[High Praise! to Mr. Happy’s World]
Unapologetic, unvarnished, pop-culture patriotism, without a shred or humor, derision, or irony.
If you’ve forgotten what it looks like, or if you’re young enough that you’ve never seen such a thing before, here it is, circa 1939, back before Alaska & Hawaii became states, and – it should be noted – even before the phrase “under God” was added to the pledge:
Porky Pig in “Old Glory”
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I’ll be right next to you at the re-education center.
I didn’t know that U Sam wore stirrup pants. Kinda changes my opinion of him. For the better, I suppose.
Is it weird that a cartoon can both make a shiver go up my spine and bring a tear to my eye?
Jeff – Probably, yeah, since I had the same reaction.
I always loved this one, too (particularly the ending): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrS3Q9D98F0
Skip ahead to 7:45. As a result of this cartoon, Bugs was “drafted” into the USMC and eventually discharged as a Master Sergeant.
Mmm…bacon.
The Revolutionary War, George Washington, The Civil War, Abraham Lincoln.
And the rest of our history fades to gray – All the lives, all the stories, all the success and failure and the lessons learned seem to get discarded like yesterday’s newspapers.
If those who fail to learn from history’s mistakes are doomed to repeat them, how much more Dooooomed are we if we never learn our history at all?
Read the whole book, Porkie!
You know, this is one of those things that makes me wish I could vote a five for twice.