Stoopnocracy (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #4 extract: Stoopnocracy (1933)

Stoopnocracy is a brilliant piece of satire, with some ingenious animation. In such, it explores a world full of insane people, seeing looney cartoons delivered to an asylum in which the famous radio comedy duo of the 30s, Stoopnagle and Budd, then have the audience sing a couple of songs along with them. 

Whilst it makes no practical sense (and why should it?), this is a fun bit of entertainment that was featured in the Fleischer Studios 'Screen Songs' series. And this makes Stoopnocracy even more interesting as it shows the roots of sing-along music videos, which Fleischer Studios started making in 1924 with the famous bouncing ball that you must follow, that are a staple of contemporary mainstream animation as well as karaoke. So, not only is seeing the jump from animation and into live action quite shocking, but so is the jump into sing-along tunes, which makes Stoopnocracy a great insight into an intriguing aspect of film history.