# What were the words to the "Looney Tunes" Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258 "2004-05-09T03:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/61 "2023-11-20T19:22:39Z")
[Here it is.](https://youtu.be/OMDpuKaazgg) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/62 "2023-11-21T18:38:42Z")
That’s it! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/63 "2023-11-21T18:47:20Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Since the people here are so good at naming Looney Tune songs, what is the song that Daffy rigs the piano to blow up when a certain key is hit and Bugs keeps playing it wrong, enraging Daffy who plays it correctly and blows himself up dead.? The same gag (and tune) was also used in the Private Snafu cartoon “Booby Traps”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6DZ7dZKo8YM/hqdefault.jpg "Private Snafu - Booby Traps") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DZ7dZKo8YM) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/64 "2023-11-22T00:03:24Z")
As a kid I heard it as “Oh the sheer, sheer delights”. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/65 "2023-11-22T03:17:58Z")
From the post… “Since the people here are so good at naming Looney Tune songs, what is the song that Daffy rigs the piano to blow up when a certain key is hit and Bugs keeps playing it wrong, enraging Daffy who plays it correctly and blows himself up dead?” I remember this cartoon well. My sister and I took pi-anna lessons when we were kids. It was Yosemite Sam who gets blown up by his own device. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gUsJXwE73QU/hqdefault.jpg "Bugs Bunny piano boom") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUsJXwE73QU) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/66 "2023-11-22T03:24:40Z")
(cont.) > **[Ballot Box Bunny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballot_Box_Bunny)** > > Ballot Box Bunny is a 1951 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster. The cartoon was released on October 6, 1951, and features Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. > The two main characters are depicted as rival candidates in elections for the position of mayor in a small town. > Yosemite Sam is running for mayor of a small town, offering such empty promises as: "There's enough fresh air and sunshine in this great country of ours for every... From the link… Sam rigs explosives in the piano, attached to a specific key, and presents the piano to Bugs to play “[Those Endearing Young Charms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_Me,_if_All_Those_Endearing_Young_Charms)” (a gag recycled from a [Private Snafu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Snafu) short). You can even see the title “Endearing Young Charms” on the sheet music in the cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/67 "2023-11-22T06:42:53Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > It was Yosemite Sam who gets blown up by his own device. Or hoist by his own petard! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/68 "2023-11-22T07:02:54Z")
_ **Conrad the Sailor** _ > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMDpuKaazgg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMDpuKaazgg) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/69 "2023-11-22T07:12:02Z")
**SNAFU** = Situation Normal, All Fucked Up! **TARFU** = Things Are Really Fucked Up! **FUBAR** = Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition! > [https://youtu.be/Cq-If5vVvcc](https://youtu.be/Cq-If5vVvcc) **Looie** = Lieutenant **Topkick** = Master Sergeant **Pot** = Toilet ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/70 "2023-11-22T17:57:10Z")
That was good! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/71 "2023-11-23T00:21:20Z")
I like Mitzi Mayfair (the little one on the left). 🥰 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258.md?page=3)