Private Snafu Returns: Nazis and Japs Reware

2109. PRIVATE SNAFU RETURNS: NAZIS AND JAPS BEWARE! (WARTIME-USA) PRIVATE SNAFU WAS THE STAR Of AN INSTRUCTIONAL (BUT VERY CLEVER AND HUMOROUS) SERIES Of CARTOONS PRODUCED FOR “THE ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE,” A WORLD WAR II-ERA NEWSREEL CREATED BY FRANK CAPRA. THE PURPOSE WAS TO INFORM AND TRAIN G.L.S, AND THE FILMS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE SEEN BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE TITLE CHARACTER IS A FICKLE AND GENERALLY INEPT KNOW-IT-ALL WHO DURING THE COURSE Of EACH FILM LEARNS THAT ALL JOBS ARE IMPORTANT IN THE MILITARY AND THE ONLY GOOD SOLDIER IS A DILIGENT AND WELL-TRAINED ONE. THE VOICE Of PRIVATE SNAFU WAS MEL BLANC. AS AN ACRONYM, SNAFU STANDS FOR EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK IT STANDS FOR.
1. SNAFUPERMAN. SNAFU’S GUARDIAN ANGEL (A ‘TECHNICAL FAIRY, FIRST CLASS”) TRANSFORMS HIM INTO A SUPERMAN CLONE WHO GOES ABOUT INEPTLY EMPLOYING HIS POWERS TO DO IN THE NASTY NAZIS. THE POINT IS THAT SUPERMAN IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER. IT WILL TAKE REAL MEN TO WIN THE WAR. 2. TARGET SNAFU. THIS AT ONCE IMAGINATIVE AND DEADLY SERIOUS CARTOON DEPICTS THE MANNER IN WHICH PILOTS-TO-BE ARE RIGOROUSLY TRAINED TO EARN THEIR WINGS AND GO INTO BATTLE, TOLD BY MOSQUITOS!
2. SPIES. SNAFU BRAGS THAT BE KNOWS A MILITARY SECRET. HE THINKS HIS LIPS ARE ZIPPED UP TIGHT. A CARTOON IN VERSE!
3. THE INFANTRY BLUES. THE AIR FORCE GETS THE GLORY. THE NAVY GETS THE CHEERS. ALL INFANTRY MAN SNAFU GETS IS MUD BEHIND THE EARS.
4. 5.0UTP0ST. MANNING FAR-FLUNG OUTPOSTS MIGHT SEEM BORING, BUT IT IS NO LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE WORK DONE BY THOSE CLOSER TO THE ACTION.
6. THE GOLDBRICK. TRAINEE SNAFU SNORES THE NIGHT AWAY BEFORE BEING AWAKENED BY REVEILLE. HE WOULD RATHER STAY IN BED. HE MUST LEARN THAT GOLDBRICKING WILL NOT HELP WIN THE WAR. TOLD TO THE TUNE Of TIT-WILLOW!”
7. GAS. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CARE AND USE Of HIS GAS MASK, SNAFU IS NOTHING SHORT Of INCOMPETENT.
8. FIGHTING TOOLS. AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE FIRST-CLASS TOOLS Of WAR AT THEIR DISPOSAL. IF ALL THEY DO IS BRAG ABOUT KILLING NAZIS, SAID EQUIPMENT WILL BE RENDERED USELESS. SUNG TO THE TUNE Of “GAY CABALLERO.”
9. THE HOME FRONT. SNAFU IS STATIONED AT A FARAWAY AND FREEZING OUTPOST. “IT’S SO COLD,” HE SAYS, “IT WOULD FREEZE THE NUTS OfF A JEEP,” (AT WHICH POINT, THE JEEP’S LUG NUTS FALL OfF!)
10. THREE BROTHERS. SNAFU GOES STIR CRAZY AS HE CARRIES OUT HIS LESS-THAN-GLAMOROUS JOB Of SORTING COMBAT BOOTS.
11. A LECTURE ON CAMOUFLAGE. THE IDEA Of CAMOUFLAGE MAY DALE FROM THE TIME Of ADAM AND EVE, BUT IN WARTIME IT CONSISTS Of MUCH MORE THAN THE PRESENCE Of FIG LEAVES.
12. IT’S MURDER, SHE SAYS… THIS IS A CAUTIONARY TALE REGARDING THE PERILS Of MALARIA. BUMBLERS LIKE SNAFU WHO NEVER TOUCH INSECT REPELLENT AND GO BARE-KNEED IN TROPICAL CLIMATES ARE JUST ASKING FOR IT!
13. THE ALEUTIANS, ISLES Of ENCHANTMENT: OH BROTHER. THE “JAPS” ONCE CONSIDERED THE ALEUTIANS THE BACK DOOR TO THE UNITED STATES. NOW “OUR BACK DOOR” HAS BECOME A FRONT DOOR TO TOKYO. HOW G.L.S CAN SURVIVE EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE COLD AND MUDDY ALEUTIANS.
14. PRIVATE SNAFU VS. MALARIA MIKE. SNAFU BATHES NAKED IN A LAKE. THIS IS NOT A SMART IDEA. HIS BARE BEHIND IS A PRIME TARGET FOR A MOSQUITO NAMED MALARIA MIKE.
15. BOOBY TRAPS. SNAFU SKIPS THROUGH AN AREA ABANDONED BY THE ENEMY AS IF HE IS ON A PICNIC. HE REFUSES TO HEED A WARNING REGARDING THE POTENTIAL PRESENCE Of BOOBY TRAPSÉ MUCH TO HIS REGRET.
16. RUMORS. SNAFU HEARS WHAT HE THINKS IS SOME SCUTTLEBUTT ABOUT AN UPCOMING BOMBING RAID. HE THOUGHTLESSLY PASSES IT ON. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, SOLDIERS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND CONEY ISLAND BEING DESTROYED BY THE ENEMY! 70 MINUTES TOTAL. CARTOONS