Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue

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Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue
Directed byDan Gordon
Animation Director:
Jim Tyer (uncredited)
Story byJoe Stultz
Produced bySeymour Kneitel
I. Sparber
Dan Gordon
Executive Producer:
Sam Buchward
(all uncredited)
StarringJack Mercer
Dave Barry
(both uncredited)
Music byWinston Sharples (uncredited)
Animation byJim Tyer
Ben Solomon
Uncredited Animation:
Tom Baron
Abner Kneitel
Al Eugster
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
February 19, 1943
Running time
6:55
LanguageEnglish

Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue is a 1943 American propaganda cartoon short featuring Popeye directed by Dan Gordon.[1] The cartoon revolves around Bluto trying to escape the draft but ends up fighting alongside Popeye against some Japanese spies, Hirohito and Adolf Hitler.

Plot

While Bluto is busy at work in his stable he receives a letter calling him for his draft service in the Navy. Bluto is very reluctant to join in and pretends to be ill. Popeye, who works at the draft bureau, is suspicious and sends a female dummy in to create an enthusiastic reaction from him. Even though his trick works Bluto still refuses to join the Navy. In a desperate effort to become disabled Bluto jumps out of the window, followed by Popeye who tries to catch him. They both crash deep into the ground, in fact so deep that Satan himself asks them to leave Hell. After Bluto and Popeye have climbed out of the massive crater Satan is kicked by an angel, after which they both disappear.

Bluto tries to flee, but is hit in a car accident. Even though he is knocked out the ambulance is only interested in the tires of the vehicle and carries these away on a stretcher instead of Bluto. Bluto tries to get hit by a falling safe instead, but again Popeye rescues him. This angers Bluto so much that he locks Popeye inside the object and then throws it away. It crashes inside an orphanage, where several

Hitler!" Sure enough, the next scene cuts to Hitler, who gives a speech by saying: "B.O.!" ("body odor", a reference to a Lifebuoy soap commercial). Hitler too is beaten so hard that he loses his mustache. A title card appears, asking: "Is there a doctor in the house?", with the word "doctor" crossed out and "undertaker" written in crayon. While he lies unconscious, Hermann Göring
runs in and asks his Führer melodramatically "to speak to him". Hitler just says "B.O." again, whereupon Göring pulls his face away in disgust.

The cartoon concludes with Bluto finally signing up for his draft. When Bluto asks how to spell his own name, the imprisoned Japanese spies sing "B-L-U-T-O", in reference to the commercial jingle for

Jell-o
from that time.

Notability

The cartoon is notable for being one of the few where Bluto and Popeye actually fight together to beat a common foe. Because of its dated references to World War II and offensive racial stereotyping of Japanese people, it is no longer shown on US television.[citation needed]

The style of the cartoon is more reminiscent of a

Sweater Girl.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7
    .

External links
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