Minstrel Show Blackface Stump Speech

Slim Williams delivers a stump speech in blackface. This was an important part of nearly every minstrel show -- a performer delivers a political speech filled with puns and malaprops. The speaker's demeanor is reminiscent of the pomposity of Zip Coon; he aspires to great dignity, wisdom and intelligence, but his hilarious mangling of language always makes him appear foolish and ignorant.
This is a clip from "Yes Sir, Mr. Bones" (1951). Read about the history of blackface and minstrel shows at: http://www.black-face.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Slim Williams
• stump speech
• blackface
• minstrel show
• Yes Sir
• Mr. Bones

[chinashopjada]

I agree...of course this is racist & actually really unfunny because of the one joke premise, but I am glad people are posting these things...for academic, social studies & personal reasons. What I LOVE to see are clips of original Minstrel shows w/ black people singing trad songs, early ragtime & proto blues tunes & the Hoochie Coochie girls....before they were co-opted by the whites & turned into this drivel. ...but very few films exist of that pre-1830's era & none w/ full sound or good sound

[ikachina]

@chinashopjada

Motion pictures weren't invented till the 1890s, so the only film being shot in the 1830s was still photography. The earliest motion picture of any sort of minstrel show performance that I'm aware of is a 1903 clip demonstrating the cakewalk that is easy to find on YouTube. The most accurate representations of minstrel show performances that I've seen are in a few movies from the 1930s-1950s and I've posted those clips in my channel.

[EBanonymous]

01:39 "all black cats must stay out of the alley" and he's a white guy w/ blackface AND then they mention "Zip Coon".

That's so racist it isn't even funny. This crap was the most popular form of American entertainment at one time; that's how racist the country was.

And let's be clear: They hated blacks & weren't afraid to say it. You racists today pretend not to be racist is swear this isn't racist. It's like watching old Nazi shows. The Americans hanged thousands of blacks. It's sick

[ikachina]

@EBanonymous

Of course this is racist. And yes, it is a bit like watching old NAZI movies. But I think youre wrong about why people want to see these things. The majority of people who watch clips like this are doing it because they are interested in learning more about minstrel shows. Its one thing to read about these things, but its far more enlightening to actually see a performance.

[GeorgeJansen]

did this mother fucker say george washing machine....and napoleon with his bones apart....hoooollly shit racist but fucking funny...........damn...i should not be laughing....damn u white man...damn you

[GeorgeJansen]

"pig foot ses".....hoooollly shit racist but fucking funny...........damn...i should not be laughing....damn u white man...damn you

[scatdawg123]

Amen brutha!

[scatdawg123]

This is incredibly hilarious! God, how I love old blackface minstrel shows. This is pure comic genius!

[OniKensei]

Oooh! I get it! They're saying black people are stupid. Way to stretch out one unfunny joke for an eternity.

[Jaistar2k22]

Herman Cain sure came a long way

[TheAmericanDefender]

rofl this is funny as hell!

[BootyFister]

I JUST MASTURBATED TO THIS VIDEO.