Comments on: Was Bugs Bunny Used As A WW2 Propaganda Tool? [Video] http://halfassbackwards.com/was-bugs-bunny-used-as-a-ww2-propaganda-tool-video/ Welcome to my madness! Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:04:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Steiger http://halfassbackwards.com/was-bugs-bunny-used-as-a-ww2-propaganda-tool-video/#comment-5294 Ken Steiger Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:11:41 +0000 http://halfassbackwards.com/?p=1129#comment-5294 You are looking at 1943 with 2011 eyes. Blackface and Al Jolsen were part of that era. And everyone was behind the idea of fighting Hitler. What's wrong with Bugs selling War Bonds? You are looking at 1943 with 2011 eyes. Blackface and Al Jolsen were part of that era. And everyone was behind the idea of fighting Hitler. What’s wrong with Bugs selling War Bonds?

]]> By: Ken Steiger http://halfassbackwards.com/was-bugs-bunny-used-as-a-ww2-propaganda-tool-video/#comment-5293 Ken Steiger Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:11:18 +0000 http://halfassbackwards.com/?p=1129#comment-5293 You are looking at 1943 with 2011 eyes. Blackface and Al Jolsen were part of that era. And everyone was behind the idea of fighting Hitler. What's wrong with Bugs selling War Bonds? You are looking at 1943 with 2011 eyes. Blackface and Al Jolsen were part of that era. And everyone was behind the idea of fighting Hitler. What’s wrong with Bugs selling War Bonds?

]]> By: Ego http://halfassbackwards.com/was-bugs-bunny-used-as-a-ww2-propaganda-tool-video/#comment-420 Ego Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:54:32 +0000 http://halfassbackwards.com/?p=1129#comment-420 Sweet! I find these films to be really interesting from a historical point of view. I will dig deeper for the radio broadcasts. Growing up I never noticed the adult humor in many of the cartoons I watched. But, as I grew up I began to catch on, things are not what they seem. Thanks for the comment =) -Ego Sweet! I find these films to be really interesting from a historical point of view. I will dig deeper for the radio broadcasts. Growing up I never noticed the adult humor in many of the cartoons I watched. But, as I grew up I began to catch on, things are not what they seem. Thanks for the comment =)

-Ego

]]> By: Doug http://halfassbackwards.com/was-bugs-bunny-used-as-a-ww2-propaganda-tool-video/#comment-419 Doug Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:50:19 +0000 http://halfassbackwards.com/?p=1129#comment-419 The war bond ads were some of the milder wartime propaganda cartoons. Visit some of the others on YouTube, like "Tokio Jokio", etc. As to "...how naive a child’s mind can be…", remember: during this time, there was NO TV; people got their news on the radio, AND from shorts shown at movies. Cartoons produced during this time were intended to show at theaters, primarily to adult audiences. The war bond ads were some of the milder wartime propaganda cartoons. Visit some of the others on YouTube, like “Tokio Jokio”, etc. As to “…how naive a child’s mind can be…”, remember: during this time, there was NO TV; people got their news on the radio, AND from shorts shown at movies. Cartoons produced during this time were intended to show at theaters, primarily to adult audiences.

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