I Love to Singa!

Does anyone know who sings this tune in the first episode?

Yeah, once - years ago, I think I was seven or eight (I'm 18 now) and it was basically a parody of The Jazz Singer. As most of you must know, The Jazz Singer was the first "talkie" and starred Al Jolson as a - well, jazz singer who broke away from his classical purist family. In the cartoon, Al becomes Owl Jolson while the plot remains the same - he gets disowned for singing jazz, though by the end he has turned his classical purist dad's opinion around.

BTW, Neil Diamond starred in a terrible remake of this film about 20 years ago. Anyway, Cartman's number is lifted from the cartoon.

Kain

Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard: dead! Kain:

It's directed by Tex Avery, one of the geniuses of cartoon directing. The short is regularly featured on the Cartoon Network's "Tex Avery Show" which I believe runs every Sunday night at 9:30 (it gets moved around a lot and usually shares an hour time slot with "Toon Heads".) I think the Tex Avery Show should be recommended viewing for all Cartoon Network fans.

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Yepper! Its about an owl rite? I've seen it...its cute.

while

Yes... as best I can remember, it was shown on a show like Tom & Jerry or something like that. There was a little owl named "Owl Jolson" (reference to Al Jolsson, I would guess) and he wanted to sing for some radio people. He started to sing "I Like to Singa", but his mother (father?) put the smack down, and made him sing some stupid ballad. But, as soon as the elder owl was out of sight, the little one woudl go right back to singing "I Like to Singa" and cavorting about the treehouse that this cartoon took place in.

I just saw it last week. Where is a tape when you need it? If and when I get it on tape, Ill capture the sound on a computer, and see if anyone wants it.

Andrew Balber

It's an old Harold Arlen (Over the Rainbow, Stormy Weather) song. I have a version by Cab Callaway and I' it's the same one used in South Park. It's from the early 1930s.

Also, could be by Al Jolson. He recorded it in 1935.

John

John ([email]) wrote: J>song is by tex avery. Found a few hits in altavista. For those with J>the trivia gene or trying to find other wav files or such.

The song is NOT by Tex Avery, it is from "Meet Me In St. Louis" which pre-dates the Tex Avery cartoon.