The Band Kids in the Green Tents Have Some Things to Clear Up
No, they weren’t forced to rehearse like this. Yes, part of it was staged. And obviously, the tents are awesome.
''BY NITISH PAHWA
FEB 28, 2021''
https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/02/band-kids-green-tents-interview-wenatchee-high-school.html
What kind of CLOWNS are these?
That video was likely made as part of the campaign to re-elect FDR in 1936
Some people claim this is from 1930
But I think 1936 is more likely
Others say that "weaponised" dates it to the 1950s
As if people were too dumb 20 years earlier
To make up a obvious word applying regular rules
The overall tone seems like a political campaign
And in 1936 FDR was running for a 2nd term
There was a massive Negro rally
In Madison Square Gardens Sept 22 1936
And Cab Calloway and his band played there
The overall tone seems like a political campaign
And in 1936 FDR was running for a 2nd term
There was a massive Negro rally
In Madison Square Gardens Sept 22 1936
And Cab Calloway and his band played there
The music in this video is Cab Calloway's
St. James Infirmary Blues
And he is the singing voice
At the time he lived and played in New York
Max Fleischer, the animator of Betty Boop
Popeye and Koko the Clown
Had his studios in New York until 1938
The singing radio looks like a 1934 model
From the big manufacturer Atwater Kent
Although the grille design may originally come
From a small New York manufacturer
Because of the 3 dials, more common on Sears radios
The banner saying Early Warning Cartoon
Is very similar to Betty Boop's opening screen
The fellow being beaten by two cops
Is similar to Bimbo
The vague character outlines are reminiscent
Of characters from Betty Boop and Popeye
So this is almost certainly a Fleischer/Calloway production.
But that radio grille design…
Why did a large manufacturer adopt it?
Why do so many retro makers use that design?
Why does it look like a skull with 6 teeth?
What group uses 6 or 66 or 666 and skulls
As their calling card?
Even Darth Vader's mask has 6 teeth and 5 slots
To fully deal with "weaponised" you would need to search periodicals
From the 1920s and 1930s
The only ones I know of cost money to access
The same thing is true for corpora of English language usage
You have to register, and I assume pay, to search them.