It's all WB style, gags, and of course voicework--but that Superman theme --and the way Snafuperman's outfit and powers are portrayed--pure Fleischer. That must have been painful for Max, but there was a war on. Shoulders to the wheel and all that.
Unfortunately, Max was removed from his own studio at the end of December 1941- and it officially became "Famous Studios" in January 1942. They produced the remaining "Superman" cartoons through 1943. Apparently, movie theater owners and managers complained the novelty of Superman in movie cartoons was wearing off, and was cutting into their profits; they said audiences wanted to see "something new", so Famous introduced "Little Lulu" and the "Noveltoon" series as "replacements".
@@fromthesidelines I've read histories of that era of animation, and the story of the Fleischer's is both inspiring and dispiriting. This one is just funny. Walt Disney, Max's great rival, who borrowed from him, and ultimately outdistanced him, would always be unfailingly polite to his competitor, showed him around the Disney studio once, which enthralled the curious innovator no end. But famously, Max would mutter "That son of a bitch" whenever Disney's name was mentioned. Disney gave Max's son, the brilliant live action director Richard Fleischer, the job of directing 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, which was a great coup, and softened Max's animosity somewhat. Far as Walt was concerned, no hard feelings. And eventually, they became friendly, went out to lunch when Walt was in New York But whenever anyone ever mentioned Disney's name, Max would muttler "That son of a bitch." And that's what he said, on his death bed, when one of his children, no doubt hoping for that response, brought him up. Disney had died six years earlier. :)
Nor, did he get 5 deferments and then was classified as 1-Y for having had asthma as a teenager and would not be drafted. Strangely enough, my brother was drafted, as a teenager, even though he had a diagnosis of asthma at the AFEES station! I wonder why my brother didn't get a 1-Y classification.
It's kind of sad that Biden could get5 draft deferrals when he was such a crappy student. At least Trump built up a semi empire and employed thousands of people. Biden just put 100s of thousands of black people in prison and never employed anybody except his house servants .
Yes the f word was used back then. The word foul came in for when it started going to be printed up to explain to the people back at home with the word meant. It's kind of like the quote "come on you bastards you want to live forever!"was quoted in the papers as come on you apes you want to live forever
@@sonicmastersword8080 the cause could be a game? snafu (snakes). can't remember why mattelelectronics used snafu but there is a background story to this.
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@@PeriscopeFilm That's reasonable, but a static watermark as big and central as the time ticker would be a lot less distracting and annoying than the time ticker itself.
Got to love it when Mel Blanc breaks character to just scream as loudly as possible.
Outstanding Easter egg musical quote “borrowed” by Carl Stalling of the theme from the Fleischer Superman cartoons!
Good ear.
There's no mistaking Mel Blanc's voiceovers.
Excellent work dudes!!
WB even mentioning a DC property is fascinating, although in wartime things aren’t Situation Normal anymore…
God bless all of them.
SNAFU
SITUATION
NORMAL
ALL
F**KED
UP
Is that true????
@@OdisseuBRYep.
Also: all *fouled* up.
That's fubar.
The spelling mistake in the title is to catch any German spies trying to correct it.
It happened by accident in the Battle of the Bulge.
My dad fought in the battle of the bulge.
Thanks for sharing this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's all WB style, gags, and of course voicework--but that Superman theme --and the way Snafuperman's outfit and powers are portrayed--pure Fleischer. That must have been painful for Max, but there was a war on. Shoulders to the wheel and all that.
I worked as a draftsman in the late 50's and I remember my supervisor yelling out "All I want to see is assholes and elbows".
Unfortunately, Max was removed from his own studio at the end of December 1941- and it officially became "Famous Studios" in January 1942. They produced the remaining "Superman" cartoons through 1943. Apparently, movie theater owners and managers complained the novelty of Superman in movie cartoons was wearing off, and was cutting into their profits; they said audiences wanted to see "something new", so Famous introduced "Little Lulu" and the "Noveltoon" series as "replacements".
@@fromthesidelines I've read histories of that era of animation, and the story of the Fleischer's is both inspiring and dispiriting. This one is just funny. Walt Disney, Max's great rival, who borrowed from him, and ultimately outdistanced him, would always be unfailingly polite to his competitor, showed him around the Disney studio once, which enthralled the curious innovator no end. But famously, Max would mutter "That son of a bitch" whenever Disney's name was mentioned.
Disney gave Max's son, the brilliant live action director Richard Fleischer, the job of directing 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, which was a great coup, and softened Max's animosity somewhat. Far as Walt was concerned, no hard feelings. And eventually, they became friendly, went out to lunch when Walt was in New York
But whenever anyone ever mentioned Disney's name, Max would muttler "That son of a bitch." And that's what he said, on his death bed, when one of his children, no doubt hoping for that response, brought him up. Disney had died six years earlier. :)
2:11 SNAFU literary drops a load out of his pants.
Spelling mistake in your title.
just another snafu
April fools
That was probably banging the sides of your snob gut until you mentioned it. Do you feel better now?
Oddly appropriate
Maybe an intentional misdirect?
The Good Idea Fairy was interesting. I had never seen him in media before.
"TECHNICAL FAIRY FIRST CLASS', you mean. 😉
3:20 this is pretty much identical to the wording of a scene in Daffy the Commando
Yeah, I remember that too.
Freleng directed that one, too.
One copy of Field Manual FM 100-5 (1941) "Operations" - coming right up !
Snafu should at least get a Purple Heart for this.
Snafu doesn't have bone spurs and volunteered to fight.
Nor, did he get 5 deferments and then was classified as 1-Y for having had asthma as a teenager and would not be drafted.
Strangely enough, my brother was drafted, as a teenager, even though he had a diagnosis of asthma at the AFEES station! I wonder why my brother didn't get a 1-Y classification.
It's kind of sad that Biden could get5 draft deferrals when he was such a crappy student. At least Trump built up a semi empire and employed thousands of people. Biden just put 100s of thousands of black people in prison and never employed anybody except his house servants .
Sniffy joe had no excuse...
"TAKE LONGER BREATHS! YOU'RE '1-A', BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE NEED WARM BODIES FOR OVERSEAS COMBAT, AND *YOU'RE* IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Wow! I never saw this one.
Better than anything produced these days 👍
No.
The famous voice of Mel Blanc AKA bugs Bunny and company
Apparently these were not for public exhibition in cinemas.
Our military forces were the only ones who saw this as part of "THE ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE".
*Mel Blanc enters the chat*
who?
@@kattanablade The voice.
Amazing that they got away with calling it that.
Was DC going to sue the Army in wartime? They could get away with anything!
Did they use the ‘F’ word back then or fouled in SNAFU ?
Depends on the people you were with.
Yes the f word was used back then. The word foul came in for when it started going to be printed up to explain to the people back at home with the word meant. It's kind of like the quote "come on you bastards you want to live forever!"was quoted in the papers as come on you apes you want to live forever
Bugs's voice.
Mel Blanc.
With Superman's powers, would he really need a bomb?
So we're those brit or French rondels on the the tech faries wings
You need to correct the title. It reads "SANFUPERMAN," but should read "SNAFUPERMAN." You transposed the N and the A.
Tell me about it. I'll probably unsub from this channel because of this unforgivable mistake. There, snowflake, feel justified yet?
That might be intentional. For some reason, UA-cam auto marks some Snafu cartoons as "for kids", despite the mature and historical content.
@@sonicmastersword8080 the cause could be a game? snafu (snakes). can't remember why mattelelectronics used snafu but there is a background story to this.
The time ticker is damned annoying. What's the point of it?
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous UA-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do.
Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.
@@PeriscopeFilm That's reasonable, but a static watermark as big and central as the time ticker would be a lot less distracting and annoying than the time ticker itself.
@@KarlBunker the timecodes are absolutely vital for filmmakers and content creators, who utilize the timestamps to report what they need to license.
@@PeriscopeFilm "A small convenience" ≠ "absolutely vital"
If it weren't for stock footage licensing -- our channel would not exist and all the films we've preserved, would have been lost forever.
Possibly the most "unreal" part of this is finding a general inside a battle tank?😜
"I was caught cheating at pinochle, and *this* is where they sent me!"
@fromthesidelines Murphy's Law?😜
👍😊
SNAFU got FUBAR 🤣 As for me DILIGAF 😎
This movie is cool😊😊😊😊
Read the Fine Manual
spelled title wrong
When propaganda is better than modern shows
There is a reason for that. If you showed Americans then what modern shows are now, they would have never went over.
@@l337pwnage how do u figure that when all of the modern crap today comes out of that hogbasin of a disgusting nation.
You mean, when old propaganda is better than the current propaganda.
No.
1) This isn't propaganda.
2) Just no.
Bugs Bunny voice
Mel Blanc.
Fubu
Fubar.
Snafu
Janfu.
kungfluperman
Translation:
Trumpsters are idiots.
Bugs Bunny voice.
Democracy is different than Democrats 😅
usa bombing completely different cities than they were supposed to is true af xd
"i'm not bombing berlin with maps this time"
So Donald Trump WAS in the army after all. 🤷🏼♂️
Honorable Mention goes to his Gravy Seals followers.
brandon