Showing posts with label Frank Capra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Capra. Show all posts

Saturday, May 19, 2012

How Private Snafu Won the War or Situation Normal: All F****ed Up!

During WWII, the Army drafted the legendary Hollywood film director, Frank Capra, to produce a series of cartoons to educate the troops on how to win the war. Capra, in turn, conscripted writers Theodore Geisel, (yes, that Dr. Seuss) and his protege, P.D. Eastman, directors Chuck Jones and Frtiz Freleng of Bugs Bunny fame and the vocal stylings of Mel Blanc and the WB studio animators to show the boys how to get it done. This is what they came up with.