The flying imp playing the clarinet knew what was up, though. Snafu's busting his ass serving tours on three different continents, and he's still a PFC! That man deserves a damn drink.
Some of the "souviniers" brought home during World War II are worth more than a Fifties bungalo, car, etc...in the National Art Gallery there hangs a painting of Venus by Cranach that was evidently brought home by a French Canadian farmer and hung in his barn for 20 years (presumably because his wife didn't want a picture of a naked woman hanging in her house).
@SurPlus ж No. Risked his life fighting against subhuman murderous scum and claimed his prize. Canada didn't invade anyone that didn't declare war on them first.
To be blunt, if I were a young WW 2 soldier who was in combat most of the time and facing death, I'd likely have spent all of my leave money on gambling, booze and cute international hookers also. Who even knew if you'd be alive whenever the war actually ended? Might as well enjoy that cash while you could because you might not even be needing that house back in Idaho in 1946.
@@frydemwingz Who is more likely in Hell? The Allied soldiers on the ground who were most likely drafted and sent out to fight a hard, bloody war, or the fascists who started the entire thing? If a 20-year-old kid who went from the farm to seeing countless horrors but just wanted to unwind with a prostitute on leave winds up in the very same place as Adolph Hitler and Hideki Tojo, who killed millions of innocent people, then the Christian religion is a complete joke and God is utterly arbitrary. I don't believe that for a moment.
@@snowfrosty1 All of the initial military actions, e.g., invasions, etc., were started by the Axis powers. This was especially true for Japan, which already had grabbed large chunks of territory in China and had instigated hostilities in a large part of neighboring Asia long before the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines that brought the U.S. into the war. You a Hitler fanboy?
This is such a great series featuring private Snafu, the everyman at his worst or weakest moment. They are not only funny, they reflect a mirror up to the servicemen to self monitor and police their more base inclinations and how edified they would be to resist those baser inclinations. Snafu is tempted by the usual sins of wine, women, song, and gambling.
@@tobiasmontiel5511 But he's also flat broke, and without a house, property, car, or wife waiting for him after the War. All because he stupidly spent and gambled away everything that he earned without thinking.
(2:02) I'm like "Bruh, just take ten dollars out of that, save the rest and go EAT". But Ol' Snafu gotta spend that entire check like a mad man.... LOL
Also the Inuit don't even make totem poles because it's not a part of their culture The people who make totem poles live in the Pacific Northwest in Washington and Oregon
I showed this to my dad along with a few other snafu cartoons and by far this is his favorite mostly because he seen many people in the military waste so much money on souvenirs and other stuff rather than investing it
@Slipknot Ghidorah well he wasn't in any war and still serves in the air force for another 2 years. He mentioned that he saw many air men return home nearly broke as they spend more than they should on souvenirs and recreational stuff. My dad does sometimes returns home with some souvenirs but he also makes sure to invest his earnings on what actually counts back home
Where is she gonna live? He can't put food on the table or support the family snafu planned on having. She was loyal it was only when her health became in danger she left.
In WWI, the Australian troops played a game called two-up, where you flip two coins and bet whether it will come up two heads, two tails or one of each. Because it's so easy to play, a lot of soldiers brought it different places and made big bets, and a lot of soldiers lost a lot of money. These days, two-up is considered an unregistered form of gambling, and you're only allowed to play it on Anzac Day.
There was actually a poster of a naked girl in the Caribbean scene. Now THAT is one foxy lady. Also it's a sign that this was geared 100% towards military age males since there was no way in hell a mainstream cartoon could have shown that at the time.
+Hotshotter3000 Nope. The Mainstream depiction of sex would have been a female animal with lipstick on it, or a couple going into a room and steam coming out.
The scene of the Middle East reminds of of something I once heard on the History Channel about an American WW2 vet that served in the African theatre. I recall the man saying how he and his friends spent their entire paychecks in Cairo because they didn't know if they were coming home.
@@reFocusZone The wife was a "post-war" wife, a hypothetical future woman he'd meet and marry when he returned home. So, he didn't cheat on her in the army, since they weren't even dating (or likely had even met) in the present. EDIT: Also this is in the 1940's, she she'd have had a REALLY hard time divorcing him even if she did exist.
its easy to go on spending sprees when you spend your days getting shot at wonder when that bullet will finally connect after all you cant spend a dime when you dead
At the low rates they were being paid, you wouldn't have much to show for it after a few years anyways... if you served and unless you were in the rear with the gear there was a good chance you wouldn't. I am a huge fan of saving, but if people are shooting at you, the long term might not be. I am sure the people making this film didn't care, they just wanted the suckers to buy more war bonds.
American soldiers in WW2 were actually extremely overpaid relative to their international counterparts. IIRC a WW2 US soldiers made 5x more than WW2 British soldier, and he made more than most skilled workers in European countries especially by 44-45 when European economies were collapsing. US soldiers were also the best fed soldiers and had the largest rations in the war which became important when food became scarce in Europe in 43-45. Germans got by up to 45 by stealing food from everyone else and denying food to Slavs and Jews but even they eventually starved.
@@MDPToaster 1944 Average Cost of new house $3,450. If war last 14 year, private can buy new house, if he save all. But, 1947 average house cost $13000.
If you came home with a year or two worth of cash, even their small income added up. Plus there were GI loans and such to help them get a home and car. My father bought a decent house in 1960 for $8 grand, with a garage and fence! It was half that in 1950.
In the 1940's, one of the military benefits was that the assets of dead soldiers got transferred to their next-of-kin tax free. Snafu is evidentially unmarried since he's being promised a "postwar wife", but he still might have a living mother or sister; someone to whom his savings could make the difference between starving and having enough time to find solutions should they lose a male relative.
What was the Army trying to PULL there?!? Implying that you could buy the Postwar American Dream on COMBAT Pay?? I never Been in the Service-but that's Bull. You know, I think Snafu's personal Angel in some of the other Shorts was the Basis for "Angel PFC" in "It's a Wonderful Life." And when he was playing Craps, and Rolling nothing but Craps "Box Car" "Snake Eyes"-what a Loser. Bit of Trivia-"Bock's Car" was the name of the plane that dropped the Nagasaki Nuke.
In 1944, privates serving in World War II made $50 a month, or $725.99 in 2019 dollars. The average house in 1946 was $5,150, or $67,490.88, in 2019 50*12*4 (12 months 4 years 1942-45)=$2400 (At $5150, almost half paid for) Plus, serious GI benefits for re-up. There was actually a whole other cartoon about it, made about 10-15 years later: ua-cam.com/video/Oou_wMYjqRk/v-deo.html
It was very different back in the WW2 era. The Government actually too care of it's returning troops back then, hence the post-war economic boom of the 1950s.
It seems in this one Technical fairy is trying to steer him in the right direction . Normally Technical fairy is the bad influence . Not sure why he;d wanna buy allot of the stuff he did I mean don;t Servicemen need to travel light . IE With a Dufflebag or Sea-bag if he's Navy/Marine.
Yeah unfortunately there is more value in physical assets now. But owning them is the key. Most people nowadays don't even fully own the land they live on.
My old man had half of his pay sent home to his mother, to help her out. At the end of the war he found out that she had banked most of it for him.
A good mother
Now there’s a true family love right there.
A Good Woman is a Pearl Beyond Price.
@@scottjoseph9578 unfortunately very rare today... But indeed it is a blessing from God. 👍
You had a very smart grandma
If this were made nowdays the little demon would tempt Snafu into signing the papers on a brand new Silverado with a lift kit and dualies.
nah Snafu would probably get talked into paying sticker prie for an F-150 becuase "it was a bargian with all the extras it has"
Yep. My two Nephew's right there. They work in the Oil Fields, Offshore.
All with the low low cost of 76% apr.
Omg you nailed that. ALL the soldier boys I work with HAVE the lifted pick-me-boy truck...
2 wheel drive no dualies at 10 G's over sticker and a brand new Miata for the obese whale at home
The flying imp playing the clarinet knew what was up, though. Snafu's busting his ass serving tours on three different continents, and he's still a PFC! That man deserves a damn drink.
I could see value in the flying carpet, but most of these were frivolous.
Some of the "souviniers" brought home during World War II are worth more than a Fifties bungalo, car, etc...in the National Art Gallery there hangs a painting of Venus by Cranach that was evidently brought home by a French Canadian farmer and hung in his barn for 20 years (presumably because his wife didn't want a picture of a naked woman hanging in her house).
more like stole another country historical heritage.
@SurPlus ж No. Risked his life fighting against subhuman murderous scum and claimed his prize. Canada didn't invade anyone that didn't declare war on them first.
To be blunt, if I were a young WW 2 soldier who was in combat most of the time and facing death, I'd likely have spent all of my leave money on gambling, booze and cute international hookers also. Who even knew if you'd be alive whenever the war actually ended? Might as well enjoy that cash while you could because you might not even be needing that house back in Idaho in 1946.
Yeah, but then he would die and go to hell for sinning. Think.
@@frydemwingz Who is more likely in Hell? The Allied soldiers on the ground who were most likely drafted and sent out to fight a hard, bloody war, or the fascists who started the entire thing? If a 20-year-old kid who went from the farm to seeing countless horrors but just wanted to unwind with a prostitute on leave winds up in the very same place as Adolph Hitler and Hideki Tojo, who killed millions of innocent people, then the Christian religion is a complete joke and God is utterly arbitrary. I don't believe that for a moment.
@@julianhermanubis6800
You clearly don’t know wtf you’re talkin about “the fascists who started it” 😂
@@snowfrosty1 All of the initial military actions, e.g., invasions, etc., were started by the Axis powers. This was especially true for Japan, which already had grabbed large chunks of territory in China and had instigated hostilities in a large part of neighboring Asia long before the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines that brought the U.S. into the war. You a Hitler fanboy?
The fire bombing at Dresden was both entirely justified and could have been much more easily accomplished with a nuclear weapon
well, he investe in art, which is extremly valuable today :)
This is such a great series featuring private Snafu, the everyman at his worst or weakest moment. They are not only funny, they reflect a mirror up to the servicemen to self monitor and police their more base inclinations and how edified they would be to resist those baser inclinations. Snafu is tempted by the usual sins of wine, women, song, and gambling.
Is 'song' a sin? Damnn
The Moral of this Cartoon: Any fool who doesn't save his money, loses his future.
he's still alive, he's not dead
@@tobiasmontiel5511 But he's also flat broke, and without a house, property, car, or wife waiting for him after the War. All because he stupidly spent and gambled away everything that he earned without thinking.
This is good advice for nowadays too
(2:02) I'm like "Bruh, just take ten dollars out of that, save the rest and go EAT". But Ol' Snafu gotta spend that entire check like a mad man.... LOL
Arctic totem poles must be very $$$ as the arctic is above the treeline
Also the Inuit don't even make totem poles because it's not a part of their culture
The people who make totem poles live in the Pacific Northwest in Washington and Oregon
@@jakubpociecha8819 Totem poles can also be found in southern Alaska & British Columbia.🤩🤩🤩
@@davidwesley2525 Yup,they're also part of the Pacific Northwest
0:54-1:30 somebody at WB was a Fantasia fan judging by the music cues.
Actually quite a few cartoonist work on this.
That or the Nutcracker Suite.
Friz Freleng. He loved putting classic music cues in his cartoons.
I showed this to my dad along with a few other snafu cartoons and by far this is his favorite mostly because he seen many people in the military waste so much money on souvenirs and other stuff rather than investing it
Did a lot of them become homeless after the war?
@Slipknot Ghidorah well he wasn't in any war and still serves in the air force for another 2 years. He mentioned that he saw many air men return home nearly broke as they spend more than they should on souvenirs and recreational stuff.
My dad does sometimes returns home with some souvenirs but he also makes sure to invest his earnings on what actually counts back home
I like how the last thing to go was the woman, does it mean she was the least worthy or that she was just loyal?
She wasn't for the MONEH
Where is she gonna live? He can't put food on the table or support the family snafu planned on having. She was loyal it was only when her health became in danger she left.
She should have left when he went in the hotel with the hooker.
Very nice video even for a simple anti gambling one.👍
In WWI, the Australian troops played a game called two-up, where you flip two coins and bet whether it will come up two heads, two tails or one of each. Because it's so easy to play, a lot of soldiers brought it different places and made big bets, and a lot of soldiers lost a lot of money. These days, two-up is considered an unregistered form of gambling, and you're only allowed to play it on Anzac Day.
There was actually a poster of a naked girl in the Caribbean scene. Now THAT is one foxy lady. Also it's a sign that this was geared 100% towards military age males since there was no way in hell a mainstream cartoon could have shown that at the time.
+Hotshotter3000 Nope. The Mainstream depiction of sex would have been a female animal with lipstick on it, or a couple going into a room and steam coming out.
@@drpoundsign If kids watch something like that, it might flew over their heads. Common thing for kids from the 80s and 90s.
Not after the Hayes Code was passed in 1934.
Obviously it’s made specifically for the troops. Definitely a product of it’s time
@@spindalis79 This was during the second World war. Shown to adult military men.🤣🤣🤣
Private Snafu is going Streaking 4:07.
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Should have shown this to every soldier that went to Iraq or Afghanistan. Lol
I regret nothing!
Ok...maybe spending a week in 2006 on victory drive when we got back was a bad idea. But what a week.
I don't get it.
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The scene of the Middle East reminds of of something I once heard on the History Channel about an American WW2 vet that served in the African theatre. I recall the man saying how he and his friends spent their entire paychecks in Cairo because they didn't know if they were coming home.
The best financial advice is always the least fun.
Why did Post War Wife wear a feather when she walked away?
Wasn't there some society of anti-war women who wore feathers or something?
'Twere the fashion of the day.
She's on the warpath a.k.a. She is very very mad
Remove the indian from her home ? 💀 very American of them dont ya think
@@casof97 youre looking at it too literally. Its got to do with some 40's saying or trope that we don't understand
oh dear given how Dr Seuss is now being cancelled I can only imagine what will happen to this.
we must protect Private SNAFU
I know can you believe how they portrayed the white guy, this is horrendous!
Canceled?! How do you cancel a person??
@@jaystreet46 actively blocking their content from the public
People will believe anything, won't they?
1:16. In the Souvenir window on the right side there is a Statue of a Naked Lady.
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At 2:33 I thought he was going to lose his wife not his fireplace
That was the least he lost! Might have been worth a fireplace?
Good point! He should have lost his wife for cheating on her while in the army.
@@reFocusZone The wife was a "post-war" wife, a hypothetical future woman he'd meet and marry when he returned home. So, he didn't cheat on her in the army, since they weren't even dating (or likely had even met) in the present.
EDIT: Also this is in the 1940's, she she'd have had a REALLY hard time divorcing him even if she did exist.
Snafu doesn’t live here any morrree 😂
its easy to go on spending sprees when you spend your days getting shot at wonder when that bullet will finally connect after all you cant spend a dime when you dead
Private Snafu Reporting for Duty.
Lmao @ That deep ass voice coming out of the mouse.
Remember well reporting for pay during my time in the U.S. Army.
At the low rates they were being paid, you wouldn't have much to show for it after a few years anyways... if you served and unless you were in the rear with the gear there was a good chance you wouldn't.
I am a huge fan of saving, but if people are shooting at you, the long term might not be.
I am sure the people making this film didn't care, they just wanted the suckers to buy more war bonds.
Fortunately, most soldiers did return from the war. But I agree, they deserved to have a little fun.
American soldiers in WW2 were actually extremely overpaid relative to their international counterparts. IIRC a WW2 US soldiers made 5x more than WW2 British soldier, and he made more than most skilled workers in European countries especially by 44-45 when European economies were collapsing. US soldiers were also the best fed soldiers and had the largest rations in the war which became important when food became scarce in Europe in 43-45. Germans got by up to 45 by stealing food from everyone else and denying food to Slavs and Jews but even they eventually starved.
@@Dendarang Ah yes, I remember what British soldiers said about American soldiers during WW2: They're overpaid, oversexed, and over here!
Privates salary was that big? Save enough for house.
Housing was ALOT cheaper back then.
@@MDPToaster 1944 Average Cost of new house $3,450. If war last 14 year, private can buy new house, if he save all. But, 1947 average house cost $13000.
@@jarikinnunen1718
Banks used to give them loans for housing too.
If you came home with a year or two worth of cash, even their small income added up. Plus there were GI loans and such to help them get a home and car. My father bought a decent house in 1960 for $8 grand, with a garage and fence! It was half that in 1950.
@@alphagt62 Apart from the GI loans, there used to be these things called "starter homes."
So when he started losing his house (litterally) the stork took the baby away... Uhm.. Gagortion?
4:07 SNAFU is just a generic as every other Warner Bros. cartoon character. ie: lacking any genitals.
well if you don't spend it now
you might not have any chance to spend it afterwards
Come on, 28% interest on a 79K Hellcat is a STEAL!
The cynical part of this is: All the money you've saved is of no value for you, when you return home in a coffin, as many in fact did.
In the 1940's, one of the military benefits was that the assets of dead soldiers got transferred to their next-of-kin tax free. Snafu is evidentially unmarried since he's being promised a "postwar wife", but he still might have a living mother or sister; someone to whom his savings could make the difference between starving and having enough time to find solutions should they lose a male relative.
teach this in school
What was the Army trying to PULL there?!? Implying that you could buy the Postwar American Dream on COMBAT Pay?? I never Been in the Service-but that's Bull. You know, I think Snafu's personal Angel in some of the other Shorts was the Basis for "Angel PFC" in "It's a Wonderful Life." And when he was playing Craps, and Rolling nothing but Craps "Box Car" "Snake Eyes"-what a Loser. Bit of Trivia-"Bock's Car" was the name of the plane that dropped the Nagasaki Nuke.
No it was NOT
It's bull on today's combat pay, but most vets did pretty good in post-WW2 America.
thaddeus buttmunch p
In 1944, privates serving in World War II made $50 a month, or $725.99 in 2019 dollars.
The average house in 1946 was $5,150, or $67,490.88, in 2019
50*12*4 (12 months 4 years 1942-45)=$2400 (At $5150, almost half paid for)
Plus, serious GI benefits for re-up.
There was actually a whole other cartoon about it, made about 10-15 years later:
ua-cam.com/video/Oou_wMYjqRk/v-deo.html
It was very different back in the WW2 era. The Government actually too care of it's returning troops back then, hence the post-war economic boom of the 1950s.
Certainly don't help local businesses in the countries you're bombing, save it all.
Hahaha, shoulda kept the house, the car and the dog and dropped the woman and her whelp in exchange for some of that hotel action.
probably would have gone back to camp with something he didn't want.
@@sophierobinson2738 Wrap that package in some all-American rubber and double stamp it.
Didn't know drake joined the army back in the day
It seems in this one Technical fairy is trying to steer him in the right direction . Normally Technical fairy is the bad influence . Not sure why he;d wanna buy allot of the stuff he did I mean don;t Servicemen need to travel light . IE With a Dufflebag or Sea-bag if he's Navy/Marine.
Save you money 💰 invest in the Gunny!
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Thought we were allowed to like Dr Seuss anymore?
You are.
Remember. If you are in the military, it's ok to spend money on yourself now and then. Just don't overdue it and buy useless crap.
under current inflation situation, saving money is basically getting robbed. I would not recommend that
Yeah unfortunately there is more value in physical assets now. But owning them is the key. Most people nowadays don't even fully own the land they live on.
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Long live the little sins😏
Even Private Snafu knew that there are only two genders.