Compact Discoveries 116: Cartoon Classics
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:56:56
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Piece Description
Producer/guide Fred Flaxman presents classical music as used in Bugs Bunny cartoons of the 1940s and 50s. These are cuts from the 1991 Warner Bros. compact disc called "Bugs Bunny on Broadway," with material recorded in stereo in 1990 by the Warner Brothers Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Daugherty. The CD was taken from a production at the Gershwin Theatre in New York in which new prints of the classic cartoon films were accompanied by the live orchestral music. Complete script with playlist available here and at www.compactdiscoveries.com.
Broadcast History
This is the first release of this program. The Warner Bros. CD on which it is based dates from 1991.
Transcript
Program 116
"Cartoon Classics"
MUSIC: Tobias, Mencher and Cantor: Merrie Melodies Main Title Music, performed by the Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Daugherty [Warner Bros. 9 26494-2, track 1] [0:35] [goes under the following]
Recognize that melody? It is the main title music for Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies cartoons such as ?Bugs Bunny.? The tune is called Merrily We Roll Along. It was written by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor.
Welcome to Compact Discoveries. I?m your guide, Fred Flaxman, and our theme for the next hour is ?Cartoon Classics? -- classical music as used in Bugs Bunny cartoons.
When I was growing up, I remember learning to love classical music through the classical music theme music used by radio and early television programs. such as The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. But I also went to the movies, of...
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Timing and Cues
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Additional Files
- script/playlist as html file (116cartoonclassics.html)
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