High Note

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Adventure Animation Comedy Family Music Short

The sheet music for Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical piec... Read allThe sheet music for Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical piece, but finds that one of the notes has become drunk after being inside the sheet music for... Read allThe sheet music for Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical piece, but finds that one of the notes has become drunk after being inside the sheet music for "Little Brown Jug". The drunken note staggers goofily on the staves for the music of "The... Read all

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7.4/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Mel Blanc

Drunken Musical Note
(voice)

Director
- Chuck Jones
Writer
- Michael Maltese
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Trivia
The humorous use of regular musical notations on a score shows a careful attention to detail by the entire production staff. All of the characters portrayed are actually musical symbols and notes.

Goofs
One note in the score is written on the top line of the treble clef (F#) but provides the tone for G (the space above that line).

Connections
Featured in The Bugs Bunny Show: A Fractured Leghorn/High Note/Hot Cross Bunny (1971)

Soundtracks
An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube)
(uncredited)
Music by Johann Strauss
Main theme played often in the score

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10/10

music to anyone's ears

In one of the occasional instances where they took a break from using their normal cast, the crowd behind the Looney Tunes cartoons made "High Note", about music notes assembling themselves for "The Blue Danube", only to have one note get drunk, leading the conductor note to chase him all over the sheet.

It's one of their many shorts introducing children to high culture (at the very least, it seems that they were doing that). It also shows that cartoons don't need words to be great; in fact, it makes them more comprehensible to other cultures if they consist of only images. Whether it's just quick entertainment or something else, this is a cartoon for the ages. I definitely recommend it.