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Private Snafu - Booby Traps - Movie Review |
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Private Snafu learns about the hazards of enemy booby traps in the middle east the hard way. This is one of 26 Private SNAFU cartoons made by the US Army Signal Corps during WWII to educate and boost the morale the troops. Unfortunatly these humours lessons on avoiding booby traps would appear to just as relevent to US forces today in Iraq - only we know them as IED's. Private Snafu originated in the mind of Director (Colonel during the war) Frank Capra. In 1942, Capra was placed in charge of the Armed Forces Motion Picture Unit (with Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel in charge of the animation branch). He was ordered to devise a format for informational entertainment films that could be shown to all branches of the armed services. To fit this need, Capra came up with the idea for Private Snafu--with SNAFU representing a commonly-used expression in the military: "Situation Normal, All F------ Up." In this one, Snafu enters a zone recently vacated by the enemy and, despite warnings to keep his nose out of things, gets hoodwinked by various booby traps and encounters a harem filled with scantily-clad women. Snafu attempts to serenade the beauties with "Those Endearing Young Charms" on a piano which has been rigged to explode when a certain key is pressed.This is one of the first appearances of the classic Warner Brothers exploding piano gag.
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Private Snafu - Booby Traps - Cast & Crew |
| Directed by: Robert Clampett Starring: Mel Blanc Copyright: Public Domain Format: Black + White Duration: 4 mins Year: 1944 Tags: Animation, Military, Snafu, WWII |
Private Snafu - Booby Traps Trivia - Did You Know?The vast majority of the Snafu cartoons were produced by Warner Bros. but because these cartoons were intended for a strictly adult audience, the material is frequently spicier than you'll find in other Warner Bros. cartoons. In "Censored," for example, Snafu dreams of his girlfriend receiving and reading his letter. She's naked from the waist up. Directed by many of the greats from Warner Bros., including Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Frank Tashlin, and Bob Clamplett--these cartoons are frequently as witty as any Looney Tunes or Merry Melodies. Related FilmsThe Battle Of Midway | Betty Boop - Morning Noon and Night | Duck and Cover | Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon | Two Women | |
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