It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

The first must-see film of the year.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

. . . to subliminally suggest peace to an increasingly threatening German Nation, thereby averting all the potential heartache likely to occur during another "World War." When Warner's courageous animators put together their I LOVE TO SINGA plea, no one had ever heard of a "World War One." That's because the conflict that killed millions from 1914 through 1918 was known to Pessimists as "The Great War," and to Optimists as "The War to End War" or "The Final War." Most Americans found it hard to imagine that the daffy German men, with their shorty-shorts, foul-tasting beer, and cute Munchkin accents, would prove capable of starting ANOTHER "Great War" for a Century, if ever (and certainly not in a mere 20 years). But by 1936 Hitler was ranting on the War Path, and Warner was trying to do something about it. That's why I LOVE TO SINGA is peppered with random German terms, such as "mein" and "und" and "mit." It's as if Pops Owl has a target audience of One, and he's trying to say to Hitler, "Just calm down--if Germany depresses you so much, why not come over and entertain us with your Terrible Twos Tantrums in America? If that gets old, you can always play yourself in SPRINGTIME FOR H!TLER."

Here we have an 8-minute cartoon by Tex Avery early in his career. He was actually not even 30 when he made this. The animal characters are owls this time, not too common in the world of animation and cartoons. Father Owl is a renowned classical musician and is delighted to see baby owls with talent for opera, violin and flute see the light of day. However, owl number 4 seems to have a talent for jazz and no teaching lessons in more traditional singing make a difference. So he chases him out of the house. Really over the top, mother Owl is right. And then everything goes as expected: the little owl shows up at a talent show and impresses the juror so much that he gets first prize. Father Owl comes to the event too with the rest of the family and everybody bonds again and the little owl is allowed back into the family. The animation is fine for almost 80 years ago, the music is okay and the story isn't bad either, but very generic. Yet there is nothing somewhat impressive or surprising in this short film and it just vanishes into the mass of cartoons made in the 1930s and 1940s. Nothing stands out here. Not recommended. Avery certainly got better with age.

Directed by the great Tex Avery, "I Love to Singa" is a superb Warner Bros. cartoon featuring some great swing music. The story is about a musical owl family, the father of whom is Prof. Fritz Owl, a teacher of strictly classical music with absolutely no tolerance for jazz. He and his wife bear four sons, the first three of whom humorously pop out of their eggs sporting tuxes and displaying their immediate gift of being able to sing or play classical music. The fourth son, named Owl Jolson, sports a red coat & blue bow tie and, to his parents' horror, sings jazz! His favorite song is "I Love to Singa," which he happily sings & swings throughout this wonderful cartoon.Here are my favorite moments from "I Love to Singa." Owl Jolson's parents are hilarious in their horrified reactions to his being a jazz singer; the mother faints and the German-accented father angrily calls him a "crooner," a "hotcha," and a "falsetto" before kicking him out of the house. At the G-O-N-G broadcasting station, one of the contestants is an overweight hen who sings the first line of "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" before getting the gong and almost getting stuck in the chute! When the delightful Owl Jolson shows up at the radio station, he dances & sings his old swinging standby - what else? - "I Love to Singa." "I Love to Singa" is a fun little cartoon with a great story and terrific music. It's also nice to see in the end that Owl Jolson's parents finally welcome the fact that they have a jazz singer in their family.

The first time I ever saw this Warner Brothers short was @ a pizza parlor over in Irving, Texas. It always makes me laugh when the little owl heads over to radio station G-O-N-G! Jack Bunny is the host & judge of the talent show. It's kind of a spoof of the old Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio show, complete with a gong. Today, people would think of it as The Gong Show Meets American Idol with Jack Bunny as a cross between Simon Cowell & Chuck Barris! When the owl saw his family @ radio station G-O-N-G, the father had a change of heart, just before Jack Bunny's about to gong him off! I Love To Singa is a clever movie & it doesn't deserve the G-O-N-G!