21920 Warner Brothers made the Private Snafu cartoons for the army, to explain various important concepts to the GIs. Private Snafu was the Goofus of the army, who could be counted on to show what not to do. The cartoons definitely had the Warner Brothers stamp on them, which means they're pretty great. 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. Features one of the first appearances of the classic Warner Brothers exploding piano gag. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ****. Weirdness: ****. Historical Interest: *****. Overall Rating: ****. Whatever You Do, Don't Play Christine Hennig 2004-09-30 11:02:15 2004-09-30 11:02:15 4 Skip Elsheimer 24116 Odd to hear a cartoon character swear, but this was for soldiers, I suppose. Sort of the Ur text for Bugs Bunny cartoons, we get not only the Piano Gag, but the wonderfully obvious (yet seldom performed) "booby" trap joke. The dynayellow 2004-11-03 15:05:30 2004-11-03 15:05:30 4 AV Geek Skip 25699 I have always wanted to watch a SNAFU cartoon after seeing all of the Warner Bros cartoons. These do not disapoint, Mel Blanc's voices and the great imagry of the WB cartoon crew make these SNAFU cartoons great. Plus placeing these cartoons in their time, I'm sure our boys in WWII gladly appreciated them. Amazing!!! nborders 2004-11-24 22:41:28 2004-11-24 22:41:28 5 38533 This film doesn't really teach a lot, it was probobly made more for laughs than to educate, but still it has a simple measage AVOID BOOBY TRAPS. And let me tell you the animators really go all out on the booby trap idea thiers lots of them in this flick from dropawsy floors to exploding pianos. At the end of it all Snafu goes in and get's blown up by an exploding piano which is kind of funny in that it's so rediculous. The animation is also really good, so much so that in the begining shot you might think that Snafu is marching in front of a real life backdrop. Overall good cartoon with good animation to boot. "wonder if this is one of them thier booby traps" Karma Hawk 2005-04-13 18:47:47 2005-04-13 18:47:47 4 Very funny SNAFU comic here! Watch out for booby traps! Some obvious, some not! Features the piano bomb gag that was used in a later Bugs cartoon (I believe). Worth watching! Buns Of Steel! 5 Spuzz 2006-01-10 05:12:36 2006-01-10 05:12:36 That's funny! I like how Snafu makes it out, and then goes back in to get the right note....boom! lol Great WB stuff 4 CaptainCaveman 2006-01-20 20:38:21 2006-01-20 20:38:21 This particular cartoon certainly has the stylings of the illustrious Charles M. Jones all over it, as to whether Clampett directed it is questionable, but you REAL fans may also notice Rod Scribner's touch in the earlier scenes.... Good one! STYLINGS OF CHUCK JONES musicom 2007-03-12 02:30:08 2007-03-12 02:30:08 5 I enjoyed this piece of wartime relic quite enjoyable. Pretty easy viewing Framan 2008-01-13 11:16:11 2008-01-13 11:16:11 4 8 4.38