Description
This is one of the most heavily edited cartoons on TV. In the
version currently televised, there are four major edits: 1) Spike
getting struck by lightning, leaving him in blackface, fades out before
the audience can see the result. 2) Droopy's line, "Hey, Blackie, any
more babes in there?", after the wooden shack goes up in flames, leaving
Spike in blackface, is cut. 3) After Spike sees Droopy run out of the
burning cabin carrying a blonde lady in his arms, Spike runs into the
same burning cabin and comes running out with a black lady in a red
dress, red lipstick and gold hoop earrings. 4) The scene in which the
rich gentleman rewards Spike for returning his hat by handing Spike a
seemingly endless stream of cash is trimmed. The two are blown up by a
bomb, which was planted by Spike himself earlier during the scene.
Originally, the two were transformed into black caricatures in tattered
clothing. The rich man's cultured voice ("10, 15, 20...") turns into a
stereotypical black voice who proclaims "...eleventy billion...and two
bits!", throwing torn pieces of money in the air. On TV, the scene now
ends as the bomb explodes.
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