Thursday, October 05, 2006

So White and Prince Chawmin'

Waaaay back in the day, I mentioned how I wanted to post a couple of Warner Brothers cartoons, but they'd both been yanked before I had the chance to do so. Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips, a portion of which I later posted here, was one of them. This is the other.



This cartoon is the animated equivalent of Birth of a Nation. You can't get past the racism and sexism, but you also can't deny that it's energetic and fun; it's considered one of Robert Clampett's greatest, which by extension means one of the greatest of all animated cartoons.

And you've got to admit, the WWII-specific gag at 1:06 is a hoot.

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