Air Race, The (1933) | Willie Whopper | Ub Iwerks

Willie Whopper spins his first incredible yarn, this one about his triumph in an air race. But the most incredible things about this cartoon are the two gags involving St. Peter.

Ub Iwerks produced this black-and-white short subject, which he made to sell the Willie Whopper series. It was never released theatrically. The plot and some of the gags (including St. Peter's obscene gesture) were recycled for Willie's SPITE FLIGHT (1933).

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Find information about this film on the Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208674/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• public domain
• willie whopper
• short film
• short subject
• cartoon
• ub iwerks
• B&W
• pre-Code
• 1930s

[Pickinbuddy]

They really drew Amelia Erhardt great!

[verbusen]

Never saw that before, a saint giving the bird! Oh my, oh my! Now THAT, is classic!

[beavis6363]

I thought I saw that! Too funny!

[Corporations8MyBaby]

Wow! 4:50 St. Peter flips the bird! and 4:56 Buggs Bunny stole that nap sack gag from Ub Iwerks?!!

[antispamdinista]

pre-Hayes Code films are wonderful to watch. I'm glad you shared this rare Iwerks classic...despite the blackface, which dates it. It was a work of it's time, after all.

I really loved seeing how "fireworks" became "I Werks." The man was a genius.

[canonet17]

darn if he didn't! That's wild!

[BettyBoop4ever25]

4.50-LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL st.Peter is giving him the finger XDDDDDDDD I loooove classic cartoons