America’s Cartoons go to WAR!
Stereotyping the enemy ruled during World War II. Cartoons that played in movie theaters throughout America were in the forefront in making the Japanese, Germans, Mussolini and other handy targets look as hapless, stupid, ugly, evil, and incompetent as possible. The enemy of the day were not necessarily incompetent, but they were definitely evil. And we know who won that war .Today's PC Police would be put on a mass suicide watch if these cartoons were produced today.

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

Leading the way in our special 90 minute DVD is the Warner Brothers truly Politically Incorrect in absolutely every way cartoon, "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips." Released in 1944, Bugs drifts ashore onto a Japanese-held Pacific island. The Japanese are portrayed as runty (except for a Sumo wrestler), buck-toothed, slant-eyed, glasses wearing, and not very bright. Just the way many Americans saw them at the time. Bugs cleaned them out one-by-one and in bunches. How about offering Jap soldiers a "Good Rumor" ice cream bar that's actually a bomb.
Fritz Freleng directed. Run Time: 8:53 Color

The Ducktators

In 1941, Looney Tunes released "The Ducktators," that ran the gamut of insults and stereotyping directed at Hitler, Hirohito and Stalin. Run Time: 7:00 B&W

Tokio Jokio

Looney Tunes released this series of short subjects that take aim at the Japs and Nazis that really make them look pretty stupid. Educational. Run Time: 7:12 B&W

Scrap Happy Daffy

Daffy Duck goes up against a Nazi secret weapon ...a goat that tries to eat its way through the tin cans in Daffy's scrap yard. For you children, Americans held scrap and paper drives regularly to help the war effort. Run Time: 7:46 B&W

Private SNAFU

He was a character used for training in how not to do something and his misadventures sometimes showed up in movie theaters during the war. SNAFU, in case you didn't know, stands for Situation normal, all f----d up. Still a favorite in the military. This series, called "Booby Traps," is wrapped around an "Arabian Adventure," with Ali Baba and the 40 thieves. Take a close look at the boss thief. Who does he look like? Incredible! SNAFU comes up against an Arab of the female persuasion who could be considered a prototype for today’s' suicide bomber. But, heck, this is only a cartoon, right? Right. Run Time: 12:36 B&W and Color

Cap'n Cub

Ted Eshbaugh's Cap'n Cub leads his killer crew of barnyard denizens into the air against a squadron of Jap bombers. A close up inside a bomber shows a crew member who resembles a monkey complete with a (gasp!) tail. Run Time: 5:46 Color

Japateurs

A wartime adventure featuring that Man of Steel, Superman. Supe dukes it out with Japs who steal a super secret bomber and attempt to crash it into Metropolis. The Jap leader looks an awful lot like Charlie Chan. But he was Chinese and in a different movie. Run Time: 8:52 Color

Eleventh Floor

Superman and Lois Lane are in Japan doing a story on the war. The Japs hold Lois as a spy and saboteur, when it's really Superman sinking those ships. They send out a warning for Supe to lay off or Lois gets to look down the wrong end of a rifle barrel. Run Time: 7:46 Color

Black Trash

A really violent trailer of a movie made by white South Africans during the heyday of apartheid. It pretty well shows all that was ugly about the period. Run Time: 2:42 B&W (If you are interested in purchasing the movie, which actually is quite well made despite or because of its violence, it is now available on VHS only for $9.99 incl. S&H) ORDER HERE

The Fisherman

This is a tale of a fisherman who finds out the hard way that, to paraphrase, sometimes you eat the fish and sometimes the fish eats you. Includes quick scenes of our beloved  "Hildebeast." We stole that name from Neal Boortz. Run Time: 2:47 B&W

Wacky Blackouts

This Looney Tunes production has barnyard characters helping in their own inimitable way, the war effort. Run Time: 2:10 B&W
Total Run Time: 1:13:30

A Final Word

Obviously, the cartoons on this DVD were among the vehicles of choice to get across the message that Americans are good and the bad guys deserve all the abuse that can be heaped on them. Considering the period, some 60 years ago, the tone, cloaked with humor, absolutely fit the mood of the country. Back then, Americans, generally, were plain spoken and took no crap. We knew who our enemies were and dealt with them in an appropriate manner. Our military, skilled in combat arms, killed as many of them as possible to keep them from killing us. Most Americans on the home front, cheered them on.  If these story lines were to go into wide release today, there would be so many people suffering from heart palpitations and the vapors that there would be a major shortfall in the smelling salts industry.

We can only suggest, see them for yourself, and as a delightfully wicked idea, treat a liberal or a serious radical to a really neat gift and watch their hair catch fire.

$11.99 incl. S&H (DVD Only)