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'Puttin' on the Riz' has become a common expression for opulent presentations.

I still don't understand why a white in black face is automatically racist. Al Jolson was famous for performing in black face and was enamored of black performers and copied a black minstrel style in his performances. Other white performers in black face include Doris Day and Shirley Temple. Hardly, racist performers.

Very insightful! I learned a lot about this classic song!

A few years ago I saw a video of someone demonstrating the evolution of this song to an audience. The reaction to the line "It may be your last" was priceless.

Thanks for that in depth analysis of this song. A merry little Christmas to you too.

Who are you? Thank you for this incredible carefully researched post.

My goodness. You are so brilliant. This is one of my favorite songs of all time and you devoted so much time to it. Thank you. I would love to discuss this with you. The racist element you bring up is fascinating. I would have never thought of that. But I might offer that this was like a voyeuristic look at a life most people aren't privileged to see - Black Americans kicking up their heels. Thank you for posting your most thoughtful analysis.

Yo, Clark Gable was doing the Heel Toe!

This is a good video. I loved all of the details you pointed out. I love this song in all of its forms. Such a great story.

Thank you. I'm so glad you've cleared this up.

I've definitely seen the Casey at the Bat and Peter and the Wolf shorts over the years. Love them both

This was informative and enjoyable!

So Song of the South is available on Disney+?

Thank you for informing us about this little-known film.

All this time I figured it was laughing at the rich folk…much more appropriate!

Bravo bravissimo, Sensational. Beautiful. Thanks

You forgot about The vasectomy song It is The same thing Just without the original lyrics

I’ve seen all these before but it’s great to have them in one place. Among the others, there was a really well done animation in the 1970s (I unfortunately can’t recall more information). Closing with Wooster and Jeeves was perfect. Thanks.

I learned Forty-seven Ginger-headed Sailors on the piano because I heard it in the show, and became very enamoured with the soundtrack. I was so pleased to see your video come up and tell me all about it!

happy halloween!

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Thank you for an in depth explanation of what to me is one of the great songs of the 20th century.

My personal favorite version is Cherry Poppin Daddies’ cover of the song in 2016. It’s got that 30s music charm and uses the swing jazz genre to make it that much more catchy. They also weren’t afraid to use the original lyrics.

"Hey let's go and watch rich people having fun" and "Hey let's go and watch poor black people having fun" is the same thing. You know who can't have fun without being cynical? Marxists who see everything as a class struggle.

You can still go up to Harlem and see Black people wearing designer labels on low incomes. My dad was FDNY in the 70s. I remember him coming home after working an overnight shift talking about how on weekends everyone was out on the streets dressed in the latest fashion. Present day, with the Rap culture its the same. I don't understand real life behaviors being said is racist. So tired of the double standard. Black artist can say whatever. Cut the race baiting out.

I wonder what percentage of the royalties Berlin would get from this song today (if written in modern times) because of the referential material.

So is it meta to be nostalgic when hearing this song? Hmm, maybe I'm over thinking it.

I enjoy all of your analysis.?Do you compose them?

Very thorough research.

gerry wilson one of my favorite songs

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Great job! I came across your video when I was Googling/researching our of curiosity whether the songs in the show, particularly those sung by Bertie at the piano, were from the era or original compositions written for the show (aside from the obvious ones that I already was familiar with like "Minnie the Moocher" and "Sonny Boy.") A sidenote: I watched the series pretty much when they originally aired on Masterpiece Theatre and this past week decided to watch the series again just recently. They hold up great and are utterly charming and fun. However, there were some episodes I didn't recall ever seeing (though it's not like I have the greatest memory) and, when researching, discovered that 5 episodes had not aired on PBS, though they were available on the DVD release. I discovered this right after watching the episode with "Lady in Spain"-that's the episode with the minstrels/black face, so it was certainly clear to me why that episode wasn't shown.

Rendered in a veritable concerto of boojie woojie

My aunt used to do this also as part of her act when she was in vaudeville. I've been on the search to find pictures of programs from the 1930's.

Oh crap somebody else did this midi. Hello fellow sheet music to midi person.

What an unusual topic. Funnily enough I liked it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

As someone who watched a lot of films while researching my movie book, IMHO the Golden age of the Hollywood musical stretched from 1933 with "Gold Diggers of 1933" and "42nd Street" through 1969's "Hello Dolly", (the last old school musical), peaking of course with 1952's "Singin In the Rain". I'm not sure we've even had a silver age yet, and although there have been a few outstanding musicals since like "Chicago", "Moulin Rouge" and "La La Land", I'm afraid the musical is pretty much dead as a film genre for the foreseeable future

Its pronounced woodhouse.

Thank you for going through the lyrics piece by piece and explaining the backgrounds of the single phrases.

Is that tacos real voice or is he lip singing?

Aside from Young Frankenstein, there's an animation cover version that I'm rather fond of

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Wodehouse pronounced Woodhouse.

What is original popular music?

Nice video but I have to say no, almost nobody considers this America's unofficial anthem... That would probably be stars and stripes forever. This is actually a somewhat obscure song for most people

Great video! Always appreciate the history lessons that accompany the music!

Wow, the melody was so different originally! I don't know if it is personal bias from growing up with the modern version, but I much prefer it now.

I doubt if most people would consider "God Bless America" as the unofficial national anthem. I think most would think the unofficial national anthem would be Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever", followed by the religious "Battle Hymn Of The Republic".

I'm glad I ran into this channel, sometimes I feel as though I'm the only one in the world who likes this type of music. I suppose it's hard for people to discover original popular music and form communities that appreciate it (especially tin pan alley type songs) because it doesn't have a widely accepted name.

With due expediency putting on the Regency 😂😂😂😂