Fred Waring Blackface Minstrel TV Show 1950-1

[@dogmann24]

3:12 Okay that was pretty funny ngl 😂😂😂

[@radiorob7543]

He explains @ 0:30 why the minstrel show is no longer acceptable to our current culture; " wholesome, good clean fun"

[@neoclassic09]

"with the greatest dignity and respect" pans back to show a hundred guys in blackface lol

[@patavinity1262]

Just good clean fun, folks

[@sharpshooter831]

a bunch of dead degenerates

[@dangerskilzkiboykins4433]

🤣🤣🤣🥶

[@stutzbearcat5624]

They're performing next month at the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION!

[@7ongo580]

Dam bro got the whole squad laughing 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐

[@bbievi]

Fr 😐

[@angelbrown1896]

literally😐

[@katyavanburen7144]

Deadass 😐

[@supercappymario]

Indeed😐

[@xdisney18plusx59]

correct😐

[@mlbrooks4066]

Minstrel shows date from the 1840s when a guy named Christy formed a black-face minstrel group. They popularized Stephen Foster's songs. White people liked black music and it sold, but they didn't want to be around black people. It was still like this in the 1950s when I was a kid - see "Hairspray" for a take on what it was like in 1950s Baltimore when a tv dance show had to be segregated. That's the world I grew up in (I'm white). Time marched on. I prefer being able to have my black friends, thank you very much.

[@StevenTorrey]

As offensive as this is by 2023 standards, and maybe even by 1950 standards, ethnic caricature was Vaudeville Staple. And believe it or not, it is still visible in Neil Simon's "Sunshine Boys" with two old Vaudevillians attempting to reprise their old act, played by Jewish Goerge Burns and Walter Matthau. And guess what? Ethnic Caricature (Jewish) shows up as recently as "The Marvelous Mrs Maisal" about the rise of a Jewish Female Comedian in the late 1950s complete with all the Jewish Stereotypes. Listen carefully to the show and catch the Jewish linguistic cadence.

[@spasticpug5209]

In the early 20th century (and much before obviously) blackface was just a staple. Some minstrel performers where racist and hated black people while others loved them and used this art form as tribute. Artists such as Jolson used it in a way similar to how drag is used in the modern day. In theatre things have always been exaggerated for effective visuals and story telling.

[@Deavonj]

lol nah fam

[@artismbyjoey779]

Won't happen today because of Cancel Culture.

[@univon4892]

@@Deavonj different strokes for different folks

[@slinger8839]

So where are the exaggerated depictions of white people in theatre?

[@spasticpug5209]

@@slinger8839 many would wear pale makeup or masks to exaggerate their own facial features mostly with clowns and operas where the visuals where much more extreme

[@mlbrooks4066]

Waring also did the flip of this - had all the performers be white and the Interlocutor was a black man. When they toured, the black singer had to eat in the kitchens of restaurants - not allowed in the dining rooms. Waring ate with him.

[@angelg6593]

Crazy how he talks about dignity and respect and still mocks an entire race of humans.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Because this wasn’t considered ridicule.

[@univon4892]

@@themagicminstrels476 Based

[@geovanni7342]

We’re they mocking or inclusive . We should go cautiously judging those we can’t ask their intentions at the time. The minstrel was not ridicule but imitation and preservation of the songs and humor of the blacks. Much American music later came from the music of the Blacks.

[@hunterluxton5976]

It's funny. Who cares about dignity?

[@dontpressbuttons8087]

It was never intended to be racist or mockery. Black people enjoyed the show equally if not more than white people

[@henryratajczak7806]

Let's reinstate the MINSTREL SHOWS. Great entertainment

[@imaniface]

Some of you people in the comments are FOS! How in the fresh hell is this NOT mocking?? Just because they were talented? Be for real!

[@robertsmith-qb2ke]

And if I didn't make myself clear, thank you for posting such a rarity...

[@laurenberlin4502]

Do you happen to know which episode this is from the season/the airdate? Was this the first episode from April 17, 1949?

[@ikachina]

I just found out the 1949 date is incorrect and I have to change it now. The actual date is 8 Oct 1950 and according to IMDB this was S3E3

[@laurenberlin4502]

@@ikachina Cool, thank you for confirming!

[@ChicagoDefense]

They hate us but want to be us so bad

[@Jasmine-ot8br]

So fcking bad. These comments are sad!

[@keingewissen5778]

I hope that one day white people will make you feel welcome. At least I welcome you!

[@brittanheller8023]

They hate us cause they anus.

[@javimiami92]

How come you’re 13% of the population but you amount for 52% of all crimes?

[@the13corinne]

It was the times, , Jolson performed in blackface, and introduced ragtime, and minstrel , and Dixieland jazz music to an audience, who had not heard of the tunes originally, performed by black performers, because in those days it was not unfortunately, acceptable for black artists to perform them to a no. Black audience, in those days, after the civil war, and the early 1900’s before things changed later and more black performers emerged in the. 20’s ,30’s, and in the 1940’s, Shirley temple danced with Bill bojangels robinson, in one of her films, butterfly McQueen , and Hattie Daniels where amazing in gone with the wind, mcdaniels was the first black actress to win an Oscar for her performance in-gone with the wind in 1939. - the times they where a changing

[@annereilley4892]

Jolson was on the good end, not mocking blacks in any of his performances, but this show is an example of the bad ones.

[@PotterPossum1989]

@@annereilley4892 No, it's not really. There are a few rougher examples to be found in Old films, but this television show treats it more like a Nostalgia trip. Notice the performance of Kentucky Babe at the end, after the show is over. The lyrics are generally politically correct for the time, even while they are still wearing makeup. Certain phrases from when the song was originally written in the early 1900s are not spoken in this version. The show would have worked had they used white people acting as ignorant Hillbillies, a buffoon is a buffoon regardless of skin color, but I am not going to condemn it for what it is, since that is just how life was. As a millennial, I need to say that you people need need to stop retroactively projecting your black and white Millennial opinions on to the past so strongly. Life is never going to be black and white, no pun intended there. Everything is a nuanced shade of gray. Furthermore, dear, The more people continue to think they know the full story without knowing the full story, the deeper I will continue to dig into the past to unearth it. I refuse to forget history. I am a human being, and I'm not perfect. Neither are you. Neither are politics. Be well! 🌷🌼🌻 go pet a cat. You'll feel better.

[@annereilley4892]

@@PotterPossum1989 You think a millennial would say some black face is acceptable like I did? Seriously?

[@thegamefree1]

@@PotterPossum1989 to bad it wont happen becuase of PC and its also Racist becuase of blackface you know dressing up as black.

[@jewelsgrl]

Allow me to introduce you to a few other forms of punctuation: “.”, “!”, “?” “:” and “;” to start out lol. Whew

[@victorallencook7107]

TV frequencies .....images....📺 ...tell you what beautiful.......gorgeous.......handsome........pretty.........fine is.........and many human beings cosign

[@ThatIllussaatThing]

That's a lot of full stops

[@PotterPossum1989]

Full stops? Is that what we call LSD?

[@TylerMcNamer]

*DO DAH!*

[@eltiolavara9]

wow this is something

[@honey_bunny8068]

Dame got the hole squad laughing 😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😒😒😒😒😒😒😑😑😑😑😑😑😐😐😐😐😐

[@kedamono5925]

does anyone else find the people in blackface terrifying?

[@gabedom_]

All my life

[@jah-cinbaker352]

It’s actually funny how people with huge insecurities make shows just about us 🤷🏽‍♀️ and for them to call “comedy “ this is hilarious how they probably hurt their skin with chemicals just to take their energy and time to make fun of the Original creation☠️✊🏾🤷🏽‍♀️ I said what I said

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

People tend to poke fun at what they find different to themselves or they don’t understand. I’d personally argue it tends to be more out of ignorance than outright hatred, though that definitely can be found too.

[@sharpshooter831]

@Rikers Island Democrats Nest too bad they’re all dead

[@sharpshooter831]

@Rikers Island Democrats Nest they’re dead cry about it 🤣🤣

[@sharpshooter831]

@Rikers Island Democrats Nest too bad these heathens couldn’t even make it this long 😂😂

[@sharpshooter831]

@Rikers Island Democrats Nest while you watching it remember they’re dead and not coming back 😂🤣☠️

[@nyki7fykxtjxyi]

Governor Ralph northam

[@hunterluxton5976]

Tremendous.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

The GOOD??? Old Days? Whoa!!!!

[@kylebalfada6245]

Why are they called menstrual shows?

[@ikachina]

That's "minstrel" show. A "menstrual" show would be a bunch of women on their periods. Minstrel is from the Middle Ages and was used to describe a singer or person who played an instrument.

[@kylebalfada6245]

@@ikachina lol ok

[@daintygrin5135]

LOL MENSTRUAL😭😭

[@brittanheller8023]

Which one is Justin Trudeau?

[@ikachina]

That one is 20 years old now. Find some new material.

[@helloimrae]

Programming fr. I wonder if there were some actors who weren’t entirely aware of what they were doing or didn’t care bc it was showbiz an they wanted their big break

[@ikachina]

Then and now, most people in show show business can't afford to be picky about the jobs they take and prior to the 1960s, most white audiences were unaware of just how racist blackface and minstrel shows were.

[@helloimrae]

@@ikachina yea! It’s truly mind blowing to fathom the headspace these ppls were in by condoning & creating this content

[@MrHeesbeen]

Has anybody ever thought it odd that it has not been the black people who are crying "Racism", but middle class whites.

[@briannichols9491]

Great Entertainment

[@casianataliaferro-gorham773]

Im black and I enjoy it😂😂

[@407luiss]

@@casianataliaferro-gorham773 no u aint u white if u r black ur lost

[@waterboy7887]

dude 💀💀💀

[@EDHann]

Based

[@sharpshooter831]

too bad they’re all dead

[@HunterMann]

This was very difficult to watch, hard to believe it wasn’t considered politically incorrect then, certainly is extremely about with today’s consciousness. Though I can imagine redneck white people and clan members probably would enjoy this now or 50 years from now because some people do not change in their hearts or their mind no matter how many decades pass and how many different eras we go through. When I was in the Cub Scouts in the late 60s our troop performed in plaque base for a talent show night with other Cub Scout troops. No one thought it was unusual that we are all in black face wearing white gloves and giant white bowties. We sang “Mammy” And “Swanee River”. What a strange thing to force boys to do in the name of entertainment and trying to showcase our talent. Makes me feel nauseous and tearful now over 50 years later

[@Mario-op6tu]

Is it bad I’m black and I find this entertaining

[@kineticpictures446]

@@terrianneee no U don’t

[@user-hw5ws1pw3s]

yes

[@PotterPossum1989]

No, it shows you're not ignorant

[@user-hw5ws1pw3s]

@@PotterPossum1989 Huh lol

[@PotterPossum1989]

@@user-hw5ws1pw3s I don't think I stuttered, that's kind of hard to do when you're typing.

[@robertsmith-qb2ke]

Remarkable that it survives...

[@hunterluxton5976]

It's historical it should survive. I guess you want us to pretend slavery never happened too?

[@robertsmith-qb2ke]

@@hunterluxton5976 Don't be silly. What I meant (perhaps I wasn't clear enough) was that it was fortunate that such material should still be with us when so much was either not recorded, junked, wiped, or merely lost. If you look at my comments on YES SIR MR. BONES you will see that I am in FAVOUR of clips, programmes and films of this nature not only surviving, but being available for study or comment. And by the way I have a couple of books on the subject in my library...

[@thomase13]

@@robertsmith-qb2keEspecially for such early television - I doubt it has a very high survival rate!

[@arthurwatt4144]

I do believe most of these shows were meant to be racist. Shame on us and we need to be better all of us. Jesus said love each other no matter what color. Love each other.

[@Orthodox_Zoomer]

He didn’t say that.

[@eliasekstrom6660]

This makes no sense. For instance, when I was a kid, my favourite colour was blue, and my least favourite colour was brown or black. I come from scandinavia, so when I for the first time saw a black kid in the school I couldn't just pretend I liked his skin colour. That would have made me a hypocrite

[@francisheperi4180]

@@eliasekstrom6660 Good heavens, hope this is no longer the case.

[@frankpetersen3090]

This was so vile

[@PotterPossum1989]

Somehow I think you'll survive

[@angelbrown1896]

@@PotterPossum1989 doesn’t make it less vile

[@PotterPossum1989]

It's hardly vile. The Holocaust was vile. Slavery conditions were vile. This is simply music. The internet will not change my mind. Good day.

[@angelbrown1896]

@@PotterPossum1989 obviously it’s not as bad as the holocaust it’s common sense but its still racist and gross

[@angelbrown1896]

@@PotterPossum1989 music where people are coated in makeup intimidating someone’s skin colour in a disgusting way. hide your racism. good day

[@vondernacht]

Makes me an even bigger I Love Lucy fan

[@PotterPossum1989]

Here I am, boss!

[@PotterPossum1989]

Hi!

[@bbievi]

@@PotterPossum1989 stfu

[@PotterPossum1989]

Still good!

[@PotterPossum1989]

Hello!

[@PotterPossum1989]

Hi again!

[@justinuptonn261]

Love it. Hi-larious. Wonderful classy performance

[@daintygrin5135]

What

[@charismaticjackson]

WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL.

[@huxuf_is_an_idiot]

brother is rarded

[@itsgoldenlikedaylight2]

Wtf is wrong is you?!

[@eliasekstrom6660]

don't mind the other comments, they just don't like it because they are black, typical racist people.

[@cumulo25]

"Wholesome"

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

I love this

[@LuccaMorandin]

Blackface is pure High Culture!

[@billyb6001]

im not saying this is bad but it is a racist to the bottom.

[@PotterPossum1989]

This video is so appreciable once you can attune yourself to the context. I must watch it at least once a day. I miss seeing good clown acts, let's see people dress up in whiteface! I sure as hell don't care. You do you, stop caring with the internet has to say about it.

[@thegamefree1]

to bad it wont happen becuase of PC and its also Racist becuase of blackface you know dressing up as black.

[@richardrivera4303]

Thanks

[@PotterPossum1989]

Indeed

[@yese2485]

Wow can’t believe people actually enjoy these racist ass

[@zucclover2443]

just see clown acts then- but blackface is beyond a clown act... its drop right offensive

[@isabellam1936]

I love how in the beginning they tried to justify their racist performances by saying these shows were good clean fun and performed in churches…

[@hg1651]

Good times.

[@drizz7830]

I miss it😊

[@Purrrrrrsia]

ur mom

[@europeglad5781]

Messed up…

[@tacticalix]

Yt folk! 'You'll' NEVER be able to 'live this down' (even SHIRLEY TEMPLE....A CHILD!...did blackface!!). "Glorious times of the past".

[@sammartain2454]

What's wrong being black

[@drizz7830]

Violence

[@Jasmine-ot8br]

@@drizz7830 at least we got rhythm

[@wendigo2442]

That's what I'm saying they're just being black

[@eliasekstrom6660]

only me who liked the white guy :O?

[@jezreelisrael7384]

Deviltry at it's finest.

[@thewab1974]

This is actually a crew of fairly talented singers. If you remove the racist elements from the show, you would probably enjoy it.

[@bonkbogan2326]

That's the whole show

[@dangerskilzkiboykins4433]

Sad you see this as entertainment

[@thewab1974]

I’m only speaking of the objective talent that the singers possess; not the subject-matter about which they’re singing.

[@christinew3549]

Wow

[@drizz7830]

Thanks for watching😊

[@dangerskilzkiboykins4433]

Used in churches schools and clubs all over America 🇺🇸 SMH 🤦‍♂️...they still feel this way today

[@traviafranklin8201]

🥺

[@robertferguson5562]

Lol

[@hinoki2594]

unfortunately deeply rooted racist bullshit but an art form nonetheless

[@schmaltzythegolem4828]

Good ole fashioned wholesome racism.

[@PotterPossum1989]

Still beautiful sentimental singing. Happy birthday to me. this is an excellent video, and regardless of your politics or how you personally feel about it, thank you for posting. I must watch this video at least two or three times a week. I don't care what anyone thinks about that, but I do wish that we could see a good minstrel show once again. This one really wasn't quite as quote unquote politically incorrect, boohoo SOB SOB SOB

[@thegamefree1]

to bad it wont happen becuase of PC and its also Racist becuase of blackface you know dressing up as black.

[@dantetauaaletoa6437]

I respect ur opinion over this. I can’t tell u what to think or what to say about anything in this case, this video especially. I see positive content within the video such as the singing, however “why perform in black face?” is the question that should appear in ur mind, or even simply “WHY?!”. Just something to think about. Again I respect ur opinion and I mean no harm in any way, I just hope u can see it in a different perspective, that’s all.

[@s.d6637]

As a black person this is very very offensive and racist. So if this gives you enjoyment then that greatly reflects on you.

[@esdeathlover1247]

U need tow watch this at least two or three times???? PER WEEK?? Racism is sure one hell of a drug you’re obsessed

[@keingewissen5778]

How can you be proud of hating black people? It’s easy to say everyone’s the same if you never actually knew someone who’s black. And by that I don’t mean „I saw someone who was black“ but actually knowing a black person. Even then, knowing one person wouldn't be enough, because one person can’t represent every other person who has the same colour. What if I’d say that every white person is the same? You’d probably think about all the different white people you know, but somehow you think that there’s no individuality if someone has a different skin tone? It's mostly stupid because black people can come from so many different cultures. Perhaps they can speak African, English or French. Sometimes they’re Christians, sometimes they are Rastafarians, Muslims or Atheists.

[@kamdaddypurp69]

Lmao

[@pariss3921]

Shii sad

[@Joedirt3349]

laxatives

[@pariss3921]

@@Joedirt3349 what

[@lesstalkingmorehitting4340]

Disgusting