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Another Good Classic Cartoon; my son reminded me about it
Topic Started: Dec 17 2007, 10:13 PM (399 Views)
copperhead
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members, i was going over a list of my favorite cartoons. my son looks at it and says" dad, what about the jazz owl?" yes! i want to singa!---what was the name of this one?--ralph g
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Gotta be "I Love To Singa." One of the most "what's the name of that cartoon?" cartoons of all time.

It's in Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 2, as well as a bonus in the "Jazz Singer" set, appropriately enough.
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paul. thanks, ralph g ;)
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This is one of the most popular cartoons in FNF history, and one that we received immediate requests to rerun after viewing it earlier this year.

Oddly enough, the cartoon is also included as a bonus on the DVD of the recent animated film Happy Feet (the one with the dancing penguin).
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gravy, the little jazz owl was always a hit--ralph g
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Yes, I have the Happy Feet DVD and the granddaughter requests the WB cartoon over the main feature.
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Grampy
Dec 19 2007, 01:41 PM
Yes, I have the Happy Feet DVD and the granddaughter requests the WB cartoon over the main feature.

Any normal child would.
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I've gotta admit that I could never quite "get" this cartoon. The kid is supposed to be a jazz owl, right?? Then he proceeds to sing a song so incredibly corny it makes Guy Lombardo sound like Count Basie. I dunno????? :huh:
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mort bakaprevski
Dec 21 2007, 05:00 PM
I've gotta admit that I could never quite "get" this cartoon. The kid is supposed to be a jazz owl, right?? Then he proceeds to sing a song so incredibly corny it makes Guy Lombardo sound like Count Basie. I dunno????? :huh:

Well, viewed from a present-day perspective, you could say the same thing about "The Jazz Singer," of which the cartoon is a parody. You'd never mistake Al Jolson doing "Toot Toot Toosie" for Chet Baker. In 1936, the song "I Love to Singa" was popularized in another Jolson feature, "The Singing Kid." While it may be hard today to think of Jolson's singing style as "jazz," it was considered that back then, particularly in 1927. Granted, by 1936, his style was already getting to be old hat, but both he and "The Jazz Singer" would still have been sufficiently familiar to audiences for the parody to work.
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Ahhhh, good point. Don't know why, since I've seen THE JAZZ SINGER, but I never made the connection with this cartoon. On the other hand, I always felt that calling Jolson a "jazz singer" was more ridiculous than crowning Paul Whiteman "the king of jazz." At least Whiteman used bona fide jazz musicians!!
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This also is one of my very favorite cartoons. I Love to Singa is a swinging classic toon by every standard, and If you havent heard the duet version by Al Jolson & Cab Calloway, then you're really missing out!
The Betty Boop cartoon "I Heard" with music by Don Redman is outstanding also!
and this one been mentioned on other boards; "Swing You Sinners" which is a Talkartoon (1930) and will make your jaw drop!
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Love 'em! And "The Old Man of the Mountain" and "I'll be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You" are pro'lly my two favorite Betty Boop musical shorts.
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