Title Sequences

View images of the different opening and closing sequences used in early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

Looney Tunes:

• 1930-1932: Bosko Titles #1
• 1932-1933: Bosko Titles #2
• 1933-1934: Buddy Titles #1
• 1934-1935: Buddy Titles #2
• 1935-1936: The Beans Gang Titles
• 1936-1937: Fat Porky Titles
• 1937-1938: Porky Facing Left Titles
• 1938-1939: Porky Facing Right Titles
• 1939-1940: Porky Holding a Hat Titles
• 1940-1941: Porky in a Drum Titles
• 1941-1942: Porky on a Fence Titles
• 1942-1943: Porky & Daffy Titles

Merrie Melodies:

• 1931: Foxy Titles
• 1931: Piggy Titles
• 1931-1933: Cartoon-Specific B&W Titles
• 1933-1934: B&W Titles
• 1934: Cinecolor Titles
• 1934-1935: Curtain & Flag Titles
• 1935-1936: Blue Circles & Red Shield Titles
• 1936-1937: Blue Circles & Blue Shield Titles
• 1937-1938: Yellow-Red Circles & Blue Shield Titles
• 1938-1939: Yellow-Green Circles Titles
• 1939-1940: Rainbow Circles Titles
• 1940-1941: Yellow-Red Circles & Red Shield Titles
• 1941-1942: Blue-Purple Circles
• 1942-1943: Red Circles

Theme Songs

Listen to the theme songs used in early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. You need RealPlayer to listen to these songs. If you do not have RealPlayer, go to Real.com and download the “Basic” version for free! Thanks to Daniel Goldmark and Jerry Beck for the song title and author info.

Looney Tunes:

• 1930-1932: “A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight” by Theodore Metz
• 1932-1933: “Whistle And Blow Your Blues Away” by Carmen Lombardo & Joseph Young
• 1933-1936: “Beauty and the Beast” by Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby
• 1936-1937: Untitled by M.K. Jerome
• 1937-1938: “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down” by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
• 1938-1940: “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down” by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
• 1940-1941: “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down” by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
• 1941-1943: “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down” by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin

Merrie Melodies:

• 1930-1933: “Get Happy” by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
• 1933-1936: “I Think You’re Ducky” by Gerald Marks, Sidney Clare & Charles Tobias
• 1936-1937: “Merrily We Roll Along” by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher & Eddie Cantor
• 1937-1941: “Merrily We Roll Along” by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher & Eddie Cantor
• 1941-1943: “Merrily We Roll Along” by Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher & Eddie Cantor

*Note: In several release seasons, each cartoon featured a unique performance of the main theme song, usually based on a single arrangement. In these cases only one performance for each season is included here. For example, the Merrie Melodies theme for the 1936-37 season is taken from “Boulevardier from the Bronx”, the first Merrie Melodie to use “Merrily We Roll Along” as its theme song. The Looney Tunes theme for the 1940-41 season is taken from “Joe Glow the Firefly”.