Not "sex", but rather "Saks", as in "Saks Fifth Avenue", an upscale department store founded in 1900.

@roxassora2706

6 ай бұрын

The subs also say "gunnysacks"

@Purplesubmariner

6 ай бұрын

I knew there was a old time reference to it

@JackieOwl94

6 ай бұрын

Yep. My grandmother passed down a high-end fur coat form Saks Fifth Avenue from before my mother was born.

@Inkan1969

6 ай бұрын

it's still around.

@anthonyrausch5708

6 ай бұрын

I may not be from “NEW YORK” but “I DO KNOW” what “SAK’S 5TH AVENUE” is…….

"Jumpscare racism" is such a good way to describe these situations.

I find it amusing how in 1940 the animators were like "well, we can't draw scantily clad women, the censors will never allow it, so let's use scantily clad horses for our innuendo; there's no way someone is gonna interperet an actual horse as sexy." I long for those days of blissful innocence again.

@retroicdescent

6 ай бұрын

"Life finds a way" -Dr. Ian Malcolm circa 1993

@peytonmac1131

6 ай бұрын

I'm certain far more people were finding questionable things sexy back when we all lived isolated on farms, that we ever have living in cities surrounded by other people.

@spicybeantofu

6 ай бұрын

No they knew what they were doing they just weren't open about it

@troin3925

5 ай бұрын

You should check out the video "Tex Avery and Michael Lah's Strangest Running Gag." That's straight up furry bait before furries were even established.

@oliviastratton2169

Ай бұрын

They weren’t innocent. Have you seen the one with the stripper lizard? They hired an actual stripper to perform for them so they could draw the movements right. The truth is that before Disney movies and Hanna-Barbara cartoons made people associate animation with children's entertainment, most cartoons were made for adults and had a lot of racey material.

Maggie was the Derpy Hooves of her generation.

"Galloping Gals" is one of my all time favorite MGM shorts! Especially because William Hanna and Joseph Barbera worked on this short long before they ever created their own animation studio!

@brandonespinoza9279

6 ай бұрын

Indeed, as I am even conceptualizing a muscular, heavyset, mare, appropriately named Mareria Clydes, the Clydesdale Mare, for Zoomorphic Ultimate.

@GamesofMischief

6 ай бұрын

I liked this one but I also liked watching Hunky and Spunky.

I can't help it. I love the dark horse. She's the only one there having a genuinely good time, and I love that for her.

@chaoticcow4357

4 ай бұрын

yeah! love the character, not the caricature.

@Lopitra

Ай бұрын

I quite frankly don't that little moment of the dark horse to be all that racist on its own. It's just a 10 second black caricature in a cartoon where the whole point seems to be female caricature. The real issue is that this black caricature was everywhere at the time. Cheap humour of the time.

"WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING???" Simple: playing to the audience. It was the 30/40s version of 'edgy humor' that was all sorts of normalized by studios and was expected of the directors to include. There's a reason it's now realized that it was so jarringly included, if they wanted to be racist they coulda gone full racist! But nah just "we need another gag" "uh i dunno race?" and boom, the audience was sated sadly.

"However, she has perseverance, she has courage and... and... and... she has hay fever! Haven't you, Maggie?"

@ClownHoundII

5 ай бұрын

Maggie like me fr

I actually saw this short for the first time last year too!! It surprised me how they have a racial stereotype, yet still represent other dark colored horses respectfully... it's confusing and weird. Really goes to show how having a black stereotype in cartoons back then must have been a trend

@CaptainSpycrab

6 ай бұрын

Blackface was the 1940s equivalent of a Chris Pratt voiceover.

@E3257.StudiosEverythingAwesome

6 ай бұрын

MAYBE it's a good sign that the "racism" is all in peoples' heads.

@chaoticcow4357

4 ай бұрын

@@CaptainSpycrab HELP

4:16 It is possible that she said "she claims that thing is from Saks" (as in Saks Fifth Avenue, which first opened it's retail store in 1924!)

I love watching those old mgm shows back in boomerang. Those were good shows even if they made me a furry.

@beauwalker9820

6 ай бұрын

Now I'm curious which ones turned you into one lol.

@adampellett4917

6 ай бұрын

Fritz the Cat, Heathcliff even Tiny Toon Adventures made me a furry.

@joelrobinson5457

6 ай бұрын

An added bonus

@maravreloaded

2 ай бұрын

Fritz the cat is for adults, ​@@adampellett4917

I've never been more annoyed by horses. Accept for Maggie. Maggies the best. (also, it wouldn't be an old cartoon without a horse in blackface, which I didn't even know was a thing)

@StonerWaifu

6 ай бұрын

the freaking gold tooth sent me

@beauwalker9820

6 ай бұрын

​​@@StonerWaifu I never understood the gold tooth stereotype, as I can't think of any old timey black actors with gold teeth, or anything. Honestly, a lot of old stereotypes don't make sense now.

@M50A1

6 ай бұрын

@@beauwalker9820 its almost like racism is an irrational reaction to things

@ASHERUISE

6 ай бұрын

They kind of all look like that though with the big lips and teeth and all, the dark horse is just darker.

@MarxistMomentum

6 ай бұрын

@@ASHERUISE Yeah, but they all aren't called "The Dark Horse" and have a very stereotypical black accent and a gold tooth.

What a jump scare! That scene wasn’t in the reruns on boomerang when I was growing up. Loved this short.

@jaysonklein6018

6 ай бұрын

They cut that scene out long ago

Maggie gives me Hollyhock vibes, both very dorkishly cute mares!

“She got raptured!” Omg I laughed so hard

7:19 Can’t have an old school cartoon without some racism sprinkled in I guess.

@pipedreamer9781

6 ай бұрын

1930's Animator, itching their neck and sweating profusely: "Oh why not? Surely one more little dose of racism couldn't hurt? I swear I'll quit right after."

@heltaku9397

6 ай бұрын

Hey I'm just thankful they didn't do a whole minstrel show musical number.

@ExtremeWreck

6 ай бұрын

racism jumpscare

@kildaver

6 ай бұрын

It can't be that bad...oof. Nevermind. Yeah, it's *that* bad. 😅

@ClownHoundII

5 ай бұрын

Moments make me wonder how many folks weren't fully blown hateful racist but wre more so "I thought it was just a joke" ignorant but means wells kind of racist.

Are you sure they're horses? Because they're very catty.

@Scrofar

5 ай бұрын

Hah! That's a good one

I needed to see Saber's reaction to the horse fashion scene. It's so out of nowhere.

Just a little note of mine but if subtitles ever pop up word by word, that's basically confirmation that they're auto generated. Actual written ones will come a full bar at a time.

11:45 The Rarity is strong with this one.

Really glad Maggie was the favorite and won ^^

When I saw the name Fred Quimby, I expected something racist before too long. I don’t know for sure if he was a racist but I know the name from Tom and Jerry which has more than its share of racist moments.

I think they said Saks as in Saks 5th avenue.

@Redfern42

6 ай бұрын

I wound up repeating what you already clarified. I graciously acknowledge you beat me to the punch by an hour. (Obviously, I initially missed your post.)

This is just the equine version of The Women (1939), and I love that. Edit: Except for the minstrel mare. That can go to the glue factory.

I remembered watching Galloping Gals on boomagrang when I was younger! The channel used to have a half hour block of just MGM cartoons and sometimes they would show this short. Obviously they cut out the blackface horse scene (That was shocking to me when I first saw it myself after viewing it on youtube recently) but I remembered watching this during my childhood : ,)

This kind of reminds me of that scene from All Dogs Go To Heaven with the horse race.

@blueflare3848

6 ай бұрын

I was thinking that too! It kind of has a similar vibe.

The racial stereotype horse was there for short bit and then completely disappeared from the short. Wasn't even featured in the "photo-finish" picture.

Oop. Not the little bows they put on every blackface character. Not the big lip horse too ☠️

This short feels fresh. It's more due to how it's characters are "perfect" and don't feel like they are there to "inspire good feelings". The act, sound, and gossip like real people, not just rehashed tropes. And I love it to death for that! Now the racist stuff is cringe, but it's a product of it's times.

i remember seeing this as a kid (90's) this is crazy to see again as an adult, i only saw this like once but i remember maggie and the overly sexual horses XD

@skootergirl22

6 ай бұрын

Someone had a thing for horses

@joelrobinson5457

6 ай бұрын

Actually that might be the reason they used animals so much, you can't really claim that the horses are being sexualised because they aren't human, and that's where furries come in

@stupidmango4036

2 ай бұрын

But that's not sexual, it's overly snobby and showy. But not like they were giving them overly exaggerated chests and behinds. Wtf.

For your next watch I highly recommend the new animated called hullabaloo! It's finally been finished after waiting years for it to be done. Definitely a must watch for fans who are into steampunk and Disney like hand-drawn animation created by an ex Disney animator

Lol it's "The Women", done cartoon style. I'm so glad I didn't grow up with the expectation of fitting in with these stereotypical old nags.

7:16 why tf was it mandatory for this shit to be in every old cartoon

@blueflare3848

6 ай бұрын

Because it was the 1940s and was “normal” for back then.

@moonielivee4836

5 ай бұрын

it was popular

@maravreloaded

2 ай бұрын

Other times, grow up or gtfo

You should try the Elmchanted Forest for a lets watch! Its a really weird animated film from 86 that'd be right up your alley. Its got magic painters, foxy ladies, knock off Heat Miser and (questionable)hip hop mushrooms

7:13 😂😂😂 the immediate regret 😂😂😂

the moment i saw it's about female horses and the year it was made i was like "it's gonna be hella misogynistic isn't it" and we even got some racism with it lmao

@Hadeshy

Ай бұрын

Everyone talks about the racism, but nobody talks about how misogynistic it also is. I was starting to think I was imagining it. I even saw someone say how "true" the photofinish joke was.

Watching Maggie win is so fun, she didn't win out of luck or anything, she won because she was here for the race and nothing else! Great sport Maggie!!

Hanna Barbera's weirdest MGM short they ever made.

7:16 - *Maximum overcringe*

I loved old animated shorts like these even Hanna Barbera produced this one.

You guys should do a let’s watch of the 2004 animated Popeye movie 🤣 I remember the creepy siren scene I think you’ll love 🧜‍♀️

I have a few suggestions for you to considered for a Let's watch; the first two are Fleischer Studios 1939 Gulliver's Travels and the 1941 Mr. Bug goes to Town (aka Hoppity goes to Town and Bugville), their only full length feature films before their downfall and conversion to Famous Studios in 1942, as for the other is a Ukrainian Soviet era film called Adventures of Captain Wrongel. All of which you can find on KZread.

9:09 Tbh, a former friend was working in the medical industry, and in December of 2019 he warned me when the very first Covid cases were starting to pop up. So I was somewhat prepared, but sorely disappointed that people were acting like it was all a joke.

Gallopin' Gals Is what My Little Pony could have been 😩

Woooo! Sabercat's back! In all seriousness though, I think Covid-19 isn't exactly an aberration, and we had just been lucky to have gone on so long without such a large scale outbreak. It's hard to imagine but polio was barely 100 years ago, and that lasted for 39 years (1916-1955). My grandmother in 90 now, and she experienced it first hand, talking about how there would always be spikes in the summer, and how she would be shut inside (pre-A/C) for her own safety. Viral outbreaks happen. They happen all the time, all over the world. We've just gone long enough to start taking for granted that measures could be taken without disrupting the status quo.

@TheNotverysocial

6 ай бұрын

Influenza was worse, but nobody ever seems to talk about that. Unlike most contagions, (Barring HIV) it took out people all over the world en masse seemingly indiscriminately regardless of age group, region, overall health conditions or any demographic you can think of. But we harp on this thing that predominately took out asthmatics and others with underlying health issues with a pretty high recovery rate from those who are pretty robust and in the prime of their lives. Does no one see the irony in that?

I actually watched this recently and it is a gaddam fever dream watching you guys watch it O_o

Saber has such a cute fursona 😀

I remember this watching this cartoon as a kid, aged like milk but still nostalgic~

I watched this as a kid and remember it well. Of course I am 70 now. Those horsie gals reminded me of my mom’s friends.

The other day at work I was like, "Remember when that earthquake happened last year?" (In my state there was an earthquake in 2020 just before COVID really picked up). And my coworkers looked at me funny and I said, "well, 2 years ago." I thought we were still living in 2022 in that moment. 💀

Dang, Saber made "Sex. Now laugh." a real thing xD

That is such a cursed thumbnail.

Maggie is best horse

I had two video taps of all these classic cartoons... I gave them to my grandpa cuz he was having dementia and thought giving them to him could be nice and possibly helpful. After his passing I never got the tapes back... Such a weird slightly regretful feeling. I really wish I got them back.

@jakieadams2303

6 ай бұрын

I recognizes this clip it was on one of my tapes

Crazy how I stumbled across this a while ago and now I'm seein' it here, LOL, this shit's WILD. 💀

So, there's this old vhs tape I have from when I was turning 7 (1989) and I went on a local tv show for kids for my birthday. Kind of a variety show type thing, and the show played old cartoons between the skits. This is one of the cartoons they played on that particular episode, so I have it forever preserved on that old vhs tape. Funny to see it around, seems like forgotten media almost.

Rango was okay

My college was having a 3 week work experience block before easter. We had a meeting before leaving about covid, and what they would do if someone had covid at college. Basically said the last thing that would happen is the college closing. A week later on work experience, i hear over the radio that all schools have closed. That was the end of work experience, and going into college for the year

@TheNotverysocial

6 ай бұрын

How they should have reacted to Influenza which was much worse than that, but did not react in that manner.

I'd like to see them watch some of the wartime cartoons. There's a wide variety of wild stuff. One of my favorites is the Bugs Bunny vs Grimlin bit.

I love these cartoons.Should bring them back.

I wish you can bring the whole gang back together for the watches.

Before there were Bronies, there were Gallopers, times change, but in some ways they still stay the same. P.S. may I suggest you try watching the 1940's short 'It's a Grand Old Nag' starring "Charlie Horse" at some point.

Please watch Once Upon a Studio

I remember seeing this on ToonHeads when it use to air

Ah black face caricatures in old cartoons never gets old. Good Maggie giving her all.

“2021 was a myth.” Sure feels like it was.

I wish people make more of 1940 shows in 2024. Most shows in 2024 doesnt make me laugh. But in old shows, its funny af.

it's weird, but I was thinking about this cartoon last week for some reason.

Thank you, Saber, for touching on the wage gap and economy topics.

I love that the narrator so obviously likes Maggie best

omfg one of the horses has my name

If I had a nickel every time something racist happens in an old cartoon, keep the nickel, I don't want it

Just the record if you watch MTV you see cartoons like this all the time

It's a product of its time

I completely forgot this short existed....

Saber didn’t notice the wanted poster.😂

This is a Maggie appreciation household

You should check out last year's PUNCH PUNCH FOREVER! pilot

old timey Uma Musume

I actually find this cartoon really really charming and funny. (minus the one racist depiction which was a product of the times)

racism jumpscare holy shit the horses in this are so catty, omg

One I've seen recently I recommend is FooTrot Flats a Dogs tale.

This was silly. Everything made me laugh even the "dark horse" just cause it was so wildly out of left field.

@poochyenajones1362

6 ай бұрын

Idk, felt pretty much normal to me. You can't really blame 40's for being 40's. Also, I don't think making jokes of a race is inherently bad as long as it's not with ill intentions. Context matters.

@Neogeddon

6 ай бұрын

@@poochyenajones1362 Ehh. Reducing a race (or any group, for that matter) constantly to nothing but a goofy punchline does seep into the way people view them irl. It makes it a lot harder for those in the 'punchline' group to be taken seriously.

I love how this vintage cartoon is only now become really popular. Probably for the wrong reasons tho 😅😂

I saw this recommended to me

Ah Covid, the time when Introverts ruled the world.

I feel like the real racism was that the Dark Horse just popped up for one black joke and then disappeared entirly.

Anyone else notice the poster in Maggie's stable? "Wanted! Fugitive from a Milk Wagon"

What about rango

Ngl this looks like could give anyone ideas back then.

Idk how I feel about this cartoon not to mention I used to watch alot of old cartoons when I was younger and such but not anymore

@Saberspark You should watch c.o.w. boys of moomesa. Anthro cows riding non anthro horses in a world with anthro horses and non anthro cows. The 90’s were a riot!

O;d history time "Sex" was a name of an old boutique shop from way back in the day. It was the number one place to get make up and dresses. NJ there are old newspaper clipping advertising the shop.

Lol I just watched this not long ago

You should do a lets watch and show her joshua and the promised land

The GOVERNMENT RESPONSE to Covid changed the world.

I remember this 💀 how? Idk… where? Idk maybe boomerang 🧐

My Little Pony's Grandfather

uma musume before anime

Cheese