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I died laughing when I saw this at the drive in when I was abiut 9 years old...never seen a toon like it...it was ahead of its time...I'm a big fan of Gene Deitch's work. ...my parents hated it....they probably thought Mr. Feiffer was a communist conspirator or something to that effect.

I've seen this short a few times before. It's okay but I still don't like Deitch's style. It looks terrible, no offence, it's and still a classic 2day. Anything that was leftover and was innovative is a classic. Classic things get over the world of innovative cartoons. I got a question: y waz da 4-year-old kid drafted into the army when he disobeyed his parents? Kids don't go to army. He could've been put to a daycare instead of the army.

it's satire you schmuck, it's commenting on teenagers who were still basically kids being drafted into the army, and how if you're unfit for the army it's very hard to get out of it once you're in. Stop thinking literally

Call me a schmuck I'll call u dumb ass!!!!!!!!!! U should correct me without calling me names like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know it's a satire dumbass!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't ever call me or anybody who doesn't know anything about satire Schmuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obviously, then, you're nothing but a little baby boy, obviously, simple logic!

Back in the day the Army had a phrase called "Snafu"...it was not uncommon for the military to screw something up, so the "Snafu" of the military drafting a 4 year old was one of the points of this cartoon. Another point was how blindly militaristic the brass was when initially faced with the crying 4-year old and refusing to acknowledge even the possibility that they made a mistake...until he started crying (perish forbid a soldier cries...remember what "Patton" did ?)

best short film ever!!!

wow.

Fieffer is a big talent. This Oscar-winning cartoon is brilliant because it is simple and TRUE. I know first hand. I had double pneumonia in basic, but wasn't admitted to a respiratory ward until my FOURTH visit to sick call. In the same company another trainee's pleas were ignored & he died during a speed march--a forgotten casualty of military stupidity whose name is NOT on the Viet Nam memorial wall in D.C. The military is like marriage: easy to get in, tough to get out.

Also, Deitch's son Kim gained fame as an "underground comix" artist in the '70s.

Very cool! I do remmeber Tom Terrific from Captain Kangaroo. It was one of my favorite parts of the show. Thank you sharing this history of the cartoon. I also love Pffeifer also.