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2 unusual facts about Carl Stalling


The Classic Guide to Strategy

The second track is inspired by the work of Carl Stalling and tracks 3-8 are named after avant-garde Japanese artists.

What's Up, Doc?

"What's Up, Doc?", an instrumental theme composed by Carl Stalling and used in several Bugs Bunny cartoons (later given lyrics for the 1950 animated short)


I Taw a Putty Tat

Amongst the musical quotations in the Carl Stalling film score (with or without lyrics accompanying them) are extracts from Singin' in the Bathtub, She Was an Acrobat's Daughter and Ain't We Got Fun.

Rabbit of Seville

The cartoon, in a plotline reminiscent of Stage Door Cartoon, features Bugs Bunny being chased by Elmer Fudd into the stage door of the Hollywood Bowl, whereupon Bugs tricks Elmer into going onstage, and participating in a break-neck operatic production of their chase punctuated with gags and accompanied by musical arrangements by Carl Stalling, focusing on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville.


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