Does anyone know the name of the song playing in the background of the wedding reception scene (continuing into Richard and Kane's exit to the barn)? It's instrumental but I can almost hear lyrics when I listen to it.
§Things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar
Those Endearing Young Charms
The reason it sounds familiar is because Daffy Duck used it to try to kill Bugs Bunny with an exploding Xylophone.
Thank you, that was really bugging me. That's the song. The Shirley Temple version is the one I was thinking of, but I'll have to look for the killer xylophone!
§Things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar
The episode is called Show Biz Bugs
Daffy tries to off Bugs by rigging a xylophone to explode.
"I can get rid of the rabbit and make it look like an accident"
That line always cracks me up,
I believe there is another cartoon with Yosemite Sam with the same gag but it is with a piano.
So, I watched this on Youtube which then led to my watching "The Rabbit of Seville" then "What's Opera, Doc?" (The Ride of the Valkyries) and then "The Anvil Chorus" from Tiny Toons and then a general YT tour of The Ring of the Nibelung. I blame you.
Also, I can't adequately express my delight in discovering that The Anvil Chorus is a real thing...with anvils.
§Things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar
It's also the tune that the fiddle plays at the beginning of "Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners.
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