tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post742369326123675749..comments2024-03-28T08:16:32.209-07:00Comments on Supervised By Fred Avery: Tex Avery's Warner Brothers Cartoons: The Isle of Pingo Pongo: Avery Creates Cartoon Tsunami; Inspires Countless ImitationsFrank M. Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673579882180372546noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-17031829887852730652018-04-26T21:46:40.440-07:002018-04-26T21:46:40.440-07:00If anyone is interested in seeing an example for c...If anyone is interested in seeing an example for comparison, there's a Fitzpatrick Travelogue titled "Cherry Blossom Time In Japan" as a bonus feature on the "China Seas" DVD from WHV. Vimaconehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547557126423533934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-64957824909184910922018-01-01T16:10:46.618-08:002018-01-01T16:10:46.618-08:00Most likely.Most likely.C.L. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356807727429003627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-44282339560202727832015-03-17T03:45:33.865-07:002015-03-17T03:45:33.865-07:00About that gag where the natives sing "Comin&...About that gag where the natives sing "Comin' 'Round the Mountain", I'm wondering if this was a swipe at rural America. He might have been indicating that hillbilly culture is just as primitive as those on this island. That's how it looks to me anyway.David Germainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15242095374521702596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-4438053322615283982015-03-06T07:40:08.711-08:002015-03-06T07:40:08.711-08:00I think the "racist" gags about the nati...I think the "racist" gags about the natives are a trope from a bygone era that most of us can't get our heads around now. But the movies and "travelogues" of the time would show native African bushmen in a (mostly) accurate light...hunting, beating drums, speaking in their own native languages incomprehensible to us. So it was considered funny to have them speak and behaveMatthew Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606351469891003921noreply@blogger.com