I used to be a therapist with the elderly. The Blacks wanted to listen to Uncle Remus and Amos and Andy. These programs were humorous.

Disney is no longer Walts company.

A lot of valuable lessons were taught by the character of Uncle Remus. I loved them as a child and I cherish them now.

Song of the South was a good movie! They for years would release the movie once a year and back then you never saw people in a long line to see a movie, much less one that was 40 years old! But the theater was lined around the block to see Song of the South! That was in the 60,70, 80s and even into the 90s , but then it was racist for some reason! I have a Copy of the movie and every once in a while I watch it just because I liked it as a kid! Absolutely Nothing Wrong with this Movie! I forgot. They were a bunch of black people there also!

I have always loved anything Uncle Remus! In the early 1980's when my my son was very young I had the joy of sharing Uncle Remus and the museum with him. On our trips from SC to South Georgia to visit relatives and friends we would try to arrive in Eatonton for a quick stop by the museum where we usually made a purchase. My son took his Uncle Remus book with him to the pediatricians office where the doctor just fell in love with the stories of my childhood and now my son's. Both of us were very fond of the doctor so on our next trip through Eatonton we purchased a copy for him...he was so pleased. ❤

my dad grew up during the depression, and when I was a kid, he had a couple of those books that I loved to read, and I watched the disney versions as a kid when they were rerun, it's strange now looking back at it, but we lived in an all white town, and I never heard any racist remarks back then. people were people, my neighbor owned a corner store after he escaped nazi germany and came here, but nobody ever called him a jew, I didn't know he was until his passing, because he flippantly dismissed the number tattooed on his arm. Perhaps I was lucky, growing up in a time and place where you didn't judge people who were different, and everyone in the neighborhood helped each other out and cared for each other....every adult knew every child, and who their parents were, and we had block parties and cookouts, the good old days apparently are gone. I'm only 58, but I knew a much better world than today's kids will ever see.

New Disney-Should be banned Old Disney-Absolutely should not be banned Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah won an Academy Award for Best Song as well.

I still have my Uncle Remus album with these wonderful stories. Probably from 1964 🤔I was to young to think of them as anything but lessons as my parents explained them to me. I have been to the museum as my sister lives in Eatonton now. They also closed down the Tales of the Okefenokee at Six Flags some years ago. It was a great tribute to see the characters in action. So sad to me to see how these are viewed today. Thanks for the video🤗 #georgiagirl

Good video, I have been retired for a couple of years and maybe now, my wife and I could go see the museum. I was born in the late 50’s and grew up in the 70’s watching this and all the much better, real Disney movies. And I too, believe that “Disney” went down hill after Walt died, a little at a time. How disappointing.

Banned for the Same reason the "Cancel culture Banned "Amos and Andy". The characters simply talked like MOST black folks "normally" spoke. Makes you wonder WHO are the actual "Racists" and what their REAL motives are.

I am now 85 and grew up in Atlanta and saw the movie Song of the South, it was literally my favorite. Our school visited the Joel Chandler House in south west Atlanta in the 50ies and there were all things Uncle Remus to see , I have heard it is no longer there. I understand why there was an objection to showing that movie again but the stories that were told were really life lessons that are no longer taught, such a shame.

I love the Uncle Remus museum! Thank you for sharing this story! ❤

I LOVE "Song of the South"! The animation is beautiful. The special effect of animation interaction with live action is perfectly done. And history is history no matter what anyone says. Racism does hurt very much. I was hated for my white skin when I did missionary work with my church in Central America but not by everyone. I love doing missionary work. A person needs to know from where he has come to know what mistakes not to make on his way to where he is trying to go. If we don't know where we've been, we don't know where we are.

I have Song Of The South. I got it from a torrent site. I don't know where they got it, but it's quality is 1080p it's in the original aspect ratio, and it looks like Disney just put it out yesterday. The movie isn't what people make it out to be. People make judgments based on someone else's opinion rather than fact. It's like Uncle Tom. Uncle Tom sacrificed himself to save an escaped slave. I don't understand why people make him out to be a traitor to his race.

Heading into my 80's and saw Song of the South in the movie theater. Captured my heart. No complaints from an all white town in the Midwest. Love zippidedoda and have sung it all my life when I am happy.

I LOVE Uncle Remus!! Br'er Bear- You said this wuz a laughin' place! Br'er Rabbit - I didn't say, this wuz yo laughin' place. I said this wuz myyy laughin' place. 😅

They LOOP play "Song of the South" on the video in the Gift shop at "Beauvoir" Museum The last home of Jefferson Davis, on the MS gulf coast. Not racist at all. Indeed, it teaches a visiting "uppity" white boy a lesson. Still, I suppose, the dorks that want to label stuff like Milk and Mathematics, somehow "Racist" also would not be pleased.

I enjoyed your video! I hate that Disney World re-themed Splash Mountain with the Br’er Rabbit. Great story telling!

Disney is a commercial enterprise so it is no surprise they withdrew distribution of Song of the South. We should remember there was a very active pushback from many civil rights groups against media depicting black people in anything other than in a positive light in the contemporary sense so although many older black folks were not offended by Song of the South, many younger blacks were. It was simply a business decision on Disney's part to avoid any kind of controversy that would damage their brand. On a personal note, I am an older American who grew up in the Deep South. I never even considered it as being the least bit racist as quite frankly many of the older black folks that I encountered spoke with the same dialect as Uncle Remus in the movie and many of the black kids were proud to see a black man in such a prominent positive role in a movie directed toward them.

In my kindergarten in the 1960s, the teacher read us Uncle Remus stories if we behaved.

Uncle Remus tells teaches how to live a good respectful life never thought otherwise been to Eatonton many time in my life .someone stole Barerabbit statue thought nothing was sacred .

Thanks for this video. As a young boy in South Georgia I also enjoyed these stories and then the movie. As an adult when the opportunity came to provide service to the ATM in Eatonton. This ATM back in 1981 was named Tar Baby, wish I had a picture.

Your channel just somehow popped up in my suggested videos and I'm glad I watched it! Now, I'm going to go down a rabbit hole and binge watch the rest of them because I love the history of Georgia, and i love the way you presented your content! I'm looking forward to seeing them!

My Grandpa would put the VHS on for me when we'd go to stay with him and Grandma - nearly every weekend! I remember loving 'Song of the South' and, as a 3 year old little English Australian girl, not understanding why the children's mother was so mean to Uncle Remus. He was a lovely, old man, who enjoyed spending time with the children and telling them delightful stories. I loved the stories so much! I wanted to jump inside the screen and play with Brer Rabbit and Uncle Remus. It really saddens me how the modern world sees this film and this character. I have loved him, and his stories, my whole life, and I'm grateful my Grandpa shared them with me. Learning the history behind them is fascinating and makes the stories even more special. Thank you very much.

I knew a car salesman he said Disney was a worn out fair

I remember watching song of the south in kindergarten at Louisville Academy (Jefferson county GA) it would have been around 1993 or 94. Our teacher didn’t think anything of it

I love this song when I you a child, "zip- a- Dee-Doo-Dah What a beautiful day...... Love the story and we ran around singing this song! It's part of our culture, we as Americans should embrace all our wonderful history! We read the story in school!

Thank you for this GREAT program. Very interesting.

I was raised on Uncle Remus and Amos and Andy, love'm.

Wow ty I remember being read those stories in school I couldn't wait for story time I had forgotten about them till now

My father and his siblings from nearby Jasper County loved to go to Eatonton and wore their Sunday best. Pop’s father’s blacksmith, Clemons Robinson, was the son of former slaves of a Mr. Clemons who may have been the Mr. Clemons mentioned in Harris’s book of his Civil War years, On The Plantation. Clemons was a genius. Mr. Clemons sent him to school - for six months to, I believe, get the Robinson to return to work for him - but he kept learning and taught himself calculus.

I have that movie on DVD! I remember watching that movie at the theater as a kid!

I own Song Of The South, on DVD. It's not that hard to find, here, in the US. Just search for it. Always loved the Uncle Remus Stories, growing up and remembered seeing that movie as a child and loved it.

I found a copy a year ago, perfect. Not racist at all. I watch it often.

LOVE UNCLE REMUS❤

My children where read Uncle Remus Stories I had the book that can from the museum

The ‘Uncle Remus’ stories are not made up. They are authentic African American folklore, gathered on the spot, from the people who told it. That authenticity is what makes them interesting. A lot of folks spoke in dialect then, and there are folks still doing it. It is the form these stories come in, and if it is real, and not a stereotype caricature, should not be offensive. Any more than any accurate report should be. The two best known are the Tar Baby and Briar Patch stories. They talk about survival when you are outmatched in force, and need cunning to survive. This spoke to a lot of people then, and should be preserved. Notice they both involve outwitting superior forces. Brain, not brawn. How is that a bad image? I think these stories are positive views of the people that created them ( yes, they are about animals, but it is clear who is meant). In censoring a part of history, there is the danger of losing what is positive in that history. And sometimes, you have to take your African American history as you find it. If you can find it. Let’s not make it harder to find than it needs to be.

Great video

I love Uncle Remus all the good stuff is goan

Wonderful stories.

"Song of the South" can be found in Europe. I have seen it listed several times.

With a little research, a DVD of this movie can be purchased online from overseas. I have a couple from different sources, not Blue Ray quality but pretty good.

Thanks

I loved the Uncle Remus stories. I loved the film too. Sorry if it was "politically incorrect". Get over it!! The tales were delightful. I had no idea they were bigoted. It never occurred to little me (8 or 9) that there was anything wrong with the books and the movie. People have different skin colors, eye colors and hair colors. In an ideal world, color has nothing to do anything. But some people just have to be *ssholes and screw it up for the rest of us. "Songs of the South" was a wonderful movie.

uncle remus spoke "ebonics"?

In America today it's about keeping us divided. Growing up in the sixty's I had friends of every color and background. We loved each other and new our differences and embraced them as making us unique. Our parents did the same . Large parties , picnics , outdoor music events ,school and church . I see the division today instigated by politicians and the media and it sickens me . I walk in love with the intention to encourage everyone. That is what I was taught back then . But of course in today's world we are taught to be angry and offended . I can only say to everyone on that politics is crime and the media are liars . Love you fellow human and protect them from harm .

i definitely think the world should boycott everything tied to woke disney. i have!

Thanks for posting this.Shalom