Leopold!

September 18, 2010 2:07 PM

Where did that great song from Long-Haired Hare come from, anyway?

From "The Father of Tap" (Dance), that's where.

Sheet Music

LISTEN
Len Spencer, 1896
Danny Barker & Dick Hyman, 1996

posted by jtron (12 comments total)

I originally discovered this info on a blog whose name I forget and which I could not find in half an hour's Googling - if any of you know what it was, please link
posted by jtron at 2:08 PM on September 18, 2010

The remarkable thing about this sort of discovery is that whenever I happen across something like it, I think to myself "HEY! They're ripping off Bugs Bunny's bit!" (That's right, I'm lookin' at you, Gene Kelly!)
posted by .kobayashi. at 2:23 PM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

The house, the hair...wait a minute, be careful bugs, it's John Dawson!
posted by iamck at 2:51 PM on September 18, 2010

Aw crap. I did all the research on this for a co-worker about a month ago and compiled the same list of links. I never thought to make an FPP of it....
posted by sourwookie at 3:24 PM on September 18, 2010

Long-Haired Hare + Dick Hyman = You're blowin' my mind, man.
posted by ovvl at 4:35 PM on September 18, 2010

Open wi-ide! Dat's da nice fat opera singer!
posted by Trochanter at 4:58 PM on September 18, 2010

I have a funny story about Leopold, Bugs' glove and Las Vegas...but it'll have to wait while I watch this toon again.
posted by Chuffy at 5:16 PM on September 18, 2010

But what do they do in Tijuana when they wanna snuggle tight?

And don't forget When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba!
posted by nightwood at 5:28 PM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

Isn't the Long-Haired Hare one of the few times that Bugs appears sans gloves?
posted by cephalopodcast at 6:37 PM on September 18, 2010

Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! Figarofigarofigarofigaro
posted by evilcolonel at 7:04 PM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

Which song from the cartoon are you talking about? Would it happen to be be

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

(Always appears first in music catalogs!)
posted by JHarris at 8:07 PM on September 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

When in the audience waiting for the conductor, does anyone else mutter or think "Leopold!" when the leader arrives?
posted by Jinx of the 2nd Law at 7:48 PM on September 19, 2010 [1 favorite]