Santa Claus, Punch and Judy (1948) Violent Christmas Puppet Show

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Santa Claus, Punch and Judy (1948) Christmas Puppet Show. Puppets teach little children that it's funny to beat others to the ground with a club. If you are wondering why your parents used a paddle on your ass, this is probably a good answer as to where they got the idea. Enjoy!

Although this video is from film, there is a DVD there that has this show as a bonus:
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Punch and Judy is a traditional, popular English puppet show featuring the characters of Punch and his wife Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically the anarchic Punch and one other character. The show is traditionally performed by a single puppeteer, known since Victorian times as a "professor".

The Punch and Judy show can trace its roots to the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte. The figure of Punch derives from the Neapolitan stock character of Pulcinella, which was Anglicized to Punchinello. He is a manifestation of the Lord of Misrule and Trickster figures of deep-rooted mythologies.

In the British Punch and Judy show, Punch wears a jester's motley and is a hunchback whose hooked nose almost meets his curved jutting chin. He carries a stick, as large as himself, which he freely uses upon all the other characters in the show. He speaks in a distinctive squawking voice, produced by a contrivance known as a swazzle or swatchel which the professor holds in his mouth, transmitting his gleeful cackle— "That's the way to do it". So important is Mr Punch's signature sound that it is a matter of some controversy within Punch and Judy circles as to whether a "non-swazzled" show can be considered a true Punch and Judy Show.

Punch was extremely popular in Paris, and, by the end of the 18th century, he was also playing in England's American colonies, where even George Washington bought tickets for a show. However, marionette productions, presented in empty halls, the back rooms of taverns, or within large tents at England's yearly agricultural events at Bartholomew Fair and Mayfair, were expensive and cumbersome to mount and transport. In the latter half of the 18th century, marionette companies began to give way to glove-puppet shows, performed from within a narrow, lightweight booth by one puppeteer, usually with an assistant "bottler" to collect their earnings from a crowd the "bottler" had likewise been obliged to gather. These shows might travel through country towns or move from corner to corner along busy London streets, giving many performances in a single day. The character of Punch adapted to the new format, going from a stringed comedian who might say outrageous things to a more aggressive glove-puppet who could do outrageous, and often violent, things, to the other wooden-headed members of his cast.

Modern British performances of Punch and Judy are no longer exclusively the traditional seaside children's entertainments they became in summer holiday resorts. With Punch and Judy, the characters usually include their baby, a hungry crocodile, Joey the Clown (a friend of Mr Punch), an officious policeman, and a prop string of sausages. The devil and the generic hangman Jack Ketch may still make their appearances but, if so, Punch will always get the better of them. The story changes, but some phrases remain the same for decades or even centuries: for example, Punch, after dispatching his foes each in turn, still squeaks his famous catchphrase "That's the way to do it!!"

All is performed in the spirit of outrageous comedy and is intended to provoke shocked laughter. Whilst the Victorian version of the show drew on the morality of its day, The Punch & Judy College of Professors considers that the 20th and 21st-century versions of the tale have evolved into something more akin to a primitive version of The Simpsons in which a bizarre family is used as vehicle for grotesque visual comedy and a sideways look at contemporary society. While censorious political correctness threatened Punch and Judy performances in the UK and other English speaking countries for a time, the show is having one of its cyclical recurrences and can now be seen not only in England, Wales, and Ireland, but also in Canada, the United States (including Puerto Rico) Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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[cooptoon]

If you type "most violent thing on YouTube" this video is number 1 and repo men take number 2.

[XmasFLIX]

@cooptoon such an achievement!

[whatafart]

For all the people complaing that this is violent or racist more than likely watch violent and racist movies. To compare this vid with the shit we have today on tv, I'd say you're ignorant. Also the pervs who cop the "child molester" crap are messed up in the head. And for the record, if you thought this was bad. Check out Ren and Stimpy and Sailor Moon uncut...guarantee you'll change your mind about this. Peace.

[longliveflorathea]

Ah, my childhood... And I was born in the nineties! I had this on VHS and watched it every christmas... Just showed my fiancé who had never heard of Punch and Judy... I laughed my ass off!

[Hypsan]

I recognize all but two of those kids by their pictures in the Post Office! Just watching it makes me want to leave Tibet and take up a life of violent, gratuitous crime! Even though I make it a point to watch The Sound of Music at least once a week, I now have this uncontrollable urge to watch Taxi Driver instead! I need to cut this comment short becaue I and my trusty Louisville Slugger have a date with a certain blind and crippled peddler who sells pencils on the corner below my shanty!!

[knibscratch]

Nice to hear the sound ..We had this on a silent movie years ago.

[crowamonghens]

"ooo, look at the tail."

[crowamonghens]

those kids are all on Demerol

[PirateNinjaKitteh]

I remember watching this when I was a kid and Punch scared me so much o.o ...and he still does

[MichaelHansenFUN]

Psychotronix Film Festival

I may post up a live showing of this!!!

[Nelak91]

o_O dear lord...

[AntiChristAntiFail]

I never did understand what was with Punchs' hatred for animals.

[IkeMikeAndMustard]

@MrNEStalgia That's b/c this is a christmas party, not just some mall santa.