Private SNAFU - Booby Traps (1944)

[ImperatorZor]

In the 40s, US animation was not just for kids. It was for everyone, and some of it was clearly for Adults.

But kids liked the cartoons praticulary, and people got it into their heads that it was for kids. So animation became, bit by bit, Kids Stuff in the states. No one person can be blamed on that. By the 1960s it was fully in place and stayed there, until the Japanese reminded the Americans that it did not just have to be Just for Kids anymore.

[liimlsan2]

Some Clampett cartoons I can tell the animators, but can't tell who they are. I know the same guy did 'Eatin on the Cuff''s chase on the drinking glass and the 'Horsey, please whoa!' routine in Buckaroo Bugs...(I pull for Manny Gould)... the same guy seemingly did the hands at 2:49 and the Mailman in The Great Piggy Bank Robbery. Not quite mckimson and not quite Scribner...

Any thoughts?

[midwest9757]

2:52 booty trap!!

[dt05]

"booby" traps.......actual "booby" traps lol

[acla9000]

2:02 : this piano trick would be used again in a Bugs Bunny ('Ballot Box Bunny') cartoon and a Road Runner one (I can't remember which of them).

[xXGreyWolf]

SNAFU- Sub Normal And Fucking Useless

[MichaelHansenFUN]

pretty risque

[MichaelHansenFUN]

2:00 joke used in a total of 3 cartoons and what is the name of the song? I guess because of the rights...

[Disastermoose]

Glad terrorists are killing our troops in more creative ways. :D

[kimjohn312]

Dr Suess = genius

[divinedvon]

I like how snafu complains about him not liking his job, but then when he tries other jobs he always apprieciates what he has in the end

[LickMyComment]

He has the voice of Bugs Bunny.

[darmokthegreen]

2:49 - 2:52 Those would be "booty traps".

[PoisonRainVornado]

Wasn't there a Yosemite/Bugs cartoon using the piano gag in this cartoon(that Yosemite tripped...)?

[YouToons100]

@PoisonRainVornado Yes, that was "Ballot Box Bunny"

[GenialerTyp]

lol i actually laught at the tabaco scene at 2:30 ^^

[Bbionicjive]

Heh, booby traps

[Trashcansam123]

2:50 and 3:04

That's what they search for in Implants nowadays

[Toyman1982]

AH! Something NEW has been added!

[TheRandomm4]

I'm pretty sure that if the 1940s weren't so strict on the content in films that were going to be in general theaters the looney tunes would have been a lot like this with the language and stuff.

[N001337]

I love the pie-Anna

[PETERBILT281DUEL]

Boobies trap!

[M1auuu]

really guys, you talk about Europe as if it's a country... We're not all the same you know?

[mechislander]

Quite literally.

[intecrisis]

2:49 BOMBS MMMMmmm

You want it, you got it my friend.

[supersavvy117]

Lol what a dummy :P

[Guthrie7777]

It's the voice of Bugs Bunny! I'll be damned.

[gogbat]

The voice of Bugs Bunny...interesting, ehhehe

[gwrmarines]

These cartoons will always be better than today's Japanese crap.

[narutofightindreamer]

@gwrmarines "Both Style's" are good but, in different ways. "NARUTO" is viewed just as dangerously by the power's that be. Whether they be "So Called" Conservatives or Liberals, Parents Television Council (Right Wing ) or A Childhood Without Commercialism ( Left Wing ) because both "Chuck Jones" and "Hayashi Kishimoto" wish to make kid's and adults alike think for themselves and question the status quo. Censorship has attacked and damaged both....Chuck Jones is very highly regarded in Japan too!

[JohnL4ever]

Gotta love Dr. Seuss

[rwbamerica1992]

Combat Engineer Instructors showed this to us during AIT

[turkeyfries123]

one person got caught in a booby trap

[kingrex2005]

Ohhhhh boy, a Pie-ah-na!!!

[ptorq]

Yes, that's Mel Blanc. And the exploding piano appears in a Bugs Bunny/Yosemite Sam cartoon also, with the exact same music.

And yes, the main character swears; even his name is military slang that stands for Situation Normal - All F***ed Up.. It's ludicrous to point to this as an example of a "more open" time; movies were far more restricted then than they are now. This particular cartoon was produced especially for the armed forces, and was never intended to be seen by anyone under 17.

[morbidangelofdeath1]

ehh i wish the hell you would shut up, i ain't boob and i won't be trapped! lol

[BenHutchinson1]

But I guess America actually did it first.

I learn something new every day.

[BenHutchinson1]

But I would say that some of the content was "edgy". I thought that the Japanese with some of the worse shows of their anime had originated "edgyness" in hand drawn animation.

[BenHutchinson1]

Funny. The maniquin was rigged with bombs. Every thing was a trap. And in the end he got PWNED by the rigged piano. LOL!

[MsSilentsiren]

Isn't the voice for Snafu the same as the voice for Bugs Bunny? Mel Blanc?

[morbidangelofdeath1]

@MsSilentsiren sounds like it

[MrUnidyne]

@MsSilentsiren Yes, it was Mel Blanc. Warner Brothers made this cartoon for the war effort. Earlier episodes of "Private Snafu" were written by a young Theodor Geisel (aka "Dr. Seuss").

[geico105]

didn't dr. suess create this cartoon?

[geico105]

4:08

so THATS where that slappy squirrel gag came from!

[Lampshade51]

The Private Snafu cartoons are a hoot. They were made for the soldiers during WW2, and not shown to the general public, so they were a bit more risque and naughtier. Girl's breasts: "Booby traps!" Funny.  Plus saying "the hell with it".

Not for the bijou in Peoria!

[TheSnowballDude]

camels make milk now???????????

[eddurd]

@TheSnowballDude Well, yes ... all female mammals do. You can get milk from female camels, horses, goats, sheep, and humans ... "Mammals" have "mammary" glands.

[voltex12345]

hmm

quite ironic

since this war did eventualy happen

[avioncanvis]

lol that girl next to the piano looks like katy perry in the music video "california gurls"

[NoMoreCinnamonRolls]

o^0;;

Lolwut??? XD

[bjr43]

LOL, exploding pianos.

[mkastraba]

F-U-N-N-Y why don't we have this stuff now a days?

[backslash68]

I remember clearly a Roadrunner vs. Wile e. coyote episode where there is that same exact gag with the piano, same tune too - done some 20 years later

[earthgirlsareasy]

@backslash68 bugs bunny did the same

[zactac2001]

very sad: it's the american culture: stupid and vulgar. :(((

[Trig1100]

Haha wish cartoons were like that when I was a kid

[bedavelli]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[raakone]

So, is this what inspired Yosemite Sam AND Wil E Coyote to rig pianos with explosives?

[kingscottish]

Im surprised this cartoon was not censored, its full of sex.

[hogjawso9]

@kingscottish its not censored becuase it was made for soldiers and i dont think it was every publicaly released. the private snafu films were kept secret

[PaintChip2000]

Its also not censored because they didn't do that back then. All cartoons were like private snafu in those days.

[TheXenomorph1]

TOO BAD, Snafu... you got killed in the end!

[Pungopingu]

I lol:ed  as that camel started to talk!

1:04

[pointlessaccount100]

boobs

[Joemamma69000]

the Private Snafu cartoons are real graphic....

[MonsterIsland]

Not bad, not bad at all! ^^

[imnazhole]

"Meeah, I wish da hell you'd shedap!" XD

[ZEROEVILDARKCOOL]

THEY NEED TO SHOW THlS ON CARTOON NETWORK

[LostSubsForever]

Camel milk? Srsly??

[soaper4]

You know, after the mousetrap had already went off, he could have just walked over it.

[SulliMike241]

The old "Endearing Young Charms" exploding tone gag.

[bjr43]

LOL on the exploding piano gag.

[Svedala]

Hawt!

[pennygoo]

hahahahaha!

[TheWhiteSuit]

As a culture, America has been become less civilized as it gets older. Here, in World War II, there are cartoons that swear and depict sexuality. It wasn't a big deal because it was for soldiers and it was the goings-on of real life. Now, America is afraid to say "dang" on kid's shows, and most near sexually explicit acts are condemned. How could culture go backwards? We need to learn a thing or two from Europe.

[Natalieyoo2]

Hold on, wait a minute.. backwards? Would you want your kids seeing this? I mean I know it was for adults, but just think. On Icarly they say boobs all the time and 'oh my god'. Its not something I would want my kids to be exposed to, and if saying dang and being mannered on television is going backwards than I suppose I like it that way.

[TheWhiteSuit]

Something this extreme I'd vere away from, for the very young viewers. But I do think that small bits like having actual guns instead of blaster rays and showing a bit of sexuality in shows would be a good thing. By denying the children these images, no matter what our opinion, that goes against our ideas of freedom. By not showing blood or guns or any sign of realism in shows, we are basically lying to them. They're going to learn sooner or later; why not sooner, so they can grow with it?

[Natalieyoo2]

welll the problem is that kids ARE exposed to this type of material at a young age because of their irresponsible parents, which makes them think of things like sex very casually at a very young age thus increasing the teen pregnancies

[TheWhiteSuit]

That isn't the problem with the teen pregnancy explosion; it is the society we live in today. There isn't enough being done to make sure kids don't even try to experiment, because the outcome is often two ruined lives at an early age. Sexuality isn't being shown the way it should be. Instead of merely teaching it so children may be able to grow up with the concept, it is idolized and drives much of the television and music seen today. It's about showing it for education, not for entertainment.

[beauchab]

i have a couple of things to say, first and foremost all countries can learn something from one another we are no exception but Europe could learn a thing or two from the U.S.(take Germany for example). people are also moving away from the bible which clearly states, no premarital sex, people are moving away from "pro life" to "pro choice" kids are also willingly or unwillingly being exposed to the sex industry as well which i have to say is very sad but true and i am doing all i can to end it

[ZEROEVILDARKCOOL]

l AGREE WITH THEWHITESUIT

DONT AGREE WITH NATALIEYOO2 OR BEAUCHAB:

"INTELLECTUAL GROWTH SHOULD COMMENCE AT BIRTH AND CEASE ONLY AT DEATH" -EINSTEIN

[Spiderzumbie]

wait.....they said THAT on iCarly? wtf! im 13 and i never knew that!

[ZEROEVILDARKCOOL]

SAID WHAT ON ICARLY?

[gayguyowner]

@TheWhiteSuit  dude it is the same in europe.

[DarkAntiU94]

@TheWhiteSuit

Actually although some kids did watch this most cartoons where geared twords adult at the time.

[mkastraba]

@TheWhiteSuit I agree 100000000000%

[KasQuelthias]

@TheWhiteSuit Boob is not a swear word...

[A1l2l2e2n4]

@KasQuelthias

"Boob" can be used as either a slang term for the human female breast or an idiot. In the past, the slang for breasts HAS been considered obscene, but what merits that consideration seems to change from 1 generation to the next.

[KasQuelthias]

@TheWhiteSuit If you think about it, did the kids go to war? Don't you think this would be more or less pointed towards the Young Adult I.E. 18-24 year olds? I think they had a bit more decency then to show this to kids.

[masterjon3]

@TheWhiteSuit i don't think it was for kids though. i think this was a soldier's training since actors weren't allowed to play soldiers and soldiers couldn't act very well so they used cartoons

[thakatspajamaz]

@TheWhiteSuit Oh yes, what we need to do is normalize sexually perverse and explicit material so our kids can be desensitized by it and treat sex like a fun pass-time with no meaning. This is retarded. I'm proud that our country ISN'T jumping on the European band-wagon, hopefully we can hold out long enough that our country doesn't devolve into a perverse and moral-less country.

[zxblack]

@thakatspajamaz I think americans consider sex in a very bigot and childish way: I mean, looking at tv programs like "16 & pregnant", they seem to know nothing about contrapcetion and abortion (why do they keep the baby even if they can hardly manage their life??acting like this, they fuck 2 lives, their and baby's!). Why can't they live it (sex) in a joyful and responsible way? Why they see it like a sin? Why sex is the only biological process surronded and tangled in thousands of paranoias?

[zxblack]

@thakatspajamaz P.S. however, I don't like to generalize: I don't think ALL americans behave this way.

2 P.S. I don't understand why often they call "communists" people who prefers political/economical systems with social issues: I live in Italy and one of the (few, now that we are leaded by that pig named Berlusconi) things I'm proud is the welfare, that give us free medical services (of course, we pay it with taxes, but it's a great way for us to help each other).

[Dragdamar]

@TheWhiteSuit We don;t need to learn anything from Europe. We have plenty of communists in our government already.

[Drdreem12]

@TheWhiteSuit

Europe is bankrupt~!!! children are exposed to more sex than ever, You are crazy!!!

bet you didn't have the attention span or appreciation to actually watch the whole cartoon,

probably saw "boobies" got excited, clicked it and made the absurd comment, u sex crazed maniac

[Redgrant80]

@TheWhiteSuit In all fairness these cartoons weren't made for kids. Also why would there be sexual acts in cartoons intended for children? Or swearing for that matter? And how does the amount of sexuality in profanity found in cartoons determine how civilized a culture is?

[SuperMrCRAZYMAN]

@TheWhiteSuit well the thing is now adays is when somthing bad happens or somthing thats not suppose to happen they take extreme meaures to stop the problems, like school shootings, or planes being hijacked or saying certain words that are upsetting on tv

[Big5000K]

@TheWhiteSuit Culture never went backwards, it goes forwards. Show this to some one from the seventieth century and they will say it is just as messed up. Culture never got worse it just evolved.

[PoisonRainVornado]

@TheWhiteSuit I don't believe culture has gone forwards or backwards. People 500 years ago, royalty and peasants alike, were just as into sex, violence, and all sorts of degrading activities as people are today. Same amount of controversy, same amount of acceptance, same amount of effort going into either preventing or allowing these things to happen. Culture hasn't evolved/devolved. The degradation has just changed forms.

[charkee167]

@TheWhiteSuit to do suicide in difficult situation isn't really children material though

[dlss87]

was this seriously for kids? wtf!!!

[johnffrey]

No they were made to entertain soldiers in world war II.

[dlss87]

oh ok. i was just thinking it was crazy.

[beauchab]

actually they found it easier to train field lessons easier, faster, and cheaper by using cartoons like this

[scotpens]

The Private Snafu cartoons weren't just entertainment. They were made to educate soldiers on very important matters like personal hygiene and sanitation, keeping secrets, and staying alive under combat conditions. They used humor to get the message across, but the message was dead serious.

[TB4000]

Her ass was two bombs, as were the tits. Classic.

[hawkeye9090]

"Booby traps!"

[PowerxGlove]

mmmnyeaaahhhh... could be

[jerryx1]

this is so awesome :D

thanks ^^

[LadyCasa]

Thanks for putting these up.