Rookie Revue (Restored)

Public domain Merrie Melodies cartoon showing a humorous look at life on a military base.

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[bluestarz58]

excellent restoration!

[Magchristian]

exelent cartoon

[MelosAntropon]

The first two soldiers portrayed as eating sloppily are Leon Schlesinger and Henry Binder, his assistant.

[HellsingSociety]

is that Don Knots talking?



[AnimaSeverem]

@Zizumia1 I think the target audience may have been newer recruits and people who were already in the military.

[fromthesidelines]

Originally released in Ocotber 1941, two months before the U.S. entered World War II. Reference to the famous radio quiz show "TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT" (which featured "The $64 Question" and someone occasionally heckling "You'll be sorry!!!" at the contestant) at 2:25. The "Infantry" in the mess hall sequence includes caricatures of producer Leon Schlesinger {the fat one with the bad toupee}, his production manager Henry Binder {the wavy-haired one}, and Leon's brother-in-law Ray Katz.

[ryudragon7]

lol after that last one I said "Guess who's getting discharged after getting fired on?"

[APyleOfVinyl]

@APyleOfVinyl In fact, it was considered popular sentiment For the United States to keep out of the war in Europe.

[APyleOfVinyl]

@Zizumia1 It is indeed odd. However, this cartoon came out just before World War II started in America.

[Zizumia1]

This made me laugh, but it kind of made the army seem retarded, which seems odd for a WWII cartoon

[bestshowontheweb]

the camo troops made me lol

[snakes3425]

@dashwarts

Oddly enough they weren't too far from the truth the military's budget after World War I had been so heavily slashed that the troops really were training with wooden guns and cars with the word TANK written on the side