I've got the Looney tunes DVD collection. It includes the unedited original stuff. And I can see why they choose not to air some of it today. People use the term banned. Nothing is banned. There is no organization that bans this stuff. All of these things are generally available on DVD purchase box sets and stuff. But you're not going to see it on NBC any longer. But I wouldn't find it completely shocking if one day there was a pay channel that was called banned TV that did nothing but air all of the controversial stuff that nobody else would show.
@@MRBUCKY12345 Growing up in the 1960s, I saw just about every episode of the 3 Stooges. But I don't remember seeing this one. What's really amazing are the Japanese Americans who were drafted out of the internment camps and served in our military! They were sent to Europe to avoid confusion.
American propaganda during WW2 treated each of the enemies differently. While anti German sentiment was against Hitler and anti Italian sentiment was towards Mussolini, anti Japanese sentiment was towards the Japanese as a race. The Marine Corps recruiters used to hand out “hunting licenses” to men wanting to join up, to “hunt down Japs” with “no limit”. It was a different time!
I tend not to listen at all to people who try to tell me what's supposed to be funny and what's not. None of these should be banned, and people should be free to make their own judgements. Don't like them? Don't watch them. Thanks for another good one Rick.
This is a great video, Rick. I appreciate your insight into a time in history that impacted us through entertainment. I don’t they should be censored at all. The Stooges provided much needed levity at a very difficult time in our history.
@@sallyn2393 I agree with your statement adding that most of the Stooges dialog was directed at the adult audience while the "slap-stick" humor entertained the young. I saw this episode and felt it was slightly below average, but at that time we were at war, which is never a laughable subject. The 3 Stooges were doing their part in an effort to protect America with exploding eggs.
"Hogan's Heroes" was actually making fun of the NAZIS. When it aired, World War 2 had only been over for about 20 years - not really very long, historically - speaking - and some of the cast members who were "Nazis" on the show had actually fled Nazi Germany when Hitler came to power, later becoming actors in America. Many German - born actors did the same during the war, either because they were of Jewish ancestry, or just hated what the Nazis stood for, in general.
Censorship is the refuge of the weak minded. Anyone who wants something banned thinks they can make decisions for everyone else. Not for me thank you, I'll make my own decisions about what to watch or not watch, not some egomaniacal bureaucrat.
The Stooges, Popeye, Looney Tunes, Disney and several Hollywood films were pretty brutal with wartime propaganda. It is what it is, and should always be available to all. It's history, warts and all.
Perhaps if they were soldiers, but I can see how this would be hurtful to those who were interned as well as their descendants. Making fun of minorities may be protected speech, but that doesn't make it right.
Perhaps if they were soldiers, but I can see how this would be hurtful to those who were interned as well as their descendants. Making fun of minorities may be protected speech, but that doesn't make it right.
Well, if it does get released they'll probably head it up with a detailed description preceding it with information in context. But I doubt it will show on regular TV again!
It wasn't risqué. Anything risqué has a sexual connotation to it. Also, I think they were POW's and not internees. Most of the Japanese that were in the internment camps were second and third generation Japanese-Americans whose first language was English.
Not a big Roosevelt Family fan. F.D.R. put Japanese - Americans in internment camps, and his cousin, Teddy Roosevelt - upon hearing that a number of Italians had been lynched for a crime they didn't commit in New Orleans - at a time years ago, when he held some minor political office - basically said "It's just as well. They're all thieves and murderers, anyway". Not cool
I am a 67-year-old Air Force Veteran. My Dad was a WW II Army Veteran who was in the Pacific for 3 years with General MacArthur in the Philippine Islands, New Guinea, Australia, and several islands. Several Uncles on my dad's side and Mom's served in WW II. My Father-in-Law and wife's uncles served in WW II. I have friends from High School whose parents served (mother and father) in WW II. LIVES WERE DISRUPTED AND AMERICANS, BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN, and many other races DIED to eliminate this EVIL! Younger viewers, READ about WW II, Pearl Harbour, The German Concentration Camps/POW Camps, The Japanese Concentration Camps, and how the Japanese and Germans had NO MERCY towards their prisoners, both military and civilian. Hitler HATED the Jewish People. The Three Stooges were all Jewish. I couldn't care less if anyone is offended by this video. RICK NINEG, concentrate more on the humor and enjoyment The Three Stooges bring and less on what might make Snowflakes cry.
Much to think of, there. Recall most internees did not support all that, and many volunteered for the U. S. armed forces. They did deploy them all to Europe, no use confusing everyone in the Far East.
My parents, grandparents and great grandparents were in Camp Manzanar for three years during WWII. Both parents were american born citizens. For the first two years, the guards in the towers were armed with Thompson machine guns. After that, just rifles. In Arcadia, U.S. solders were armed with M1917 machine guns at Santa Anita. Internees had to live in horse stalls. Who put them there? F.D.R. when he signed Executive Order 9066 after being persuaded by Earl Warren, then the Governor of CA and General DeWitt, responsible for the security of the West Coast. Later, it was proven by a document found in the US Library of Congress by Aiko Yoshinaga that General Dewitt saw no threat by Japanese or Japanese Americans on the west coast to U.S. security. Similar cartoons were made by Disney and others demonizing Japanese. But that was war. 😢
@@ricknineg i mean your show and this episode of stooges, some may consider it racy but hell its nothing compared to now, propaganda is way worse on TV
This is a touchy subject and I think you threaded the needle perfectly. You didn't preach one viewpoint or another, you carefully provided this in the appropriate historical context. We can see it through the lens of the time these shorts were made, the lens of the time they were being considered for broadcast on American airwaves, and the lens of our society today. Tremendous job, sir.
I could not tell from your still photos if I'd ever seen that short so I found it on line and watched the whole uncensored short. I was amazed that Id' never saw it before,and whats more, it was no diffrent from other ww2 era shorts that made fun of the axis powers. Why this one got censored is beyond me. I liked it.
Definitely should NOT be banned. It is a snapshot into the general emotional response to the feared & hated enemy. And we can see how far we have come from there.
Take from it what you will, learn from it as you should, discuss it rationally with others so they may do the same. Most importantly, break the chain of hate instead of adding more links thus making it stronger and ourselves weaker.
The reason this short was made was because, in context, it WAS funny, and correct, and justified. History should not be sanitized by today’s improved standards.
I would say to keep them for the reasons you stated. There were some old Popeye cartoons that were quite mean to the Japanese; again, for a perspective on the views that were held back then. And yes, I do feel uncomfortable watching any of those, but I keep the historical perspective firmly in mind.
I realized that the Stooge shorts shown on TV were only a fraction of those made after watching so many shorts I never watched before on RUclips in my middle age. Most of the "hidden" shorts involved booze, smoking, and cheating on other guys women, lol. Oh, and there was a tax cheat one too!
The banning of anything stems from Guilt by those who have made poor decisions and want to erase their guilty conscience. Interment Camps of Japanese-American citizens was outrageous and therefore not to be talked about for several decades.
Out of curiosity Rick. Since all the Japanese were in camps …. Do you know where they got the actors for this episode? Wonder if they got paid to take part ? It would be interesting to know who they were …. I’m sure they would have a fascinating story about this episode themselves ….
I think it's important to show all because it depicts a time when people thought differently. Although times and thought change it's still very important to remember the past so the mistakes that were made are not forgotten and repeated again. Banning those things we deem inappropriate now doesn't change what happened. God bless and stay safe.
I think I remember seeing this episode on channel 39 in Houston...way back in the day. It would have been the 1960s. Also remember...it was FDR who signed the executive order to intern Japanese Americans.
I don’t recall ever seeing this episode. However, there was one that Moe dressed up looking like Hitler. I thought that was funny, but at least the joke was on that man and not on a certain demographic.
When the Enoyla Gay was put on display many complained a out it. The were told to change the sign and everything. They wre told its history. We didn't start that war we finished it. These 3 Stooges episodes are history. Deal with it.
Back in the late 90's-early 00's, then UPN affiliate KCWE-TV, Ch. 29 in Kansas City, MO, used to show The 3 Stooges every weeknight from Midnight-1AM. I do seem to remember them showing this particular short.
Not showing it on over the air "local" TV stations is one thing, but it should definitely NOT be banned from viewing elsewhere, like here on RUclips or other streaming services. It would be like banning Blazing Saddles.
Reportedly it was never banned per se, but a number of stations chose not to air it as there was some controversy in the 70s (along with lawyers) when the full story of the internment program became public.
This is one of the best episodes where curly does a HILARIOUS fan dance and inserts his curly shuffle into it. I never laughed so hard in my life!! 🤣 I personally dont care about any of the politicalness or possible offensiveness due to certain races being used in the shorts. I just enjoy it for what it is and love every episode the three stooges put out.
I watched 3 Stooges shorts on TV from the mid to later 50’s and well into the 60’s so if this one was banned, it must have been banned during the late 60’s because l remember seeing it more than once.
I was always wondering why I never see it on TV anymore. Nobody else could give me an explanation, except the classic media king of course 💯. Hail King Nineg the wisest
I wonder if other cultures make fun, or made fun of America and Americans in the same sense? I for one, can laugh at myself and Americans. To me, these things are funny, or comedic. I guess we all don't have the same sense of humor. The world has become victimized by weakness, in my own personal opinion anyways. Thanks for reminding me of how funny The 3 Stooges are, and were. Keep up the great work!
Sad this short was blacklisted, but considering the times I can’t say it’s surprising. Thank you for the video Rick, I hope you’re doing well. Keep up the great work and take care!
I'm against banning. Things like this are necessary for younger people to learn how not to behave. I do think these things need to be presented in a way as to show how we all have the same tendencies and therefore not to sit in judgement of others that are different from different backgrounds. I had my share of racism. So, I know what I'm saying.
In Chicago they use to show this short in the 80/90’s it’s in entirety and slowly over the years they edited it down to about seven minutes or so and they would only show the stuff that they could show on TV . 😂
I think it shouldn’t be shown. I was raised if you replaced the racist commentary with you own race and it’s offensive then it shouldn’t be funny about another race. It was a different time but just as I don’t like watching characters in black face I don’t like watching buck teeth depicting Asians. I have no problem with you covering the episode and discussing it.
This was not blacklisted in Alabama. I saw this episode as a child. That was in the early 1960's. The bands were probably regional. I watch a local non affiliated local channel.
I remember seeing this one once or twice back in the mid 70's when the Three Stooges were being rerun for the first time for us Gen X. But on saw it then. It is a very good episode too. As for being offensive, people need to take a chill pill.
People have to stop applying today's standards to things said on tv, in the movies, etc., many decades ago. Im Italian American, and back in the 70's, I wasn't all offended by the Ragu commercial in which the meatball said "That's a spicy meat - a - ball"! in a thick Italian accent. Nor, do I remember Latinos protesting "The Frito Bandito". And, let's face it - a LOT of people had good reason to not exactly be in love with the Japanese during World War 2. But, that was then, and this is now, and I'm sure that most people are smart enough to realize that a Three Stooges short from 1943 has nothing to do with the opinion that most Americans have of the Japanese people today.
Another insightful video. I wouldn't call this short risqué and spicy, though, as those terms have a sexual overtone. Like many other productìons of the time it was racist propaganda meant to demonize the enemy.
Did the critics object to the way Germans were portrayed in other Stooge shorts? Incidentally, the Stooges filmed more episodes in 1944(8) than in any other year .
Our Ch.29 in Philly had shown the shorts in the early '70's thru early '90's when the new Ch.57 started showing them.There were a few that weren't shown until the late '70's.This was,but the Screen Gems logo was shown,then the credits were skipped,so the beginning of the action was immediate.The station was clever enough to hide the credits,showing them at the end,before the ending Screen Gems logo.Ill Never Heil Again got lumped in with the Shemp/Joe cycle,placed in where, the" I "title shorts ran(shorts titles were shown alphabetically).Woman Haters,Goofs And Saddles,and A Gem Of A Jam.werent shown until the late '70's ,early 80's.
Warner Brothers and Disney cartoons reflected the times in which they were made, including World War II. Disney locked away cartoons made during the war that had caricatures of Hitler, Tojo and others being ridiculed. They are only available to researchers. It was common to make fun of the enemies. Those who wish to watch them should be able to do so.
I grew up watching WPIX out of NYC and I don't remember seeing this short and that would have been back in the mid 1960's, so I'm thinking they banned it way back then.
My grandfather fought in Japan during that war and believe me, this short is nothing compared to the things they were called. If it wasnt for people fighting for your freedom, you wouldnt have a youtube to make money off of
The title does sound a little familiar but the images you posted and ones on IMDB do not, so I think I many not have seen it or if I did it must have been decades ago. Is it shown now on TV on ME TV? The IMDB says it was banned in the 1970s
I believe that all stooges get unfairly criticized because of changing societal ideas. Not just these 3 but all stooges across America. That's why I'm calling for 3 stooges days. That's right a 5 day stooges federal holiday. 5? Yeah Besser and shemp.
Beings I grew up on The Three Stooges by watching it on Channel 52 here in Los Angeles, there have been many shorts that were apparently blacklisted but I managed to see on Channel 52. However, this one I have absolutely NO recollection of seeing. So it must have been so hot-buttoned that even Channel 52 wouldn't show it. And just by your description I totally get why. I'm not sure at the age I was when this would have been shown if I would have "gotten it" or not, I was in my very early teens and the Japanese Internment was not talked about in schools that I went to. In fact I wouldn't know about it until they aired the movie "Farewell To Manzanar" when I was about 15 or so. I remember asking my mom in absolute disbelief if we (meaning the United States) REALLY did this to the Japanese. And very defensively she said yes - and through the years it would lead to many arguments. The biggest one for me in which nobody could seemingly answer is why weren't Germans placed in those camps? It's only now at age 64 of course I have a better understanding of what happened. But should something like this not be shown? That's a tough question. To watch it would probably make me squirm so uneasily throughout the runtime - and yet, we just can't pretend this never happened. The United States hardly has a perfect past and it's important to NOT sweep this stuff under the rug.
Where are all the comedies and musicals about the concentration camps that the Germans had made. Like Oklahoma Auschwitz, Birkenau Bloomer Girl and Sonnenburg Song of Norway.
They should not ban anything,it's historic and we should be available to everyone
I've got the Looney tunes DVD collection. It includes the unedited original stuff. And I can see why they choose not to air some of it today.
People use the term banned. Nothing is banned. There is no organization that bans this stuff. All of these things are generally available on DVD purchase box sets and stuff.
But you're not going to see it on NBC any longer.
But I wouldn't find it completely shocking if one day there was a pay channel that was called banned TV that did nothing but air all of the controversial stuff that nobody else would show.
@@MRBUCKY12345 Growing up in the 1960s, I saw just about every episode of the 3 Stooges. But I don't remember seeing this one.
What's really amazing are the Japanese Americans who were drafted out of the internment camps and served in our military! They were sent to Europe to avoid confusion.
We were AT WAR with the Japanese in 1944. They also made fun of Hitler.
And Nazis. We should have kept up making fun of Nazis. There is a resurgence these days that needs to be addressed all the time.
American propaganda during WW2 treated each of the enemies differently. While anti German sentiment was against Hitler and anti Italian sentiment was towards Mussolini, anti Japanese sentiment was towards the Japanese as a race.
The Marine Corps recruiters used to hand out “hunting licenses” to men wanting to join up, to “hunt down Japs” with “no limit”. It was a different time!
@@gregdolecki8530 enough of this PC BS right? Hagd
@@gregdolecki8530 We were not AT WAR with American citizens of Japanese descent, which is who these escapees from an internment camp were.
@@1701echopapa You can't change history. Don't even try.
No to banning.
Dear Rickster, TY for always keeping us in the Stoogies know. I hope that history does NOT repeat itself. We should all learn from this clip.
It should not be banned, if we cannot learn from our history we will be doomed to repeat it.
It is available, it was just decided that it should not be shown on TV.
Probably one of their funniest.
@@kennethlee494 Kenneth, you mean like we’re repeating it right now with the head stooge just elected to run the country?
@@BrianRandall-v8c Why?
That would be great 👍
If we do not learn to laugh at one another and ourselves... We are doomed
No one can change the past
I tend not to listen at all to people who try to tell me what's supposed to be funny and what's not. None of these should be banned, and people should be free to make their own judgements. Don't like them? Don't watch them. Thanks for another good one Rick.
Remember Pearl Harbor. Case closed.
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
That "sneak" attack? 🤔
Japanese Americans had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.
This is a great video, Rick. I appreciate your insight into a time in history that impacted us through entertainment. I don’t they should be censored at all. The Stooges provided much needed levity at a very difficult time in our history.
Your comments are appreciated!
@@sallyn2393 I agree with your statement adding that most of the Stooges dialog was directed at the adult audience while the "slap-stick" humor entertained the young. I saw this episode and felt it was slightly below average, but at that time we were at war, which is never a laughable subject. The 3 Stooges were doing their part in an effort to protect America with exploding eggs.
Keep telling about history that shouldn't be hidden, Rick, because if it's forgotten, it can't be learned from.
Never destroy history, no matter how bad. Let people think and debate. I appreciate what you have accomplished here.
I don't see anyone wanting to censor Hogan's Heroes.
Nor should they ..great show
"Hogan's Heroes" was actually making fun of the NAZIS. When it aired, World War 2 had only been over for about 20 years - not really very long, historically - speaking - and some of the cast members who were "Nazis" on the show had actually fled Nazi Germany when Hitler came to power, later becoming actors in America. Many German - born actors did the same during the war, either because they were of Jewish ancestry, or just hated what the Nazis stood for, in general.
@RT82162 - You're missing the point.
@@BobRiedel HOW am I "missing the point"? Everything I said is true, and verifiable. Exactly what "point" are you speaking of?
@RT82162 - Hogan's Heroes made fun of the German's stupidity just as this Stooges episode made fun of the perceived Japanese sneakiness.
"Rick, why are you showing this?" This is American history, like it or not.
Censorship is the refuge of the weak minded. Anyone who wants something banned thinks they can make decisions for everyone else. Not for me thank you, I'll make my own decisions about what to watch or not watch, not some egomaniacal bureaucrat.
Cannot change history and the fact there were wars and are wars still.
The Stooges, Popeye, Looney Tunes, Disney and several Hollywood films were pretty brutal with wartime propaganda. It is what it is, and should always be available to all. It's history, warts and all.
Humor is truth. This is America & we have the freedom of speech, the first amendment. Snowflakes & censorship be damned! 🇺🇸
Perhaps if they were soldiers, but I can see how this would be hurtful to those who were interned as well as their descendants. Making fun of minorities may be protected speech, but that doesn't make it right.
Then along comes ALL in the Family.
Greatest. Show. Ever. And so prophetic
Perhaps if they were soldiers, but I can see how this would be hurtful to those who were interned as well as their descendants. Making fun of minorities may be protected speech, but that doesn't make it right.
Yeah, let's be respectful by censoring facts and complying with authority. That's the ticket!
Remember, Ben Shapiro's favorite country always wins.
Well, if it does get released they'll probably head it up with a detailed description preceding it with information in context. But I doubt it will show on regular TV again!
History is history. Leave it alone.
If people don’t want to watch these shorts, they can turn off the TV
The Constitution calls it free speech.
It wasn't risqué. Anything risqué has a sexual connotation to it. Also, I think they were POW's and not internees. Most of the Japanese that were in the internment camps were second and third generation Japanese-Americans whose first language was English.
Put there by Roosevelt, hero of the left.
Hero of the WORLD
He was a career politician who kept getting worse.
Not a big Roosevelt Family fan. F.D.R. put Japanese - Americans in internment camps, and his cousin, Teddy Roosevelt - upon hearing that a number of Italians had been lynched for a crime they didn't commit in New Orleans - at a time years ago, when he held some minor political office - basically said "It's just as well. They're all thieves and murderers, anyway". Not cool
He was unsure. Hoover was against it. But CA gov Warren lobbied for it.
Hoover did win in Hawaii, so no internment there.
I am a 67-year-old Air Force Veteran. My Dad was a WW II Army Veteran who was in the Pacific for 3 years with General MacArthur in the Philippine Islands, New Guinea, Australia, and several islands. Several Uncles on my dad's side and Mom's served in WW II. My Father-in-Law and wife's uncles served in WW II. I have friends from High School whose parents served (mother and father) in WW II. LIVES WERE DISRUPTED AND AMERICANS, BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN, and many other races DIED to eliminate this EVIL! Younger viewers, READ about WW II, Pearl Harbour, The German Concentration Camps/POW Camps, The Japanese Concentration Camps, and how the Japanese and Germans had NO MERCY towards their prisoners, both military and civilian. Hitler HATED the Jewish People. The Three Stooges were all Jewish. I couldn't care less if anyone is offended by this video. RICK NINEG, concentrate more on the humor and enjoyment The Three Stooges bring and less on what might make Snowflakes cry.
Much to think of, there.
Recall most internees did not support all that, and many volunteered for the U. S. armed forces.
They did deploy them all to Europe, no use confusing everyone in the Far East.
1944. Weren't we at war... let's see...ah...oh yeah they attacked is without the courtesy of declaration of war...ok
Japanese Americans didn't attack us.
I think the Wokies today are more offended today than anyone in 1944. Toughen up!
My parents, grandparents and great grandparents were in Camp Manzanar for three years during WWII. Both parents were american born citizens. For the first two years, the guards in the towers were armed with Thompson machine guns. After that, just rifles. In Arcadia, U.S. solders were armed with M1917 machine guns at Santa Anita. Internees had to live in horse stalls. Who put them there? F.D.R. when he signed Executive Order 9066 after being persuaded by Earl Warren, then the Governor of CA and General DeWitt, responsible for the security of the West Coast. Later, it was proven by a document found in the US Library of Congress by Aiko Yoshinaga that General Dewitt saw no threat by Japanese or Japanese Americans on the west coast to U.S. security. Similar cartoons were made by Disney and others demonizing Japanese. But that was war. 😢
I hope and pray that your relatives did well and We the People apologize for what our government did.
this was educational compared to the stuff they have today on TV......
Thanks so much for this compliment!
@@ricknineg i mean your show and this episode of stooges, some may consider it racy but hell its nothing compared to now, propaganda is way worse on TV
This is a touchy subject and I think you threaded the needle perfectly. You didn't preach one viewpoint or another, you carefully provided this in the appropriate historical context. We can see it through the lens of the time these shorts were made, the lens of the time they were being considered for broadcast on American airwaves, and the lens of our society today. Tremendous job, sir.
I could not tell from your still photos if I'd ever seen that short so I found it on line and watched the whole uncensored short. I was amazed that Id' never saw it before,and whats more, it was no diffrent from other ww2 era shorts that made fun of the axis powers. Why this one got censored is beyond me. I liked it.
Because those escapees were innocent Americans.
@1701echopapa well they sure had them acting like the enemy!
There were no enemy agents in internment camps, which was clearly stated in the short that was where they escaped from. @@geralderdek282
Definitely should NOT be banned. It is a snapshot into the general emotional response to the feared & hated enemy. And we can see how far we have come from there.
Take from it what you will, learn from it as you should, discuss it rationally with others so they may do the same. Most importantly, break the chain of hate instead of adding more links thus making it stronger and ourselves weaker.
The reason this short was made was because, in context, it WAS funny, and correct, and justified. History should not be sanitized by today’s improved standards.
Funny episode. Remember watching this. Free speech. If someone doesn’t like it, don’t watch it .
I would say to keep them for the reasons you stated. There were some old Popeye cartoons that were quite mean to the Japanese; again, for a perspective on the views that were held back then. And yes, I do feel uncomfortable watching any of those, but I keep the historical perspective firmly in mind.
My favorite short is the one where the cats jumped out of the piano. 😆I can't remember the title.
Ants In The Pantry or Pest Man Wins.
I realized that the Stooge shorts shown on TV were only a fraction of those made after watching so many shorts I never watched before on RUclips in my middle age. Most of the "hidden" shorts involved booze, smoking, and cheating on other guys women, lol. Oh, and there was a tax cheat one too!
The banning of anything stems from Guilt by those who have made poor decisions and want to erase their guilty conscience. Interment Camps of Japanese-American citizens was outrageous and therefore not to be talked about for several decades.
My dad was a pilot during WWII and he not like The Three Stooges due to some of the content of the shorts. Thanks Rick.
Out of curiosity Rick. Since all the Japanese were in camps …. Do you know where they got the actors for this episode? Wonder if they got paid to take part ? It would be interesting to know who they were …. I’m sure they would have a fascinating story about this episode themselves ….
Maybe they were Chinese.
Maybe they were Chinese.
I think it's important to show all because it depicts a time when people thought differently. Although times and thought change it's still very important to remember the past so the mistakes that were made are not forgotten and repeated again. Banning those things we deem inappropriate now doesn't change what happened. God bless and stay safe.
We were fortunate enough to have a UHF station that owned the entire 3 stooges library of films and shorts.
I think I remember seeing this episode on channel 39 in Houston...way back in the day. It would have been the 1960s.
Also remember...it was FDR who signed the executive order to intern Japanese Americans.
Wartime demonizing is what it is. Even as a child, I noticed that after the war, there was no "un demonizing." Not right.
I don’t recall ever seeing this episode. However, there was one that Moe dressed up looking like Hitler. I thought that was funny, but at least the joke was on that man and not on a certain demographic.
Great video!
When the Enoyla Gay was put on display many complained a out it. The were told to change the sign and everything. They wre told its history. We didn't start that war we finished it. These 3 Stooges episodes are history. Deal with it.
It's a first amendment issue. No banning, just blocking.
Back in the late 90's-early 00's, then UPN affiliate KCWE-TV, Ch. 29 in Kansas City, MO, used to show The 3 Stooges every weeknight from Midnight-1AM.
I do seem to remember them showing this particular short.
We need to remember the past in all its forms to learn from it and hopefully not repeat it.
No, I really don't ever remember seeing this episode.
I don't think I have and I thought I have seen all of them at least once.
Not showing it on over the air "local" TV stations is one thing, but it should definitely NOT be banned from viewing elsewhere, like here on RUclips or other streaming services. It would be like banning Blazing Saddles.
Reportedly it was never banned per se, but a number of stations chose not to air it as there was some controversy in the 70s (along with lawyers) when the full story of the internment program became public.
This is one of the best episodes where curly does a HILARIOUS fan dance and inserts his curly shuffle into it. I never laughed so hard in my life!! 🤣 I personally dont care about any of the politicalness or possible offensiveness due to certain races being used in the shorts. I just enjoy it for what it is and love every episode the three stooges put out.
I once saw this short on TBS at around 1:30am back in 1994, they edited out the entire pre-farmhouse scenes on that short.
I watched 3 Stooges shorts on TV from the mid to later 50’s and well into the 60’s so if this one was banned, it must have been banned during the late 60’s because l remember seeing it more than once.
I was always wondering why I never see it on TV anymore. Nobody else could give me an explanation, except the classic media king of course 💯. Hail King Nineg the wisest
I’m so glad I was able to solve this mystery for you
@ricknineg not just me but a lot of other people
I wonder if other cultures make fun, or made fun of America and Americans in the same sense? I for one, can laugh at myself and Americans. To me, these things are funny, or comedic. I guess we all don't have the same sense of humor. The world has become victimized by weakness, in my own personal opinion anyways.
Thanks for reminding me of how funny The 3 Stooges are, and were. Keep up the great work!
Yes, they do.
I have all of the Stooges' comedies on 📀 DVD and I can watch all of the shorts without a problem.
Censored though.
@Pygar2 Nope,not on my set!
@@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg The Columbia dvds ARE censored. Mostly cutting footage of blacks...
Sad this short was blacklisted, but considering the times I can’t say it’s surprising. Thank you for the video Rick, I hope you’re doing well. Keep up the great work and take care!
I'm against banning. Things like this are necessary for younger people to learn how not to behave. I do think these things need to be presented in a way as to show how we all have the same tendencies and therefore not to sit in judgement of others that are different from different backgrounds. I had my share of racism. So, I know what I'm saying.
They should show this right after showing a documentary on the Rape of Nanking or one on how the Japanese treated American POW.
I've seen this on TV several times. It's not banned at all.
In Chicago they use to show this short in the 80/90’s it’s in entirety and slowly over the years they edited it down to about seven minutes or so and they would only show the stuff that they could show on TV . 😂
That's ridiculous.
I think it shouldn’t be shown. I was raised if you replaced the racist commentary with you own race and it’s offensive then it shouldn’t be funny about another race. It was a different time but just as I don’t like watching characters in black face I don’t like watching buck teeth depicting Asians. I have no problem with you covering the episode and discussing it.
see them as they are. Do NOT restrict them. This is History, and we need to learn from it.
This was not blacklisted in Alabama. I saw this episode as a child. That was in the early 1960's. The bands were probably regional. I watch a local non affiliated local channel.
I remember seeing this one once or twice back in the mid 70's when the Three Stooges were being rerun for the first time for us Gen X. But on saw it then. It is a very good episode too. As for being offensive, people need to take a chill pill.
People have to stop applying today's standards to things said on tv, in the movies, etc., many decades ago. Im Italian American, and back in the 70's, I wasn't all offended by the Ragu commercial in which the meatball said "That's a spicy meat - a - ball"! in a thick Italian accent. Nor, do I remember Latinos protesting "The Frito Bandito". And, let's face it - a LOT of people had good reason to not exactly be in love with the Japanese during World War 2. But, that was then, and this is now, and I'm sure that most people are smart enough to realize that a Three Stooges short from 1943 has nothing to do with the opinion that most Americans have of the Japanese people today.
Still FUNNY! I am SICK of censorship!!!
Another insightful video. I wouldn't call this short risqué and spicy, though, as those terms have a sexual overtone. Like many other productìons of the time it was racist propaganda meant to demonize the enemy.
I love this episode
Did the critics object to the way Germans were portrayed in other Stooge shorts? Incidentally, the Stooges filmed more episodes in 1944(8) than in any other year .
Why should it be offensive? People need to remember that short was filmed during WW2 and Japan was the enemy.
Japanese Americans were not the enemy.
now we ban books on steroids.
Our Ch.29 in Philly had shown the shorts in the early '70's thru early '90's when the new Ch.57 started showing them.There were a few that weren't shown until the late '70's.This was,but the Screen Gems logo was shown,then the credits were skipped,so the beginning of the action was immediate.The station was clever enough to hide the credits,showing them at the end,before the ending Screen Gems logo.Ill Never Heil Again got lumped in with the Shemp/Joe cycle,placed in where, the" I "title shorts ran(shorts titles were shown alphabetically).Woman Haters,Goofs And Saddles,and A Gem Of A Jam.werent shown until the late '70's ,early 80's.
They should just show them. And learn from them. Too many things are banned. 😖
Warner Brothers and Disney cartoons reflected the times in which they were made, including World War II. Disney locked away cartoons made during the war that had caricatures of Hitler, Tojo and others being ridiculed. They are only available to researchers. It was common to make fun of the enemies. Those who wish to watch them should be able to do so.
Oh,one more,You Natzy Spy also was delayed shown later in the '70's decade,as well.
Can't recall seeing it...did notice the woman in the beginning is sewing a service flag with three stars on it. The Stooges? Someone else?
The Batman serial of 1943 had an anti Japanese tone.
Sure did.
It is included on The 3 Stooges Collection Vol 4...
I grew up watching WPIX out of NYC and I don't remember seeing this short and that would have been back in the mid 1960's, so I'm thinking they banned it way back then.
It is what it was back then.
My grandfather fought in Japan during that war and believe me, this short is nothing compared to the things they were called. If it wasnt for people fighting for your freedom, you wouldnt have a youtube to make money off of
I saw it on tv. Excess of the time.
Did you notice, none of the actors playing them were actually Japanese?
oooh, that's a pet peeve of mine, Rick! The expression is to suspend our DISBELIEF, not "belief"
The title does sound a little familiar but the images you posted and ones on IMDB do not, so I think I many not have seen it or if I did it must have been decades ago. Is it shown now on TV on ME TV? The IMDB says it was banned in the 1970s
I believe that all stooges get unfairly criticized because of changing societal ideas. Not just these 3 but all stooges across America. That's why I'm calling for 3 stooges days. That's right a 5 day stooges federal holiday. 5? Yeah Besser and shemp.
I've seen it for years! Never ban😮
They also made a short about nazis.
People have to know this was the situation during world war 2, the world did not start in 2000
Stooges were silly not serious. People are too sensitive. Sense of humor is for the living. 😮😊
3:20. What's a good word for scrutiny?
Scrutiny.
Thanks!(SMACK)
I saw this episode as a youngster.
Beings I grew up on The Three Stooges by watching it on Channel 52 here in Los Angeles, there have been many shorts that were apparently blacklisted but I managed to see on Channel 52. However, this one I have absolutely NO recollection of seeing. So it must have been so hot-buttoned that even Channel 52 wouldn't show it. And just by your description I totally get why. I'm not sure at the age I was when this would have been shown if I would have "gotten it" or not, I was in my very early teens and the Japanese Internment was not talked about in schools that I went to. In fact I wouldn't know about it until they aired the movie "Farewell To Manzanar" when I was about 15 or so. I remember asking my mom in absolute disbelief if we (meaning the United States) REALLY did this to the Japanese. And very defensively she said yes - and through the years it would lead to many arguments. The biggest one for me in which nobody could seemingly answer is why weren't Germans placed in those camps? It's only now at age 64 of course I have a better understanding of what happened. But should something like this not be shown? That's a tough question. To watch it would probably make me squirm so uneasily throughout the runtime - and yet, we just can't pretend this never happened. The United States hardly has a perfect past and it's important to NOT sweep this stuff under the rug.
There were a few internment camps, mainly in the Midwest, that housed German and Italian Americans.
@actionsub I did not know that. Thank you.
Where are all the comedies and musicals about the concentration camps that the Germans had made. Like Oklahoma Auschwitz, Birkenau Bloomer Girl and Sonnenburg Song of Norway.
They should be shown it’s history
What were Moe, Larry, and Curly’s personal takes on the portrayal of the Japanese in this short and other films?