148: “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,” Minstrels in Hollywood and The Oscars (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 3)
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Hall Johnson's Song of the South
The song casts their work on a plantation post emancipation as a choice born from a sensible fear of the unknown. The pro song of the south argument contends that hal johnson would have refused to sing this song if he thought it was racest. Zippedy doda was composed by ali rubell with lyrics by ray gilbert. Rubell wrote three or four songs that were recycled through warner brothers movies and animated shorts ad infinitum for decades.
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