Directed by the great Tex Avery, "I Love to Singa" is a superb Warner Bros. cartoon featuring some great swing music. The story is about a musical owl family, the father of whom is Prof. Fritz Owl, a teacher of strictly classical music with absolutely no tolerance for jazz. He and his wife bear four sons, the first three of whom humorously pop out of their eggs sporting tuxes and displaying their immediate gift of being able to sing or play classical music. The fourth son, named Owl Jolson, sports a red coat & blue bow tie and, to his parents' horror, sings jazz! His favorite song is "I Love to Singa," which he happily sings & swings throughout this wonderful cartoon.
Here are my favorite moments from "I Love to Singa." Owl Jolson's parents are hilarious in their horrified reactions to his being a jazz singer; the mother faints and the German-accented father angrily calls him a "crooner," a "hotcha," and a "falsetto" before kicking him out of the house. At the G-O-N-G broadcasting station, one of the contestants is an overweight hen who sings the first line of "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" before getting the gong and almost getting stuck in the chute! When the delightful Owl Jolson shows up at the radio station, he dances & sings his old swinging standby - what else? - "I Love to Singa."
"I Love to Singa" is a fun little cartoon with a great story and terrific music. It's also nice to see in the end that Owl Jolson's parents finally welcome the fact that they have a jazz singer in their family.
Here are my favorite moments from "I Love to Singa." Owl Jolson's parents are hilarious in their horrified reactions to his being a jazz singer; the mother faints and the German-accented father angrily calls him a "crooner," a "hotcha," and a "falsetto" before kicking him out of the house. At the G-O-N-G broadcasting station, one of the contestants is an overweight hen who sings the first line of "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" before getting the gong and almost getting stuck in the chute! When the delightful Owl Jolson shows up at the radio station, he dances & sings his old swinging standby - what else? - "I Love to Singa."
"I Love to Singa" is a fun little cartoon with a great story and terrific music. It's also nice to see in the end that Owl Jolson's parents finally welcome the fact that they have a jazz singer in their family.