Civil War Comedy Shorts

[jerryeberg]

I'd like to start my Civil War club meetings with comedy shorts related to the Civil War. I know of 2 Three-Stooges shorts: Uncivil Warriors and Uncivil Warbirds, and one bugs bunny short. Do you know any more?

[Pete K]

Some sit-coms used Civil War re-enacting as themes, the Simpsons, South Park, Everybody Loves Raymond, Ellen DeGenneres("Ellen"show) are a few I remember. Raymond and Ellen did not really show us as "kooks" but in mostly a favorable light... CSI and Psych went in a differnt tangent.

[sbl]

Jeff Foxworthy's sit-com had a reenactment plot too.

The other comedies had "fun" with reenactors. Ellen's was the least favorable. He General Lee was the Chinese Car Dealer in the group.
Ray's mother made comments about what Frank's Civil War buddies did in the woods. "You should see what the Southern guys do." He answered.

[Ken]

I'd like to start my Civil War club meetings with comedy shorts related to the Civil War. I know of 2 Three-Stooges shorts: Uncivil Warriors and Uncivil Warbirds, and one bugs bunny short. Do you know any more?

For us older folk, there was an episode of the Abbott and Costello TV show in which they do a play about the Civil War. Sid Fields, the land lord plays a Confederate Colonel who is reviewing his map with his subordinates and Lou Costello, covered in flour, pretends to be a Confederate orderly serving coffee who is spying on the meeting. The Colonel says we will follow this road through Pimlico. To which Costello replies on no Colonel you can't march through Pimlico. To which the Colonel responds why not my good man. To which Costello replies because the horses are running at Pimlico. I know it pretty corney Burlesque stuff but every time I watch it, it cracks me up. By the way I have the CD of this episode. I think this sketch is very similar to the one done by the Three Stooges.

[sbl]

Don't forget...

""The Red Badge of Gayness" is episode 45 of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on November 24, 1999."

[ILYankee5]

Red Skeltons Southern Yankee is a great one. It is not so much about reenactments, but a hilarious film in general.

ILYankee5

[sbl]

"Col. Clifford M. Baker: The paper's in the pocket of the boot with the buckle. The map's in the packet in the pocket of the jacket. Understand?
Aubrey Filmore: Hmm?
Col. Clifford M. Baker: And if you get them mixed up, you're a dead goose.
Aubrey Filmore: Oh, well let's see now. The paper's in the pocket of the macket with a jacket, and the . . No, I see, the packet's in the . .

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Col. Weatherby: Now, if you don't mind, the map, if you please.
Aubrey Filmore: Oh, the map, the map, the map . .
[to himself]
Aubrey Filmore: The map's in the packle of the bucket with the jeckle. No, the jacket's in the buckle of the pocket with the poodle - the boodle.
Col. Weatherby: Major Drummond, the map!
Aubrey Filmore: Yes, the map, the map, the map . .
[to himself]
Aubrey Filmore: The map's in the packle of the bugle with the pickle. No, no. The pocket of the boo - with the bagel. Not the bagel, the bugle, er, the buckle
[aloud]
Aubrey Filmore: That's it, the boot with the buckle.
[He hands over the wrong document]
Aubrey Filmore: I always carry my secret papers in the boot with the buckle. They'd have to kill me to get it, Sir. A soldier always dies with his bookles on, er, his bagels buckled, er, his . . Nice pair of shoes, don't you think? "

In the movie some black children over hear this conversation and start dancing to it. (It was 1948!)

[sbl]

This pre-dated The Court Jester 1955


"Hawkins: I've got it! I've got it! The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?
Griselda: Right. But there's been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!
Hawkins: They *broke* the chalice from the palace?
Griselda: And replaced it with a flagon.
Hawkins: A flagon...?
Griselda: With the figure of a dragon.
Hawkins: Flagon with a dragon.
Griselda: Right.
Hawkins: But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?
Griselda: No! The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!
Hawkins: The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.
Griselda: Just remember that."

[ILYankee5]

Those are two of my favorite all time comedians!!

[Poor Private]

I remeber an old catoon with Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam in different forts firing at each other then swapping forts at some time or other. Bugs started out yankee and Sam reb