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I do this thing with my kids each night at bedtime, the Daddy Show.
For the opening theme, I verbalize a classic fanfare. I'm trying to
find a recorded version of it, but I have no idea what it may be
called. I can hum it, but I can't post a clip of it here.

I THINK it was from Warner Bros cartoons. In fact, I seem to recall
that, in one cartoon, it was played again and again to annoy some
character. It is the kind of "fanfare" that might accompany the
entrance or exit of some character to the stage.

It is NOT the standard WB cartoon open/close theme, although it has
the same beat and orchestration.

I'll make my best attempt to convey how it goes, in writing, on the
off-chance that sombody will recognize it. And even better, to give
its name, or a source for it!

Here's an attempt to give the notes of the main melody, arbitrarily in
the key of A. Visualize it as the same speed as the WB cartoon open
music. First 2 lines, 8 beats per line. Lines 3,4,5,6 are 4 beats per
line:

B A BB A C
C# A C#C# A D
C# F# C#, F#EF#
C# F# C#, F#EF#
C# F# C#C#
A E A

The chords underpinning this melody, again arbitrarily in A:
D Daug
A(E bass) F#
Bm (or B)
Bm (or B)
Bm (or B) E
A

And here's a lame attempt to verbalize it:

Dah doo dahdah doo dahhh
Dah doo dahdah doo dahhh
Dah doo dut, da-da-da
Dah doo dut, da-da-da
Dah doo dah-dah dahhh (on last dahhh, gliss down then up)

And they sometimes added a short sting at the end, very fast and
brief:
Notes: EE E F# Aflat A -- A(octave down)
Chords: E -- A
Verbal: Duh duh doo dut-dut-dut, boom

Can anybody recognize this? "Oh, I know what tune he means...!"