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18-458: While moving into a new tree, the Gophers find that the bulk of it has been cut down and taken away. They locate what they assume to be their tree amidst a batch of logs in the river, awaiting transport to a lumber mill. The two begin rowing their home back to the forest but, not only are they going the wrong way, but also the current overtakes them, sending them over a waterfall. With tremendous effort,

36-479: A delicious dinner, so they invite him in, ransack his goods, and throw him into a cauldron while a mammy chef prepares him as soup. They proceed to familiarize themselves with vacuum cleaners, batteries, light bulbs, etc. The village queen (depicted as an old, chicken-like white woman, probably as a parody of Edna May Oliver and possibly to avoid any problems with the Hays code over the issue of miscegenation ) hears of

54-477: A makeshift merry-go-round, to the tune of " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down ", which promptly deflates and slows to a halt, and at least one of the denizens wears a top hat in resemblance of minstrel show stereotypes. A traveling dog-faced salesman named Elmer (a parody of Al Pearce 's character Elmer Blurt) comes by to offer them the latest in "assorted useful, useless, utensils". The natives, after initially trying their hardest to avoid him, decide he would make

72-457: A new, more dissonant , variation of the theme was arranged by William Lava for use with the updated opening sequences for new one-off shorts of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, starting with Now Hear This before becoming the permanent theme for all cartoons after Warner Bros. Cartoons shut down and Depatie-Freleng Enterprises took over production. In 1967, a remix of the Lava version

90-411: A truck. They decide to siphon the gas out of the truck. The Goofy Gopher who sucks it through a rubber hose turns green in the process; the vehicle drives from the factory, hose still attached, leaving a trail of fuel which the two follow. Eventually, they see walking toward them two mill workers who were manning the truck. The gophers hide in the woods while the men walk by, carrying a jerry can. One of

108-441: A year before this decision, it has remained publicly available through numerous unofficial distributors via secondhand prints. In a jungle, a primitive tribe of people with black noses and dark skin with light muzzles are going about their day, with the jungle elements being intertwined with modern-day gags; for example, the people dancing around a tent (in a style more reminiscent of Native American fire dances) when it turns into

126-513: Is a song written in 1937 by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin and published by Harms Inc., New York. It is best known as the theme tune for the Looney Tunes cartoon series and Merrie Melodies reissued cartoon series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons , used from 1937 to 1969. Popular recordings of the song included versions by Shep Fields , Russ Morgan and Eddy Duchin . The original version contains an introductory verse that leads up to

144-459: The Looney Tunes cartoon short Rover's Rival released October 9, 1937, an adapted instrumental version of the song's main tune became the staple opening and closing credits theme for the Looney Tunes series, most memorably featuring Porky Pig stuttering "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" over the tune at each cartoon's end. A different vocal version, sung by Mel Blanc (voice of Daffy Duck ),

162-573: The racial stereotypes of black people throughout the short, it prompted United Artists to withhold it from syndication within the United States in 1968. As such, the short was placed into the Censored Eleven , a group of eleven Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes shorts withheld from official television distribution in the United States since 1968 due to heavy stereotyping of black people; because its copyright had already lapsed without renewal

180-450: The arrival of the salesman, and desperate for a husband, she brings him in. As Elmer delivers his sales pitch, the queen sees him as Clark Gable and Robert Taylor and is smitten, demanding her to be married right away. The two are rushed into a marriage, and when asked to kiss the bride, Elmer panics and jumps back into the cauldron; in a closing shot , he curses his captors with the hope that "they all get indigestion" as he submerges into

198-574: The former WB network, the scene of one of the Goofy Gophers siphoning gasoline out of the furniture delivery truck and getting poisoned after swallowing some by mistake was cut ( so as not to inspire any copycat incidents ) . Lumber Jerks is the last Warner Bros. entry to use the 1946-1955 version of " The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down ." This Looney Tunes –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"

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216-532: The gophers manage to row back up the falls, but the exertion exhausts them and they fall asleep. While sleeping, they are conveyed to the mill and taken inside. They are awakened by a saw slicing into their log; they become aware of the bizarre machinery and machinations designed to turn trees into artificial fireplace logs, toothpicks, and furniture. Indeed, the gophers assume their home will be transformed into furniture and, after failing to prevent this, they venture outside and witness various pieces being loaded into

234-531: The main part of the song, as a young man tells of his date with a young woman, in which they go to an amusement park and find time to "spark" while riding the malfunctioning carousel . The name was a play on " breakdown " and the tune is similar to the traditional "Chinese Breakdown" as well as the children's rhyme " Miss Susie had a steamboat ". The tune first appeared in the Merrie Melodies cartoon short Sweet Sioux , released June 26, 1937. Starting with

252-403: The men says " Are you sure you filled up before we left? " The other says " Yeah, I'm sure we filled up before we left ". With the truck unguarded, Mac and Tosh unload their furniture and stack it on top of the stump where their tree used to be. They sit in front of a TV discussing how much nicer their home is now, and comment that it will be even better once they install electricity. On ABC and

270-410: The pot to his death. The Film Daily said on January 31, 1938, "Producer Leon Schlesinger goes to darkest Africa in this one with a highly amusing set of characters... There are some very funny sequences and gags, with the characterizations very amusing." National Exhibitor agreed on February 1: "It sounds forced to say that this is better than the best so far, but that is what one must say about

288-419: The same cartoon weasels (after they capture Roger and Jessica Rabbit ) to laugh themselves to death. The lyrics in both sequences were written specifically for the film. Roger's version was released on the soundtrack to the film. Jungle Jitters Jungle Jitters is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng . The short was released on February 19, 1938. Because of

306-626: Was heard in Daffy Duck and Egghead , a 1938 entry in the Merrie Melodies series at about five minutes into the cartoon. Daffy also sang a specially-modified version of the song in the 1950 Looney Tunes short Boobs in the Woods . The tune also made appearances in the Merrie Melodies shorts Jungle Jitters (1938) and Aviation Vacation (1941). The Three Stooges recorded a version in 1959 for their musical album The Nonsense Songbook . In 1962

324-624: Was used in the opening sequences of new Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts. The song is used in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), an animation/live-action blend based upon the cartoons of the 1940s. "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" is performed twice in the film: first by cartoon character Roger Rabbit (voiced by Charles Fleischer ), as he's being assisted by his human partner Eddie Valiant ( Bob Hoskins ) in hiding out from Judge Doom's weasel henchmen and later by Valiant himself in Marvin Acme's gag factory, as he's trying to force

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