Probably THE most controversial and racist cartoon ever made, it's still quite amusing AND amazing to catch who is who. Like the riverboat female is obviously Lena Horne, the ship's captain is Louis Armstrong.. There was a few others. Plenty and PLENTY for you to be offended at. By the guy who gave you Woody Woodpecker. MORE WATERMELON? Spuzz 2008-08-05 00:16:22 2008-08-05 00:16:22 4 I love old time animation, and I'm not easily offended. But oh sweet Buddha, This cartoon is garbage. Everybody condemns the 50's but a quick look at "Beulah" and "The Jack Benny Program" show just how far America had come since 1941. Both of those shows feature black people in dignified roles, and although they play servants, the charactors they play are actually quite smart. This 1941 cartoon is unintentionally hilarious in it's horrible stereotypes. I'm glad it was preserved, but frankly I can't understand a 4-star rating. Rotten Garbage Seto-Kaiba_Is_Stupid 2008-08-20 22:04:46 2008-08-20 22:04:46 1 yeah, I'm not easily offended either, but good Gods this is horrible! I just watched a Betty Boop cartoon that had racial stereotypes as well, but they were benign in comparison. Laziness, watermelons, is there a stereotype they DON'T use????? Bloody awful... Trash... goth_Snob 2008-10-18 23:05:51 2008-10-18 23:05:51 0 not that it really matters, because you get the idea this video is espousing that "duh KNEE-grows caint git nuttin' dun 'less day gaht deyr jive ta day-ants ta." And yes, I made that as offensive as I could, trying to remember how "colored dialect" was written out in the days of Jim Crow and before. If what I just wrote was offensive to you, the video will be 10 times as offensive. This cartoon would make an EXCELLENT demonstration of the worst kind of racial stereotyping in the early 1950s. Lantz does an effective production and Alex Lovy's (later with Depatie-Freleng and Warner Bros.) animation is acceptable and professional for what it aimed to do. The voice doubles are good enough to recognize who they're supposed to be. Audio is way off in streaming version LeGrande 2008-12-05 03:50:26 2008-12-05 03:50:26 1 <em>This cartoon would make an EXCELLENT demonstration of the worst kind of racial stereotyping in the early 1950s.</em> You're an idiot, this is from 1941. You are porbably the same kind of person who thinks "My Mother The Car" was as popular as "I Love Lucy", you revisionist dumbass. Stupid Classic_TV_and_Radio_Fan 2008-12-05 05:08:23 2008-12-05 05:08:23 1 Man, you nailed this on the HEAD! People, you need to realize that this sort of thing was accepted in the 1940s. Was it right? no. But, it was accepted. And also understand that some things we do now will NOT be acceptable 60 years from now. So, we just get over it and enjoy some entertainment. Read more of Classic's reviews... this person knows what they're talking about. I just love Classic Radio and TV Fan! Meatpies 2008-12-11 21:21:56 2008-12-11 21:21:56 3 The great thing about cartoons like this is that they're FUNNY. We can watch them now and see how ridiculous it is that people actually believed this is how actual African Americans looked & behaved. Am I the only one who sees beauty in that? Propaganda only has as much power as you give to it. If we see this as simply a silly cartoon, that is all it can amount to. One of my favorites. waza 2009-06-15 00:09:29 2009-06-15 00:09:29 5 7 2.50