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From: oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: BB and classical music
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Date: Thu, 22-Sep-83 00:42:33 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 22 00:42:33 1983
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Carl Stalling (the music director for the "looney tunes") was a classical
music fan, that is ONE of the reasons for most of the backround music being
classical.  The other reason is that a VERY popular cartoon series in the
1930's were the "Silly Symphonies" by Walt Disney.  A classical piece would
be done, with some cartoon.  Sort of a "mini-Fantasia."  This was the
origin of the name "Merry Melodies," for a while Warner Bros actually tried
to complete with SS by doing classical music (remember "Corn-eggy Hall
presents?") and then with popular tunes of the day (Franny the Freshman the
freshest kid in town).  The Merry Melodies never really caught on, so they
starting experimenting with characters, first a pig, then a duck and
finally a little grey wabbit.

Stalling also loved using certain songs for certain situations.  Notice
that "As time goes by" will almost ALWAYS accompany the "love scene." "A
cup of coffee and sandwich and you" accompanies any eating scene, etc.  The
music was VERY well done on these shows.  I NEED  copy of the cartoon where
Bugs is playing the piano with the inquisitive mouse (Rabbit Rhapsody, I
think).  Ah there were MANY classics.

                                     OZ
                              seismo!rlgvax!oz