Rumors

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Airdate:
December 1943

Series:

Private Snafu

Starring:

Private Snafu

Crew

Voice Characterizations:

Mel Blanc (uncredited)
Tedd Pierce (uncredited)
Michael Maltese (uncredited)
Frank Graham (uncredited)

Director:

Friz Freleng (uncredited)

Rumors is a 1943 Private Snafu short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot[]

Private Snafu and his buddies begin talking about a recent bombing, but the story grows more exaggerated with each passing turn. Eventually, a panic breaks out on his base that a bombing is imminent. In the end, nothing happens, but the base is quarantined and Snafu is locked up.

Availability[]

Notes[]

Is in the public domain, since the cartoon, as well as many other Private Snafu cartoons, are made by the U.S. government, then declassified some years later.
This short appeared on The History Channel in the late 1990's and 2000's.

References[]

Friedwald, Will and Jerry Beck. "The Warner Brothers Cartoons." Scarecrow Press Inc., Metuchen, N.J., 1981. ISBN 0-8108-1396-3.