Any Bonds Today?

A wartime cartoon starring Bugs Bunny that relates buying wartime bonds to being a patriot citizen. Controversial near the end where Bugs Bunny appears in blackface.

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  Film & Animation

[Danielle Hill]

I'm African-American, and II don't find this racist. If you're going to watch something from before the civil rights movement then you have to take into consideration the time in which it was made. So Bugs parodies Al Jolson, no big deal. People need to lighten up, and stop making mountains out of molehills.

[geckowonderful]

Ladies and Mentlgen. . . .

The birth of sonic derp

[BluePeachFLIPNOTE]

At the end after it says "At This Theater" :3

[kingofsting19]

Am I the only one who thinks Elmer Fudd sounds like he has Downs?

[Vincent MONcalamari]

Mel Blanc is a GOD…

[theworldwins]

Today, people would have a problem with this because it suggests a 'freedom man' is going to come to your door and ask if you'd like to give money to the federal government.

[esspytood]

I don't know how I feel about the fact that I find the song kinda catchy...

[Matrim42]

It's actually pretty easy to figure out what's racist...

[Jim FitzGerald]

He's not in Black face, per se, he's imitating Al Jolsen, who became famous appearing in Black face. And if we hide all the images from our past we now find racist, how will future generations ever know what racism looks like?

[segafan96ALT]

Imagine seeing this today as an ad before a movie like "The Lorax". Oh god.

[Barry I. Grauman]

Bob Clampett, who directed this "short-short", was the one who redrew Elmer as "fat" [reflecting the actor who provided his voice, Arthur Q. Bryan], beginning with "Wabbit Twouble", released at the time this was originally seen in theaters.

[segafan96ALT]

Whoa, now I've seen everything.