The Jungle-style Thread - Pop Culture Iconography of the Dark Continent - General Tiki

C congawa Member Long Beach, CA Joined: Aug 11, 2008 Posts: 358	C congawa Posted posted on Wed, Apr 13, 2011 12:20 PM On 2011-04-12 14:37, JOHN-O wrote: Which begs the question, where did the whole "Being boiled alive by cannibals" scenario originate ? I don't think there's any anthropological basis for this, it's probably a figment of popular fiction. There's the 1930 Disney short, Cannibal Capers... And did you ever hear about the cannibal who had a wife and ate kids? Ha, ha. :) Update - Brudda Bear got his in below but let's NOT turn this into a joke thread !! If anyone is a fan of pre-1930's fiction and knows of a depiction of people being boiled alive in a pot, that would be intesting to know about. [ Edited by: JOHN-O 2011-04-12 14:53 ] John-O, let me put on my film historian hat for a minute and answer your question. The earliest "boiled in a pot" movie I've seen is Ham and Bud's one-reel comedy THE PHONY CANNIBAL (1915). I don't have a still for that, and I'm sure the boiled-in-a-pot motif goes back pre-motion picture era long before that, but it was definitely a popular motif in a lot of comedy films of the 1910's, 1920's, 1930's and on. I don't have a still for THE PHONY CANNIBAL, but here is one I used in my book Mack Sennett's Factory (http://www.amazon.com/Mack-Sennetts-Factory-Brent-Walker/dp/0786436107/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1302721876&sr=8-1). This is from the 1926 Mack Sennett Comedy A SEA DOG'S TALE. Billy Bevan is about to become the main dish for gourmet cannibal chef Vernon Dent, far left (some of you may recognize him, out of blackface, for his later frequent work in Three Stooges comedies). Caltiki Brent PS - When I was editing our Ding Dong Devils video for Jungle Doctor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DUHPfCgc6I) I was going to use a boiled-in-a-pot clip for Puka von Pele's line "Headhunters? Now I'm in a stew!", but opted not to because it seemed too literal (and was too short a reference). [ Edited by: congawa 2011-04-13 12:21 ]

On 2011-04-12 14:37, JOHN-O wrote:
Which begs the question, where did the whole "Being boiled alive by cannibals" scenario originate ? I don't think there's any anthropological basis for this, it's probably a figment of popular fiction.

There's the 1930 Disney short, Cannibal Capers...

And did you ever hear about the cannibal who had a wife and ate kids?

Ha, ha. :)

Update - Brudda Bear got his in below but let's NOT turn this into a joke thread !!

If anyone is a fan of pre-1930's fiction and knows of a depiction of people being boiled alive in a pot, that would be intesting to know about.

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2011-04-12 14:53 ]

John-O, let me put on my film historian hat for a minute and answer your question. The earliest "boiled in a pot" movie I've seen is Ham and Bud's one-reel comedy THE PHONY CANNIBAL (1915). I don't have a still for that, and I'm sure the boiled-in-a-pot motif goes back pre-motion picture era long before that, but it was definitely a popular motif in a lot of comedy films of the 1910's, 1920's, 1930's and on. I don't have a still for THE PHONY CANNIBAL, but here is one I used in my book Mack Sennett's Factory (http://www.amazon.com/Mack-Sennetts-Factory-Brent-Walker/dp/0786436107/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1302721876&sr=8-1).

This is from the 1926 Mack Sennett Comedy A SEA DOG'S TALE. Billy Bevan is about to become the main dish for gourmet cannibal chef Vernon Dent, far left (some of you may recognize him, out of blackface, for his later frequent work in Three Stooges comedies).

Caltiki Brent

PS - When I was editing our Ding Dong Devils video for Jungle Doctor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DUHPfCgc6I) I was going to use a boiled-in-a-pot clip for Puka von Pele's line "Headhunters? Now I'm in a stew!", but opted not to because it seemed too literal (and was too short a reference).

[ Edited by: congawa 2011-04-13 12:21 ]

Post #584780 by congawa on Wed, Apr 13, 2011 12:20 PM