Private SNAFU Cartoons.....

[Lincsong]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgABkFTAyVE&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU256cGwMHM&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op330wC8HjM&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU256cGwMHM&feature=related

 

[KilroyCD]

Great stuff. I had gotten the whole series on DVD some years back.

 

[Lincsong]

Really? I didn't know that. I'll have to look that up and buy it.

 

[KilroyCD]

Yes, it's available at Amazon.com.
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Unce..._bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1237161071&sr=8-1

 

[Lincsong]

I got the DVD and watched it. Great stuff.:eusa_clap

 

[Bruce Wayne]

in the first cartoon the private sounds like bugs bunny.

 

[AmateisGal]

I've never seen that first one - great stuff.

 

[Lincsong]

in the first cartoon the private sounds like bugs bunny.

The greatest of voices.....Mel Blanc.

 

[Sleepy LaGoon]

And, some of them were written by the none other than Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss).

The greatest of voices.....Mel Blanc.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The greatest of voices.....Mel Blanc.

he cant be that good if they both sound the same.

 

[ladybrettashley]

Oh, i have a whole tape of Private Snafu! A friend of mine found it at a flea market and sent it to me a few years back. (The best friends are ones who send you mail!)

 

[Lincsong]

Bugs' voice was supposed to be a Bowery accent. SNAFU's also. Similar in their elocution but SNAFU never said "what's up doc?"

 

[Doctor Strange]

Actually, as the famous story goes, Mel Blanc wanted the toughest possible New York accent for Bugs Bunny, so he combined a Bronx accent and a Brooklyn accent! (Linguists don't consider these two accents different... but if Mel could tell the difference, who are we to argue?!?)

Re Snafu and Bugs having similar voices: try and imagine a time before YouTube, before downloading, before DVDs or VHS tapes, before cable, before home collections of 16mm film, heck, before TELEVISION... You saw a cartoon in a theater ONCE (and then NEVER again). You saw another cartoon weeks/months later. You didn't recall/notice vocal similarities.

Sometimes we should make an effort to remember that these cartoons were made strictly for one-time theatrical viewings. They were considered disposable junk entertainment. At the time, nobody (in the film industry, or anywhere else) imagined that they'd be viewed repeatedly, analyzed, and studied. The way we watch these cartoons now is VERY different from the way they were intended to be seen!

 

[Sleepy LaGoon]

Sometimes we should make an effort to remember that these cartoons were made strictly for one-time theatrical viewings. They were considered disposable junk entertainment. At the time, nobody (in the film industry, or anywhere else) imagined that they'd be viewed repeatedly, analyzed, and studied. The way we watch these cartoons now is VERY different from the way they were intended to be seen!

So true, Doctor. For example, Tex Avery was a genius, but try watching the entire Tex Avery collection straight through without getting annoyed at seeing the same gags reappearing over and over.