A jazz cartoon involving a "Fats Waller"-like cat who leaves the "Uncle Tomcat Mission" for the local jazz club.A jazz cartoon involving a "Fats Waller"-like cat who leaves the "Uncle Tomcat Mission" for the local jazz club.A jazz cartoon involving a "Fats Waller"-like cat who leaves the "Uncle Tomcat Mission" for the local jazz club.
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Mel Blanc
- Giant Lips
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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The Four Dreamers
- Uncle Tom Cat Mission Singers
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Four Spirits of Rhythm
- Fats Waller Cat backing vocals
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Zoot Watson
- Scatting Cat
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaOne of the "Censored 11" banned from T.V. syndication by United Artists in 1968 (then the owners of the Looney Tunes film library) for alleged racism. Ted Turner continued the ban when he was hired and stated that these films will not be re-issued and will not be put on Home Video. These cartoons will probably never air on television again, and only non-Warner Bros. licensed public domain video tapes will probably ever have these cartoons on them.
- Quotes
Fats Waller Cat [and others]: What's de MOTOR with him?
- ConnectionsEdited from Porky in Wackyland (1938)
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Why is it...
...that some of the cleverest cartoons were also some of the most racially offensive? Among the examples are Bob Clampett's "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" and "Tin Pan Alley Cats". This one portrays a Fats Walker-resembling feline who gets blasted outta this world into a setting lifted out of Clampett's earlier "Porky in Wackyland".
Yes, it seems like every time that they came up with a particularly novel idea, it came out like this. Well, maybe not every time. I would advise not watching this for straight-forward entertainment, but rather as a look at Hollywood's portrayal of African-Americans over the years. Available on YouTube.
Yes, it seems like every time that they came up with a particularly novel idea, it came out like this. Well, maybe not every time. I would advise not watching this for straight-forward entertainment, but rather as a look at Hollywood's portrayal of African-Americans over the years. Available on YouTube.
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- lee_eisenberg
- Jul 3, 2007
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- Also known as
- Merrie Melodies #17 (1942-1943 Season): Tin Pan Alley Cats
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- Runtime7 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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