Farms: Short'nin' Bread (1948)
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All the pastries at "Ye Bake Shoppe" are attending the Cookie Carnival The audience is invited to join along in singing "Short'nin' Bread." Director: Isadore Sparber Production Company: Famous Studios Translate this cartoon: http://universalsubtitles.org/videos/NqttT553E5NK/ Playlist for Classic Screen Song Cartoons: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E0430FC03317C19C
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Did you notice that "mammy" was white? Had this been a racist cartoon, "mammy" would have been a black stereotype. Sorry, no racism here.
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Believe me, there wasn't anything racist about the song. It was just an amusing little piece about "Shortening Bread". This is an inexpensive cake, cheap to make, that's loved by children throughout the south (There are recipes all over the internet for it).
Look it up, "stove top bake" it and you'll understand what the song was all about. -
Thank you for posting this important reminder that racism has been pervasive, even in cartoons, since Jesus was knee-high to a grasshopper.
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The line says one is sick in bed and the other one is dead! Doesn't that mean anything to the kids who are listening to this?
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The 1950's NTA logo is included on both the opening and closing titles of this and other pre-50 Paramount cartoons.
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I rember this song when I was little
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i'm puking
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XTC brought me here!
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I have enjoyed singing along to Short'in Bread. Such memories and great history.
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is this from back in the olden days????people????
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3:17 I think there's a part missing from this.
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It's a little sad.
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The song "Shortnin' Bread" was written (and copyrighted) in 1915 by a white man. 100 years of "Shortnin' Bread". Contrary to popular belief, the song wasn't racist. It was written to entertain children.
The "chicken wing" was a dance that spanned from the 19th to the 20th centuries. In fact, a line from "The Charleston" reads, "Buck dance, wing dance". This gave rise to the expression, "doin' the 'buck and wing'". This means to give one the old "song and dance". Telling a long and drawn out story, likely a fabrication that would lead someone to a false conclusion. (A "Red Herring", so to speak). -
LOL
Sure, White people talk like that. -
Is this creativity or the result of hallucinogenic drugs?
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Omfg you don't have to be born in the 1940s to see this!!! There's tv and the internet. Wow you people have no common since
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It doesn't get any better than classic cartoons.
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Very very great cartoon!!! Thank you:)
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2 songs on a Screen Song cartoon. We're lucky!
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Sup