Gripes

Gripes is a 1943 Private Snafu short directed by Friz Freleng.
== Plot ==
Snafu is complaining that he joined the Army to have fun, but they put him on KP duty, which upsets him. He then gets a fever and says, "If I ran this army, boy I'm telling you, I'd make a few changes, that's just what I'd do!" Suddenly, Technical Fairy First Class appears and promotes Snafu to "Master Sarge Super Sarge." Snafu immediately gives each man two women, gives the soldiers limousines, and calls off drills and cleaning duties. Snafu is relaxing in a harem of women when Technical Fairy appears and says that the Germans are coming. He gets a gun but wonders where his troops are. All of the people say, "Ah, nertz!" and show no interest in fighting. A Nazi aircraft drops a bomb. Snafu quickly digs a hole to take cover from it, but the bomb stops, digs up the dirt, places a target sign on Snafu's exposed rear, and dives down, causing an explosion. The entire experience is revealed to be a dream as Snafu wakes up. Delighted, he immediately returns to KP duty. Technical Fairy says that "the sooner you woik, the sooner we'll beat Hitler, that joik!"
== Availability ==
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5.jpg|(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc Three
LTPC VOL 2 Blu Ray.jpg|(2012) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc Three
== Notes ==
* This cartoon was included on issue 5 of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine)
* This is the first WB cartoon to use Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse". The first civilian Warner Bros cartoon to use it was Frank Tashlin's Porky Pig's Feat, which was released two weeks later.
* 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.
== References ==
 
Category:1943
Category:Private Snafu Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Cartoons animated by Jerry Bradbury
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Public domain films