Product Details

• Actors: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Tedd Pierce, Frank Graham
• Directors: Chuck Jones, Frank Tashlin, Friz Freleng, Robert Clampett
• Writers: Dr. Seuss, Abe Liss, Phil Eastman
• Producers: Dr. Seuss, Edward Selzer, Leon Schlesinger
• Format: Animated, Black & White, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: December 5, 2006
• Run Time: 130 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305339856
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,316 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The 28 cartoons in this collection were made by the Warner Bros. artists for the Army-Navy Screen Magazine during World War II, and were rarely--if ever--seen by the general public. The title character's name is an acronym for "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up" (substitute another "F-word" if you must), and most of his adventures are mildly didactic: Snafu ignores an Army regulation and/or common sense, and pays the price. In "Snafu vs. Malaria Mike" and "It's Murder She Says..." (1945), he goes without insect repellent in the tropics and ignores insect netting--and catches malaria. The stories were written by Ted "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, and the meters and rhymes echo his children's books. In "Gripes" (1943), Snafu begins, "If I ran this army...." The shots of Snafu's bare posterior and the occasional "damn" or "hell" were considered risqué during the '40s, but the depictions of buck-toothed Japanese soldiers are more likely to raise eyebrows today. Although obviously made quickly and cheaply--Snafu's appearance varies from film to film and Mel Blanc essentially reused Bugs Bunny's voice for the character--many of these cartoons are still funny. Unfortunately, Bosko Video disfigures these historically significant films by periodically inserting its logo into the frame. What were they thinking? --Charles Solomon

Product Description

Commissioned by the military during World War II, this collection of propaganda cartoons has not been seen in over fifty years. Created by the famed animators at Warner Bros. from 1943-1946 and voiced by the legendary Mel Blanc, this DVD presents all twenty-eight Private Snafu cartoons ever released.

Customer Reviews

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87 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The makers of this DVD have deliberately ruined it., November 22, 1999

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grundle2600 "grundle2600" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu (DVD)

I'm going to keep this review very brief. The cartoons on this DVD are pretty good. However, these cartoons are covered up by a "Bosko Video" logo. In my opinion, this logo ruins the DVD.

58 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Interesting example of wartime propaganda., October 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu (DVD)

From a historical viewpoint, these cartoons are important. During World War II, the U.S. military tried to use racial stereotyping to encourage U.S. soldiers to think that it was OK to kill the enemy.

The cartoons also give advice to soldiers such as don't accidentally dislcose military secrets to a woman that you might be involved with.

Mel Blanc does the voice of Private Snafu, but he's really just recylcling his Bugs Bunny voice.

The fact that this DVD contains ALL of the Private Snafu cartoons on one disc is an example of why DVD is better than VHS. The VHS version of this release requires two tapes.

I also like the fact that the cartoons are shown in their original black and white versions. Putting out colorized verions would have been a big mistake.

Overall, this is a pretty good DVD... except for one MAJOR problem. The problem is that all of the cartoons are covered up by a "Bosko Viedo" logo. I don't understand why the logo appears while the cartoons are playing. Were it not for this logo, this DVD would be a valuable addition to one's DVD collection, and I would probably give it three or four stars. But with the logo, I consider this DVD to be worthless, and so I am giving it only one star. I wish that I could get my money back. But since I already opened it, I am not allowed to return it. What a shame.

59 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Good Idea Ruined By Several Bad Ones, October 19, 1999

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M. Phillips (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cartoon Crazys: Goes to War (DVD)

This video is almost a complete waste of time. The cartoon selections are good, but that's about all that's good. The problems are numerous. Firstly, the opening and end titles are cut from every cartoon, a completely pointless thing to do. It would be one thing if they were trying to save space, but they could have fit several times as many cartoons on the DVD, titles and all. Secondly, they've "remixed" the soundtrack into AC3 Dolby Digital Surround Sound. This is just about the silliest thing I can imagine. Don't be fooled. The original cartoons, being from the 30s and 40s, exist ONLY in mono. There is no way of making a mono soundtrack into stereo. They have simply added NEW sound effects and mixed them into stereo "around" the original mono soundtrack. The sounds are intermittent and distracting and do not go well with the mono soundtrack at all. They would have been far better off with a simple uncompressed mono soundtrack with no embellishments. Thirdly, the menu system is extremely awkward and does not allow you to skip through the cartoons with the track buttons. The player simply returns to the main menu after each cartoon. Lastly, the quality leaves much to be desired on most of the films. On "Scrap Happy Daffy," the quality is so bad, it's barely watchable. I understand that the film might of simply been in bad shape, but a little digital restoration would have been far more welcome than the silly "surround" sound effects.

Why couldn't they simply focus their efforts into a digital video and audio restoration on these old films and present them in their original unedited and uncensored state? Instead they've wasted their time with silly sound effects and cut up the cartoons as well.

Basically, this video's a bomb! Don't waste your time, just wait for MGM to release their Golden Age of Looney Tunes series on DVD. Their LD versions were far better than anything offered here.