Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
| Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat | |
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| Directed by | Walter Lantz |
| Story by | Ben Hardaway |
| Produced by | Walter Lantz |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Darrell Calker |
| Animation by | Alex Lovy Frank Tipper |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 7 min (one reel) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
"Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat" is a 1940 hit boogie-woogie song written by Don Raye. A bawdy, jazzy tune, the song describes a laundry woman from Harlem, New York whose technique is so unusual that people come from all around just to watch her scrub. The Andrews Sisters and Will Bradley & His Orchestra recorded the most successful pop versions of the song, but it is today best recognized as the centerpiece of an eponymous and controversial Walter Lantz Studio cartoon from 1941, distributed by Universal Pictures. The short was denounced by the NAACP for its racist and stereotypical imagery of African-Americans.