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A Corny Concerto
''A Corny Concerto'' is an American animated collection of two musical segments produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. It was directed by Bob Clampett, written by Frank Tashlin, animated by Robert McKimson and released as part of the ''Merrie Melodies'' series on September 18, 1943. A parody of Disney's 1940 feature ''Fantasia'', the film uses two of Johann Strauss' best known waltzes, ''Tales from the Vienna Woods'' and ''The Blue Danube'', adapted by the cartoon unit's music director, Carl Stalling and orchestrated by its arranger and later, Stalling's successor, Milt Franklyn. Long considered a classic for its sly humor and impeccable timing with the music, it was voted #47 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field in 1994. The title, in tune with the name of the unit's other cartoon series, ''Looney Tunes'', suggests another Disney titling parody, that of the pioneering series ''Silly Symphonies''.
This was the first WB cartoon ever to feature more than two of their major characters in starring roles (though not all appeared on screen at the same time). Elmer Fudd appears as the musicologist/composer (as Deems Taylor was in ''Fantasia'') introducing each segment. The first segment, ''Tales from the Vienna Woods'', stars Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig, the former as the prey and the latter as the hunter. In addition, a number of people consider the main character in the second segment, ''The Blue Danube'', to be a young Daffy Duck. This is also the second time the Warner Bros. studio had lampooned ''Fantasia''; ''Pigs in a Polka'' from 1942 had given a similar treatment to the works of Johannes Brahms, with the Three Little Pigs as the stars.
==Opening scene: introduction==
The film's name is explained in the first shot as Carnegie Hall, here called "Corny-gie Hall", becomes the setting for the stately appearance of a distinguished musicologist, most notably exemplified by Deems Taylor, who introduced ''Fantasia''. Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 is heard over the opening credits. The "eminent personality" here, presented in the same grandiose fashion as Taylor, turns out to be none other than Elmer Fudd (voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan) who, while wearing Deems Taylor-style eyeglasses, although notably oversized, exhibits all of his own familiar mannerisms, including the nervous giggle and characteristic rhotacism: ''"And as we hear the whythmic stwains of the haunting wefwain, wisten to the wippwing whythm of the woodwinds, as it wolls awound and awound, and it comes out here..."''(quoting the lyrics to the popular song ''The Music Goes Round and Round''). In a staple of cartoon humor, Elmer is unable to control his starched tuxedo shirt front, which keeps rolling up in the manner of a window shade into his face while he tries to introduce the ''Vienna Woods'' segment. He finally rips it away with one last giggle before the first segment. Returning for the introduction of the slightly-longer ''Blue Danube'' segment, he holds the ripped away tuxedo shirt front in place to cover himself in front, until he waves his arms to introduce the ''Blue Danube'', causing his trousers to fall down and eliciting a final giggle of embarrassment. The two introductions contain the only spoken words in the cartoon since, apart from a few isolated non-verbal vocal sounds and sound effects, the soundtrack of the musical segments consists of the Strauss waltzes.
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