They are an equal opportunity choir, to be sure, but every child running around tapping their mouths while hooting is plain sterotyping. None of those kids even LOOKED aboriginal!
One little two little three little Indians/Portuguese/New Zealander/American Samoans, four little five little six little Indians/Chechnyans/Liberians/Indochineans, seven little eight little nine little Sibereans/Koreans/Rastafarians/Pomeranians, ten little Nigerian/Chinese/Swedish/Puerto Rican boys and girls and transgendered people. Way to not be all-inclusive, Kathies Lee.
Kathy Lee: You want us to sing One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians? What? Are you serious? I AM OUTRAGED!
Producer: Please, calm down, Mrs. Gifford.
Kathy Lee: NO WAY will I calm down! I'm NOT going to sing a song with these kind of offensive lyrics!
Producer: Okay, okay. I guess when you think about it, it is kind of a racist throwback to a time when it was ok to belittle Native Americans.
Kathy Lee: Racist? What the hell are you talking about? I don't give a fuck about any Indians. As a privileged white woman, I am offended by the song's obvious gender discrimination.
Producer: Oh, thank god. Well, in that case, I think we can fix things to your liking.
Maybe Kathie Lee's trying to show the traumatic, long-term, structural effects of racism: belittle the First Nations and they'll turn all your children into The Brood.
Apparently the "Rockin' Tots Cafe" is attached to the Black Lodge.
ReplyDeleteNow that I'm appropriately terrified, I can start my day.
ReplyDeleteThey are an equal opportunity choir, to be sure, but every child running around tapping their mouths while hooting is plain sterotyping. None of those kids even LOOKED aboriginal!
ReplyDeleteOh my christ! Nothing has ever made me wetter!
ReplyDeleteOne little two little three little Indians/Portuguese/New Zealander/American Samoans, four little five little six little Indians/Chechnyans/Liberians/Indochineans, seven little eight little nine little Sibereans/Koreans/Rastafarians/Pomeranians, ten little Nigerian/Chinese/Swedish/Puerto Rican boys and girls and transgendered people. Way to not be all-inclusive, Kathies Lee.
ReplyDeleteSurreal. The mirror/split screen effect is stupid and pointless.
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad that Kathie Lee updated this "old fashioned" ditty to include little girls.te
ReplyDeleteWTF?! I OFFICIALLY WANT TO LIVE IN KATHIE LEE'S SUBCONSCIOUS!!!
ReplyDeleteI think Kathie Lee is to blame for hipsters wearing headdresses.
ReplyDeleteNo way that song was only 2 minutes long...it felt more like a fortnight. So, when do those kids get back to making crappy shoes for Kathie?
ReplyDeleteWith all due respect to vittles, the mirror effect did seam (see what I did there?) a bit pointless.
LFMAO friggin brilliant!
ReplyDeleteKathy Lee:
ReplyDeleteYou want us to sing One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians? What? Are you serious? I AM OUTRAGED!
Producer:
Please, calm down, Mrs. Gifford.
Kathy Lee:
NO WAY will I calm down! I'm NOT going to sing a song with these kind of offensive lyrics!
Producer:
Okay, okay. I guess when you think about it, it is kind of a racist throwback to a time when it was ok to belittle Native Americans.
Kathy Lee:
Racist? What the hell are you talking about? I don't give a fuck about any Indians. As a privileged white woman, I am offended by the song's obvious gender discrimination.
Producer:
Oh, thank god. Well, in that case, I think we can fix things to your liking.
"Mirror/split screen effect is stupid and pointless"?? It's going to give me nightmares!
ReplyDeleteThe irony in this racially represented, gender-neutral video is absolutely fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThat machine swallows souls.
ReplyDeleteAwe. Some. Loved it!
ReplyDeleteRequesting a 'genocide' tag, as that what this song is basically about ("indians" dropping like flies after smallpox breakouts)
ReplyDeleteThat is what you see when you have one drooping eyelid.
ReplyDeleteThat one guy said "One little Indian boy and girl."
ReplyDeleteWe need a racism tag :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe Kathie Lee's trying to show the traumatic, long-term, structural effects of racism: belittle the First Nations and they'll turn all your children into The Brood.
ReplyDeleteBravo ancient weaver
ReplyDeleteIf you get low on content, a mash up between this and singing babies would work.
ReplyDeleteThis is, what, the 40th time this song has been found? It's an unstoppable meme.
ReplyDeleteI much prefer the singing babies version.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. one of the few laughs ive had this month.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that whenever the mysterious male voice pops up, all I can think of is Kathie Lee secretly recording Frank singing this in a drunken stupor?
ReplyDeleteBecause that would be FUCKING AWESOME.
So Elvis is alive, and working...with Kathie Lee???
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful Regis stayed out of this sing-a-long about genocide, Kathie Lee was enjoying that ride way too much!
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