Beck was a popular choice for narrator and "character speaking to audience" roles in this retro era. And honestly, he does have a very easing storytelling voice.
This captures the essence of minstrel shows which dominated American mass entertainment for 50 years! The structure of cartoon is very similar: Act i: Ensemble singing and solos. Act II Novelty acts/variety part. Act III Plantation finale: happy slaves singing and dancing,etc. It omits the 'stump speech' which mocked northern blacks. Cartoon's end implies no one can fail to be tickled by minstrels!! Golden Slippers was written by African American James Bland, which raises interesting questions.
Origianlly released in July 1948- and a preview of just how "mediocre" Paramount's cartoon output was going to be by the early '50s...and this was a "decent" one! Indeed, the "NTA" end title has the 1938 "Merrie Melodies" end title music added...
Oh wow! When I was a gradeschooler, this was my VERY favorite song....this one and "Oh Susannah." Both written by Stephen Foster (seems like a different lyric here, though).
"Hands down the WORST cartoon EVER made." Far from it. The song "Camptown Races" was writte in the 19th century for Minstrel shows, which features performers in black-face. So this song is being historically accurate in this regards. it's also fun.
far from sucks yes. i was born in 1955 and remember when these cartoons screen songs was part of a morning cartoon program on-air from 6am-9 am mon-sat on ch 13, wlos tv , asheville,nc where i grew up. my daddy remembered these from the movies before tv broadcasting that began in 1953-54 in that area and would singalong with my baby sister and i when we were watching these. they ran until the late '6o's in that area. anybody that grew up in that area from 1958 -1988 remembers the tv show as "mr. bill ". mr. bill retired in 1988 and good morning americia show took over per ABC network changes.enjoy seeing these again.
Singing minstrels: Dumb live action comedies like The Hangover, Madea movies, Stepbrothers, etc. Laughing cheering crowd: My highschool peers. Dog not laughing: Me.
I just found out that this was featured on that new 300 classic cartoons DVD that just got released a couple of months ago. I will be adding that DVD to my collection real soon.
I'm guessing that this cartoon was produced around the 1930's, and I know Minstrel Shows were still a thing at the time... So if u know what a Minstrel show was, this is basically that but cartoon form with animals. Today some people would completely lose it, but back in the 1930's or when ever this cartoon was made (idk if it is from the 1930's, look like it though) this was appropriate for the public.
Distasteful? Ignorant? Dated? Corny? Probably. An ill-advised relic of its time? Certainly. But for "WORST cartoon EVER made" it's got a LOT of competition. At least it doesn't beat you over the head with its deliberate offensiveness (presenting shock-value rudeness in the guise of satirizing it) the way cartoons do now.
Well I still respect you for uploading what you consider the worst cartoon ever made. And yes, the Famous Screen Song cartoons weren't as good as the Fleischer ones, even though I still enjoy them.
Some of the greatest American songs written in the 19th century were written for minstrel shows because that's where the money was. It was the most popular musical form in the United States from the 1830s to the 1880s. Although racism was a backdrop for the shows, the musicianship and production quality of the top shows were undeniable.
This must be one of the most known PD editing I've ever seen anyways. I wonder what cartoon did they lift the Merrie Melodies ending from,as from my memory I remember that no 1937 MM was PD. I could be wrong though.
Hernan Hernandez Can't be since by 1938-1939 they changed the theme. Look up Hamateur Night,and compare the ending song to the one in here. Maybe the 1937 theme here is from one of the Censored 11?
Nothing great, but still enjoyable in that it's a product of it's time. Maybe a bit "racist" with the blackface, but like the Jack Benny program (the radio show), you'd be surprised how much of the stuff we perceive as "racist" today in these old pieces aren't intended to be hateful so much as they are to be funny.
Why continue to fuel the racist fire? Racism is more addictive than any drug. Racism influences more people than Religion and Politics combined. The only thing people love more than Racism is Money. Good thing they don't have to choose between the two since Racism is extremely lucrative. Racism is Hate. Hate is poison. Self poison. Racism is suicide. The world is addicted to suicide.
This is AWESOME MUSIC!!! 💖💖🎶🎶 I learned all these tunes (if not all the lyrics at least the choruses) when I was a toddler in the 50's! People talk about music of the 50's and 60's as being "oldies" but these are TRUE oldies! I love playing them on my piano! 🎵🎵🎹🎹 But here is a question for the uploader Uncutcartoons247: If you think this cartoon is SO BAD, and the songs SUCK, why on earth did you post it??? 😂😂🤣🤣
I loved the way those characters looked, especially the hippo at 6:52, its great character design, just what cartoon animals should look like throughout. The pitch black black faces really worked visually and snce they were minstrels in blackface they were stereotyping minstrels not black people. Minstrels are a real time part of entertainment history, actual black stereotypes are not, they are an part of, often racist, media time. And I liked the song part too, I don't think I ever heard, or paid attention to, the lyrics from start to finish, and was quite glad to here. A Screen Song can't be compared to a regular, non Screen Song cartoon, but this is far from the worse cartoon ever made. It's rather enjoyable, even superior, if you like the look, sound, and feel of cartoons in and for themselves. I sure do.
@@Mamaluigi13 unfortunately you don’t know what racism is. This minstrel show did not degrade people of color, and didn’t even mention color. It was comedy made before your wh#re mother was born ❤
Goof-- at 0:47 the elephant isn't wearing blackface makeup; but in the closeup a few seconds later, and the return to a long shot at 0:56, he is. Really, this sort of humor was falling out of vogue around this time, and big studios like Warners were starting to shy away from it. Tex Avery was maybe the last of the big-time directors to do a picture with blackface humor; I think that was about 1951. Was it bold or extremely short-sighted for Famous to still be doing gags like this a decade (Buzzy's last appearance was 1954, plus a surprise appearance in a "cheater" from '59) after the others had hung it up for good?
@@leavemealone7240 unfortunately you don’t know what racism is. This minstrel show did not degrade people of color, and didn’t even mention color. It was comedy made before your wh#re mother was born ❤
"Asbestos we got"? Is that supposed to be a proud and glorifying statement? "I don't got" and @ 4:10, I can almost hear the people in the audience grumbling "Christ...time to hit the head"
Southern men the thunders mutter! Northern flags in South winds flutter! To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie! Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie! Advance the flag of Dixie! Hurrah! Hurrah! In Dixie's land we take our stand, and live or die for Dixie! To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie! To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie Fear no danger! Shun no labor! Lift up rifle, pike, and saber! To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie! Shoulder pressing close to shoulder, Let the odds make each heart bolder! To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie! Advance the flag of Dixie! Hurrah! Hurrah! In Dixie's land we take our stand, and live or die for Dixie! To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie! To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie! Swear upon your country's altar Never to submit or falter-- To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie! Till the spoilers are defeated, Till the Lord's work is completed! To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
@@_North What is my problem? you guys really wish to go back to the time where my race wasn’t accepted… look at the video for instants. And the fact that they chose to say it underneath this video. the white privilege that you guys have
Cartoon minstrel blackface animals of bygone days. This was before racism was a Mainstream idea. Minstrelsy was America's first national collection of songs, jokes, and gags the butt of which humor was defenseless African Americans.
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Reading into it, the Elephant is voiced by Jackson Beck, the original voice of Bluto in the _Popeye_ cartoons and the narrator of the 80s _G.I. Joe_
I can hear it
I didn't know about bluto doing gi joe voice
Beck was a popular choice for narrator and "character speaking to audience" roles in this retro era. And honestly, he does have a very easing storytelling voice.
He cut his teeth on radio as a narrator and actor, appearing on *many* programs {including a stint as star of the syndicated "PHILO VANCE" series}.
This captures the essence of minstrel shows which dominated American mass entertainment for 50 years! The structure of cartoon is very similar: Act i: Ensemble singing and solos. Act II Novelty acts/variety part. Act III Plantation finale: happy slaves singing and dancing,etc. It omits the 'stump speech' which mocked northern blacks.
Cartoon's end implies no one can fail to be tickled by minstrels!!
Golden Slippers was written by African American James Bland, which raises interesting questions.
This version of Camp Town Races is my favorite
Look up Al Johnson's version
@@Joe_pera_fan nah this one has better lyrics
I looked and heard al johnson’s and it was good
the rendition of Dixie is legit
I support the south
YEE HAWWWWWWWWW 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸I SUPPORT THE CSA NO SLAVERY TRAM
Origianlly released in July 1948- and a preview of just how "mediocre" Paramount's cartoon output was going to be by the early '50s...and this was a "decent" one! Indeed, the "NTA" end title has the 1938 "Merrie Melodies" end title music added...
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Oh wow! When I was a gradeschooler, this was my VERY favorite song....this one and "Oh Susannah." Both written by Stephen Foster (seems like a different lyric here, though).
I remember watching this as a kid on a dvd
Beautiful Isn't it?
Nope
I can watch cartoons like this all day
i'm sorry to hear about the accident which left you with brain damage
If there wasn't blackface in this, this would've been remembered more fondly for future generations.
What was censored at 3:54 until 4:03 that could be worse than the rest of the cartoon?
I'm going to guess it was just due to some kind of degradation.
1:22 perfect banjo solo
Son, you KNOW those MIDI files aren't sorted!
Foghorn Leghorn, Liked and Shared this cartoon for his music...
That’s enough RUclips for today
Can’t handle it eh? You puddy tat!
@@codycooper2261 that right homie they can't handle it is funny 😂
@@codycooper2261 racist white man
2:39 That caterpillar better not light himself on fire
Better yet!
6:57 Lets hope that hippo don't sneeze.
Why, at the end, the 1937-1938 Merrie Melodies theme is used??
What a diverse and open cast of animals!
2:34 the original concept for wiggler
what the heck is the Merrie Melodies theme over the ending for??
I find it curious to see these references that would currently be reasons for cancellation, but that were once part of a society.
did anyone notice the nta logo at the end had the 1937 Merrie Melodies closing music?
Yep! "A PARAMOUNT PICTURE In POLACOLOR"
Yes
As Seen on The Bozo Show Hosted by Frazier Thomas
This is my cup of tea cartoons i like to grow up in my childhood days
It just fills you with nostalgia!
@@codycooper2261 oh yeah it does this is nostalgia for me
@@stevenbowen9216 me too
@@codycooper2261 nice 😌👌
@@stevenbowen9216 how do you not realize this is racist my friend.
"Hands down the WORST cartoon EVER made."
Far from it.
The song "Camptown Races" was writte in the 19th century for Minstrel shows, which features performers in black-face. So this song is being historically accurate in this regards.
it's also fun.
Vebinz It's not a bad tune, really.
Vebinz that dog though XD
Vebinz wtf
far from sucks yes. i was born in 1955 and remember when these cartoons screen songs was part of a morning cartoon program on-air from 6am-9 am mon-sat on ch 13, wlos tv , asheville,nc where i grew up. my daddy remembered these from the movies before tv broadcasting that began in 1953-54 in that area and would singalong with my baby sister and i when we were watching these. they ran until the late '6o's in that area. anybody that grew up in that area from 1958 -1988 remembers the tv show as "mr. bill ". mr. bill retired in 1988 and good morning americia show took over per ABC network changes.enjoy seeing these again.
A little Englander and I love it
Singing minstrels:
Dumb live action comedies like The Hangover, Madea movies, Stepbrothers, etc.
Laughing cheering crowd:
My highschool peers.
Dog not laughing: Me.
So I’m curious. The song that starts playing at 6:33 sounds familiar. Anyone know what it is?
Hello my baby
I just found out that this was featured on that new 300 classic cartoons DVD that just got released a couple of months ago. I will be adding that DVD to my collection real soon.
If Justin Trudeau or Ralph Northam were animals…
3:00 That dog reminds me of a serious Jrr Tolkien book fan watching one of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Ring movies
I'm guessing that this cartoon was produced around the 1930's, and I know Minstrel Shows were still a thing at the time... So if u know what a Minstrel show was, this is basically that but cartoon form with animals. Today some people would completely lose it, but back in the 1930's or when ever this cartoon was made (idk if it is from the 1930's, look like it though) this was appropriate for the public.
RyRy Almighty this cartoon was released in 1948
In the 40's
1:43 I need to learn to shuffle like that...
Distasteful? Ignorant? Dated? Corny? Probably. An ill-advised relic of its time? Certainly. But for "WORST cartoon EVER made" it's got a LOT of competition.
At least it doesn't beat you over the head with its deliberate offensiveness (presenting shock-value rudeness in the guise of satirizing it) the way cartoons do now.
In the end, it has the merrie melodies ending theme
Thanks for uploading this. I've been wanting to see more Screen Songs.
Well I still respect you for uploading what you consider the worst cartoon ever made. And yes, the Famous Screen Song cartoons weren't as good as the Fleischer ones, even though I still enjoy them.
It's makes sense that the worst golden age cartoon would have the worst comment section on RUclips
No the worse is "Scrub me mama with a boogie beat" or "Jungle Jitters"
The worst comment section referring to people who said they were cool with the song, you’ve seen nothing dude
Please tell me you have Boos in the Nite? I haven't seen that one since I was little.
Does anybody if nta and Merrie melodies were working together?
Camptown race song in this clip is awesome.How is this the worst cartoon ? For deaf people maybe.
jaja. yes!!! I agree with you
Great song! Amazing song! You can play it over anything but it didn't come from this cartoon
18 people still dislike this cartoon after knowing all about the censored 11!
What you mean?
Because is rascit
"Half Music & Hal Wit"- yeah, that just about covers this one......
What music is on 3:04
3:02 what’s music name?
thanks
3:03 what's the name of the song?
Oh them a golden slippers
Censored 11 cartoons are the true quality of masterpiece 😌👌
This isn't in the Censored Eleven.
@@nightowl1565 is not in the censored 11 but its part of is owned unique thing
Rasict
this the most creepiest video ever made
Some of the greatest American songs written in the 19th century were written for minstrel shows because that's where the money was. It was the most popular musical form in the United States from the 1830s to the 1880s. Although racism was a backdrop for the shows, the musicianship and production quality of the top shows were undeniable.
This is draymond green's favorite cartoon ever
I wonder if the Screen Songs even started with a Paramount logo at the beginning.
Hernan Hernandez It probably did but this is obviously an NTA print that chose to remove it anyway.
This must be one of the most known PD editing I've ever seen anyways. I wonder what cartoon did they lift the Merrie Melodies ending from,as from my memory I remember that no 1937 MM was PD. I could be wrong though.
PC-VX41 Probably something from 1938-1939.
Hernan Hernandez
Can't be since by 1938-1939 they changed the theme. Look up Hamateur Night,and compare the ending song to the one in here. Maybe the 1937 theme here is from one of the Censored 11?
PC-VX41 Probably so.
Lançamento nos EUA: 30 de julho de 1948. Produção e direção; Seymour Kneitel. Co-produção: Izzy Sparber. Produtor associado: Sam Buchwald.
This has the Merrie Melodies end music included. Nice!
Not the worst, but bad animation timing at 2:01
This is nothing compared to WB’s “Goin’ to Heaven on a Mule” from 1934
3:04 someone tell me this song I need it
"Oh them golden slippers"
I wish Screen song cartoons were on NETFLIX.
Vintage toons are the best!
Nice description... you really don't understand what it was like to live in a different time.
This was on TV regularly in the 70s.
Is this cartoon on DVD?
Nothing great, but still enjoyable in that it's a product of it's time. Maybe a bit "racist" with the blackface, but like the Jack Benny program (the radio show), you'd be surprised how much of the stuff we perceive as "racist" today in these old pieces aren't intended to be hateful so much as they are to be funny.
6:41 Sheldon from Garfield and Friends
LOVE THIS; thank you
Racist? Yes.
Terrible? No.
+PlotagonRadio Was more controversial for blacks to outsmart whites in cartoons than performers in blackface.
Karen Vanneste OK, it's a lie.
Why continue to fuel the racist fire? Racism is more addictive than any drug. Racism influences more people than Religion and Politics combined. The only thing people love more than Racism is Money. Good thing they don't have to choose between the two since Racism is extremely lucrative. Racism is Hate. Hate is poison. Self poison. Racism is suicide. The world is addicted to suicide.
PlotagonRadio Its literally racist for that time period, its just that racism was acceptable to the whites who made it
Not Racist just a fucking Cartoon ,get over it Snowflakes
This was made when people know the context of those song, they were written fpr minstrel shows, and they are not simply children’s songs.
Well I need a hot shower after this one
@looneytunes9000 Screwed up? No! They should end some of their cartoons like that more often. BTW is this Public Domain?
This was cartoons in the 40s and 50s honestly can’t beat that classics
This is AWESOME MUSIC!!! 💖💖🎶🎶 I learned all these tunes (if not all the lyrics at least the choruses) when I was a toddler in the 50's! People talk about music of the 50's and 60's as being "oldies" but these are TRUE oldies! I love playing them on my piano! 🎵🎵🎹🎹 But here is a question for the uploader Uncutcartoons247: If you think this cartoon is SO BAD, and the songs SUCK, why on earth did you post it??? 😂😂🤣🤣
7:04 Warner Bros. "Merrily We Roll Along" Closing Theme (1937-1938) instead of the usual Paramount Stock Music.
Just be glad Paramount made "Chew Chew Baby" in 1958 instead of 1948...
Thay used this on that one epasode for inside pixar on disney plus
@TeamRocket2010 I know NTA must of screwed the ending up.
I loved the way those characters looked, especially the hippo at 6:52, its great character design, just what cartoon animals should look like throughout. The pitch black black faces really worked visually and snce they were minstrels in blackface they were stereotyping minstrels not black people. Minstrels are a real time part of entertainment history, actual black stereotypes are not, they are an part of, often racist, media time.
And I liked the song part too, I don't think I ever heard, or paid attention to, the lyrics from start to finish, and was quite glad to here. A Screen Song can't be compared to a regular, non Screen Song cartoon, but this is far from the worse cartoon ever made. It's rather enjoyable, even superior, if you like the look, sound, and feel of cartoons in and for themselves. I sure do.
gnikcohs idiot.
This version is a fair deal different from the one E.P. Christy popularized in 1850. It's missing the exaggerated minstrel negro dialect.
Minstrel shows are no different than Drag shows today, I wonder how society will look back on Drag in another 50 years...
Drag shows are disgusting and immoral.
Minstrel shows were made to mock specific people, drag shows are where people can express themselves
@@Mamaluigi13 unfortunately you don’t know what racism is. This minstrel show did not degrade people of color, and didn’t even mention color. It was comedy made before your wh#re mother was born ❤
This is legendary
…
this is blackface is it not?
@@lefrog4893 yeah but this was WAYY before modern cartoons
These are great songs that made great US History.
1949 is kind of late for this kind of egregious racial sterotyping, isn't it? Disney, WB and MGM had pretty much cleaned up their act at this point.
Liked the cartoon, although it was quite uncomfortable to watch...
The "elephant" must have been Lincoln. But kangaroos from Australia. Guess the "Abos" had their day too.
The good old days when you could walk down the street without being robbed, assaulted or shot.
Goof-- at 0:47 the elephant isn't wearing blackface makeup; but in the closeup a few seconds later, and the return to a long shot at 0:56, he is.
Really, this sort of humor was falling out of vogue around this time, and big studios like Warners were starting to shy away from it. Tex Avery was maybe the last of the big-time directors to do a picture with blackface humor; I think that was about 1951. Was it bold or extremely short-sighted for Famous to still be doing gags like this a decade (Buzzy's last appearance was 1954, plus a surprise appearance in a "cheater" from '59) after the others had hung it up for good?
In the UK, the Minstrel Show kept going until the 1980s!
The elephant wasn't wearing blackface, it's the video quality that made that darkened his face.
@@fritzfromsouth5935 -- The elephant was the only one not racist.
@Uncutcartoons247 Hence my qualifier "pretty much"
This was clearly pre civil rights era
Ah yes love this cartoon, what memories! Whites only areas, blackface, institutional racism. Kids these days wouldn’t understand!!
Ok /Vig
Well at least they're saying the N-word in online gaming, lol.
Go back home
It's a nice cartoon
@@TAGanimation go back to where you came from
"Limited animation" crap that was cranked out during the 60s and 70s was FAR worse than this stuff!
Nothing wrong with this cartoon better then anything now
This is NOT the worst cartoon ever made. If anything, this is a cult classic.
I agree !
I love those circus scenes, and the circus acts
it's all so bright & light-hearted 🤡👻🐸
I don't care if others call it racist, it's cool as hell, and nobody is presented in a negative image.
How is this not racist 😦 it is literally blackface
You got problems
Man wait til you find out the makeup the banjo players are wearing
@@leavemealone7240 unfortunately you don’t know what racism is. This minstrel show did not degrade people of color, and didn’t even mention color. It was comedy made before your wh#re mother was born ❤
"Asbestos we got"? Is that supposed to be a proud and glorifying statement? "I don't got"
and @ 4:10, I can almost hear the people in the audience grumbling "Christ...time to hit the head"
Wow, and I thought the censored 11 were heinous.
Why do they have white mouths?
Boomers: cartoons are so soft nowadays! My generation’s cartoons were so much better.
The cartoons:
Southern men the thunders mutter!
Northern flags in South winds flutter!
To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Send them back your fierce defiance!
Stamp upon the cursed alliance!
To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Advance the flag of Dixie! Hurrah! Hurrah!
In Dixie's land we take our stand, and live or die for Dixie!
To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie!
To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie
Fear no danger! Shun no labor!
Lift up rifle, pike, and saber!
To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Shoulder pressing close to shoulder,
Let the odds make each heart bolder!
To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Advance the flag of Dixie! Hurrah! Hurrah!
In Dixie's land we take our stand, and live or die for Dixie!
To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie!
To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie!
Swear upon your country's altar
Never to submit or falter--
To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Till the spoilers are defeated,
Till the Lord's work is completed!
To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
I just wish you could show this cartoon a little more respect...
Doesn't deserve respect...
Ah the good old days…
what
@Joebo875 wtf…
@@fanta7098 bro what's the problem?
@@_North What is my problem? you guys really wish to go back to the time where my race wasn’t accepted… look at the video for instants. And the fact that they chose to say it underneath this video. the white privilege that you guys have
Have u ever thought of unaliving urself u should try it 😄
all good except for the lyrics to camp town races is not original, and yes dixie is a minstrel song and the narrator is supposively black.
Cartoon minstrel blackface animals of bygone days. This was before racism was a Mainstream idea. Minstrelsy was America's first national collection of songs, jokes, and gags the butt of which humor was defenseless African Americans.
7:05 Merrie Melodies (1938) End Music
Classic, when times were good..
Smash nice profile pic 👍🏻.
Good for whom exactly?
@@cinemarules8117 whites and rope manufacturers of course.
@@cinemarules8117 for the owners of the country, white-americans
Go unalive urself 😘
Se pueden hacer muchos analizó con este video. Es impresionante.
they should bring these cartoons back
for what purpose exactly?
Yes