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  • 6/18/2025
πŸŽ™οΈπŸ—―οΈ Private Snafu - Gripes is a classic 1943 U.S. Army cartoon written by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) and animated by Warner Bros., created to educate and entertain soldiers during World War II. Through satire and slapstick, it reminds troops to stay focused β€” and stop complaining!

πŸ“½οΈ Plot Summary:
Private Snafu is fed up with Army life β€” and his nonstop griping lands him in hot water! With a little "help" from a mischievous gremlin, Snafu learns just how bad things could be when soldiers slack off or don’t follow orders. It’s a humorous but pointed wartime lesson from the Golden Age of animation.

πŸ•°οΈ Year Released: 1943
🎭 Genre: Military Animation, Satire, Short
🎬 Produced by: Warner Bros. for the U.S. Army
πŸ–ŠοΈ Written by: Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
🎞️ Starring: Private Snafu

🎯 Why Watch It?
βœ”οΈ Rare WWII propaganda cartoon
βœ”οΈ Written by Dr. Seuss!
βœ”οΈ Clever mix of humor and military training
βœ”οΈ Iconic character with a cult following

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πŸ“’ Laugh, learn, and salute! Watch Private Snafu - Gripes (1943) β€” where complaints become cautionary tales!
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Category

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Fun
Transcript
00:00I joined this here army to join in the fun, a jab and a jab and hunting the hun, and look at the job that they hand out to me.
00:20K.P. K.P. K.P. and K.P.
00:33Police in the camp, oh the trouble, it's mine. You get through with this, then they stand you in line.
00:41They jab you for this, then they jab you for that.
00:50If you're asking me, it's a pain in the prat.
01:03If I ran this army, boy I'm telling you, I'd make a few changes, that's just what I'd do.
01:18Say, who in the bloomin' blue blazers are you?
01:25Technical fairy, first class.
01:28I heard you saying that every tank stank, that you'd run things different if you had more rank.
01:33So a technical fairy, I got a good notion.
01:36I'll give you a chance, pal. Here's a promotion.
01:41Ah shucks, have another.
01:43Your master serge, super serge, who put he do? Your boss in the works. Now take over, safu.
01:50Important announcement.
01:53Attention each tent. This camp is now run under new management.
01:58Relaxation. More money. These are my aims. A new D.I. issue. Each guy gets two days.
02:08Hey!
02:13Hooray for Snappoo, gives us all limousines. No more drill, no salutes.
02:20No more cleaning latrines.
02:23Look me over, Jackson. This is really all root.
02:27Snappoo lets you dress up in the suit that is newt.
02:33Ain't this well? I fixed things. I told you I could.
02:36What a camp. No more discipline.
02:38Boy, am I good.
02:44I beg pardon, sir. Would you hear all that, Holland? I got a suspicion.
02:47The joinments are coming!
02:50The joinments? The joinments are all right at them poops.
02:53Let me at them joinments. Say, where are my troops?
02:57Troops! Troops!
03:01And us!
03:03No use. They ain't trained, and they got no morale.
03:07Your army's a washout, my point for the pill.
03:10No use.
03:11Let's go!
03:14Let me at them.
03:16You don't have to beware!
03:17They have to be able to get a trap!
03:19You can't be a trap!
03:22Let's go!
03:32OK!
03:33Let's go!
03:35The moral, Snafu, is the harder you like, the sooner we're gonna beat Hitler, that yike.
04:05The moral, Snafu, is the harder you like, the sooner we're gonna beat Hitler, that yike.

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