History WesternAnimation / ILoveToSinga

''I Love to Singa'' is a [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short directed by Creator/TexAvery (or, as he is still credited here, "Fred Avery," with his animators, [[Creator/ChuckJones "Charles Jones"]] and Virgil Ross) that premiered on [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation July 18, 1936.]] The cartoon, very popular at the time, was designed to feature the eponymous tune by [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg]], has a plot mirroring that of Al Jolson's most famous film, ''Film/TheJazzSinger''; un-coincidentally, Jolson (with Music/CabCalloway) had introduced the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQdCcD_pG8 song]] in a 1936 Creator/WarnerBros feature, ''The Singing Kid''.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: The owls speak with heavy Teutonic (Yiddish?) accents; the plot is based on that of ''Film/TheJazzSinger'', which deals with the conflict between an Orthodox Jewish cantor and his son.

* TelegraphGagSTOP: As Owl Johnson is ready to perform, the receptionist at the station is reading a telegram.

* SimpletonVoice: The stuttering bird.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The owlets perform the beginnings of various classical works: the tenor part from the Sextette of Donizetti's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYIRlQ8QbmI Lucia di Lammermoor]]''; [[Music/RobertSchumann Schumann's]] ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq7ncjhSqtk Träumerei]]'': FelixMendelssohn's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2XFrgJGPrM Frühlingslied]]''; and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoKrw-0dze Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes]]'' (words by Ben Jonson, melody anonymous).

* DisproportionateRetribution: Fritz Owl angrily kicks Owl Jolson out of his home because he loves to sing jazz. He immediately regrets his actions though, and ultimately reconciles with Owl and his love of jazz by the end.

* FunnyAnimal

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal
** BarefootCartoonAnimal
** TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Jack Bunny.

* LargeHam: The father.

* NonMammalMammaries: Mama Owl
* TheOwlKnowingOne: Fritz. If not supremely wise, at least extremely cultured.

* {{Slapstick}}: The sequence in which Jack Bunny is disposing of the talent show losers.

* {{Toon}}

* WhiteGloves: Jack Bunny.

** Additionally, ''I Love to Singa'' has no one in blackface; the lack (or at least, reduction) of ValuesDissonance allows the cartoon to have retained more cultural popularity than the film upon which it is based.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Jack Bunny and Owl Jolson are take-offs on [[TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny]] and Al Jolson, popular radio personalities of the day.

[[caption-width-right:300:Admit it, it's stuck in your head right now.]]

** BarefootCartoonAnimals
** TheOneWhoWearsShoes: Jack Bunny

* BillyElliotPlot: Owl Jolson wants to sing, but his father doesn't approve. More specifically, he wants to sing ''popular'' music, while his parents want him to be a classical musician.

* WholePlotReference: The plot is based on that of Al Jolson's most famous film, ''Film/TheJazzSinger'', in which the father of the title character rejects his son for wishing to sing jazz music; in that film, however, the father and son are reconciled only at the father's death-bed, and the son sings the Mourner's Kaddish at his father's funeral. Also this version has no one in blackface; the lack (or at least, reduction) of ValuesDissonance allows the cartoon to have retained more cultural popularity than the film upon which it is based.

!!Tropes:

* BillyElliotPlot: Owl Jolson wants to sing, but his father doesn't approve.
** More specifically, he wants to sing ''popular'' music, while his parents want him to be a classical musician.

* WholePlotReference: The plot is based on that of Al Jolson's most famous film, ''Film/TheJazzSinger'', in which the father of the title character rejects his son for wishing to sing jazz music; in that film, however, the father and son are reconciled only at the father's death-bed, and the son sings the Mourner's Kaddish at his father's funeral.
** Also this version has no one in blackface; the lack (or at least, reduction) of ValuesDissonance allows the cartoon to have retained more cultural popularity than the film upon which it is based.

* BeYourself: The overall moral of the short, as it was the protagonist being his jazzy self that won the family the trophy.

''I Love to Singa'' is a [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short directed by Creator/TexAvery (or, as he is still credited here, "Fred Avery," with his animators, [[Creator/ChuckJones "Charles Jones"]] and Virgil Ross) that premiered on [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation July 18, 1936.]] The cartoon, very popular at the time, was designed to feature the eponymous tune by [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg]], has a plot mirroring that of Al Jolson's most famous film, ''Film/TheJazzSinger''; un-coincidentally, Jolson (with Music/CabCalloway) had introduced the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQdCcD_pG8 song]] in a 1936 Creator/WarnerBros feature, ''The Singing Kid''.

-->''Got through Yale with boula-boula,''

It would almost certainly have been forgotten had [[MemeticMutation an audio sample of it]] not been used by ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark.''

* HeyItsThatVoice: The young Owl is voiced by Tommy Bond, AKA "Butch" of ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' series.

It would almost certainly have been forgotten had an audio sample of it not been used by ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark.''

While a pretty cute cartoon, it would almost certainly have been forgotten had an audio sample of it not been used by ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark.''

->"Stop, STOP! Enough is too much! Out of my house, you hotcha! You crooner! You falsetto! You jazz singer! You... you... you...(Closes door; then opens it again) Phooey!"

I Love To Singa was an extremely popular [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] short directed by Creator/TexAvery (or, as he is still credited here, "Fred Avery," with his animators, [[Creator/ChuckJones "Charles Jones"]] and Virgil Ross) that premiered on [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation July 18, 1936.]] The cartoon, designed to feature the eponymous tune by [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg]], has a plot mirroring that of Al Jolson's most famous film, ''Film/TheJazzSinger''; uncoincidentally, Jolson (with CabCalloway) had introduced the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQdCcD_pG8 song]] in a 1936 Creator/WarnerBros feature, ''The Singing Kid''.

!!Tropes Used In This Short Include:

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The owlets perform the beginnings of various classical works: the tenor part from the Sextette of Donizetti's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYIRlQ8QbmI Lucia di Lammermoor]]''; [[RobertSchumann Schumann's]] ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq7ncjhSqtk Träumerei]]'': FelixMendelssohn's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2XFrgJGPrM Frühlingslied]]''; and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoKrw-0dze Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes]]'' (words by Ben Jonson, melody anonymous).
* [[TheTelevisionTalksBack The Radio Talks Back]]: Perhaps one of the earliest examples:
-->'''Mama Owl:''' ''I vonder if they found my leetle boy!''
-->'''Police Radio:''' ''No, we didn't, lady!''

* [[ThroughAFaceFullOfFur Through A Face Full Of Feathers]]: When Fritz Owl throws his son out, his feathery face turns bright crimson from rage.

This short was also a runner-up on The50GreatestCartoons list. It has also made it onto ''Literature/The100GreatestLooneyTunes'' list.

This short was also a runner-up on The50GreatestCartoons list. It has also made it onto ''The100GreatestLooneyTunes'' list.

* TheOwlKnowingOne: If not supremely wise, at least extremely cultured.