Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!) (1935)

★★★★★ · Not Politically Correct in 2012 · Kodachrome · 2012-10-20

In 1935, this comedy short was used to drum up business for tire manufacturer B.F. Goodrich. Here, from 1935, are racial stereotypes in all their glory. We see the black telephone operator reading the book “365 Ways to Fry Chicken.” His name (as listed at IMDB) is Fred 'Snowflake' Toones. The nickname ‘Snowflake’ would now be seen to have drug overtones and is not PC in 2012. He is at one point told to ‘tend to bidness. ‘ The intro so resembled a modern parody of racial stereotypes that I had to watch twice. Since I am supposed to be counting the traffic violations Harry makes, the first…