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'''''I Love To Singa''''' was an extremely popular [[Merrie Melodies]] short directed by [[Tex Avery]] (or, as he is still credited here, "Fred Avery," with his animators, [[Chuck Jones|"Charles Jones"]] and Virgil Ross) that premiered on [[The Golden Age of Animation|July 18, 1936.]] The cartoon, designed to feature the eponymous tune by [[The Wizard of Oz (film)|Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg]], has a plot mirroring that of [[Al Jolson]]'s most famous film, ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''; uncoincidentally, Jolson (with [[Cab Calloway]]) had introduced the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQdCcD_pG8 song] in a 1936 [[Warner Bros]]. feature, ''The Singing Kid''.
This short was also a runner-up on [[The 50 Greatest Cartoons]] list. It has also made it onto ''[[The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes]]'' list.
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* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: The owls speak with heavy Teutonic (Yiddish?) accents; the plot is based on that of ''The Jazz Singer'', which deals with the conflict between an Orthodox Jewish cantor and his son.
* [[Animated Music Video]]: Many of the [[Warner Bros]]. shorts made at this time were designed to push the sales of songs that appeared in their feature films; this was no exception.
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** [[The One Who Wears Shoes]]: Jack Bunny
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The young Owl is voiced by Tommy Bond, AKA "Butch" of "[[The Little Rascals]]" series.
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{{quote|''I was born a singin' fool-a,''
''Lah-de-dah!''
''Ol' Major Bowes<ref>"Major Bowes" was the master of ceremonies of a popular radio amateur competition.</ref> is gonna spot me,''
''Got through Yale with boula-boula,''
''Lah-de-dah!''
''Old microphone's got me!''
* [[Iris Out]]: Subverted in a bit of [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|fourth-wall tomfoolery]].
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Jack Bunny and Owl Jolson are take-offs on [[The Jack Benny Program|Jack Benny]] and Al Jolson, popular radio personalities of the day.
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* [[Pie-Eyed]]: All the characters, in a rare color example.
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: The owlets perform the beginnings of various classical works: the tenor part from the Sextette of Donizetti's ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYIRlQ8QbmI Lucia di Lammermoor]''; [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]]'s ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq7ncjhSqtk Träumerei]'': [[Felix Mendelssohn]]'s ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2XFrgJGPrM Frühlingslied]''; and ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoKrw-0dze Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes]'' (words by Ben Jonson, melody anonymous).
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* [[The Television Talks Back|The Radio Talks Back]]: Perhaps one of the earliest examples:
{{quote|'''Mama Owl:''' ''I vonder if they found my leetle boy!''
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