Description: In 1968 ‘United Artists’ withheld 11 Warner Bros/Merrie Melodies shorts from US TV due to racial stereotyping of black characters.
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Uncle Tom's Bungalow (Short 1937)
( 1937 )
In this parody of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Little Eva and Topsy try to rescue old Uncle Tom from the clutches of the evil slave-dealer Simon Simon [sic] Legree.
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Jungle Jitters (Short 1938)
( 1938 )
Starts out with a tribe of African cannibals imitating Native Americans. After this, they do the new Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theme "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down." Then a sloppy stuttering salesman knocks on their doors, and they bring him in and put him in a pot of boiling water. The queen of the tribe wants to see the man. She falls in love with him. They get marr...Read all
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Clean Pastures (Short 1937)
( 1937 )
The Lord sees that the stock value of "Pair-o-dice" is dropping on the exchange so he dispatches a slow-witted and slow-talking angel to sinful Harlem to recruit new customers. When this fails, God finds success sending a group of musical angels with a little more swing in their style, so much so that even the Devil wants to join up!
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The Isle of Pingo Pongo (Short 1938)
( 1938 )
A travelogue spotlights the tropical island of Pingo Pongo, showing the unusual flora and fauna and the lives of the happy natives.
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Tin Pan Alley Cats (Short 1943)
( 1943 )
A jazz cartoon involving a "Fats Waller"-like cat who leaves the "Uncle Tomcat Mission" for the local jazz club.
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Angel Puss (Short 1944)
( 1944 )
A little black boy is hired to kill a cat, but the feline escapes and proceeds to play tricks on the kid, pretending he's a ghost come back to haunt his "killer."
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