Favorite WB or other End Title Oddity

[Looney Man]

Folks, I'm sure you've noticed that there are a number
of WB cartoons that do something different with the end title, other than the usual.

WHAT'S OPERA,DOC? - No write out of the lettering like usual. Instead, all the lettering is in place, and we hear the the
final big notes of the operatic music, instead of the usual MM
end music.

PIKER'S PEAK- The oompah music from the pep band
continues into the closing

STOP, LOOK, AND HASTEN- The Road Runner leaves a trail
of smoke that spells out "That's All Folk's!", the picture then crossfades to the end title, concentric circles and all. We then hear a VERY FAST rendition of the MM end theme.


These are just a few of several end title gags or oddities.
My favorite is the last one I mentioned. I'd like to read some of yours. It can be from other studios as well as Warners.

[Thad Komorowski]

The original ending of "No Ifs, Ands, or Butts" (Paramount) is cut out in every Harvey print. After Buzzy says "King size!", puffs the long cigarette, and puffs smoke out, the cartoon abrubtly goes to black, and cuts to the Harvey Films logo. In the original Paramount version, Buzzy puffs out smoke forming the letters of "A Paramount Picture", and then the screen dissolves to the famous Paramount mountain.





-Thad

[Jack]

"Daffy Doodles"- Daffy paints the screen black, there is no iris out.

"The Old Grey Hare"-Bugs leaves Elmer to blow up at the end of the cartoon, and it happens durring the "The That's All Folks." It even shakes the screen.

"Half Pint Pygme"-George and Junior put guns to their heads, pull the MGM "The End" title down like a curtain, and blow their heads off behind it.

"Way Down Yonder In The Corn"- The Fox and Crow, who have just made up after a very long chase, are on a rollercoaster. It runs into the screen, shattering it like glass.

The "Stop, Look, and Hasten" ending you already mentioned.


Jack :D

[Matt Yorston]

"Magical Maestro" - at the end, after the opera singer discovers Mysto is the composer and takes over, putting him through the performance, the "The End" card comes down from above, like a curtain, knocking Mysto and the rabbits to the floor. Likewise, the "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" title also comes down like a curtain over top of the first card.

"Nelly's Folly"- No "That's All, Folks!" is used. Just "Merrie Melodies: A Warner Bros. Cartoon" is written against a black background.

"Guided Muscle" - After enduring his own explosion, the coyote sets up a platform which reads, "Wanted: One Gullible Coyote. Apply to Manager of This Theater". After that, he pulls out the "That's All, Folks!" title card from the left-hand side of the screen.

"Whoa, Be Gone!" - After the Coyote is blown into a mine field (enduring each explosion), the Road Runner pulls the "That's All, Folks!" title from above like a window shade.

"Boulder Wham" - This probably doesn't count but at the cartoon's end, just before the Coyote falls, he holds a sign, "That's All, Folks!". As others have pointed out, the post-1964 cartoons don't end with "That's All, Folks!" (which is somewhat disappointing) so having the Coyote "say" That's All Folks! with a sign was a nice change of pace.

[Do-Do]

"Three Little Bops"-No "That's All Folks!'', just a quick fade to black after one the pigs puts up a ''The End" card.

"Now That Summer Is Gone"-The little squirrel getting spanked by his father can be heard during the "TAF" ending.

I also like all of the endings already mentioned :) .

[Thad Komorowski]

Another favorite ending gag of mine is in "Wacky-Bye Baby", which ends with Wally shooting at Woody with a machine gun, but Woody holds the iris out and jumps through it, doing his famous laugh.


"Hare Ribbin'" has the classic end gag (used in many other cartoons), with the dog holding the iris out, and saying "This shouldn't even happen to a dog!" before getting the iris slammed on his nose.





-Thad

[Jon Cooke]

I love the ending title gag of Famous Studio's "Alpine For You". Where Popeye punches Bluto straight into a mountain, which is transformed into the Paramount logo. The ending of "Popeye the Ace of Space" is also very cool.

I also like the 'oompah'-music finale of "Piker's Peak". And the forgetful elephant who finally remembers to say "That's all, folks!" at the end of "The Major Lied Till Dawn".

Thad, do you have a copy of the original "No If's, And's, or Butt's" with Buzzy? :eek:


-Jon

[Looney Man]

I can't help but wonder if OLD GLORY (1939/wb) originally
ended with the TAF MM and Produced by Leon Schlesinger
and the rest of the lettering fading in over the waving flag
that ends the cartoon. The fade-out we see before the concentric
circles closing in the Blue Ribbon print seems fake.
Anybody have guess at this?

[Do-Do]

Originally posted by Looney Man
I can't help but wonder if OLD GLORY (1939/wb) originally
ended with the TAF MM and Produced by Leon Schlesinger
and the rest of the lettering fading in over the waving flag
that ends the cartoon. The fade-out we see before the concentric
circles closing in the Blue Ribbon print seems fake.
Anybody have guess at this?
Hmmm....I never thought of that before, but now that I do it seems like that would make sense.

[Jack]

Yaeh, I always wondered if "Old Glory" had a specialty ending, it's possible that it didn't even have "That's All Folks!," but something more serious sounding (like a simple "The End") instead.


Jack :D

[J Lee]

"Old Glory" may have had the "That's all, Folks!" titles superimposed over the American flag, the same way the titles are in a few other cartoons, like "Coal Black," "Two Crows from Tacos" and the previously mentioned "The Major Lied Till Dawn." If that's the case, and since the cartoon was re-issued as a Blue Ribbon after Sept. 1944, Warner's had to take the end titles off because Leon's name would have still been on it.

As far as other weird end titles, I'm surprised nobody mentioned Daffy's dance over the title card in "Porky's Duck Hunt." There are also a couple of post-1937 cartoons that have their own slightly different Stalling end title scores paired with the regular end titles/ animation, including "Porky and Daffy," "The Sour Puss," "Puss `N Booty" and "Acrobatty Bunny" in the Looney Tunes series, and "Daffy Duck in Hollywood," "The Cat's Tail," and "The Wacky Wabbit" in the Merrie Melodies series (the latter's music was also used on several BR re-releases of pre-1946 LTs to cover up the Porky "That's all, Folks!" audio ending).

[Bobby B]

Originally posted by Thad K
Another favorite ending gag of mine is in "Wacky-Bye Baby", which ends with Wally shooting at Woody with a machine gun, but Woody holds the iris out and jumps through it, doing his famous laugh.


"Hare Ribbin'" has the classic end gag (used in many other cartoons), with the dog holding the iris out, and saying "This shouldn't even happen to a dog!" before getting the iris slammed on his nose.



At the end of the Heckle & Jeckle short "Pill Peddlers", H&J jump through the iris-out and are standing in front of the end title thinking they've escaped Clancy, but he pulls them back through the iris-out and beats them up. (I assume this is missing from the TV prints.)

[Billy]

Originally posted by Jack

"The Old Grey Hare"-Bugs leaves Elmer to blow up at the end of the cartoon, and it happens durring the "The That's All Folks." It even shakes the screen.

I saw that undubbed print on Cartoon Network UK recently-the only problem is the've left the card static so it doesn't write itself on screen-it would be good if it wrote 'That's all folks!' then exploded.

[Brandon Pierce]

Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers, where a pod Porky says, "That's All Folks!" Instead of the real Porky.

[Thad Komorowski]

Originally posted by Jon Cooke
Thad, do you have a copy of the original "No If's, And's, or Butt's" with Buzzy? :eek:

No, but I figured that's the way it originally ended, and Jerry Beck confirmed it.





-Thad

[Tintin]

"Box Office Bunny" - La fin quand Elmer et Daffy se sauvent, Bugs disent "That's All Folks!"

[Billy]

Oh yes,almost forgot 'Haunted Mouse' in my opinion one of the few good Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry's,has a strange ending that has nothing to do with the plot.

Out of a top hat the words 'Fin' appear,then they morth into 'Ende' then they morth into some Chinese letters (Music changes suitably) then they morth into 'Fine' then they morth into 'The End'!

[rex racer]

I don't know that it's quite so extreme but I like the ending in "Page Miss Glory" where "Little Miss Glory" looks sort of into the audience and says "Play Don!" just before the music end credits start to pop up.

My favorite beginning is the original Tex Avery inspired looped MGM Lion roar timed with the "Hold that Tiger" music. Supposedly most were refilmed and rescored to the ones we are familiar with now. Check out "Chips of the Old Block" for an example.

[SuperFunk]

Here's some worth mentioning.

PORKY'S DUCK HUNT

The ending has Daffy hoopering and jumping across the "That's all Folks!" lettering in the ending card.


A few of the 1930's "Merrie Melodies" cartoons end with the last pieces of music playing over the ending title cards instead of the regular music such as:

STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN
I'D LOVE TO TAKE ORDERS FROM YOU
I LOVE TO SINGA
AIN'T WE GOT FUN


LUMBERJACK RABBIT

Since this is the only WB cartoon in 3-D, the "That's All Folks!" quote and "Looney Tunes," "A Warner Bros Cartoon" fade in a line at a time instead of being written out and flashed across.


DIXIELAND DROOPY

The "The End" and "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" letterings appear over the final shot of the cartoon instead of being displayed on a blank screen.


The three cartoons before the closing of the studio have those "modern" titles that would later be used for the post-1964 films. They end with the WB assembled as a half letter accompanied by a soundtrack of Big Ben bells chiming, and during the graphics of the two "O"s in "A Warner Bros. Cartoon," a bicycle horn is heard. In BARTHOLOMEW VS. THE WHEEL, the Big Ben chiming sounds more rapid and the "O"s jump 6 times instead of just 3 times like the 2 others.


The post-1964 cartoons also have the WB lettering assembled as half letter and the "O"s jumping 3 times. But it has the soundtrack of Bill Lava's cheesy Looney Tunes theme. However after 1966, the WB was assembled as a whole letter at a time and the two "O"s jumped only twice. And when Warner Bros and Seven Arts collaborated, there was a shield with W7 displayed and the "O"s jumped 3 times once again.