Brer Rabbit Car Commercial

[xxxannamollyxxx]

is it true? is it a Disney Commercial?

[happyd00dle]

Now this is a REAL MANLY car commercial

[yourallbrainwashed]

and enjoy fildered ...is that how all peole use to say it ... fidered?

[michaelsar12]

The characters don't look a THING like the original movie!

[ESLinstructor1]

@michaelsar12 Keep in mind they didn't have the high budgets to animate this like they did for the movie.

[JcLazy1]

I bet Brer Rabbit was the first Black Man with a Car lol.........

[staticbear76]

i just love brer rabbit he is sooo staticool

[DisneyPrincessNeeNee]

That was the bee knee's!!! ^_____^

[Shoknifeman]

Interesting how Disney simplified Brer Rabbit's design for the TV ad

[MagnaECoyote]

how'd you even GET this?! Duuuude...

[NDNgirl4ever]

"a little nash Rambler was following me, about 1/3 my size...Beep Beep!"

[disneyfan85]

@NDNgirl4ever "I pushed my foot down to the floor to give the guy the shake, but the little Nash Rambler stayed right behind me, still had on his brake."

[PaigeOfTheCaribbean]

Yes, all season air conditioning!

haha

[Lockemeister]

This looks like it could be an early SUV.

[wiliampaperclips]

Apparently more for Americans means White Americans only

[AlexanderRaccoon]

whys that?

[ericstefani]

Now I KNOW I was born too late!

[FuzzyDuck]

lawl

[CrocodileHoges]

Yes, how racist..Car Jacking in 1955!

[thrummer1953]

I'm sure glad that Racist American Motors Corp. went out of business .And to think, I used to drive an Ambassador! I must make amends.

[jti109]

Oh shut up. I'm tired of this goofy "I must make amends" attitude. Unless you personally beat down a brotha or kept him from getting his job, or maybe enslaved him, then get off the so-called compassionate and self-degrading bandwagon of racial reparations. It's a damned commercial, your the racist by saying that the idiot bear and wolf are "obviously" black. Stupid, bleeding heart, self-contradicting, liberal, babbling nonsense.

[thrummer1953]

Dear jti, sorry you missed it, I was being sarcastic!I owe amends- NOT!

[doobiesmoke15]

it was a fox, not a wolf.

[planetfall]

gee whiz, thats swell! i want one riiiight now!

[SHAUNERDANIEL]

The last time this movie was out was 1987 n theatres...

[rikijuntzu]

I suppose that people that complain about this sort of media being racist have never been to the south. People of all colors talk that way. What a generation of pussies the U.S. is raising!!

[NeoEspiritus]

A/C Thats some high tech shit.

[Migsoon]

Grew up with Uncle Remus and this movie. The fact he was African American, or all the so called political incorrectness of it, I remember how it brought smiles as we "turned a frown upside down" and whistled when we saw a Bluebird, hoping it would come rest on our shoulder.

This is a classic, and part of American History. Nothing racial about children holding hands with Uncle Remus!

[rikijuntzu]

Amen Migsoon

[k12d14]

...you know, i wonder what makes "Song of the South" racist...

i mean, cuz the country accent could belong to a WHITE person from the south, and not a BLACK person...

but i suppose when everyone hears a somewhat goofy-yet-authentic southern accent they assume it's a black guy/girl (mainly back in the day), so yeah...

[SHAUNERDANIEL]

Disney is band from the movie "Song of the South" ever coming out again...

[cpuaggie]

Man do I miss "Song of the South." My parents were able to get a copy of the movie, but only through Japan....go figure

[fromthesidelines]

American Motors was one of the regular sponsors of ABC's "DISNEYLAND" in its first season (1954-'55)- and Disney always accomodated their sponsors by having their characters "shilling" for the sponsor's product (as they did Peter Pan Peanut Butter for Derby Foods and Cheerios for General Mills). Here, the "stars" of "Song Of The South" do their part!

[errickrb]

How the hell does everyone think this is racist? A black man holding hands with a white child inspires racism?

[Jetixhater]

...Brer Rabbit?

[norfillyson]

This guy is sick or maybee just a Nazi, most cant tell the differnence. Look man i know you have a low i.q. and all, and your probably exremely poor white garbage but muhhamadanism is not a religion

[IBDawgfan82]

As far as "Song of the South" goes, I'd love to see it released again. Only in America does a movie draw criticism for bigotry when the front cover and promotional poster depicts a black man holding hands with two white children.

[NClackum]

I guess it's all in how you look at it. I was able to get a copy from Ebay several months ago. I think it was a beautiful film, a wonderful childhood memory. I still don't understand the real reason it was banned in the US.

[IBDawgfan82]

Sounds like your dad "propagandized" his child to hold preconceived ignorant notions about Southerners in general, and Southern whites especially. The fact of the matter is that it is absolutely ludicrous to assume that a particular region of America is any "more racist" than another. The South doesn't hold the patent to racism, just as they don't hold the patent to slavery, and unfortunately people of all races have members of their population which hate other ethnicities for no reason.

[12Zwolf]

Don't condem Walt Disney; the motion picture titled 'Song of the South' is based from the Joel Chandler Harris 'Uncle Remus' stories circa 1879, and aren't intended as role-models, and neither are the 'Gangsta', 'Hip-Hop', 'Rap', and 'Ballywood Buck-Dancing' considered 'role-models'.

The actual issue is 'Niggers' were 'kidnapped', 'brain-washed', and forced into slavery. The descent thing to do is to round-up all the 'Niggers' and return them to the freedom of Africa.

Valkyrie Sieg Mourne

[norfillyson]

Or maybee we should send the Devils back to Europe

[IBDawgfan82]

Devils? Do you mean white devils? I'm extremely offended and disappointed by this type of racist diatribe.

[monkeememories]

pretty cool ... where'd ya find this?

[GingerGilligan]

It turns out I was one of the last people to see the movie "Song of the South". It was re-released in 1986 when I was 10 years old, never to come out on VHS or DVD. Why is it not available? If you think it's racist don't watch it, but it should still be available for other people to see who have no such hangups. These are the same people who thought Jar Jar Binks was racist.

[HbVideos]

You can find dvd copies of this film onEbay and on the web, do A search. I have A pal vhs copy and A laserdisc copy of it. But I not going to sell either of them. Good Luck hope you fine one.

[disneyfan85]

I KNEW that dog at the end looked familiar! Anyway, yes, please do put up the rest! I want to see them!

[disneyfan85]

Did Disney ever get wind of this commercial? Because they look kinda like the versions seen in the Disney film, even dressed like 'em, too.

[ChunkyBoots]

There's a series of commercials done for the Nash, one had Brer Rabbit, one had Pluto, and another had Jiminy Cricket. If you want me to upload the others, I'll be happy to do so.

[FelixAtrox]

Jiminy Cricket?! Definitely!

[staticbear76]

@ChunkyBoots id love to see them all brer rabbit is one of my faves

[Cooltomorrowkid]

@ChunkyBoots - Could you please upload the other commercials you mentioned? Thanks!

[disneyfan85]

@ChunkyBoots I believe American Motors was one of the original sponsors for the Disneyland TV show.

[shrinkingmanvid]

I think they MADE this commercial. I read something on Cartoon Brew blog, IIRC, saying that they had a unit that "secretly" made TV ads like this.

[MovieRatIan]

@disneyfan85 ...This was made by Disney

[screamifyoulikeit]

That's right, I got me a "rugged station wagon"

[NotAJackal]

Hope that rabbit's got some snacks in the car.

[AlexanderRaccoon]

Thank you so Much, Song of the South is the best Disney movie ever. And those are some of the Greatest characters in English Literature.

[DoctorScissors]

When I think of slavery era stereotypes I think of the 55 Rambler!... is that a good marketing campaign? Maybe in the 50's.

Very cool commercial.

[disneynut06]

Delightful old commercial.

Long live the 3 Brers!

[Arielrosemusic]

Brer Rabbit and all the critters are not 'racial stereotypes' they were all characters created out of the imaginations of enslaved African people in the South. The commercial is silly yes, but those old stories are a treasure born out of great adversity and suffering.

[lonewulf44]

Agreed! People who are constantly looking for sterotypes and discrimination all to often invent it when there is none to be found. Let the story be told, don't hide it away like nothing happened!

[neoprankster]

I've thought of a few ways to convince Disney to release Song of the South:

1. Have our cable companies disconnect all Disney-owned networks.

2. Petition to the Library of Congress to have their copyright revoked.

3. Stop visiting the theme parks.

4. Write to retailers to stop carrying Disney products until the movie is released.

[NClackum]

good point.

[JackSzwergold]

This is so wonderful! I never knew anthropomorphic Antebellum-era racial stereotypes could own a car!