunes Cartoons episode, "Crumb and Get It." They even did the same with the ending.
Yep. Kind of funny, given that the Warner Bros. Discovery merger is so far turning out to be so much like Warner Bros.- Seven Arts, and that "Looney Tunes Cartoons" frequently uses the Hanna-Barbera "shell screaming whine down" sound effect (given the Seven Arts cartoons often used that and some other H-B sound effects).
@@ZakWolf
Was "Crumb and Get It" using the Hanna-Barbera-esque art style ?
@@george-nu5nr Not that much. It was kind of a dig at 1960s cartoons in general. Some of it looked pretty DePatie-Freleng -esque, especially the backgrounds.
@@ZakWolf So, how's that Animaniacs/Tiny Toons/Sander Schwartz fanfic coming along today, Zak ? I hope it'll be ready !
Tip: if the song “Norman Normal” isn’t playing over the intro, change the channel.
The same can be said about THIS Looney Tunes intro...
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@@ZakWolfI completely forgot Buddy existed
I Didn't See It In YEARS!
Nice Video
"Where's that blimey old Cool Cat!"
He's probably running amok around the Warner Bros. lot !
Dave Madsons Looney tunes intro bloopers sent me here!
I saw a copyright year in Roman following this graphic. I knew it was 1965.
Happy anniversary
I would have like to see a Bill Lava version of "Merrily We Roll Along"
Got my first vaccine shot on Tuesday this week.
Porky Pig used to have his own TV show, that mostly aired Porky's earliest cartoons, from the 30's and 40's. They also showed cartoons that opened and closed with the W7 logo. But the song playing in this video is not the one that I used to hear.
You're thinking of when Warner Bros.- Seven Arts had 79 black-and-white Porky and Daffy cartoons redrawn-colorized in 1968-69. When prepared for television they had the "Abstract W7" logos tacked on, but using the original cartoons' opening and closing themes (usually the second half for the opening). In 1979-80, new prints were prepared that had the 1956 "bullseye" opening and closing replacing the "W7" logos, in some cases fading from "That's all, Folks!" to the 1970s "Distributed by Warner Bros" closing logo. But some TV stations continued airing the prints with the "Abstract W7" logos up until the late 1980s!
@@ZakWolf It was a Cleveland station I was watching. WEWS Channel 5, I believe.
I heard the "OO' sound like a bike horn
only on the first 3 cartoons with the logo
I’ve been trying to do my own recreation of Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH with a wet balloon but I can’t get the right effect so how can I make it work?
When you see this intro, you know it's time to turn the TV off...
Unless the Norman Normal theme is playing.
Why do so many post-60s cartoons use so much of the HB sound effects? Is it because HB sounds are more cheaper compared to the other sound effects libraries?
It might be because when Warner Bros. Animation reopened in 1967, they brought a former H-B sound editor on board, Don Douglas, and he brought some H-B sound effects with him. Then after being dormant from 1969-80, they continued using some H-B sound effects (by which time, Jim Graziano was the sound editor). But I suspect it might also have something to do with more and more animation companies outsourcing their sound editing to outside post-production facilities, and some of them have either worked for Hanna-Barbera or have hired editors that worked for H-B at one time. Horta Editorial was fond of using them, as was Animation City Editorial Services, Saturday Morning Incorporated, and a few others. Then in the mid-1980s when OMI put out their "Universe of Sounds" sampler set for the E-MU Emulator II, that included several H-B sound effects, making them more common. And then things got crazier when Sound Ideas released their H-B sound effects CD set in 1993 (which is a lot of fun to work with, I will admit).
I say this is a red flag (my opinion on the shorts I think were the best are the ones from the mid-late 30s to the early 60s), but it is just my opinion. (If you do like this era, or even think it's the best one, you're perfectly allowed to have your opinion. It's okay to have an unpopular opinion)
Here’s the ending script of Bumbie’s Mom if it were made in 1995. I call it ‘What if Bumbie’s Mom was made in 1995?’ (Inspired by one of your replies to one of my comments and Skippy Sees Bambi’s Mom Gets Murdered)
Slappy: Feelin’ better?
Skippy: Yep.
Slappy: Let’s watch the in flight movie.
Skippy: ‘Kay.
(They both put on their headphones and a parody of The Lion King is on the screen)
Timba: Dad, we’re pals, right?
Stufasa: Right, Timba.
(Skippy looks upset)
Stufasa: Slash! Help me!
Slash: Long Live The King.
(Slappy sees Skippy’s reaction)
Stufasa: Aaaahhhhh!
Timba: NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Slappy: Uh-oh.
Timba: Dad. You gotta get up.
(Skippy’s eyes get filled with tears and starts crying)
Slappy (to the camera): Fade out already. We got the joke.
Timba is Simba, Stufasa is Mufasa and Slash is Scar.
I didn't understand a single damn thing about this story.
In some ways I'm glad they didn't make a "merrily we roll along" version of this, but in the other hand, I hate seeing merrie melodies name with looney tunes theme. It's a small difference but I'm picky
And then for much of the 1990s and 2000s, we had Looney Tunes shorts using the Merrie Melodies theme!
@@ZakWolf the people in charge didnt do much studying.
I wish they did a Seven Arts version of Merrily We Roll Along.
@@aroncasebier2343same
If lyrics can be put to this song it would go “We’re funny and looney, we’re goofy and toony, oh shit we just blanked we don’t know how to end this song. Just cut the song, CUT THE SONG!”
I would like if someone made a custom version of this intro but for Star Trek Lower Decks. I think that show is on par, or even worse, than the Seven Arts cartoons.
Warner bros. seven art's television
I feel like without Leon looney tunes really dropped I. Quality over the years. I mean we still had Mel Blanc and stalling but still it wasn’t the same
Well, even after Leon Schlesinger left, we still got some great Looney Tunes cartoons from the mid-1940s to the late 1950s. The 1960s was where things began to go wrong...
Hi
Look s like in 1969 and my dad its baby in 1969
a WARNERMEDIA Company
Actually it’s Warner Bros Discovery.
Nice Try!
@@TwilightLink77 Nice Try!
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Even as young 'un, I felt a little off about this intro.
Heather
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The looney tunes shorts from this era are alright. Not really my favorite. My favorites are 30s-early 60s.
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Em outubro de 2022
A seven arts iria fazer uma parceria da rede Globo (no brasil)
Rede Globo Seven arts
O que raios você está falando, hein? 🤨 Aqui não vejo coisa com coisa... De qual fonte se baseia essa informação? Da sua cabeça oca que nem um casco de tartaruga? 🙄
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a time for looney tunes that was SO BAD the only good part was the intro/outro.
Hello this is Caleb I'm 16 years old.
Hey this is caleb's twin brother Chris. I'm 16 years old aswell.
And I'm there little brother mateo I'm 12 years old.
Were the Rodriguez brothers.
@@Mollybellerby Oh yeah? I know... 🙄🙄🙄
yes we know now stop btw sorry for responding late
Life's just not fair, is it? First Alex Trebek dies and now Nancy Draney.
This was the logo that kicked off some of the worst looney tunes cartoons ever.
Well, some of the Seven Arts-era cartoons I really enjoyed ("Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!" is my favorite), but the Daffy vs. Speedy ones seemed to be the bottom of the barrel (ESPECIALLY "See Ya Later, Gladiator!")
@@ZakWolf I think the modern opening and closings seem to fit these cartoons, considering the limited animation, and the "modern" musical scores. The traditional concentric rings and zooming shield just would not have looked right on the WB cartoons of this period.
@@ZakWolf Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! is pretty good too, in my opinion. Basically it's Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner! And I love both too! But little did you know that Seven Arts animated Wile and the Roadrunner THEMSELVES for Plymouth commercials from 1968-1969?
@@WildDiamond07, yep, I did. The first one was directed by Alex Lovy, and had Wile E. looking similar to how he did at "Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies" at times. Robert McKimson did the others.
Also, this commentary I did...
drive.google.com/file/d/1vvl8GYrsDGNKZs9ojDv4VkfXydMcuG_r/view?usp=sharing
@@ZakWolf
Speedy was a huge jerk to Daffy in the W7 era !
More like Seven Farts.
Sounds like a more appropriate name for these dumb low-budget cartoons !
I Don’t Like It
Then why are you watching it😏
@@Slushi844 Since 1980, because these kids love it as much as their families did.
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