I Love To Singa - Merrie Melodies Revew

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 If you like a cute little owl singing Jazz, you'll like this. It's a Merrie Melodies cartoon about a young owl that likes to sing Jazz, gets kicked out, and goes viral over the radio. His cute little owl family hears him and they run to support him. 

Courtesy of themoviedb.org


This was so cute, but I had to go to Vimeo to find it. YouTube gave me trouble with finding it. 

Here is the link to the one I watched.  If this link doesn't work, comment below. 


What I loved about it

There is nothing to dislike here. A cute little owl family comes around to liking Jazz. They hatch some owl eggs, get multiple little musicians, and one of them is singing Jazz. The others are singing opera, playing violin, and playing flute. They try to teach him not to sing Jazz, but instead, the father kicks him out. The mother calls the police to go find him. It sounds like the owls are Italian. 

After a hilarious depiction of the Gong Show, our little owl (Owl Jolsen) succeeds in winning the radio competition. He sees his family, changes his song, and they see him almost lose. They run in and tell him to keep singing his Jazz, even joining in as background chorus. I read that this film was a parody of The Jazz Singer, by Al Jolson. The Jazz Singer was one of the first Talkies (movies with sound). 

Ten stars, no notes. If you like cute owls, music, and silly little creatures dancing, you'll love it. Merrie Melodies is always music-related and usually has cute animals somewhere, or everywhere. 

I know this review is short, but I have nothing else to say. It's cute and adorable. That's all there is to it. That's all folks!


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