Sunday Go to Meetin' Time is a 1936 Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.
In a poor, Southern black town, as many of its residents get dressed for church (or "Sunday go to meetin' time"), a lazy black man named Nicodemus would rather spend his Sunday shooting craps. When his wife catches him trying to skip church, Nicodemus runs off and tries to club a chicken... until he gets hit by a fence post and gets sent to Hell where the Devil himself goes over all of Nicodemus' sins.
The outdated African-American stereotypes have put it on the infamous Censored Eleven list. It is easily available online, even though it's never been released on home media or streaming (and probably never will be, due to being on the aforementioned list).
Sunday Go to Tropin' Time:
- Big Red Devil: Nicodemus encounters two.
- Ear Ache: Nicodemus’ wife at one point drags him by the ear to the church building while scolding him for attempting to miss out on it.
- Eye Scream: The chief devil pokes Nicodemus in the eyes with his clawed fingers.
- Fire and Brimstone Hell: Nicodemus finds himself in one.
- List of Transgressions: The judge of Hell opens up the book that contains records of Nicodemus’ sins, which say “Shooting craps, stealing chickens, missing church, raising dickens.” What is on the list but he doesn’t mention is eating watermelon. The judge then says “That’s bad!”, and sends him down to Hell.
- Oh, Crap!: Nicodemus, when he finds himself in Hell.
- Pinball Gag: When being sent down the pits of Hell, Nicodemus lands in front of a puller in a giant pinball machine game. A giant, demonic hand then pulls on the puller to send him banging around the game like a pinball.
- Rhymes on a Dime: The minstrel show dandy, then the judge of Hell.
- Title Drop: The cartoon opens with a preacher and a minstrel show dandy singing the song for which the short is named.
- Trap Door: When Nicodemus is deemed to be a sinner by the devil, he gets sent down to Hell by one.
