# Those tunes you recognize but don't know the name of

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-tunes-you-recognize-but-dont-know-the-name-of/986008 "2023-06-23T20:26:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-tunes-you-recognize-but-dont-know-the-name-of/986008/21 "2023-06-26T17:06:49Z")

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How did ‘Entry of the Gladiators’ by Julius Fucik get associated with circus folk?

Since learning that, I picture various hulking musclemen ready to fight each other to the death not stoically marching into the coliseum, but tumbling like acrobats, juggling balls…maybe riding in tiny cars with ‘ah-OOG-a’ squeezy horns…

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-tunes-you-recognize-but-dont-know-the-name-of/986008/22 "2023-06-26T18:03:42Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Used to hear [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaC0vNLdLvY&ab_channel=ZEEGEE) in Bugs Bunny cartoons, didn’t know the title until I signed on at The Dope. It’s actually sorta kinda a double feature.

James Horner “borrowed” that tune for the opening theme from **Honey, I Shrunk the Kids** :

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DlGuSboxrCw/hqdefault.jpg "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids Soundtrack--Track 1 Main Title") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlGuSboxrCw)

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-tunes-you-recognize-but-dont-know-the-name-of/986008/23 "2023-06-26T18:42:58Z")

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> [@salinqmind1](#):
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> How did ‘Entry of the Gladiators’ by Julius Fucik get associated with circus folk?

YouTube has several versions of that. On one of them, someone posted the comment, “Either clowns are a lot more butch than I thought they were, of gladiators are a lot more swishy.”

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**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-tunes-you-recognize-but-dont-know-the-name-of/986008/24 "2023-07-02T23:02:56Z")

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I learned how to play the duet Heart and Soul when i was young, But, I didn’t know the name until much later.

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