# Name the song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song/612337 "2012-02-09T19:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song/612337/1 "2012-02-09T19:46:46Z")
I have one of those fragmentary ear worms that I could have totally wrong. It is (in my mind) a song from the classic Hollywood era. Or maybe it’s from Looney Tunes. Or an MGM commercial. It feels like everyone knows it, but it could just be me. Anyway, all I can remember is that it goes something like: - Hollywood, la la la la la la la — Hollywood ….\* For all I know the ‘la la la’ bits could actually be words. If it’s well known I suspect it’ll be named in five minutes. Or my memory could be so far off that I’ll end up naming a sled after it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song/612337/2 "2012-02-09T19:56:43Z")
OMG I can hear it in my head from a Looney Tunes cartoon…isn’t it like “Hollywood…dilly dally dooley Hollywood…” I can’t find it here [http://home.roadrunner.com/~tuco/looney/lyrics.html](http://home.roadrunner.com/~tuco/looney/lyrics.html) so maybe it’s from something else. Damnit now it’s stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song/612337/3 "2012-02-09T20:00:06Z")
bwahaha… now you know why I posted this. The song has become one of those generic things around the house. “Diaper change … lalalalalalalal diaper change…” or “feed the cats, lalalallalalal feed the cats…” Given the one word I (think I) know, you can imagine how hard it is to Google it. Glad to know it’s not only in my head! ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song/612337/4 "2012-02-09T20:02:53Z")
[“Hooray for Hollywood”?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9N8aHgCrQs) (This version is probably a lot slower than what you would hear in a cartoon) ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song/612337/5 "2012-02-09T20:03:16Z")
[Hooray for Hollywood](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/h/hoorayforhollywood.shtml) > [@](#): > > Hooray for Hollywood > That screwy ballyhooey Hollywood > Where any office boy or young mechanic can be a panic > With just a good looking pan > And any barmaid can be a star maid > If she dances with or without a fan ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song/612337/6 "2012-02-09T20:05:59Z")
That screwy ballyhooey Hollywood Hahaha - I guess my little-kid brain heard it as “dilly dally dooley” - close enough. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song/612337/7 "2012-02-09T20:39:32Z")
Ahhhhhhhh _thank you!_ Now I’m stuck trying to find Bugs singing it.