Tokio Jokio

Tokio Jokio (1943)

A "captured" Japanese newsreel. Civilian defense shows an aircraft spotter painting spots on aircraft and a fire prevention HQ that already burned down. Kitchen Hints shows the construction of a sandwich from bread and meat ration cards. Poisonalities in the News shows Yamamoto walking on stilts and boasting of plans for the White House, contrasted with the room reserved for him: an electric chair. A submarine, launched 3 weeks ahead of schedule, is still being built. A plane's new landing gear is a little man on a tricycle. A minesweeper uses a giant broom.

Date of release
1943-05-15
TMDB
3.4 / 10 (20)
Runtime
7m
Genres
Animation, Comedy
Director
Norm McCabe

Casting

Interesting facts

Tokio Jokio is a 1943 Looney Tunes anti-Japanese propaganda short directed by Norman McCabe. It is an example of American propaganda during World War II. The cartoon was withdrawn from public broadcast after the war for its racist depictions. This is also noted for being McCabe's final cartoon as director before he was drafted into the United States Army. The unit managed by Ray Katz would be taken over by Frank Tashlin shortly after.

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