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"Mel Blanc as Porky Pig / Animals (uncredited)"

"Robert C. Bruce as Narrator (uncredited)"

"Brer Rabbit, bein' little and without much strength, he's supposed to use his head 'stead of his foots."

"You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far."

"It happened on one of them zip-a-dee-doo-dah days. Now that's the kind of day where you can't open your mouth without a song jumping right out of it! [sings] Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh, my, what a wonderful day Plenty of sunshine headin' my way Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay!"

"[after telling the tale of the Tar Baby] Well, sir, you ain't never seen nobody that had humble-come-tumbledness down as fine as what Brer Rabbit had it then. Poor little critter, he learned a powerful lesson. But he learned it too late. But it just goes to show what comes of mixin' up with somethin' you got no business with in the first place. And don't you never forget it."

"Yes sir, that's the way with Br'er Rabbit, sure as I'm named Remus. About the time he get it stuck in his mind that there ain't nobody can outdo him, up somebody'd jump an' do him scan'lous. "What you laughin' 'bout?" says Br'er Fox, says he. An' Br'er Rabbit, he couldn't say nothin'. "Well, then," says Br'er Fox, says he, "I'll settle your hash right now!" And with that, he grab Br'er Rabbit by the tail and made for to dash 'im agin' the ground. But just then, Br'er Rabbit's tail snap off real short, an' he tuck through the cotton patch like the dogs was after 'im. An' from that day to this, the only tail that Br'er Rabbit's got to his name was a little ol' ball o' cotton."

"Please don't throw me in that briar patch!"

"What I take away from the movie, is the following: That Uncle Remus is a warm, good-hearted character who captures the imagination of a lonely little boy who happens to be white. The boy is absolutely colorblind, and the audience relates to him. There is an incredible moment when Uncle Remus takes the boy's hand in his, and there is an insert of the white and black hands clasped together. It's the emotional climax of the movie."

"While Walt Disney can be fairly criticized for his rather naive approach to the post-Civil War South, the Old Maestro can also be praised for his heart warming story of a kindly old gentleman helping a young boy through difficult times."

"An insult to American minorities [and] everything that America as a whole stands for."

"The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People recognizes in Song of the South remarkable artistic merit in the music and in the combination of living actors and the cartoon technique. It regrets, however, that in an effort neither to offend audiences in the north or south, the production helps to perpetuate a dangerously glorified picture of slavery. Making use of the beautiful Uncle Remus folklore, Song of the South unfortunately gives the impression of an idyllic master-slave relationship which is a distortion of the facts."

"We're headin' for the Laughin' Place!"

"Here Comes The Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Show!"

"Now, this here tale didn't happen just yesterday, nor the day before. 'Twas a long time ago. And in them days, everything was mighty satisfactual. The critters, they was closer to the folks, and the folks, they was closer to the critters, and if you'll excuse me for saying so, 'twas better all around."

"Walt Disney's first live-action musical drama"

"James Baskett - Uncle Remus and Br'er Fox"

"Bobby Driscoll - Johnny "John" Doshy, Jr."

"Luana Patten - Ginny Favers"

"Glenn Leedy - Toby"

"Ruth Warrick - Sally Doshy"

"Lucile Watson - Grandmother Doshy"

"Hattie McDaniel - Aunt Tempy"

"Erik Rolf - Johnny "John" Doshy, Sr."

"Mary Field - Mrs. Favers"

"Johnny Lee as Br'er Rabbit"

"Nick Stewart as Br'er Bear"

"The Story of Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear & Brer Fox."

"Once upon a time - not your time, nor yet my time, but one time - I was goin' fishin', and I was just thinking how the flowers and critters was curious things. They can look into your heart and tell when it sings, if it's whistling a tune, or singing a song, and they all say "Howdy" when you come along."