Racism Thrown In As Comedy

Incredible that the writers would have thrown in a "gag" about Hitler and the horrors perpetrated on millions, but especially on the Jewish, with the following dialogue at approximately 18 minutes into the film:

Tommy Gander [to Ms. Bourne's caged parrot]: "I say, I wonder if I could teach you to talk. I wonder if you could say 'Heil Hitler.' Eh? No, not with a beak like that."

I found most of Mr. Askey's alleged "comedy" in this film to be dated and not remotely funny (even for the time period) but this was an all-time low -- particularly as WWII was still raging.

And before anyone says, "But the play was written in 1938 and we didn't yet know the extent of the Nazis' atrocities," the "joke" could only have been directed toward Jews.

Perhaps I shouldn't blame the writers, as this might in fact have been one of Mr. Askey's standard stage bits which he asked them to include. At any rate, it was racist then, is racist now and was completely unnecessary.

I also added this into IMDb's "Quotes" section, for those who don't read the forums.

PS: Not that it could possibly matter, but I'm a Gentile.