The Boys "Bomb" at the conference
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@torrents4u2c The Beverly Hillbillies was based on the American comic strip
"Lil Abner". Jethro both looked & acted like Abner. "Granny Moses" was
"Granny Yokum" from the strip and "Jed Clampett" was "Pappy Yokum". The
beautiful blonde "Elly May" was "Daisy May". Sadly most people under 50
don't even remember "Lil Abner" by Al Capp but it was at one time the most
popular comic in America. Search "Lil Abner" and soon as you see the strip
you will recognize The Beverly Hillbillies instantly.
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I love comedy. I never really found amusing or understood why people put on black faces. I was born in the 1940's in the south. Who made these picture and for whom did they made them. I thought Amos & Andy was funny. They had intelligent people playing the parts of judges and lawyers. Kingfish was just messed up. It was kind of like the Beverly Hillbillies only nobody was as dumb as Jethro. I was never offended that they were hillbillies from the south. They were funny as hell.
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Wheeler and Woolsey were much more famous than the Marx Brother in the 1930s. The Marx Brothers didnt become super famous until the late 1950s when the Marx Bothers films were released to TV and Groucho was famous from You bet your life
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"you kiddin? al jolson made a million bucks lookin like this".. comes to mind..
Wish more of W&W were out in circulation... Especially cockeyed cavaliers and Diplomaniacs Woke up to these 2 on TCM this mornin.. Been lookin around for em ever since.. Great stuff.. "Woolsey: Well i wish youd take something for it and stop stealing.... Wheeler: I already took everythin there was"... Great duo if ive ever seen one.. A&C L&H W&W H&C so many great comic teams.. How many do we have today? none..
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honkys
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@lakeviewviking That's true- "Diplomaniacs", the movie this scene is from, spends a lot of time making fun of Indians (Native Americans) and the Chinese long before the blackface scene.
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"Diplomaniacs" is a very funny movie, but this scene ruined it for me.
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And as to the "Duck Soup" similarity...it's not the first similarity betweem a Kalmar and Ruby Marx Brothers movie and a K&R Wheeler and Woolsey movie...
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The Ed Wynn impersonation was unexpected and pretty cute.
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All ethnic groups got the comedic treatment back then, not just blacks.
lakeviewviking 3 years ago 4
Love the team, hate the blackface. This movie (other than the horrible blackface) is really funny, weird and way ahead of its time.
murraymae 1 year ago 3