I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You (1932)

This odd cartoon, now in the public domain, features cartoon savages morphing into members of Louis Armstrong's band.

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  Film & Animation

[Hickorychiclets]

4:46 Well, You bought my wife a bottle of Coca Cola so you could play on her Vayjola! Ha! Your dog!

Singing Head 3:06

[CuConnacht]

The word was Victrola. But you probably have the meaning right.

[cha5]

I always wish the Fleischer Bros could have made more animated shorts with Pops and his band in them.

[SilverSunEyesG]

Arrows under betty's skirt priceless

[SilverSunEyesG]

Xaxa so many subtle, old fashioned sexual references in his vid...Beautiful, no more things like these...

[Valerie O'Gilain]

When I clicked on this, I did not expect to see the disembodied head of Louis Armstrong chasing a clown and his strange monkey-headed-dog-thing companion as they tried to rescue Betty Boop. The racism? That I expected. Just sayin', it was 1932.

[William Cox]

These cartoons are priceless Americana, freezing as they do a single second of the American social experience. The characters, the animator, the producer, the Band . . . these were all top-quality talents and their collaboration is surreal art of the highest order. Kudos to all and thanks for the post!

[Aramis419]

I guess it's worthwhile to bear in mind that most cartoons back then weren't geared towards children. That's probably why even Looney Tunes was graphically violent.

[adlo11]

Funny cartoon. There are no such toons in modern times.

[Rob Johnson]

This is pretty racist, when you look (not very) closely, but that's the only way we get some of these great videos and audio recordings of Satchmo.

[addenlamb]

This is in the UK and US Public Domain. It was released by paramount pictures.