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	Private Snafu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Private Snafu is the title character of a series of fl-and-white American instructional cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II.
		Most of the Private Snafu shorts are educational, and although The War Department had to approve the storyboards, the Warner directors were allowed great latitude in order to keep the cartoons entertaining.
		The name "Private Snafu" comes from the military acronym SNAFU, an acronym for "Situation Normal: All Fucked (or Fouled) Up." This was deemed too-strong language even for their target audience, so the opening narrator merely hinted at its meaning: "Situation Normal All...
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Private_Snafu (610 words)

	SNAFU - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In modern usage, this rendering is commonly used, as is a "snafu" referring to an otherwise normal situation that suddenly went awry.
		It is also the name of a cartoon United States Army training video as well as the main character, Private Snafu, in the video.
		S.N.A.F.U. (in this case standing for 'Society of Nefarious and Felonious Undertakings') is the name of the villain group in The X's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SNAFU (588 words)

	ULTW Private Snafu Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Snafu's machine gun, overheats and melts and his artillery gun is loaded with pots, pans and junk.
		Private Snafu, stationed in the Artic, imagines the good times his family is having back home.
		Private Snafu mistakes an innocent comment for fact and starts a rumor which spreads throughout the base.
	www.tultw.com /bios/snafu.htm (1080 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Private Snafu
		Snafu is the little guy, the common army grunt caught up in a global conflict that is beyond his understanding and, seemingly, beyond his power to cope with.
		Snafu’s plebeian nature, powerlessness, and mediocrity are all symbolized by his homeliness and his diminutive stature.
		Twenty-six Private Snafu cartoons were made between June 1943 and October 1945, including two that remained unreleased by the end of the war.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /42/snafu.htm (7279 words)

	Private SNAFU @ Toonarific Cartoons
		Snafu (which was a play on the soldiers acronym for Situation Normal All Fouled/F***ed Up) was a soldier who rarely, if ever, did anything right, and his mistakes were used to get across serious points in a humorous way.
		Some of the Snafu shorts had scripts written by Ted Geisel (a/k/a Dr. Seuss), and W. Munro Leaf, who was in the Army at that time, is known to have collaborated on at least one Snafu short with Geisel.
		Standards were a little looser for the Snafu shorts; given their target audience, more cheesecake shots (the pinup used to hatch pigeon eggs in Three Brothers or the sexy Nazi spy in Spies) and more risque humor and dialogue, including a few four letter words like damn and hell were used.
	www.toonarific.com /show.php?show_id=2927 (606 words)

	The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu
		Private Snafu would teach by example--bad examples, that is. In "Gripes," Private Snafu bemoans standing in lines and getting jabbed with needles.
		In addition, Snafu appears buck naked in several of the cartoons, frequently as the target of mischievous mosquitoes who delight in targeting his bare butt.
		And then, as Snafu continues to make the wrong decisions, we return to the schematic view of Private Snafu's future and see how it changes with each reduction in his money.
	www.skylighters.org /comiccards/snafu/text.html (1054 words)

	"Is Your Journey Really Necessary?": Chuck Jones' Spies and the Private Snafu series
		Although, the Snafu films are targeted at young American military recruits, and are predominantly instructional in form, they are, nevertheless, clearly connected to the humour and style being refined by the Warners cartoon unit at the time.
		Eric Smoodin, in one of the few sustained attempts to conceptualise and place the Snafu cartoons, suggests that this series was largely made to redress the widespread disenchantment of the largely lower and middle-lower class recruits that were entering the military in large numbers in 1943 (3).
		Nevertheless, the aim of the Snafu cartoons was not subtle and gentle persuasion, but the cloaking of fairly direct, serious, but light-heartedly presented instructional messages and warnings within the form and sweep of the relatively familiar, all-ages friendly, Hollywood studio cartoon.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/cteq/03/28/chuck_jones/spies_snafu_series.html (1312 words)

	Posts tagged with PrivateSnafu \| MetaFilter
		One of the characters he created was Private Snafu.
		Private Snafu was an animated depiction of a bumbling soldier in military training films, whose voice sounded suspiciously close to Bugs Bunny's.
		Private Snafu has been discussed here previously but now you can watch some of the original cartoons on youtube and download them here!
	www.metafilter.com /tags/PrivateSnafu (118 words)

	Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Private Snafu
		Private Snafu has two brothers, Tarfu ("Things Are Really 'Fouled' Up") and Fubar ("'Fouled' Up Beyond All Recovery").
		The majority of the 28 Snafu films were made at Warner Bros. under the direction of such luminaries as Chuck Jones (Road Runner, Pepe LePew), Friz Freleng (Speedy Gonzales, Yosemite Sam) and Bob Clampett (Tweety Bird, Beany & Cecil); but the Army spread the work among other studios as well.
		And when Jessica Rabbit used the pun "booby trap", she got a slight smile; but the same pun, when it was used as the title of a Private Snafu cartoon, might have brought on shocked outrage if seen by a general audience.
	www.toonopedia.com /snafu.htm (342 words)

	DVDtoons! Reviews - Complete Uncensored Private Snafu, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Snafu was the brainstorm of Hollywood director Frank Capra, best known now for the films It?s a Wonderful Life and Mr.
		In the cartoons, Snafu would generally be shown doing things wrong, whether due to laziness or ignorance, and it was hoped that the troops in the audience would learn from his mistakes.
		Snafu is given his own command to address his gripes.
	www.dvdtoons.com /reviews/206/print (1987 words)

	Private Snafu: Spies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Released between 1943 and 1945 to World War II personnel, the "Snafu" series was a regular part of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine, an anthology of entertainment and information.
		The word "snafu" had entered the language at the start of the war as an obscene acronym that spread rapidly among enlistees: "s(ituation) n(ormal), a(ll) f(ouled)--a euphemism--u(p)," as Webster's politely puts it.
		Private Snafu regularly "f***ed up" in outlandish ways that connected with soldiers and taught military lessons.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/filmnotes/privatesnafu.html (305 words)

	Internet Archive: Details: Private SNAFU - Booby Traps
		This is one of 26 Private SNAFU ('Situation Normal, All Fouled Up) cartoons made by the US Army Signal Corps to educate and boost the morale the troops.
		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.
		Private Snafu was the Goofus of the army, who could be counted on to show what not to do.
	www.archive.org /details/booby_traps (442 words)

	Amazon.com: The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu: DVD: Chuck Jones,Mel Blanc,Tedd Pierce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Snafu learns that his family are almost as commited to the war efforts as himself.
		Snafu becomes a superhero, only for him to become the world's dumbest one because he won't study his field manuals.
		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.
	www.amazon.com /Complete-Uncensored-Private-Snafu/dp/6305339856 (1740 words)

	Private SNAFU! - Dr Seuss For The Military
		Private Snafu is the title character of a series of fl-and-white instructional cartoon shorts produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II.
		Most of the Private Snafu shorts are educational, and although The Pentagon had to approve the storyboards, the Warner directors were allowed great latitude in order to keep the cartoons entertaining.
		Snafu is widely believed to be an acronym for "Situation Normal.
	forums.livingwithstyle.com /showthread.php?t=106804 (552 words)

	DVD REVIEW: THE COMPLETE UNCENSORED PRIVATE SNAFU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		SNAFU!" When the narrator gets to the "F" in SNAFU, there's a big hesitation (driven home by the animation on screen), and then finally the word Fouled appears.
		As a matter of fact, the Private SNAFU cartoons became so popular with the enlisted men that there was unrest when it didn't show up with the newsreels.
		Now more than 50 years old, the cartoons are finally available for the public to see, and even though they depict racial stereotypes, they're still quite humorous, and at times risque (at least for the time).
	www.lightviews.com /privatesnafu.htm (670 words)

	SNAFU - The original story
		People from other divisions would be attending such schools and would take "SNAFU" back to their outfits when their training was completed.
		More information about the origins of SNAFU and the many things that have come from Don's expansion of the code group will be posted soon.
		There was a military cartoon, "Private Snafu", a record with Louie Armstrong, and even a website.
	www.snafu.com /Snafu/SnafuStory.html (806 words)

	MRQE - Movie Review Query Engine - Private
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	www.mrqe.com /lookup?Private (290 words)

	DVD Review - The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu
		And such was often the case with good old Private Snafu - you can always count on Snafu to mess things up, but good.
		The Snafu character was created by legendary film director Frank Capra, to serve as a way of educating the troops during World War II.
		The whole idea of the shorts, was to inform war-weary troops of things they needed to know in a light-hearted way, such as the need to keep secrets, the importance of maintaining your equipment, and what people were up to back on the homefront.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews/completeprivatesnafu.html (558 words)

	sell.com classifieds : PRIVATE SNAFU Mr. HOOK DVD WARTIME CARTOONS WARNER WWII for sale in Baltimore (225831)
		Among Spies' zaniest touches, is Private Snafu's question "Now who in h--l do you suppose it was who let my secret out?"-as well as the answer he gets: his mirror image as a horse's ass."
		Just as Private Snafu was the training mascot for the U.S. Army, Mr.
		The total number of Private Snafu cartoons commissioned by the U. Government was 28, but 2 cartoons were never released and are non-existent.
	www.sell.com /225831?cb=22 (632 words)

	Pop Astronaut » Great moments in toonaganda: Private SNAFU
		The Private SNAFU cartoons are sexy, jingoistic, and sometimes racist, but they’re also amazing examples of looney tooncraft and deserve to be seen despite their shortcomings.
		In other words, while these toons are probably not appropriate for impressionable youngsters or touchy adults, they’re a really interesting history lesson for grown-ups.
		Apparently all of the shorts have passed into the public domain and The Internet Archive has 4 of the 26 episodes available for free download.
	www.popastronaut.net /?p=215 (213 words)

	Snafu - Movie Info - Moviefone
		Synopsis: There were some theatres in 1946 that refused to display the anagramatic title of this film on their marquees: it was, after all, no secret that the letters S.N.A.F.U. did not precisely stand for...
		Cyberchase - The Snelfu Snafu Movie - DVD: Information on the Cyberchase - The Snelfu Snafu Movie from Bestprices.com is available here.
		Snafu - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /movie/snafu/1074876/main (169 words)

	GAC Forums - Private SNAFU
		I was watching a video on Private SNAFU called THe Cartoons Go To War and it was intresting.
		I saw eBay auctions for 16mm SNAFU and I know they wern't shown in TV back in the kinescope days (or did they?) and the transfers in circulation looks like it's a 16mm print.
		Bosko Video did a full collection of the SNAFU shorts (INCLUDING the unreleased films) that was transferred to DVD about 6 years ago.
	www.goldenagecartoons.com /forums/showthread.php?t=2198 (553 words)

	Images - The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu
		He usually spoke in rhyme: "If I ran this army, boy, I'm telling you, I'd make a few changes.
		Directed by many of the greats from Warner Bros., including Chuck Jones, Friz Frelend, Frank Tashlin, and Bob Clamplett--these cartoons are frequently as witty as any Looney Tunes or Merry Melodies cartoons.
		In the last Snafu cartoons, the sermonizing almost stops, in favor of all-out mayhem--just like you'd find in a Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck cartoon.
	www.imagesjournal.com /issue08/reviews/snafu/snafu-nf.htm (1052 words)

	The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu : DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Yes, there are some transfer problems (mostly cropped images) but the historical value of these cartoons, as well as their comedic value, is immense, and I for one am more than willing to overlook the technical glitches.
		Again, the toons are GREAT (and i´m generally not a big Looney Toons fan), but the dvd is really lousy.
		Overall a great CD, but I was very disappointed that Coming Home and Secrets of the Caribbean (the two unreleased Snafu cartoons) were not included.
	www.pagenation.com /an/6305339856.html (885 words)

	SNAFU - Wiktionary
		The term was given to the military training cartoon character, Private Snafu, by Frank Capra in 1942.
		The stories were written by Theodor Geisel (a.k.a.
		Seuss), and Snafu's voice was done by Mel Blanc.
	en.wiktionary.org /wiki/SNAFU (83 words)

	Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Throughout the short he tries to sting snafu with his needle.
		Those who are offended by the sight of a guy's but might not like this one.
		Cause Snafu's but is shown a lot in this one.
	imdb.com /title/tt0155053 (249 words)

	Neatorama » Blog Archive » Private Snafu.
		The US Army Signal Corps produced a series of cartoon shorts between 1943 and 1945 during World War II, with Private Snafu as the main character, to educate soldiers about what NOT to do during the war.
		The shorts were written by Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, and were animated by the Warner Bros.
		This particular one is titled Spies, in which a drunk Private Snafu revealed military secret that allowed the enemy to torpedo his ship.
	www.neatorama.com /2006/08/17/private-snafu (167 words)

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		The name "Private Snafu" comes from the military acronym SNAFU, an acronym for "Situation Normal: All Fucked (or Fouled) Up."
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