I'm so glad someone has finally put this on YouTube:
Update: A reader, "PapayaSF," passes along a similar film from the crew at Atmo. Entertaining as it is, that clip was made by people already swimming in the mash-up milieu. The short posted above, usually known as Lambeth Walk -- Nazi Style, was made during World War II by an obscure film editor who wasn't raised on a diet of reedited movie trailers and music videos. He just wanted to reduce the Nazis to absurdity, and he did an inspired job of it, though I gather it still took a few years for Hitler's regime to fall.
The Greatest Propaganda Film Ever Made
Comments to "The Greatest Propaganda Film Ever Made":
Edward | July 17, 2007, 4:44pm | #
Very snappy. I wonder what the secret of Hitler's popularity was.After watching that I now KNOW what the secret of Hitler's popularity was. Its like... like... yah, disco of the 1930's. Popular, yah!
crimethink | July 17, 2007, 5:01pm | #
I wonder if the British public was kavetching about how it was "too soon" after the Battle of Britain to be making jokes at Hitler's expense.That's one of the many areas where I esteem the British attitude toward Hitler during WW2 far more than ours toward al-Qaeda now.
Pro Libertate | July 17, 2007, 5:17pm | #
Well, we did have Evil Bert.Mel Brooks | July 17, 2007, 5:21pm | #
And now it's springtime for Hitler and Germany.Edward | July 17, 2007, 5:35pm | #
Right. What we really need is a "Springtime for Osama and the umma"Randolph Carter | July 17, 2007, 5:51pm | #
Is that the Third Reich Cha-Cha?Dave | July 17, 2007, 6:02pm | #
"I wonder if the British public was kavetching about how it was "too soon" after the Battle of Britain to be making jokes at Hitler's expense.That's one of the many areas where I esteem the British attitude toward Hitler during WW2 far more than ours toward al-Qaeda now."
I don't think the lack of Osama jokes is due to the "It's too soon after 9/11" as it's due to the "That's offensive" crowd. South Park dealt with this years ago, bashing Osama while giving a nod to the Bugs and Daffy cartoons of WWII. They met with some whines, and pretty much answered "These guys are the enemy. Fuck them."
John Casey | July 17, 2007, 6:22pm | #
Ah, those loveable zany Nazis!Urkobold™ | July 17, 2007, 6:37pm | #
THE URKOBOLD IS WORKING WITH CBS TO LAUNCH A NEW SERIES: OSAMA'S HEROES. SET AT AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE FOLLOW THE HIGH JINKS AND SILLINESS OF A NEWLY CAPTURED OSAMA BIN LADEN AND HIS CREW OF CRAZY-FUN AL QAEDA PRISONERS AS THEY CAPER AROUND AND GENERALLY MOCK THEIR CIA JAIL KEEPERS. IN A COUP, THE URKOBOLD HAS PERSUADED HIS GOOD FRIEND CHRISTOPHER WALKEN TO PLAY THE LEAD-JAILER ROLE OF COLONEL LINGUS.GREAT FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
not till reading the comments did I realize that the propaganda was supposed to be anti, not pro, nazi.
ktc | July 17, 2007, 6:41pm | #
Does Urkobold remind anybody else of Morbo?http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/CharacterBios/morbo.dhtml
highnumber | July 17, 2007, 6:41pm | #
andronoid,What kind of an angle did you think the Nazis were working there?
roxylover | July 17, 2007, 7:39pm | #
Well, android, perhaps poor Bryan Ferry was also confused. In his defense, he was only just a very young country boy...http://www.reason.com/blog/show/119673.html
idiomsavant | July 17, 2007, 7:55pm | #
Now that is some close-order swanning about.Alan Augustson | July 17, 2007, 8:28pm | #
Very nice. I had been wondering what you guys had been using as an ideological backdrop.Morbo | July 17, 2007, 8:36pm | #
Kittens give Morbo gas.Jon H | July 17, 2007, 9:06pm | #
Dave wrote: "South Park dealt with this years ago, bashing Osama while giving a nod to the Bugs and Daffy cartoons of WWII. They met with some whines, and pretty much answered "These guys are the enemy. Fuck them.""Was that before or after the Onions post-9/11 masterpiece, "HOLY FUCKING SHIT"
joshua corning | July 17, 2007, 10:12pm | #
Does Urkobold remind anybody else of Morbo?ha! HA!
and the last shred of that little gnome's armor falls to the ground.
What is that? a green golf pencil?
crimethink | July 18, 2007, 12:05am | #
Urkobold,Will Farfour make an appearance on the show? Because no family programming is complete without a giant screeching mouse in a tuxedo.
The Wine Commonsewer® | July 18, 2007, 1:27am | #
I didn't look to see who posted this but it comes as no surprise that Mr Walker............:-)
PayayaSF | July 18, 2007, 2:29am | #
In a similar vein, but much weirder, here's Adolf singing "Born to Be Alive":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfWFwOoW40
Deus | July 19, 2007, 12:19am | #
Don't forget the equally famous Hitler Jig.