Every Time "Merrily We Roll Along" Was Used in Classic Looney Tunes (excluding intros/outros)

[@UnknownShow19]

Interesting how merry go round broke down is used in more contexts that fit with carnivals or merry go rounds while merrily we roll along is treated as more a brand associate song like “oh look its bugs bunny!”

[@GWKTM]

And long before Bugs Bunny even came along

[@nickyrodriguezj.r.5953]

so merrily we roll along was the original song that looney tunes gets its theme song leitmotifs from. bruh. that's crazy, man. i never even knew that. that's crazy, my bro.

[@GWKTM]

@@nickyrodriguezj.r.5953 There's also that "Merry Go Round Broke Down"

[@loneshewolf74]

I remember it being played in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, with both Roger and later Eddie making up their own lyrics: Eddie: I'm through with taking falls/and bouncing off the walls/Without that gun I'd have some fun/I'd kick you in the...*bottle falls on Eddie's head* Roger: Nose! Smarty: Nose? That don't rhyme with walls. Eddie: No , but this does! *kicks Smarty between his legs*

[@looneytunessongs-xr5fs]

0:00 Billboard Frolics (footage's rearranged to avoid copyright) 2:53 Toy Town Hall 3:18 Hollywood Steps Out 3:22 Porky Pig's Feat 4:14 What's Cookin' Doc? 4:18 Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips 4:36 Stage Door Cartoon 4:48 Odor-Able Kitty 4:55 The Goofy Gophers 5:02 Mississippi Hare 5:35 A Ham in a Role 5:39 What's Up, Doc? 5:50 This Is a Life? 6:01 The Major Lied Till Dawn (couldn't decide if it should count as an outro [and thusly be excluded] or not so I just stuck in the end.)

[@BuddyFellows-xd9yn]

Please do raymond scott powerhouse

[@robbiewalker2831]

I recall one of the Road Runner shorts has a different variant for the ending.

[@artism9780]

3:25 It’s really weird that Daffy calls Bugs Bunny his hero until the hunting trilogy.

[@baybvgo2.058]

Bugs not being able to get Daffy out of the hotel was probably what changed his mind.

[@bv654]

Probably bugs is just new to the cast

[@jamesatkins5676]

It was BEFORE Bugs’ popularity surpassed over Daffy’s popularity

[@skidooshlayman12]

never meet your heroes

[@abnowacky]

@@baybvgo2.058Yes, I spoke to him once and that is indeed why.

[@joelmoses565]

The Merrie Melodies theme song I love it. 😅😅😅😅

[@jasobres]

So it seems as if "Porky Pig's Feat" was the first short to actually acknowledge that Bugs was becoming the face of Leon Schlesinger Cartoons and that "Merrily We Roll Along" was essentially becoming the "Bugs Bunny Theme".

[@Mattcai2004]

1:32 could somebody tell me what are those tamales singing?

[@kirbysuperstar5494]

3:19: fun fact those two men are caricatures of Henry Binder and Leon Schlesinger

[@Goodwrencher29]

who's Henry Binder

[@kirbysuperstar5494]

@@Goodwrencher29 he was an assistant producer of the looney tunes shorts

[@vincentnocera2521]

Merrily We Roll Along. Eddie Cantor and his collaborators gave it its life and heart. But Carl W. Stalling, invariably gave it its soul!

[@jeremytung1632]

5:41 the irony here is Elmer walked by numerous parodies of other REALLY famous people at the time saying Bugs was the talented one, which was the joke at the time but now Bugs Bunny the probably the only one anybody remembers these days.

[@looneytunessongs-xr5fs]

Also, among the famous people is Eddie Cantor, who was one of the people who wrote "Merrily We Roll Along" (which was not only the theme song to Merrie Melodies but it also served as Bugs' theme song for a while, as a few clips in this video show), another subtle show of irony

[@johnreddick7650]

Eh, I think a lot of people remember Bing Crosby at least at Christmas time for "White Christmas." A few possibly remember Al Jolson as the star of the first sound movie, "The Jazz Singer."

[@jasobres]

@@looneytunessongs-xr5fsI'm not sure if he actually wrote the song. He may have just wanted to be credited as a songwriter so he can earn those sweet sweet royalties.

[@davidwesley2525]

0:31 Singer Eddie Cantor 😁😁😁

[@brickhead9111]

Favorite Arrangements: Mississippi Hare and This is a Life? Also, after listening to the usages, I think I like this track slightly more than “Merry Go Around Broke Down”.

[@Chris-on4jp]

1:51 That sounds like how it usually sounds!

[@robbiewalker2831]

My favorite arrangement ever used in the shorts outside of their own intros and outros.

[@jnadle1]

Possible rough draft from Bernard Brown.

[@chriswitt4846]

1:20 Interesting. A C Minor version of "Merrily We Roll Along". 2:01 RCA Victor, is that you!?

[@muffinhorizon8197]

there's no way that can't be nipper! also 1:43 they converted it into a waltz

[@CrazyChris622]

a song like that is the MOST recognzable in most of the Looney Tunes music

[@lamontyaboy718]

It really is the definition of a timeless sound.

[@arqivist2077]

The cue from "What's Cookin' Doc?" is the exact same recording as the one used on the Merrie Melodies ending titles, only sped up.

[@isabeld.paredes4923]

No wonder it sounded so fast, like Nightcore Merrie Melodies. Now, did recording tapes exist back then? If not, how did they speed it up other than playing it live faster and in a higher pitch/key?

[@arqivist2077]

@@isabeld.paredes4923 Maybe an acetate record played at a different speed?

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

​@@arqivist2077Probably, if they had to re-record it at a faster speed.

[@Rlotpir1972]

@@arqivist2077 33 1/3 rpm to 45 rpm? I doubt it because 45 rpm wasn't used until sometime in the early 1950's.

[@mattheweskender7781]

Elephant: That's all folks! 6:03

[@XavierRenegadeAngel-adultswim]

Every Time Merrily We Roll Along (1935-1991) Was Used in Logo Tunes and Logo Melodies from Toonsville TV (except intro/outro) 0:00 Billboard Frolics 2:53 Toy Town Hall 3:18 Hollywood Steps Out 3:22 Universal's Feat 4:18 20th Century Fox Nips the Nips 4:36 Stage Door Cartoon 4:48 Odor-Able Logo 4:55 The Logo Brothers 5:02 Mississippi Logo 5:35 A Ham in a Role/Stop Look and Hasten/That's Blooper Logo 5:39 What's Up Logo? 5:50 This is a Life? 6:01 The Major Lied Till Dawn/What's Cookin Logo?

[@DoctorInk20]

5:02 Stripping this of all context makes it funnier to me. 😂 (man approaches with trousers on fire) _Pardon me, do you have change?_

[@GWKTM]

1:55 An early prototype of Sylvester and Tweety???

[@GWKTM]

0:31 So this is if Merrily We Roll Along had lyrics

[@GWKTM]

3:26 Heyyy....Bugs debuted in a color cartoon and this one is greyscale.

[@Rlotpir1972]

"Porky Pig's Feat" (1943) was originally in black and white.

[@davidwesley2525]

​@@Rlotpir1972Porky Pig Debuted in Color in 1935.😅😅😅

[@hilaryjameslyall2133]

Ya know, this was also Merrily We Roll Along was heard when Daffy opened the vault and see nothing but cobwebs and a sign that says, "You lose, Duck!", from Cubish’s spirit.

[@supervector4757]

2:36 Creepy

[@GWKTM]

4:37 Early Yosemite Sam?

[@kirbysuperstar5494]

well yeah in a way, that short "Stage Door Cartoon" was released in 1944, Sam's first appearance would be in "Hare Trigger" in 1945

[@YakkoWarnerTower]

I sorta noticed how popular the tune was in some classical Looney Tunes shorts.

[@chriswitt4846]

1:51 That's just pure America.

[@FeliDJrah]

So this is the origin of the Looney Tunes theme song.

[@michaelharrisjr]

It's actually Merrie Melodies

[@victoriabrown6830]

​@@michaelharrisjrI think you're right, but it's been the theme of the Looney Tunes franchise since 1994.

[@moonlitm3285]

Love the theme

[@marella-yoplaitlimited7745]

4:36 Is this the prototype of the 1945 music

[@SilverScribe85]

Hold on...all this time the end credits tune for the Merrie Melodies was Merrily We Roll Along?

[@poopoostinky771]

It always was

[@SilverScribe85]

@@poopoostinky771I never knew that, though...never seen the musical before

[@stephenholloway6893]

​@poopoostinky771 Not always just since 1936. That was the 3rd Merrie Melodies theme.

[@poopoostinky771]

@@stephenholloway6893 Yes, I know that, I didn't want to give a long answer

[@jamesyboi01]

the beginning theme too

[@Eliotime3000]

2:02 = That roast to the RCA mascot... 😂😂😂

[@profmalicious]

So THAT'S what that tune is called

[@drewidrie2396]

♪ Truly classic stuff ♫

[@johnreddick7650]

"Billboard Frolics" seems to be the only one that used the melody of the verse, instead of merely using the chorus.

[@zacharyspinks6207]

I Love This.👍

[@garfeldi_gaming]

Thank you

[@MichaelBlaneWalker]

The Backyardigans sang that in a Carl Stalling tune!

[@Mattcai2004]

No they didn't

[@MichaelBlaneWalker]

@@Mattcai2004 Yea… When they convinced the ringmaster (Tyrone) that the clowns (Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin) could make him laugh.

[@Mattcai2004]

@@MichaelBlaneWalker i just rewatched the episode and the tune that played was not merrily we roll along. It was Mary had a little lamb.

[@frostedicepharoah7723]

Honorable yipe!

[@0range984]

2:02 rca Victor

[@Evilhaven22]

Can you do Wedding March

[@inaciosthirdstudio]

4:36

[@CollinTheAnimator3000]

And I was a legend was brn

[@chriswitt4846]

0:31

[@sethcarlow8363]

tha tha tha tha tha that's all Folks,Muggles, species,Earthlings,Martians,Aliens,Bye Bye Folks have a nice life,tha tha that's it!.go go home folks,can i go home, you out there in the Comment think i am going to keep this up all night till Morning your Screwy and we do mean you (Bay-woop!) iris out fade out to black.

[@annoyingtuguldur8689]

wow8

[@MaxToon_Official]

4:18 11

[@shutonakazato5835]

1:50