Three Little Bops

[Dave James]

Check this out. Music by Shorty Rogers. Vocals by Stan Freberg. According to Wikipedia, contributing musicians include Art Pepper, Pete Jolly, Adam Rosen and Shelly Manne.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTSOjbp0Hs0

Up over and out.

[Free For All]

We should start a Tex Avery thread.

[Big Beat Steve]

Just great!!

[sidewinder]

I'm sure I've seen this in the past on the TV and I think I've seen it at a Mark Cantor jazz film session. Great stuff ! Sure beats tweetie pie.

[JSngry]

Yeah, about 15 years ago, when Nickelodeon show WB cartoons late in the afternoon, this one came on, like, every 6 weeks or so (or so it seemed). Both my kids recognized the music as jazz and always called me into the room when it came on.

[Big Al]

We should start a Tex Avery thread.

Agreed!!!

But "Three Little Bops" is a Friz Freleng toon.

I never knew about the guest artists in the band for this session. That's very cool!

[Dan Gould]

That was the absolute best cartoon I've ever seen. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish.

[Big Al]

I'm sure I've seen this in the past on the TV and I think I've seen it at a Mark Cantor jazz film session. Great stuff ! Sure beats tweetie pie.

Well, it was certainly better than the Tweety cartoons that were coming out at that time. By then, Sylvester was talking more, which really slowed things down. Those first few years of Tweety cartoons (1947-1952), when Sylvester barely spoke a word, are some of the funniest cartoons this side of a Tex Avery toon!

[ejp626]

The Three Little Bops is on WB Looney Tunes Golden Cartoon collection Vol 2, though you probably wouldn't buy the whole set just for one cartoon (there may be a commentary track but I couldn't swear to it). If you love WB cartoons, then you probably already have these sets. The only question is set 6 coming out anytime soon?

Edited July 2, 2008 by ejp626

[tkeith]

Check this out. Music by Shorty Rogers. Vocals by Stan Freberg. According to Wikipedia, contributing musicians include Art Pepper, Pete Jolly, Adam Rosen and Shelly Manne.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTSOjbp0Hs0

Up over and out.

Hmmm... I wonder who verified these 'facts' for Wikipedia -- I hear no trace of Art Pepper. Always loved this cartoon, though.

[Free For All]

Hmmm... I wonder who verified these 'facts' for Wikipedia

[Jim Alfredson]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like more of a 1960s production, not 50s.

[BruceH]

One of my favorite Warner Bros. cartoons, and doubly interesting because it not only uses real jazz musicians, but, as Dave pointed out, all the vocals are done by Stan Freberg, not Mel Blanc, which makes it exceedingly rare in the history of Looney Tunes. A few years back, when the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 2 came out and I finally got a copy of this on DVD, I used to drive my family nuts playing "The Three Little Bops" over and over.

Also, a friend of mine demonstrated an impressive memory when, at the time, I mentioned this cartoon to him. He still didn't have the DVD set, but immediately said, "You got to get hot to play real cool!" This shows just how hip the WB animators and writers were back then.

[Big Al]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like more of a 1960s production, not 50s.

Copyrighted 1956. This was right at the beginning of the kind of production I assume you're thinking of (minimalist backgrounds, etc.).

[BruceH]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like more of a 1960s production, not 50s.

Copyrighted 1956. This was right at the beginning of the kind of production I assume you're thinking of (minimalist backgrounds, etc.).

Yeah, when I was a kid watching Looney Tunes on TV, the later minimalist backgrounds didn't bother me at all, but now I really notice them. (I also notice when it's not Carl Stalling doing the music.)

Edited July 2, 2008 by BruceH