HOW RED BERRY SAVE WHITE MAN FROM SINGING THE BLUES
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Year Published: 1973
Creator: ocean-spray-cranberries-inc
Description: Dating to 1973, this film "How Red Berry Save White Man from Signing the Blues" was made by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. to promote the sale of cranberry juice and other products. The film features John Mauldin and tells a twisted version of the Thanksgiving story. The film begins with Johnny being dragged out by "orderlies", only to find that Doc wants to tell the true story of how early English settlers survived in the New World. Johnny recounts his arrival in America and how Native Americans introduced him to a magical red berry. Through a whimsical musical sequence, the berry is eventually named "cranberry" and celebrated for its many uses. Doc uses his magic pot to show the future of cranberries and their widespread cultivation and processing across America. Johnny and Priscilla, his love interest, joke about the past and ask Doc to send them 350 years into the future. There, they marvel at modern America, its landscapes, cranberry products, and cultural festivals. Eventually, they return to Plymouth Colony and find the settlers doing well, celebrating a Thanksgiving feast. Johnny decides not to tell them about the future, feeling that he and Doc have helped more than anyone realizes. The tale ends with gratitude and a humorous note about Johnny’s poor cooking. 00:00 A chaotic scene unfolds with someone (Johnny) being dragged against his will, introducing comedic tension. 0:32 – Johnny confronts "Doc" about the strange situation; Doc says he wants to tell the real story behind the survival of early English settlers. 1:10 – Johnny begins narrating his story, mentioning his arrival in America and meeting helpful locals. 1:50 – A musical segment begins about a magical berry used by Native Americans, later called "cranberry." 2:25 – The name “cranberry” is invented based on the berry’s resemblance to a crane’s head. 3:01 – The cranberry’s future fame is foretold, with mentions of regions where it grows and how it's harvested. 3:35 – Cranberries are described as being processed using machines that bounce them for quality. 4:07 – Song highlights the versatility of cranberries in various foods. 4:52 – Johnny marvels at future cranberry production shown by Doc’s magic pot. 5:23 – Priscilla is introduced as Johnny's love; they joke about a past love triangle with Miles Standish. 5:54 – Priscilla and Johnny ask Doc to send them into the future to see America 350 years later. 6:00 – Music signals time travel into future America. 7:36 – A patriotic song begins, celebrating America’s heritage and potential. 8:21 – Lyrics describe America as a land constantly reborn, available to anyone who cares. 9:29 – Chorus repeats the theme of “look upon America,” encouraging reflection. 10:03 – America is shown as a land once known only to Native Americans, now shaped by its people. 10:34 – A lighthearted song celebrates life in the Pacific Northwest and cranberry bogs. 11:19 – Scene shifts to Wisconsin, noted for Norwegian festivals and cranberry farming. 11:50 – “Heat” and crowd noise or music fill the background. 12:11 – Johnny and Priscilla find themselves aboard a ship again, joking about pilgrim swimsuits. 13:00 – They agree it's time to return to Plymouth Colony after their journey. 13:21 – They arrive at what looks like a Thanksgiving feast. 13:40 – A prayer of thanks is given, humorously including thanks for being spared Johnny's cooking. 14:17 – Johnny reflects on the progress made and implies his and Doc’s contributions
Complete Record: Dating to 1973, this film "How Red Berry Save White Man from Signing the Blues" was made by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. to promote the sale of cranberry juice and other products. The film features John Mauldin and tells a twisted version of the Thanksgiving story. The film begins with Johnny being dragged out by "orderlies", only to find that Doc wants to tell the true story of how early English settlers survived in the New World. Johnny recounts his arrival in America and how Native Americans introduced him to a magical red berry. Through a whimsical musical sequence, the berry is eventually named "cranberry" and celebrated for its many uses. Doc uses his magic pot to show the future of cranberries and their widespread cultivation and processing across America. Johnny and Priscilla, his love interest, joke about the past and ask Doc to send them 350 years into the future. There, they marvel at modern America, its landscapes, cranberry products, and cultural festivals. Eventually, they return to Plymouth Colony and find the settlers doing well, celebrating a Thanksgiving feast. Johnny decides not to tell them about the future, feeling that he and Doc have helped more than anyone realizes. The tale ends with gratitude and a humorous note about Johnny’s poor cooking. 00:00 A chaotic scene unfolds with someone (Johnny) being dragged against his will, introducing comedic tension. 0:32 – Johnny confronts "Doc" about the strange situation; Doc says he wants to tell the real story behind the survival of early English settlers. 1:10 – Johnny begins narrating his story, mentioning his arrival in America and meeting helpful locals. 1:50 – A musical segment begins about a magical berry used by Native Americans, later called "cranberry." 2:25 – The name “cranberry” is invented based on the berry’s resemblance to a crane’s head. 3:01 – The cranberry’s future fame is foretold, with mentions of regions where it grows and how it's harvested. 3:35 – Cranberries are described as being processed using machines that bounce them for quality. 4:07 – Song highlights the versatility of cranberries in various foods. 4:52 – Johnny marvels at future cranberry production shown by Doc’s magic pot. 5:23 – Priscilla is introduced as Johnny's love; they joke about a past love triangle with Miles Standish. 5:54 – Priscilla and Johnny ask Doc to send them into the future to see America 350 years later. 6:00 – Music signals time travel into future America. 7:36 – A patriotic song begins, celebrating America’s heritage and potential. 8:21 – Lyrics describe America as a land constantly reborn, available to anyone who cares. 9:29 – Chorus repeats the theme of “look upon America,” encouraging reflection. 10:03 – America is shown as a land once known only to Native Americans, now shaped by its people. 10:34 – A lighthearted song celebrates life in the Pacific Northwest and cranberry bogs. 11:19 – Scene shifts to Wisconsin, noted for Norwegian festivals and cranberry farming. 11:50 – “Heat” and crowd noise or music fill the background. 12:11 – Johnny and Priscilla find themselves aboard a ship again, joking about pilgrim swimsuits. 13:00 – They agree it's time to return to Plymouth Colony after their journey. 13:21 – They arrive at what looks like a Thanksgiving feast. 13:40 – A prayer of thanks is given, humorously including thanks for being spared Johnny's cooking. 14:17 – Johnny reflects on the progress made and implies his and Doc’s contributions
Transcription
[Music] [Music] Help! Put me down. Cut that door. Help! Help! Pull me down. Hey! Help! Hey! Cut that out. Hey! Help! Put me down! Come on! Stop it! Put me down. Doc. Doc. What? What's the idea of having these characters drag me out here? Orderly, my boy. Not characters. Orderly. All right. Orderly. Whatever you want to call them. What do you want with me now? Don't be impatient with me, Johnny. I just thought it was high time somebody told straight story about who and what was responsible for survival of you Englishmen here in New World. Well, why didn't you say so? I'd be glad to. You know that. Good. Then let's start at [Music] beginning. Hey, you're even giving me star billing. Hi. Malden's the name. John Malden. And it really is quite a story. What Doc and his friends did for us. Well, let me go back to the beginning. You see, I came to America on that ship out there. But things got better when we landed in Plymouth and ran into the boys here. What they did was introduce me to this berry. Said it would add magic to my [Music] meals. Way back before the pilgrims came, there grew a berry with a very strange name. There grew a berry in an old pink bog that belonged to the tribe Wanoag. Oh, you big Bucky Mincson. You like Sasame? Sashaqu boys. Atqua and Sassam were the names the Indians like the best. For the magical berry with the bright red juice to cure their ills and polish our shoes. I know Sassa Mesha is a wonderful berry, but we got to come up with a better name. That'll never sell. You help, John. I'll try, Doc. I'll try. Pilgrim fathers and mothers came to taste the berry with a very strange name. They took the Sassimon Nesh from bogs and made red sauces, tarts, and nos. Its pale pink blossoms like the head of a crane. Just made me think of a brand new name. It looks like a crane. The head of a crane. Let's call this fruit by a name that's very appropriate. Cranberry. Cranberry. Good name. Cranberry. Yes, cranberry is a very good name. Someday the world will know its fame. It'll grow throughout this growing land. Wherever there's pee and a layer of sand. Oh, speed. A pee bog is a special kind of soil in New England, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, Oregon, and Washington. Just weed them in the spring and throw them in the fall and dance up a storm at the cranberry ball. Doc, how do you know all these things? Those machines and people. And where's New Jersey? Doc know many things about future and cranberries. Trucks will bring them by the tongue to plants where squash check everyone. Seven times they bounce them high so just the bouncy ones get by to find their way to cooking pots where lots and lots and lots and lots of tasty products will be made then march like soldiers on [Music] parade cook the Fresh, this berries fun and will soon be known to everyone. I can't believe it. The day will come and it won't be long when the cranberry just can't go wrong. In meals of every shape and size, you never will believe your eyes. in breads and biscuits, rolls and rings with meats and sherbets, fancy things like salads, jelly, bunch and juices, pies and pudding, cakes and [Applause] mouses. Hey, did you fellas see what I saw? Where did all those machines come from? And those cans and glass people and cranberries and juice. The secrets in my magic pot. Why Doc, you rascal, you pulled all that future stuff out of that magic pot of yours. Naturally. Boy, I wish I could take Miles Standish to see all that. Except he's not speaking to me right now. Well, seems we had this little triangle thing over this. Beautiful. And she ended up marrying me. Priscilla. Priscilla. Yes, I love the lovely Priscilla. Well, how did I get here? I mean, what am I doing here, honey? Doc did it with that magic pot of his. Well, if he's so magical, why doesn't he send us on a honeymoon? Darling, we never had a honeymoon. Yeah, Doc, why don't you send us into that world of the future you showed me in the pot? I'd like to see America about 350 years from now. Me do all kinds of things with magic pot. [Music] Wanted to see America, didn't you? Of course. If you'd rather spend the winter in Plymouth than in Florida, I think I can arrange it. D [Music] la. [Music] la. Look upon America, my children. She is worth it. See what she is, what she will become. Look upon America. Look upon America pilgrims and tell me what do you [Music] see? A land that's older than a billion years. Reborn every day. It belongs to anyone who cares enough not to give it away. [Music] Look upon America. Look upon America pilgrims and tell me what do you see? [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Look upon America. Look upon America pilgrims and tell me what do you [Applause] see? Here's a land only Indians knew when she was still young. Here's a land for only me and you to make it to what you'll [Applause] become. Look upon America. Look upon America pilgrims and tell me what do you [Applause] [Music] see? America. I got a feeling that the living would be best for me. Living in the great northwest. You see, it's an evergreen land. Eat a blanket of snow. Cranberry box where the cranberries grow. No other land can't pass the test. I love it in the great Northwest. [Applause] [Music] Aha. Wisconsin, of course. Norwegian festival. Great state for growing sasses. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Applause] This really is beautiful country. It certainly is. But you know what I'd like? Good grief, Priscilla. I fear I've gone too far. We're back aboard the Mayflower. Oh, no. It's the Shenondoa. And I've never seen a pilgrim in a bathing suit like that. Give me that pot. I think we should go elsewhere. I don't think we should go anywhere else. Then look at the scenery out there. What a wonderful way to spend a vacation. What a beautiful country we've seen. [Music] You know, Priscilla, I think it's time we went back. That's what I said before. Well, we've been away for a long time now, and I think we really ought to see how the folks back at Plymouth Colony are doing. Besides, I think it would be most reassuring for them to know how well this country is going to develop. Very sensible. John, it looks like there's some kind of feast going on. It looks like a Thanksgiving times and provided us with the strength to endure thy tests of our right to be free and independent people. Ye have taken from us and given to us, and through thy benevolent spirit, bestowed thy bounty upon us. They seem to be getting along fine. In fact, maybe I'd better not even tell them about the things we saw. They probably wouldn't believe me anyway. But from the looks of the feast on that table of these blessings which ye hath seen fit to bestow upon us, and above all we thank thee for delivering us from the cooking of John Molden. For if he'd been cooking for us all these years, there undoubtedly wouldn't be so many of us here today to enjoy this feed. Amen. Amen. Yes, they've been getting along just fine. And as I was saying, from the looks of the food on that table, I figure Doc and I have done better by them than any of them realize. [Music]
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