I Love to Singa

I Love to Singa is a 1936 Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Tex Avery, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and released to theaters on July 18, 1936, by Warner Bros. and Vitaphone. As with many early Warners cartoons, it is in a sense a music video designed to push a song from the Warners library. But it was also referenced in the first episode of South Park when one of the boys claimed that Eric Cartman had been abducted by aliens. Directed by Tex Avery (supervision). Produced by Leon Schlesinger. Dialogue Owl Jolson: [with chagrin and dismay, singing "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" to the pump organ accompaniment of his mother] ♪ Drink to me only with thine eyes ♪ [happy] ♪ I love to singa ♪♪ About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a ♪[with chagrin and dismay] ♪ And I will pledge with mine ♪ [happy] ♪ I love to singa ♪ ♪ About the sky of blue-a, or a tea for two-a ♪[with chagrin and dismay] ♪ Or leave a kiss within the cup ♪ [happy] ♪ Anything-a with a swing-a to an I love you-a ♪Professor Fritz Owl: [in a German accent, after catching him singing jazz instead of "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" to the pump organ accompaniment of his mother] Ach! Enough is too much! [angrily throwing Owl Jolson out of the house] Out of my house, you hotcha, you falsetto, [as his head angrily turns red] you crooner, you JAZZ SINGER! You... You... YOOOOOOU!! [slams the door. Pauses; opens the door] Phooey! [shuts the door again]Owl Jolson: That's my... Pop. ♪ I love to singa ♪♪ About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a ♪♪ I love to singa ♪Mother Owl: [in a German accent, sadly, to Professor Fritz Owl]'' Papa, I think you were a bit too hasty. Voice cast Tommy Bond - Owl Jolson Johnnie Davis - Owl Jolson (singing voice) Martha Wentworth - Mother Billy Bletcher - Father (Professor Fritz Owl) Joe Dougherty - Stuttering Bird Bernice Hansen - Fat Chicken Singer External links Category:1936 American animated films Category:1936 English-language films Category:American animated short films Category:Traditionally animated short films Category:Children's animated comedy short films Category:Children's animated fantasy short films Category:Children's animated musical short films Category:Films about owls Category:Films directed by Tex Avery