Private SNAFU - Home Front

[divinedvon]

How did SNAFU get that sexy chick

[GhostRider659]

I... didn't suspect that thing from an american cartoon from that era...

[solokeith5000]

o man these are great

[GUNS4MIKE1234]

wtf did I just watch ummm ok cool and true to the period not at all relevent to here and now.

[metaXzero]

@GUNS4MIKE1234

What does it's relevence matter to anything ya nut?

[BruisedASScheeks]

i thought this was that game.. wtf is this?..

[LadyDeirdre]

@BruisedASScheeks A series of instructional and morale-building films for the US ARmy in World War II. They weren't subject to the Hayes Code (and you can really tell!) becausu they weren't for general distribution.

[adobo777]

Love the Private Snafu series :D

[morbidangelofdeath1]

1:26 so true

[masterjon3]

that fairy's a fairy

[TeddyLopez1]

What's that record song called?

[RaphBlade7]

2:04 - The Wolf says "What big Eyes You Have." (What he thinking "What Lovely Tits you Have.")

[Welshman2008]

what does the granpa say after he launched the ship

all i can make out is "stack em up" after that i cant tlee

can some one help please

[AnimeFanatic5602]

Dr. Seuss did these.

[cubantoro]

I wonder if Warner Bros will ever release these un-edited to the public. All restored ;-)

[cha5]

@cubantoro You can find a few of them on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4-5 DVD set although I think it would be great if Warner Bros did a SNAFU collection, but they've just started doing Bugs and Daffy DVDs again since they discontinued doing the four disk 'The Golden Collection', :(

I hope they'll get around to releasing some more of their vintage WW2 material sometime. Volume 5 of 'The Golden Collection also has some 'Mr Hook' propaganda shorts that WB did for the Navy.

[TheXenomorph1]

Ooooooo that's REAL funny!

[WanderFilms]

Wow, I realize that this was made for guys and all, but wow.

[MrUnidyne]

Since the SNAFU cartoons were officially US Army training films, the pre-MPAA Hays Office guidelines did not apply. So, the occasional "hall" or "damn" was used, as well as some incredible gags that would normally have been forbidden (like the burlesque dancers, the wolf staring at Sally Lou's cleavage, the horse spreading his own manure, and the gay-themed closing gag).

[Truckerboy888]

@WanderFilms haha. it was made for the troops to boost their morale.

[the82spartans]

Very funny.

Classic Mel Blanc.

[VictorLepanto]

The Hayes Code, which was voluntary standard of decency for the Hollywood movie industry, governed all movies released to the general public. These films were only shown to U.S. armed forces. No code applied so they were rauchier then was typical at the time.

[leerider52]

Thanks for saving these old CarToons these were around when my parents were around. YA grandpa was a pervert,... to the gal that thought that TOON was sexest ...get over it!

[Adeon55]

Bugs' voice! =D

[JoseMendola]

'Remember, as bad as you might have it serving, things are JUST as hard back home.'

[1stWomanOnURF]

brass monkeys?

[BondoFox]

It's an old expression used when it's extremely cold outside. The whole expression is "It's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey."

[FirstClassHeel]

And a brass monkey was actually what a pyramid of cannonballs was called. It had no sexual connotations to it whatsoever.

[LTNuk3m]

Well, the thing that holds the bottom layer of cannonballs in place; the cold temperature would cause the brass monkey to contract, and squeeze the cannonballs out.

[vulnaviadraco]

@FirstClassHeel actually according to Snopes, that is false.

[RachelHC]

yay sexism...

[m1rock]

LMAO @ "freeze the nuts off a jeep" innuendo much?

[FirstClassHeel]

A lot of classic cartoons had innuendo in them, but the Private Snafu cartoons went wild with them since they were made for a male audience (which explains why a lot of them had scantily-clad women in them).

[supersolid]

at 2:09...is that a cell splice??

[MrUnidyne]

Caught it. It's a damaged frame on the film (Emultion bubbles).

[2ndOfficerCHL]

Quiet, you Nazi.

It's a fine cartoon. It's got a great message that all our troops should hear.

[RocketTCoyote]

This one was actually shown on a PBS TV program a few years ago. The incredible Mel Blanc provided most of the voices, if not all of them.

[foxcell]

LOL classic

[kieranismyname]

Sounds like it's saying "it's so cold it could freeze the nuts off jesus"

[Vidda90]

?????

[OldsVistaCruiser]

It could freeze the nuts off a Jeep!

[GalacticCowboy]

I knew the cat wouldn't hit the low note at the end.

[CIAconspiracist]

This was actually was made for soldiers in WWII not the public (way too risque for a general audience in 1940.)-- as such it's not really propaganda by definition.

[MasterEiji]

good point... after all... if if WAS for the general public..then it wouldnt be centered around military installations and such...

[MrUnidyne]

These training shorts were made as part of the Army-Navy Newsreel during WW2, and were very popular with US troops. They were also exempt from the Hayes Office film codes (allowing for the salty humor). Another series of cartoons for the Navy, featuring Snafu's brother "Seaman Tarfu" (Things Are Really F[owled] Up) was planned, but the war ended before any production started.