Rookie Revue is a 1941 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.
Plot[]
A bugler uses a jukebox to play reveille. In formation, one private has a great deal of trouble remembering what comes after "3"; after he gets it, he decides not to go for the $32 question. In the mess hall, the machine gunners machine gun their food while the bombers catch falling biscuits. The infantry marches for miles, then past a "next time, take the train" billboard. The camouflage troops march by, invisibly. There are training substitutes: wooden guns, cars marked "tank" and, alas, a banner marked "parachute" deployed in mid-jump. More training: aerial games (of tic-tac-toe). The anti-aircraft division has target practice, on an aerial shooting gallery. Finally, in an elaborate process, a general provides firing instructions to a big gun; when it hits his own building, he says, "I'm a baaad general."
Caricatures[]
- Henry Binder - as a soldier.
- Lou Costello - "I'm a baaad general."
Availability[]
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol. 5, Side 3, Freleng Follies (USA 1995 Turner print)
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Disc Two
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 6, Disc 2
Streaming[]
Censorship[]
- In a series of mess hall gags, the shot of the Suicide Squad, a trio of depressed soldiers unhappily eating hash from a bowl, along with the narrator's line at the end of that shot: "And so, their appetites appeased, the army is ready to carry out the orders of the day", is cut on the rare times Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang have aired the cartoon.[1]
Notes[]
- The $32 question is a reference to the radio quiz show Take It or Leave It.
- The film entered the public domain in 1969 as United Artists failed to renew the copyright in time.
Gallery[]
_-_Juke_Box.jpg "Rookie Revue (1941) - Juke Box.jpg (216 KB)")
_-_Chow.jpg "Rookie Revue (1941) - Chow.jpg (432 KB)")
_-_Equipment.jpg "Rookie Revue (1941) - Equipment.jpg (474 KB)")
_-_Tanks.jpg "Rookie Revue (1941) - Tanks.jpg (667 KB)")
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