Good discussions on Spike Jones and Der Fuehrer's Face. I don't think anyone has mentioned the Hayes Office, a censorship board that dictated at the time that the razzberry was NOT allowed in movies - including Disney's "Der Fuehrer's Face" (which substituted a tuba groan) and Spike's own performance in "Meet the People" (which cut the song down to 45 seconds of instrumental music). Spike DID get away with the razzberry sound when he performed the song for Fox Movietone Newsreels.
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