Looney Tunes "Now Hear This" Opening and Closing

Released:April 27, 1963
Director:Chuck Jones
- It is notable for being the first short using a theme sequence without the trademark orange Color Rings.
- This intro sequence would later used on Bartholomew Versus the Wheel and Señorella and the Glass Huarache in 1964.
- This short was nominated for an Academy Award, and was the last Looney Tunes short to receive an Academy Award nomination.
All right reserved to Warner Bros.
(One of my favorite.)

[@ZakWolf]

Heh, I'm wondering if anyone who first saw this on TV saw the "Abstract WB" opening sequence start up and was like "Oh no, not another Speedy vs. Daffy cartoon!" Only to be in for a BIG surprise...

[@nickp2271]

Not me. I first saw this cartoon on Toon In with Me.

[@ZakWolf]

@@nickp2271 Yeah, it'd have to be someone watching a regular Looney Tunes block and is somewhat unfamiliar with the cartoons' history, and had already seen the "Abstract" logo sequences on those Speedy vs. Daffy cartoons and Rudy Larriva's Road Runner shorts (such as on Nickelodeon in the 1990s or Cartoon Network in the early 2000s.)

[@airknight2695]

I normally saw Wile E. & Roadrunner cartoons around the time.

[@awesomeraf7851]

I remember first seeing this intro on the 3rd disc of SUPERSTARS volume 1

[@nates.9744]

Surprised that Jones supervised the abstract logo, makes me appreciate it more

[@joshpritt2146]

I love the abstract logo

[@bub777]

To this day I don't ever remember seeing the beginning of this episode. I only remember just changing channels in time to see the middle to end of it.

[@twist58]

(1:30) I know this is one of Chuck Jones’ cartoon shorts that has no spoken dialogue throughout, but it seems he couldn’t leave out longtime voice acting great Mel Blanc.

[@kootunesscrewy]

That's just a reused sample from a Bugs Bunny cartoon, lol.

[@jasobres]

Actually, it's reused from the "Wackyland Rubber Band" from the Friz Freleng short _Dough for the Do-Do._

[@trevorphillipsgtav8500]

It was a Bugs Bunny cartoon called Knights Must Fall which was re-used and sampled in this cartoon.

[@awesomeraf7851]

​@@jasobresisn't that a remake of Porky in Wackyland?

[@CrashFan03]

1:22 also sounds like him

[@dantewing9723]

(Basses, Celli, Violas and Violins screeching warbly loudly) Voice: QUIET!!!

[@ZakWolf]

It sounds kind of like the THX sound system promo on drugs!

[@jasobres]

This was Chuck Jones' final short with WB before he was fired for doing _Gay Purr-ee_ for UPA while still under contract with Warners.

[@CrashFan03]

wouldn't that be war and pieces? or are we counting shorts _released_ before he was fired

[@cbsteffen]

The closing Abstract WB logo which was also used for Bartholomew vs. the Wheel and Señorella and the Glass Huarache with the bell sound effects (mainly Big Ben) and a tricycle horn for the bouncing “O”s in CARTOON only suited this cartoon.

[@WillScarlet16]

Always makes me expect to hear - "NUMBER 9? NUMBER 9? NUMBER 9? NUMBER 9?"

[@stephenholloway6893]

To be fair the black and white Looney Tunes shorts prior to The Hep Cat didn't have rings either. Therefore this was the 1st color Looney Tunes short to not have the rings.

[@louayhamdouni5793]

The 1st abstract intro prototype in the us and in the uk.

[@stewartlynch1284]

This may be a Looney Tunes cartoon, but it has all the charisma of a National Film Board of Canada short.

[@dantewing9723]

1:23 QUIET!!!!

[@a.conner6565]

Me: no

[@fictionalmediabully9830]

One of my favourite Chuck Jones cartoons. 💛

[@UrLocalCaine]

2:52 Windows 8 sound!

[@locojuliomora426]

IS THAT A FNAF 6 AM BELL SOUND???!!!😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@UrLocalCaine]

@@locojuliomora426 No.

[@jennifermcbryde8887]

A man said "OW!" after 5 lines hitted him

[@okamijubei]

Sounds like Yosemite Sam

[@SlenderSR]

It's make in a 1962 but released in 1963

[@CrashFan03]

most looney tunes shorts are never released the year they're produced. warner bros liked to have a backlog

[@ZakWolf]

@@CrashFan03, said backlog also allowed for a short two-month gap between Warner Bros. Animation's final short ("Senorella and the Glass Huarache") and DePatie-Freleng's first Looney Tunes short ("Pancho's Hideaway").

[@joshpritt2146]

Get mad at me all you want but i love the abstract logo

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

What a shock this opening must have been to viewers accustomed to the padded concentric circles and the traditional WB logo zooming forward in the middle.

[@kewrock]

The director's DVD commentary track on Kong Skull Island brought me here.

[@EmanoelFilho-3003]

NOW TEAR This

[@youhan1145]

0:01

[@youhan1145]

2:52

[@cartoon-nw1vh]

2:52

[@supermariojoshua9837]

Just imagine if this was made by depatie freleng.

[@user-wg6vp7nx2y]

2:45 lol

[@ramiroezequielnoriega2599]

Dialogue free Sound Effect episode

[@leahrowden3939]

0:25 Where does that laughter come from?

[@GregoryAmicar57]

1963

[@linkopinko9766]

1:23 Quiet!

[@alejandrodominguez9357]

2:52 Big Ben Sound

[@eden6663]

wth does this have to do with bendy and the ink machine TheMeatly

[@linkopinko9766]

Don’t turn off the comments.

[@craigfoye6674]

2:52 2:53

[@ConorMansbridge]

Windows 8

[@supermariojoshua9837]

Do they have this on HBO MAX.

[@stephenholloway6893]

I think they did but they removed all of the post 1950 shorts.

[@umarmahmood2266]

(moral & the end)

[@EmanoelFilho-3003]

Oops sorry guys

[@user-ly9eb6zw3c]

How come all your videos are marked for kids now

[@LOLMAN9538]

MPAA No. 20228

[@GHGary]

Sound like Windos 8

[@GHGary]

Sound like Windos 2:54

[@GHGary]

Sound Like Windos 8 2:53

[@TDC_MEDIA_FILMS]

One of the most boring things I have ever seen

[@doraemonismyman]

Maybe because it's literally just the intro and outro