Slow Poke (1933) - Stepin Fetchit Short Subject (A Cinema Apart)

His wife sings a song about the laziest man on earth while he complains and nods in his rocking chair surrounded by variety acts. Starring Stepin Fetchit, Bunny and the Cotton Girls, Lethia Hill, Una Labek, & Katherine Smith. From the Cinema Apart Collection. www.acinemaapar...
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[@terryanngallagher3605]

As a little white girl in the '50's, I adored Stepin Fetchit. I imitated him (always had a talent for voices) and thought he was funny BUT....something in me knew he was much more than we were allowed to see in his movies, even at six. I wanted to be his friend. I remember my mother singing this song "Lazy Bones," and didn't know till seeing this today in 2021 that it was from this movie of his. Horrifying stereotypes of Black folks, but just seeing him brings an old, warm feeling to my heart. Great to find this on KZbin.

[@michaellopez2070]

What a trip. Seeing the forgotten and early lost talent of that day is like an alternate reality. Life shines through circumstance.

[@smilingface4761]

I have been so curious about this. Thanks for uploading this

[@MrCeora]

For some reason ( I have my own ideas) those in the media felt it necessary to portray black men as lazy and black women as domineering, combative, and always fussing. So much that today that some have internalized this behavior. These images were shipped and shown all over the world and gave people who had never met a black person before, believing that this is who we were.

[@kafenwar]

Certainly true.

[@kafenwar]

@Vickie OGLESBY No, this is not who black women are. But too many black women and men have internalized these negative stereotypes to the point where black people routinely act them out.

[@jdnvideashield]

Anyone in the world who looks at 1 comedian and thinks that the character he plays represents ALL "Black" men is the REAL stupid one. Using the character called Stepin Fetchit to promote a racist ideology and "believing" that the character represents every "Black" man are two different things. I would argue that white supremacists and those who enable it do the former and not the latter.

[@drippinglass]

Waaaaaaaa! 😀

[@RadicalTadpoles1000]

@@jdnvideashield but let’s take into account this was big in the 1929s-30s…where in countries that didn’t have many black people would easily assume it must be true. Because that was their only exposure. They are the stupid ones but it was all very targeted.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

The Master at work. This man was such a remarkable human people who have zero self esteem just cant get it. I to this day respect him very mush.

[@chriscook215]

He was the 1st black millionaire in Hollywood $

[@keithfogle3492]

How much was the dignity of his people worth? 1M? 2? Even in that time period it should have never been for sale. Yes he made his money, but he was loathed by most other black entertainers.

[@pollypurree1834]

@@keithfogle3492 He was a comedy act just like a Laurel and Hardy. There were plenty of goofy, doofus white characters in the movies back then too. Only total jerks would think that white and black comedians were representing the entire race. I don't see anything particularly racist about this show. He's like a doofus but the wife isn't. She's just fed up with him lacking ambition. She's not physically attacking him or even screaming. The announcer on the radio program she's singing on comes off as well spoken and educated. The son is very lively. The main character is no different than a character Jim Carrey or Jerry Lewis would portray.

[@MrCeora]

Actually Lincoln Perry was a highly intelligent person but you wouldn't know that from the characters he was limited to play.

[@charjl96]

Are you sure he was limited to the roll?

[@rogeronthesouthfork175]

He wasn't "limited" he turned down contracts he did not want. And HE created his character.

[@markjames495]

What BS. He cashed every one of those checks.

[@MrCeora]

@@charjl96 Where have you been and do you read? Since Birth of a Nation, and racist post cards, black people have had limited "roles" and depicted that way. Whites could not accept seeing them in any other capacity. Yes, I'm sure.

[@rrmond]

A Tyler Perry Production

[@shakinglikealoosewashingma675]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣!

[@hopewynn87]

Hahaha hahaha 🤩

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Yes

[@MrCeora]

At the same time europeans were shown as in charge, decisive, his woman looking up to him (while he stood on a box to look even taller) and always coming to the rescue.

[@xlaurenstephens8937]

helllllo, lazy men certainly arent limited to blacks! lol can i get a witness?!!

[@saltydawg7078]

I was married to one.

[@RobertStambaugh-l5r]

Pa Kettle .

[@PamelaTaylor]

he sound like one of the new rapper of 2018 just missing a ton of cuss words and saying BM AND BW ARE NOTHING BUT b....

[@sixthsensethaproducer5190]

You totally can see where most of the black stereotypes come from. Unfortunately many are still prevalent nowadays.

[@TheInvestigativeExaminers206]

I always think of Bamboozled

[@Yaboydred]

Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry (May 30, 1902 - November 19, 1985), better known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit,

[@jamieblack667]

Premiering on CBS this fall.

[@shaytaylormade5244]

I can't understand a word he saying

[@drewpdrew2004]

Shay Taylormade Maybe he's a mumble rapper 😂

[@pollypurree1834]

I can't either. The kid and the radio announcer are easy to understand. The two women are more difficult.

[@charlesstevens4247]

Dont wurry ya,all we wurkin hard to git back dere an at dis pace way dey killin us we be dere soon nuff,yes sir" Dat we talkin.

[@cubbiesmith4505]

still in this day lazy bones hanging on the corners meet up standing on the streets sunup to sundown.

[@pman-qs6ms]

Whatvda fuck is he saying

[@PsalmsPoetic]

He wasn't lazy, he was tired from all the work his ancestors did, and by ancestors, I mean his father and grandfather.

[@gregorylapointe4157]

I's not lazy boss, I's just born tired!

[@pollypurree1834]

So, you think that people of all races nowadays don't work just as hard? At least the slaves also got free food, free shelter, free medical care, free musical instruments for entertaining themselves and were still given all of that after they were too old to work. Perhaps that's why many whites volunteered to be slaves back then. They saw slaves as having it much better than they did

[@RushianRichard]

8:33 Wtf? Where is "No animals were hurt during the making of this movie"? 🤨

[@terrihogue220]

Great tap dancing.

[@pollypurree1834]

The kid was quite good

[@vernonweatherbe119]

Yes, Stephanie. It was Lincoln Perry.

[@kafenwar]

Other than the music, this film is painfully shitty. Especially the last minute.

[@pollypurree1834]

Childish and boring. I can't believe anybody paid money to watch crap like this.

[@premorockproductions7461]

Is this supposed to be a comedy? WOW!!!! I believe what the theme of Hollywood Shuffle said, "It's always work at the Post Office!!" We didn't have to play those roles!!!

[@yungheat84]

effu2 look at rap music 🎶? What about it?

[@JacklinTerry-Lathan]

Please remember the time he was in, that character was not him, nor was it the woman. A door opened, a price paid, but we have no excuse, we can open our own doors, but at what price? He was our learning tree.

[@tiffanioglen9659]

It was funny to the white producers of the show obviously. But as degrading as it was Lincoln paved the way for other black actors.

[@jcgoliwook7957]

Tu es bien dur avec les gens de l'époque, je pense qu'il leur fallait bien vivre et certains ce foutaient complétement de ce que les gens pense et prenaient les quelques dollars qu'ils gagnaient avec ces publications (movies) ET même si je ne cautionne pas ceux qui propageait en faisant ce genre de films, je me fait fort de ne pas juger les acteurs/trices qui sont dedans

[@pollypurree1834]

Nothing wrong with the post office. Good pay, great benefits and early retirement.

[@cheatstarr]

WOW

[@ThePositiveFocus]

Sounds like Young Thug the rapper

[@cheatstarr]

DID I JUST SEE PERPETUAL MOTION?

[@Neosoulgroovydude]

they spoofed the real stephin fetchet in the movie mr bojangles with gregory hines. they showed the 3 top black actors. including hattie mcdaniel and bill robinson toasting each other. besides his roles he actually was high society & paid well for blacks of the time.

[@teenatchie1313]

Do anyone know stepnfetchit real name

[@teenatchie1313]

Is he high what they give him damn

[@Maxpwell]

Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry (May 30, 1902 - November 19, 1985)

[@teenatchie1313]

Maxpwell OK thank you

[@thegrandmasabrina]

His last name is Perry. Coincidence? lol

[@keefewas]

@@thegrandmasabrina 🤣🤣🤣🤣😊🤣🤣🤣

[@averagevotersmith3326]

Who is the singer on this short? I looked at the credits - I don't think her name is there.

[@cherkas009]

All those women being mean to that nice guy

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

They ARE mean.

[@pollypurree1834]

Because he is lazy and won't do shyt.

[@cheatstarr]

TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE , CAUSE DISS HERE SH__T START'IN TO GET FUNNY😁😁😁

[@wellwisher7778]

That was awful

[@johnfattah327]

Green pasture where A black man plays God.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

That's a cool movie as I remember. The play Must have been something on Broadway.

[@oakhuemo66]

That was a black woman singing?! Niiiiice

[@taecamperva]

Anybody know the lightskin dancers name?

[@belleofkilronan8565]

One of the worst things I have seen in my life.

[@jdnvideashield]

It's too bad that white supremacy and their efforts to stereotype "Black" people has made it so that comedic actors like Lincoln Perry and his Stepin Fetchit character are despised by "Black" people who don't like the stereotype. If you REALLY pay attention to this short film, it actually shows the character Stepin Fetchit to be the smartest one in the room. That's the funniest part. Everyone in the film who calls him lazy doesn't realize his genius. He uses his brain to create things to make life easier for himself so he won't have to work hard. Everyone else doesn't realize it. They just focus on him and the fact that HE, HIMSELF is not working. That's funny to me. "Black" people are geniuses at EVERYTHING we do. If not for white supremacy, we'd be excellent at EVERYTHING.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

You're almost 100% right .... What kind of supremacy again?

[@daynasafranek7807]

@@Bigbadwhitecracker ikr. Hypocrisy…

[@amyk3275]

Portrait not reality

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Sure about that?

[@pollypurree1834]

A comedy with a way over the top character. Just like the type Steve Martin and Jim Carrey played in movies.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

P Diddy, Sr.?

[@normabarros3124]

It's sad to see all the prejudiced comments. African Americans were made to play acting scenes like this in the 1930's. God brought us through in Jesus name. God bless you all.🙏🏼❤️

[@mauricesowerseliii3413]

He was a known actor however, there's still far too many brothers out here today that's not acting!

[@edwardwhite199]

What a ludicrous comment. I have never met or seen a brother who behaves or speaks like the character of Stepin Fetchit. Lincoln Perry was clowning to "get over". He made so much money satisfying the White audiences need to see Blacks as a race of fools he owned one limousine to carry him to the motion picture studio and another limo to carry his lunch to the studio. (This is revealed in the book "Stepin Fetchit: The Life and Times of Lincoln Perry" by Mel Watkins.)

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

@@edwardwhite199 He definitely played his cards right but apparently he gamble his fortune away.

[@pollypurree1834]

@@edwardwhite199 🤣

[@pollypurree1834]

Nobody's like that except for someone who's dying

[@pollypurree1834]

@@Bigbadwhitecracker Most movie stars end up dying broke regardless of race. Stan Laurel from Laurel and Hardy, for example, was living in a one room cold water flat on Sunset Strip. That was discovered when somebody saw his name in the telephone book and showed it to the media.

[@thedarkchild86]

Stepin Fetchin .....starring Dr Ben Carson

[@shtarker5493]

What does that make Obama? Amos or Andy?

[@thedarkchild86]

@@shtarker5493 NOPE

[@shtarker5493]

@@thedarkchild86 Are you sure? He sure acts like it. I guess HNIC will have to do….for now.

[@pollypurree1834]

Naw. He isn't a slave to the white liberal Democrat plantation. He's Republican and a free thinker. He would never belong to the Democrats, the party of slavery and Jim Crow Laws. He has more pride than that

[@Penrose-wi6tx]

This was very hard to watch.. Unless you was acting an a, “ race movie” you didn’t have a choice in those days.

[@pollypurree1834]

That's not a race movie. There's nothing racist whatsoever. It's simply a Jim Carrey/Steve Martin type of movie with a corny character that's so way over the top that only a dingdong would think he is for real. All the other characters had their own personalities and were nothing like him.