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dandu
03-21-2007, 12:13 PM
For those who appreciate Carl Stalling's classical cartoon music and like a few laughs, watch this Saturday Night Live sketch from 1991...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkqHlAypzkQ
Please comment!
dnestorjr
03-21-2007, 01:19 PM
LOL...... Good Stuff!!!
UncleJunior
03-21-2007, 01:50 PM
I wish they put this in the 60-minute edit of SNL, back when they showed reruns. This was great stuff. I was impressed with the historical accuracies in the skit, unlike today's skits which has many historical inaccuracies.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was written by Robert Smigel who wrote many classic cartoon-related episodes of TV Funhouse.
cpdavison
03-21-2007, 02:02 PM
I want that bust of Elmer Fudd!
frizfrelengfan
03-21-2007, 02:32 PM
Proof that Carl Stalling was a genius...and the SNL writers knew it!
JPox
03-21-2007, 02:55 PM
I am one of those people who was introduced to classical music through the Looney Tunes. And I never knew it until I had gotten older. Now whenever I hear an orchestra performing, I instantly form pictures with the melodies.
babybuggybunny
03-21-2007, 04:50 PM
gweat stuff gweat stuff:D
Inkedwell
03-21-2007, 06:20 PM
Woah. Awesome clip- but I think the most surprising part of it is that Jeremy Irons is Scar's voice for the Lion King! :mickey:
Mike
03-21-2007, 10:19 PM
That was very funny, and had an actual clip with it! Actually, I have a CD, "Mad About Cartoons," that is a collection of classical music that's been featured in cartoons over the years. For each song, the CD lists a popular cartoon the tune was used in. It's a very enjoyable CD, and I'd recommend picking it up if it's still around.


Mike
Studio Toledo
03-22-2007, 02:11 AM
That was very funny, and had an actual clip with it! Actually, I have a CD, "Mad About Cartoons," that is a collection of classical music that's been featured in cartoons over the years. For each song, the CD lists a popular cartoon the tune was used in. It's a very enjoyable CD, and I'd recommend picking it up if it's still around.


Mike
Hm, so there was a REAL CD after all. For a moment there I wasn't sure if one did exist or else it was some fan-made compilation I once found MP3's of years ago on KaZaA!
millsie
03-22-2007, 03:06 AM
I am one of those people who was introduced to classical music through the Looney Tunes. And I never knew it until I had gotten older. Now whenever I hear an orchestra performing, I instantly form pictures with the melodies.

It sort of reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Jerry and Elaine go to the opera. Elaine wonders aloud where George and Kramer are, saying that if they don't get there soon that the'll miss the overture. At that point Jerry starts singing the Bugs Bunny Show theme song, to which Elaine replies, "Everything you know about high culture comes from watching Bugs Bunny cartoons."
Marty26
03-22-2007, 07:24 AM
Darn, Youtube took it off. :(
UncleJunior
03-22-2007, 09:28 AM
God, with each passing day, Youtube is starting to really annoy me with their deleting of clips.:mad:

Myspace Videos are the best nowadays.
Harukuro
03-22-2007, 11:56 AM
Darn, Youtube took it off. :(

Aww man!! I was looking foward to seeing it later.:(
The G Man
03-22-2007, 01:17 PM
Darn, Youtube took it off. :(That's because only NBC/Universal can post SNL clips.
Studio Toledo
03-22-2007, 01:30 PM
That's because only NBC/Universal can post SNL clips.
Speaking of which, one YouTuber I know has posted some old NBC promos from '81 that definately need to be checked out like this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h1-qPx53NM) (with it's rather interesting use of a word that could be looked at the wrong way these days). I only wish TV was like that again.
frogboxer
03-24-2007, 03:18 AM
That was very funny, and had an actual clip with it! Actually, I have a CD, "Mad About Cartoons," that is a collection of classical music that's been featured in cartoons over the years. For each song, the CD lists a popular cartoon the tune was used in. It's a very enjoyable CD, and I'd recommend picking it up if it's still around.

Yeah, I've got that CD too. I remember when I first listened to it and noting the differences between the original music itself and the arrangements Carl Stalling (and others) made to make them fit with the cartoons. It's truly amazing how talented they were to fit the music with the timing and humor of the cartoons while still remaining true to the original music itself.

BTW, I think the CD might be kind of hard to find nowadays. I got my copy back in 1994 and haven't seen it around in years. But then, I could be wrong.