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Originally, [[Artifact Title|as the names indicate]], these cartoons were meant to rip off the sweet, sentimental musical shorts then in vogue: for instance, Disney's ''[[Silly Symphonies]]''. That basing cartoons around popular public-domain songs -- or, even better, ones the studio already owned -- was a fast and relatively cheap way of producing them didn't hurt any, either. |
Originally, [[Artifact Title|as the names indicate]], these cartoons were meant to rip off the sweet, sentimental musical shorts then in vogue: for instance, Disney's ''[[Silly Symphonies]]''. That basing cartoons around popular public-domain songs -- or, even better, ones the studio already owned -- was a fast and relatively cheap way of producing them didn't hurt any, either. |
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The first set, ''Looney Tunes'', was introduced with 1930's ''"[[Sinkin in The Bathtub]]"'' featuring [[Uncle Tomfoolery|minstrel-like]] mascot [[Bosko the Talk Ink Kid]], and for its first decade relied more heavily on recurring characters and thus lower budgets. ''Merrie Melodies'', introduced in 1931's ''"[[Lady Play Your Mandolin]]"'' featuring the ([[Captain Ersatz|suspiciously Mickey Mouse-esque]]) character "Foxy", were initially intended as the [[Animated Music Video|music videos of their day]], basically animated commercials for the Warners-owned sheet-music library. |
The first set, ''Looney Tunes'', was introduced with 1930's ''"[[Sinkin in The Bathtub]]"'' featuring [[Uncle Tomfoolery|minstrel-like]] mascot [[Bosko the Talk Ink Kid]], and for its first decade relied more heavily on recurring characters and thus lower budgets. ''Merrie Melodies'', introduced in 1931's ''"[[Lady, Play Your Mandolin]]"'' featuring the ([[Captain Ersatz|suspiciously Mickey Mouse-esque]]) character "Foxy", were initially intended as the [[Animated Music Video|music videos of their day]], basically animated commercials for the Warners-owned sheet-music library. |
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When ''Looney Tunes'' switched to color in 1942, and the ''Merrie Melodies'' line ditched the music around the same time in favor of its own rising star -- one [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] -- differences between the two were limited to their distinctive theme songs, until 1964 (when both series wound up using the same theme music as a result of using a modernized, and slightly bizarre, opening/closing sequence). |
When ''Looney Tunes'' switched to color in 1942, and the ''Merrie Melodies'' line ditched the music around the same time in favor of its own rising star -- one [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] -- differences between the two were limited to their distinctive theme songs, until 1964 (when both series wound up using the same theme music as a result of using a modernized, and slightly bizarre, opening/closing sequence). |
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