Wow its great! So great that he had to sing in blackface to get noticed. Singer's who sing in whiteface should be supported by the fans of this singer, that would be great!
@SubzeroAtTheBone are u pretending to be dumb or just not using your brain? Barack Obama sang a line from an Al Green song because Al Green was in the audience.
Man, I wanna put on blackface just to see what I would look like. I'd want it really well-done, though. Not like a caricature like this, like, I'd want it to actually be convincing.
All except a few people on here have the mental capacity to understand what is going on, you get your history confused or you who were downtrodden have forgotten your history, youve been brainwashed into not carring or being intollerant
Its amazing that Al Jolson doing so much for the African american way of life...its great how many people of different races can come together in harmony...This man is a phenomenal enteratainer and everybody can really see how he helped Race relations.Black people should be ...oh wait, I mean African Americans have much to applaud one of their own.
I hate when people take old acts of racism and try to compare it to the modern world, It happened, there's nothing we can do so just let it go. Just thought you'd like a black persons reaction to this video, well i have a little native american in my family but i have some black too. :/
@monsterzeroJr HAH, I can't decide what I like better about this comment; the absurd racism, or the fact that it has 10 upvotes. I guess they're in the Tea Party. Probably the only 10 who know how to use computers.
Superbly sung by Jolson.Superbly acted by Parks.For me,no one could better Larry Parks as the great Al Jolson.He made the part his own with his brilliant acting... Thanks Al and Larry for the movie.And thanks RandomMovieClips for the video...
@MrFeinstein tottaly agree I am a lot younger but my dad always played his records, now times have moved on and we can watch youtube etc, just got in and wanted to remaniss, absolutely brilliant feels like I,m back in the the sixties being a kid again, this music will always live on.
@lolitaprincess3009 yes it is racist. painting yourself up to look like an exaggerated version of a race that is oppressed in Western society "just for fun and laughs" is racist.
If you take the piss out of jolson again, i will remove your ipod from its tiny nano sheeth and push it up your cock! And then ill plug some speakers up your arse and put it on shuffle with my fucking fist.
I just heard about this guy reading Francis Cress Welsings "The Isis Papers," her contention is that racism and color confrontation on part of the white man stems from his desire to be black! I think this speaks volumes to the inherent white male sense of inadaquacy and the desire to have dominant DNA. Thank god the white race is dying out and China is taking over. I doubt when they do you will see them parading in whiteface however.
I thought this to be incredibly racist. If I didn't do any research I'd be talking out of my ass. "Imitation is the best form of flattery" Al Jolson introduced African american music to white audiences, well as fighting discrimination on broadway.
He was a talented man and I think many of us are too ignorant to see this for art. It's the past, it was a form of art Just like when people veiw naked portriats as porn. People are so immature and laugh at the sight of a womans nipple in a painting.
anyone saying that hes racist may i quote wikipedia "As early as 1911 he became known for fighting against anti-black discrimination on Broadway. Jolson's well-known theatrics and his promotion of equality on Broadway helped pave the way for many black performers"
Great video, thanks for posting! A real classic here. A suggestion to the freaks who would rather be watching the movie White Chicks ..... why don't you go whereever its playing at, and don't let the door bump you in the ass end on your way out.
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Well, canoga, that would be like 84 more people that listen at music rather than to it. Wait! Conoga? Conoga Park? You a Valley Girl. That explains it. But Buffy was good.
At first I thought he was racist too. But I have a handy tool called 'the internet' which gave me some good little history lessons. Yes, there were racist comedians who performed in blackface to mimic African Americans. But Jolson didn't use blackface to make a statement, he was just hiding behind a mask which gave him more freedom on-stage. He actually was a strong supporter of African American rights. If there's a dispute over history, look it up. Otherwise, you don't have an educated opinion.
funny that you say that. When we're(whites) the lazy ones that whipped them into doing our work and building this country. HELL we whipped the Natives into near-extinction! OWN UP TO IT B*TCH and stop asshole.
I used to be like you, but how dumb was I??? If I meet a black person and I don't like him, then I don't like THAT person, doesn't mean he represents them all. Do the KKK represent us all??? NO. Not me for sure. I have better things to do, than bothering and tlking about black ppl
Wow! Reading these comments makes me realize just how delusional white people are. This is black face-White people who put on black faces and "imitated" black stereotypes usually singing or dancing. He is singing about his Mammie-black women who took care of white children. Think Aunt Jamime
Hi, i'm logged onto my dad's site, but i'm an 18 year old girl, and love Al Jolson. been brought up around him and his songs. really glad these are on here. :)
@PatrioticKlansman AL WAS GREAT....BUT HE HAD TO PAINT HIMSELF BLACK TO FIT IN...AINT THAT SOME SHIT....HE KNEW WHAT WORKED....AND WHAT A GREAT JOB HE DID....
There WAS a lot of stereotyping going on at that time, but Jolson was not one of them, even though labeled so. He truly admired african americans! He was also the first to give them good parts in his movies {& good pay too!}. When he sang Mammy, he was singing more out of love to his mother than the southern "mammy" he is unfortunately thought to be singing to. & i NEVER understood the problem with his song sonny boy. If they watched the movie, they would see he is singing that to his SON!
What is wrong with you people? It does not matter WHO this person is or HOW his voice sounds... look at his makeup! It clearly represents a racist hateful performance! Idiots.
@Barfetta3000 You're so fucking ignorant. He did this to show respect for the blacks. He was a pioneer in equal rights for blacks. As early as 1911 Jolson fought for equality on the Broadway stage. On his return from San Francisco, he brought with him to New York the Black dance team of Johnny Peters and Mary Dewson, whom Jolson wanted to feature in his next show, something that had never been done on Broadway.
@1337kamikaze Perhaps as a result of this, perhaps not, but it remains that Al Jolson was the only white man allowed into Leroy’s, an all Black nightclub in Harlem. This is no small honor. This is forgotten or ignored.
Most people don't realize that blackface got its start out of admiration for black music & dances. There were some racist performers but most weren't.
@KenMacMillan yes the bugging eyes and cartoonisly large lips are very admirable i feel sooo appreciated *rolls eyes* if this is how ppl show there "admiration" id rather be hated
@VicaQueen09 At the time blackface was created (1840's) white american culture frowned on dancing of almost any kind. We were the hardest working people in the world with practically no outlet at all. Black culture wasn't held to those standards. Blacks were largely unregulated in their private lives. That personal freedom was envied by a lot of people. Blackface was created by a yankee from Ohio who also wrote the song Dixie which in its original form was an admiration of black music.
Boycott Modern Day Minstrels, Buffoonery and Coonery starting 4/22/2011. Demand diversity and deeper concepts. Establish balance now!!! Help us fight against hegemonic encoding, mass media mind control and stereotypical characterizations. If you're tired of continual portrayals of extreme racial stereotypes and mass media mind control copy and post this in material concerning the topic.
@Thedarksecret1 My only defense against what exactly? I merely pointed out the undeniable hypocrisy of those who would come here to denounce black face while simultaneously yukking it up over the exact same behavior in the movie White Chicks.
Ever heard the phrase... Becoming what you beheld?
@canoga1958 First, the movie white chicks was just one movie. Blackface, yellowface, and redface were genres (especially blackface). Also, White Chicks came way after blackface. I don't see the hypocrisy because it was the white infrastructure that started the whole thing in the first place.
@Thedarksecret1 White Chicks is hardly the only example of blacks donning whiteface. Some other examples are Godfrey Cambridge in Watermelon Man, Eddie Murphy’s skit on Saturday Night Live, and a number of plays including Douglas Turner Ward’s Day of Absence and Topdog/Underdog.
Remember that blackface fell out of favor as a theatrical device over a half century ago.
Respond to this video... It's funny how Al Jolson is Jewish and this is the same thing that people in Europe did to Jews, yet he perpetuates this towards blacks.
@Macca0591 You say that I'm an idiot but you cannot prove me wrong and you know this. Al Jolson, a Jewish man, perpetuated stereotypes against blacks that same way that Nazi propaganda perpetuated stereotypes against Jews. You'd think that he of all people would understand but white privilege is a bitch.
It doesn't have to be about the Holocaust alone. I can think of many reasons why he should know better. 1. Slavery in Egypt 2. Babylonian captivity 3. Roman subjugation 4. Spanish Inquisition etc. Yeah, he should know better but white privilege is a bitch and most white people will make every excuse to defend it.
Tell me...did they invent Daffy Duck as a counter to the white Donald Duck? cos Daffy was better and he was black...now where am I going with this...to Minnie Mouses place of course!!! Alas Tom and Jerry have already chopped her...
Forget Why. The crazy and bizarre things that people did in those days is both shocking and disturbing to say the least. Personally, I just came here looking for this lovely old song and this lovely voice.
Wow. Just wow. So many people here are so up their own arses they can't appreciate what an amazing song this is, what a great film this scene is taken from (how many of you have actually watched it?), and what a legendary musical performer Al Jolson was.
You don't even deserve to be on the same planet as this guy.
@tonymontana1974 Actually, no, because they made a sequel in 1949(Jolson Sings Again) for which he again recorded songs and which showed how The Jolson Story came to be made; one of those rare sequels as good as the original. Though he did die a year after that in 1950.
He was in the sequal "Jolson Sings Again" showing how he wanted to be in the original movie about him but they decided he was just too old for the part.
racist as fuck
MaoistLeninistMarx 8 hours ago
Blacks should rape white women .History and natural justice demands it
tariq1793 12 hours ago
Love this, Larry Parks playing Al Jolson. Reminds me of my childhood and my Dad singing Jolson songs ah, those were the days.
CATHERINEDAVIES123 1 day ago
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Wow its great! So great that he had to sing in blackface to get noticed. Singer's who sing in whiteface should be supported by the fans of this singer, that would be great!
ErikandAndreea 4 days ago
I heard there was a video going around that showed the president at a fundraiser doing an excellent imitation of a singer named Al. Is this it?
SubzeroAtTheBone 1 week ago
@SubzeroAtTheBone are u pretending to be dumb or just not using your brain? Barack Obama sang a line from an Al Green song because Al Green was in the audience.
LiishKariina 10 hours ago
greasted singer of all time simple as that
5027777 1 week ago
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oh fuck this shit!
pippigladstone 1 week ago
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this is fucking disturbing
crazycool1128 3 weeks ago
I REMEMBER DOING IMPRESSION OF AL JOLSON MANY TIMES IN THE 70'S IN THE TRENTON PBA SHOW? TO ME HE WAS MY GUY STILL AND STILL IS TO THIS DAY?
yankeecookie7 3 weeks ago
IN HIS ERA HE WAS THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER! MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THAT?
yankeecookie7 3 weeks ago
CaLiBluNTs562
You are certainly kidding right?
MsLenard23 3 weeks ago
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?????
mulipoz 4 weeks ago
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I dont understand how people saw this as entertainment........at best ,its bizarre
mulipoz 4 weeks ago
whata voice
scarface91227 4 weeks ago
THE WORLD IS ALL THE BETTER FOR KNOWING YOU....MR AL JOLSON
ANDREW23BAYVIEW 1 month ago
I actually thought i was watching a black guy sing until 2:38 under his gloves
CaLiBluNTs562 1 month ago
This guys a mommas boy
CaLiBluNTs562 1 month ago
3:23
Devon from Knight Rider ?
Uselink 1 month ago
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only in america
normandyangel 1 month ago
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Okay I'm scared
NJBoston90s 2 months ago
What happened to his lip? lov it tho
MrSIMSFreak1 2 months ago
The voice has got to be Al Jolson's. How could anybody not like Al Jolson?
JTrost1234 2 months ago
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Man, I wanna put on blackface just to see what I would look like. I'd want it really well-done, though. Not like a caricature like this, like, I'd want it to actually be convincing.
ColeMD17 3 months ago
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All except a few people on here have the mental capacity to understand what is going on, you get your history confused or you who were downtrodden have forgotten your history, youve been brainwashed into not carring or being intollerant
theEmperorsTarot 3 months ago
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LOL
sonictrasher 3 months ago
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Its amazing that Al Jolson doing so much for the African american way of life...its great how many people of different races can come together in harmony...This man is a phenomenal enteratainer and everybody can really see how he helped Race relations.Black people should be ...oh wait, I mean African Americans have much to applaud one of their own.
MrStoney2011 3 months ago
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I hate when people take old acts of racism and try to compare it to the modern world, It happened, there's nothing we can do so just let it go. Just thought you'd like a black persons reaction to this video, well i have a little native american in my family but i have some black too. :/
Lunarmoon67 3 months ago
Thanks for sharing..
empkarsi 3 months ago
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zilkinson1 3 months ago
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he forgot the big nigga nose
Espada623 3 months ago
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That black guy's got white lips...
hablerz 3 months ago
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Jolson is my favorite nigger.
slatbusterslat 3 months ago
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Is this Obama?
JackDavisTroll 3 months ago
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Jolson was a scumbag.
pmsan29 3 months ago
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Its called black face. its a type of stage makeup from the ealy 1900's maybe even earlier.
jimbo734 3 months ago
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Same idea as rap music today. A negro on stage doing funny moves.
monsterzeroJr 4 months ago 38
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"Negro"? Wow. Just wow.
theperilsof 3 months ago
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@monsterzeroJr HAH, I can't decide what I like better about this comment; the absurd racism, or the fact that it has 10 upvotes. I guess they're in the Tea Party. Probably the only 10 who know how to use computers.
ShaneMacgowanFan93 3 months ago
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@monsterzeroJr he's not black you stupid person, what an idiot you are...
yasminN130 2 months ago
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@monsterzeroJr
Ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at the dawn of rap music, of Kanye West and other champions of the stage.
monsterzeroJr 2 months ago
Superbly sung by Jolson.Superbly acted by Parks.For me,no one could better Larry Parks as the great Al Jolson.He made the part his own with his brilliant acting... Thanks Al and Larry for the movie.And thanks RandomMovieClips for the video...
MrFeinstein 4 months ago
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@MrFeinstein tottaly agree I am a lot younger but my dad always played his records, now times have moved on and we can watch youtube etc, just got in and wanted to remaniss, absolutely brilliant feels like I,m back in the the sixties being a kid again, this music will always live on.
wardda100 3 months ago
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they say when you mock someone ,you want to be like them deep inside
Tonyo864 4 months ago
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they say when you mock someone ,you want to be like them deep inside
Tonyo864 4 months ago
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hahaha i love this, darkies deserve mocking
MrMichaelMyers99 4 months ago 7
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@MrMichaelMyers99 of course they do (arse)
cyberangelo456 4 months ago
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@MrMichaelMyers99 and you whites deserve going to jail for raping your sister
897peace 4 months ago
Beautiful memories . Absolutely timeless ... Justin Beiber , lady Ga Ga take note .
ruandted 4 months ago
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Why is everyone saying this is racist isn't he just wearing a leather ski mask?
amazingbrawlsiblings 4 months ago
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this is some insane shit...
momolinamedia 4 months ago
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There Is Nothing Racisist about this Film! It was A Great Movie! SO SHUT THE FUCK UP!
ThePaddyjoejr1 4 months ago
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dam he looks black lol
josejurafoo 4 months ago
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whoever is marking every post spam is being very unfair. Something is wrong with this system.
Deadjoe669 4 months ago
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ok i'm confused is this racist ?
lolitaprincess3009 4 months ago
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@lolitaprincess3009 yes it is racist. painting yourself up to look like an exaggerated version of a race that is oppressed in Western society "just for fun and laughs" is racist.
heidishoshana 2 months ago
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He has talent, but he's no Chris Chan.
clonecomanderfox 4 months ago
damn he could sing.
mattybock 4 months ago 13
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If you take the piss out of jolson again, i will remove your ipod from its tiny nano sheeth and push it up your cock! And then ill plug some speakers up your arse and put it on shuffle with my fucking fist.
Jamie, thick of it .... legend!
liamconnelly1987 4 months ago
I think you will find larry was red
zilkinson1 5 months ago 54
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love it, I hear this song is going to be used by Michelle Bachman for her campaign to prove she can accept those people.
MrStoney2011 5 months ago
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that's really fucking unpleasant
Pewlah 5 months ago
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why is every comment flagged as spam? doesn't anyone realize the difference between spam and an opinion?
steeler79win 5 months ago
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This is very racist.
KevinDFuller94 5 months ago
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I just heard about this guy reading Francis Cress Welsings "The Isis Papers," her contention is that racism and color confrontation on part of the white man stems from his desire to be black! I think this speaks volumes to the inherent white male sense of inadaquacy and the desire to have dominant DNA. Thank god the white race is dying out and China is taking over. I doubt when they do you will see them parading in whiteface however.
ellisonwrigh60srage 5 months ago
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My Mum LOVES this movie, I had to sit through this one hundred times a day back when I was little.
Did I mention that my Mum is black?
(Its not racist!)
Spyke360 5 months ago
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wow,white people really were a thorn glad its not this bad anymore,
Constellashun 5 months ago
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Look as the whites are happy to humilliate thelmselves to represente the Blacks you. Blacks dont know to say: Thank you?
notredame2lux 5 months ago
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Esau you gonna get plenty of time to black face in the kingdom of heaven when entertaining the kings of the Power!
IndianaTruth12 5 months ago
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would be great if the black polish couldn't come off.
Bunfire123 5 months ago
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this is funny cause i don't feel offended at all
Nomorehataz 5 months ago
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wheres the fat woman? thats the mammy
Nomorehataz 5 months ago
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Your shitty grand parents loved this crap.
SuperMisterowl 6 months ago
Has anyone noticed that this is Larry Parks and not Al Jolson?
dannysierra 6 months ago
@dannysierra it is larry parks acting and jolson's voice
Commonsense11111 6 months ago
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I thought this to be incredibly racist. If I didn't do any research I'd be talking out of my ass. "Imitation is the best form of flattery" Al Jolson introduced African american music to white audiences, well as fighting discrimination on broadway.
He was a talented man and I think many of us are too ignorant to see this for art. It's the past, it was a form of art Just like when people veiw naked portriats as porn. People are so immature and laugh at the sight of a womans nipple in a painting.
ChocoKrazy 6 months ago
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@ChocoKrazy You cocksucker.
dra6osh 4 months ago
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anyone saying that hes racist may i quote wikipedia "As early as 1911 he became known for fighting against anti-black discrimination on Broadway. Jolson's well-known theatrics and his promotion of equality on Broadway helped pave the way for many black performers"
firehand94 6 months ago
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Not RACIST at all just a different time !
rainbowrachel192 6 months ago 4
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man this is bull a white man tryin to be black
wingorichard3 6 months ago
My Dad was brilliant at singing Al Jolsen songs, he is no longer with us but listening to these songs bring it all back x x
jackietill194 6 months ago
@jackietill194 sorry to hear that
sandakli2010 6 months ago
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stick it where the sun don't shine......mammy
steveabc123xyz 6 months ago
The only thing missing is an adoring mammy in the audience. I guess we'll have to settle for Uncle Charlie.
lincbond442 6 months ago
@lincbond442 /watch?v=24sB2hxrU3g
TheBogusBoo 6 months ago
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Great video, thanks for posting! A real classic here. A suggestion to the freaks who would rather be watching the movie White Chicks ..... why don't you go whereever its playing at, and don't let the door bump you in the ass end on your way out.
Patriot1862 7 months ago
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George Carlin Quote" Fuck Al Jolson" !
pinfold1000 7 months ago
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Such an inscrutable, bizarre fad. Back in the day, this would have been on the "Stuff white people like" blog.
Jcolinsol 7 months ago
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Racist bull shit from racist minded white folks and if you motherfuckers don't like it,then go fuck off on a fat baby's dick.
mightyblack1 7 months ago
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herman cain!!
jassy345 7 months ago
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I think its great that he was a pioneer of keeping politics out of the arts and sports.
nerdflanders8710 7 months ago
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he's been down in a coal mine , guess why his lips are not black.
nerdflanders8710 7 months ago
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he's been down in a coal mine.
nerdflanders8710 7 months ago
Never racist..........read his background and life story.......a good man.....with a great voice....
CATHERINEDAVIES123 7 months ago
@CATHERINEDAVIES123 amen!
chaksheba 5 months ago
My Dad loved him....But soooo politically incorrect now....A Jewish White man done up to resemble a Black man.but what a voice.........
CATHERINEDAVIES123 7 months ago
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helloolleh555 8 months ago
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Well, canoga, that would be like 84 more people that listen at music rather than to it. Wait! Conoga? Conoga Park? You a Valley Girl. That explains it. But Buffy was good.
Leeniesman 8 months ago
Did they use Al Jolson's original voice?
ConfusedSponge 8 months ago
@ConfusedSponge Yes all the sining in the movie was al Jolson's original voice recorded specially for the movie.
TheSealOfTheRose 7 months ago
@TheSealOfTheRose ;-) Thanks. So this version is difference from the Jazz Singer version?
ConfusedSponge 7 months ago
@ConfusedSponge
That's right this one war recorded in studio.
TheSealOfTheRose 6 months ago
@TheSealOfTheRose Thanks ;-)
ConfusedSponge 6 months ago
At first I thought he was racist too. But I have a handy tool called 'the internet' which gave me some good little history lessons. Yes, there were racist comedians who performed in blackface to mimic African Americans. But Jolson didn't use blackface to make a statement, he was just hiding behind a mask which gave him more freedom on-stage. He actually was a strong supporter of African American rights. If there's a dispute over history, look it up. Otherwise, you don't have an educated opinion.
monkeylx1 8 months ago
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funny that you say that. When we're(whites) the lazy ones that whipped them into doing our work and building this country. HELL we whipped the Natives into near-extinction! OWN UP TO IT B*TCH and stop asshole.
I used to be like you, but how dumb was I??? If I meet a black person and I don't like him, then I don't like THAT person, doesn't mean he represents them all. Do the KKK represent us all??? NO. Not me for sure. I have better things to do, than bothering and tlking about black ppl
Munn2 8 months ago
I'm trying this at the next American idol audition
jcali619 8 months ago
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swag OD
Charge112 8 months ago
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what do you mean not racist? its very racist!
candz1000 8 months ago
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@candz1000 its not racist you stupid black mother fucker.
nerdflanders8710 7 months ago
i think he is great larry parks did a good job at this
jesse6683 8 months ago
Great performance! Wonderful classic tunes right here.
southofheaven606 8 months ago
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If that nigga did that shit today, that's his ass!
WizzoPro9476 8 months ago
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Wow! Reading these comments makes me realize just how delusional white people are. This is black face-White people who put on black faces and "imitated" black stereotypes usually singing or dancing. He is singing about his Mammie-black women who took care of white children. Think Aunt Jamime
DreadTinaHistory 8 months ago
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if hes not racsist so why is he painted like those racsits jim crow minstrels
SuperSkateguy 8 months ago
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I wouldnt spit on this jew cracker if he was on fire...
Stlouisswagg 8 months ago
Its an awsome song ,But what is he sinnging about his mother for?
liamblackere 8 months ago
Hi, i'm logged onto my dad's site, but i'm an 18 year old girl, and love Al Jolson. been brought up around him and his songs. really glad these are on here. :)
johnclemo12 8 months ago
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U racist assholes need to stop posting racist comments
Nathaniel192 9 months ago
Black people crack me up.
PatrioticKlansman 9 months ago 40
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@PatrioticKlansman exactly what the hell do you mean by black people crack you up?, does he look black to you?
Karasu2010 5 months ago
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@PatrioticKlansman AL WAS GREAT....BUT HE HAD TO PAINT HIMSELF BLACK TO FIT IN...AINT THAT SOME SHIT....HE KNEW WHAT WORKED....AND WHAT A GREAT JOB HE DID....
lyric520 4 months ago
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@PatrioticKlansman
Al Jolsen was not black he was white.
speedypree 4 months ago
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There WAS a lot of stereotyping going on at that time, but Jolson was not one of them, even though labeled so. He truly admired african americans! He was also the first to give them good parts in his movies {& good pay too!}. When he sang Mammy, he was singing more out of love to his mother than the southern "mammy" he is unfortunately thought to be singing to. & i NEVER understood the problem with his song sonny boy. If they watched the movie, they would see he is singing that to his SON!
ventriloquismvideos 9 months ago
This isn't racism, I think it's the reverse.
ZennieAbitar 9 months ago
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What is wrong with you people? It does not matter WHO this person is or HOW his voice sounds... look at his makeup! It clearly represents a racist hateful performance! Idiots.
Barfetta3000 9 months ago
@Barfetta3000 You're so fucking ignorant. He did this to show respect for the blacks. He was a pioneer in equal rights for blacks. As early as 1911 Jolson fought for equality on the Broadway stage. On his return from San Francisco, he brought with him to New York the Black dance team of Johnny Peters and Mary Dewson, whom Jolson wanted to feature in his next show, something that had never been done on Broadway.
1337kamikaze 8 months ago
@1337kamikaze Perhaps as a result of this, perhaps not, but it remains that Al Jolson was the only white man allowed into Leroy’s, an all Black nightclub in Harlem. This is no small honor. This is forgotten or ignored.
1337kamikaze 8 months ago
@1337kamikaze You are spot on. So many young people today just don't "get it"!
anaheimdennis 8 months ago
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Ever see the movie Bamboozled? See it and it will put some things into perspective for you.
Jmorkavich 9 months ago
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@Jmorkavich spike lee, most underrated director of all time
CompyRex 9 months ago
Most people don't realize that blackface got its start out of admiration for black music & dances. There were some racist performers but most weren't.
KenMacMillan 9 months ago
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@KenMacMillan yes the bugging eyes and cartoonisly large lips are very admirable i feel sooo appreciated *rolls eyes* if this is how ppl show there "admiration" id rather be hated
VicaQueen09 9 months ago
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@VicaQueen09 At the time blackface was created (1840's) white american culture frowned on dancing of almost any kind. We were the hardest working people in the world with practically no outlet at all. Black culture wasn't held to those standards. Blacks were largely unregulated in their private lives. That personal freedom was envied by a lot of people. Blackface was created by a yankee from Ohio who also wrote the song Dixie which in its original form was an admiration of black music.
KenMacMillan 9 months ago
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@VicaQueen09 Download the audiobook A Renegade History of The United States.
KenMacMillan 9 months ago
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Boycott Modern Day Minstrels, Buffoonery and Coonery starting 4/22/2011. Demand diversity and deeper concepts. Establish balance now!!! Help us fight against hegemonic encoding, mass media mind control and stereotypical characterizations. If you're tired of continual portrayals of extreme racial stereotypes and mass media mind control copy and post this in material concerning the topic.
Boycott422 9 months ago
Like to see Obama do this number.
RWEngle 9 months ago
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First black millionaire?............
jeffers5567 9 months ago
84 people would rather be watching the movie White Chicks!
canoga1958 9 months ago 90
@canoga1958 That one was actually pretty good
mellitrom629 9 months ago
@canoga1958 .I do-my grandad let me here him when I was a kid.I'm 50 this year!Superb!
cunningsophie 7 months ago
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@canoga1958 It's funny how that one movie is the only defense you have.
Thedarksecret1 6 months ago
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@Thedarksecret1 My only defense against what exactly? I merely pointed out the undeniable hypocrisy of those who would come here to denounce black face while simultaneously yukking it up over the exact same behavior in the movie White Chicks.
Ever heard the phrase... Becoming what you beheld?
canoga1958 6 months ago
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@canoga1958 First, the movie white chicks was just one movie. Blackface, yellowface, and redface were genres (especially blackface). Also, White Chicks came way after blackface. I don't see the hypocrisy because it was the white infrastructure that started the whole thing in the first place.
Thedarksecret1 6 months ago
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@Thedarksecret1 White Chicks is hardly the only example of blacks donning whiteface. Some other examples are Godfrey Cambridge in Watermelon Man, Eddie Murphy’s skit on Saturday Night Live, and a number of plays including Douglas Turner Ward’s Day of Absence and Topdog/Underdog.
Remember that blackface fell out of favor as a theatrical device over a half century ago.
canoga1958 6 months ago
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Respond to this video... It's funny how Al Jolson is Jewish and this is the same thing that people in Europe did to Jews, yet he perpetuates this towards blacks.
Thedarksecret1 6 months ago
@Thedarksecret1 you're an idiot
Macca0591 5 months ago
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@Macca0591 You say that I'm an idiot but you cannot prove me wrong and you know this. Al Jolson, a Jewish man, perpetuated stereotypes against blacks that same way that Nazi propaganda perpetuated stereotypes against Jews. You'd think that he of all people would understand but white privilege is a bitch.
Thedarksecret1 5 months ago
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@Thedarksecret1 Why would he know better? He first recorded this song in 1927, well before the holocaust.
tang0f15h 5 months ago
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It doesn't have to be about the Holocaust alone. I can think of many reasons why he should know better. 1. Slavery in Egypt 2. Babylonian captivity 3. Roman subjugation 4. Spanish Inquisition etc. Yeah, he should know better but white privilege is a bitch and most white people will make every excuse to defend it.
Thedarksecret1 5 months ago
@canoga1958 and I'm sure their IQ would add up, collectively to 84.
LazlosPlane 6 months ago
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Tell me...did they invent Daffy Duck as a counter to the white Donald Duck? cos Daffy was better and he was black...now where am I going with this...to Minnie Mouses place of course!!! Alas Tom and Jerry have already chopped her...
mastertusk 9 months ago
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He was a ginger no doubt...
mastertusk 9 months ago
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Forget Why. The crazy and bizarre things that people did in those days is both shocking and disturbing to say the least. Personally, I just came here looking for this lovely old song and this lovely voice.
VAPX007 9 months ago
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y is he waering that black make up
topzombie3 9 months ago
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*sigh* Larry Parks :)
SarBear4Ryan 9 months ago
Wow. Just wow. So many people here are so up their own arses they can't appreciate what an amazing song this is, what a great film this scene is taken from (how many of you have actually watched it?), and what a legendary musical performer Al Jolson was.
You don't even deserve to be on the same planet as this guy.
jimbopumbapigsticks 10 months ago 3
Dam great the best entertainer and singer the greatest yes he is great we need more of these entertainers I agree with you Wonderful
cherieanneharrison 8 months ago
Cracking classic video and song from Joe for his Mum tommorow (Mothers day). The old ones are the best and can't be bettered.
wayne5266 10 months ago
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Everyone should be wearing black faces...its just a term of Negro endearment...
shiznaw 10 months ago
is it just me or does the guy at 0:20 look like nick from left4dead2?
VulpinFoxyFinnland 10 months ago
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terrible video , i hope he is dead
Redrumhydro 10 months ago
what a great voice!!
Dashland13 10 months ago
where can i download this song?
Wagaification 10 months ago
Did al jolson actually do the songs on this or was it the actor ?
tonymontana1974 10 months ago
@tonymontana1974 I don't know if anyone has answered you yet, but Jolson recorded the songs and Al Parks pretended to sing them.
chomsky88 9 months ago
@chomsky88 Thanks its a good film so was al jolson dead when this film was released.
tonymontana1974 9 months ago
@tonymontana1974 Actually, no, because they made a sequel in 1949(Jolson Sings Again) for which he again recorded songs and which showed how The Jolson Story came to be made; one of those rare sequels as good as the original. Though he did die a year after that in 1950.
chomsky88 9 months ago
@tonymontana1974
No he wasn't.
He was in the sequal "Jolson Sings Again" showing how he wanted to be in the original movie about him but they decided he was just too old for the part.
GojyotheFeared 9 months ago
@tonymontana1974 no he wasn't, he appears in the audience in the sequel.
johnclemo12 8 months ago
great vid!
answerchaos 10 months ago
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Well this explains that Eva Braun photo.
abola2121 10 months ago