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Posted by One-Shot Scot on 10/04/21 11:33
"Curtin/Dobbs" <curtin-dobbs@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Is "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves" on DVD, yet? The introduction on
> that would last longer than the actual cartoon, itself. The "danger" with
> "Coal Black...," and some other product, is that even though one can
> be sensitive to and cognizant of the fact that it traffics in stereotypes,
> it's still a funny and artistically inventive cartoon. What to do?
Now that was the best Easter Egg of all time! It was on the bootleg _Song of
the South_ DVD that is usually sold on eBay this time of year. (They make
great Christmas gifts.) Although I can't remember how to get into it right
now. It seems to me that you double-click on one of the Johnny Mercer titles
in the juke box section. And what a great cartoon it is:
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs!!! That mean old queen had everything.
(Judging from the hoards of tires, sugar and coffee that old gal had,
I'd say that this cartoon was made around 1943-44.)
This thing is a howl! And it's a Bob Clampett cartoon, no less, with a
Johnny Mercer soundtrack that really bops!
After drinking from her bottle of Eli Whitney Cotton Gin and eating from
her box of Chattanooga Chew-Chews, the old queen sings "Magic mirror on
the wall, send me a prince about six feet tall."
And sure enough, that jitter-bugging, dope dealing pimp, "Prince
Chawmin", shows up in his pimpmobile. Wearing a zoot suit with a belt in the
back!. But So White gets his attention (he wants to add her to his stable of
bitches) and this pisses off the old queen. So she calls Murder Inc. to
black out So White. The side of the mob car reads:
Murder Inc.
We Rub Out Anyone $1.00
Midgets -- 1/2 Price.
Japs -- FREE
At the end it says:
Merrie Melodies
"That's all Folks!"
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Released by Warner Bros. Pictures Incorporated.
But I don't remember this cartoon being on any of the Warner DVDs. Maybe
they're saving the best for last.
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