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(dramatic music) (airplane whirring)

- [Charles] For the next hour,

sit back, relax, and enjoy this collection

of "The Greatest Cartoons Of The Golden Era: Volume Four."

- I see an unidentified object

flying around my little head.

(gun shots)

- Today, we're counting down the best cartoons

from World War II, stay tuned.

Hi, I'm Charles Dewandeler.

Welcome to "The Greatest Cartoons

"Of The Golden Era: Volume Four."

Today, we're watching the best cartoons from the 1940s,

which deal with World War II.

Our first cartoon stars Bugs Bunny,

who is living on the US Army Air Force base

when he gets into a fight with a gremlin.

The gremlin traps Bugs in a plane

and takes him on a high flying adventure.

Here is Bugs Bunny in "Falling Hare."

(theatrical music)

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(Bugs laughing)

- Hey, get a load of this, folks.

It says here "A constant menace to pilots

"are the gremlins who wreck planes

"with diabolical sabotage."

Gremlins. (laughs)

Oh, murder.

Gremlins, what a fairy tale.

Little men, oh, brother.

(metal clanking) (light music)

What's all the hubbub, bub?

- Shh.

These blockbuster bombs don't go off

unless you hit them just right.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

(metal clanking)

- Hey, Mack, let me take a whack at it.

(dramatic music)

What am I doing?

Why, you little.

Oh, you, you, you...

Gasp!

Hey, I bet that was a...

Say, do you think that...

Hey, could that have been a gremlin?

- It ain't Wendell Willkie!

(dramatic music)

(Bugs yells)

- Oh, I'll give you a hit in the head!

(wrench thuds)

Which way did he go, George, which way did he go?

- That way.

- Well, gee, thanks a lot, George, thanks a lot.

- What's the matter, bunny rabbit?

Speak to me.

Why don't you say something?

- I'm only three and a half years old.

(Bugs babbles)

- (laughs) I like him, he's silly.

(tense music)

(wrench thuds) (Bugs yelling)

(propeller whirring)

- Here, gremlin.

Here, gremlin, gremlin, gremlin.

(Bugs whistling)

Nice gremlin.

(gremlin laughs)

(gremlin babbling)

(dramatic music)

(Bugs thudding)

(Bugs exclaiming)

(Bugs knocking)

(heart beating)

(dramatic music)

(Bugs thuds)

- Nine down.

(gremlin laughs)

(airplane whirring)

(Bugs exclaiming)

(airplane sputtering)

Sorry, folks, we ran out of gas.

- You know how it is with these A cards.

- Our next cartoon stars Superman,

as he teams with a secret agent to battle Nazis.

Ironically, this secret agent

is not supposed to be Lois Lane,

even though she has the same voice.

- I've got to get to police headquarters immediately.

- [Charles] Because it's voiced by the same voice actress,

Joan Alexander.

And the character almost looks exactly like Lois Lane,

except for the fact that she has blonde hair.

Can Superman and this secret agent, who is not Lois Lane,

defeat the Nazi gangsters?

Let's find out.

(upbeat music)

- [Chief] Now look here, Kent,

you can't pick your assignments,

hurry over and cover that consumers meeting.

- But, Chief-

- [Chief] But nothing.

That's final.

(gun shots)

(glass shattering)

(gun shots)

(siren wailing)

(tires squealing)

- Gosh, that was a close call.

I've got to get to police headquarters immediately.

(dramatic music)

- You're damlich and (indistinct).

I sent you out to bring back that woman, and what happens?

You let her get away and bring me this fool.

She must not get to the airport.

She must be stopped.

- They are probably the largest

and most ruthless gang of savages in this country.

I know, for six months they thought I was one of them.

This briefcase contains a list of their names,

together with their diabolical plans of destruction.

They will stop at nothing to recover these records.

I must get them through to Washington.

- I understand.

I'll see that you have an escort to the airport.

(dramatic music)

(sirens wailing)

(gun shots)

- She's got through.

She's heading this way.

Quick!

(bell dinging)

(car crashing)

(electricity buzzing)

(gun shots)

(glass shattering)

(electricity buzzing)

(objects clattering)

(siren wailing)

- Hello.

- She's stuck on the bridge,

but the place is surrounded.

(gun shots)

- Hello, Erich, hello, hello?

(Nazi boss speaking in German)

Something went wrong.

We've got to get those records.

(dramatic music)

(triumphant music)

(glass shatters)

(elevator bangs)

(group speaking in German)

(glass shattering)

(secret agent screaming)

- Our next World War II cartoon stars Daffy Duck

as a US commando trying to sneak past enemy lines

in Nazi, Germany.

He keeps playing pranks

on a Nazi commander named Von Vultur.

Here is Daffy Duck mocking the Nazis

in "Daffy The Commando."

(Von speaking in German)

With their commandos and their all over the place.

Ooh!

(Von speaking in German)

It makes me so mad, if I'd only sent more troops.

(Von speaking in German)

(dramatic music)

(Von speaking in German)

(airplane whirring)

Schultz!

Schultz, you dummkopf!

(Von shouting in German)

(mallet thuds)

(Von speaking in German)

(dramatic music)

(Schultz thuds)

(airplane whirring)

(helmet clinking)

(helmet clanks)

♪ It's the same, the old world over ♪

♪ It's the poor what gets the blame ♪

♪ While the rich has all the gravy ♪

♪ Now ain't that a blinking shame ♪

- Put out those lights!

- [Von] Schultz!

(helmet clanks)

(gentle music)

(upbeat music)

(Schultz whistles) (Schultz clapping)

Schultz!

(mallet thuds)

(Von screams)

(Daffy knocking)

- Say, Liederkranz, what time is it?

- When you hear the tone,

it will be exactly 6:45 and one quarter.

Schultz!

(dramatic music)

(helmet clanks)

- 6:45 and one quarter.

May I present you with this little token of our esteem.

- For me?

Danke schon, danke schon.

- Oh, just a little going away present.

Well, see you around.

(door slams)

(Von sniffing)

- Schultz!

(bomb explodes) (dramatic music)

Schultz?

(helmet clanks)

(mallet thuds)

(Daffy laughing)

(dramatic music)

- Heil Hitler!

(Daffy speaking in German)

- It's all yours, Von Limburger.

- Hello, Schultz, I wat you to...

Oh, is that you, Myrt?

(Daffy cheering)

(dramatic music)

(airplane whirring)

- Messerschmitts, a whole mess of Messerschmitts.

(gun shots)

(objects thudding)

A mess of Messerschmitts.

(Daffy laughs)

(airplane whirring)

(gun shots)

(engine sputtering)

- Ah, now try an duck this one, you duck.

Heil Hitler!

(cannon explodes)

(theatrical music)

(Hitler speaking in German)

(mallet thuds)

(Hitler wails)

- Our next cartoon comes to us from Walt Disney Studios

and was produced from the United States government

as a propaganda cartoon.

This cartoon is meant to encourage Americans

to pay their taxes,

so the money can be used to fight World War II.

One of the funny moments in the film

features Donald Duck punching a duck version of Hitler.

This cartoon also features a character

who would later become known as Scrooge McDuck.

Here's Donald Duck in "The Spirit Of '43."

- Pay day, pay day!

- [Narrator] Yes, pay day,

millions of dollars pouring into the hands

of the American worker.

Now in the mind of the average worker

lives two separate personalities.

One, the thrifty.

- Wait a bit, laddie,

you're gonna save a bit of that, aren't you?

- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.

- [Narrator] Often times idle money burns a hole

in your pocket, which brings out the other personality,

the spend thrift.

- Hey, big shoot, come on with me.

I'll show you how to spend your dough.

- [Donald] Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.

- I got a couple of good dates.

- Oh, boy.

- But laddie, I've got some better dates.

- [Narrator] Important ones too.

When every American should pay his or her income tax,

gladly and proudly.

This year, thanks to Hitler and Hirohito,

taxes are higher than ever before.

Will you have enough money on hand to meet your payments

when they fall due?

- Ah, we'll take care of that later.

Forget it, forget it.

- But you do not want to forget our fighting men, do you?

- No, sir.

- Then you have to start saving right away

to make your tax payments.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Listen, chump, spend it, it's your dough.

- Yeah, it's my dough.

- Aye, laddie, it's your dough, but it's your war too.

You must save for victory.

- What's money for?

Spend it.

Shoot the works.

- [Thrifty] Nay, nay, you must save it.

- Spend!

- Save!

- Spend! - Save!

- Spend, spend, spend! - Save, save, save!

Save!

(bell dings)

- [Narrator] Well, now what are you going to do?

Spend for the axis or save for taxes?

Just remember, every dollar you spend

for something you don't need,

is a dollar spent to help the axis.

That's right, and every dollar you sock away for taxes

is another dollar to sock the axis.

(Donald laughs)

For it is your taxes, my taxes, our taxes

that run the factories.

(whistle blowing)

American factories working day and night.

(metal clanking) (dramatic music)

Factories making guns, machine guns,

heavy tank guns, long range guns,

guns, guns, all kinds of guns.

(ship exploding)

To blast the aggressors from the seas.

(dramatic music)

(whistles blowing)

Taxes for American factories

working full blast making planes.

Bombers, dive bombers,

flying fortresses, interceptors,

to stalk the birds of prey that fly by night.

(gun shots)

(airplane exploding)

(dramatic music)

Taxes to bury the axis.

(whistles blowing)

Taxes, taxes for ships, battle ships,

battle cruisers, destroyers,

all kinds of battle wagons.

(submarine exploding)

Taxes to sink the axis.

Taxes to keep them flying, taxes to keep them rolling,

taxes to keep them coming,

taxes to beat to earth the evil destroyer

of freedom and peace.

(cannons exploding)

This is our fight, (patriotic music)

the fight for freedom.

Freedom of speech, of worship,

freedom from want and fear.

Taxes will keep democracy on the march!

♪ Let freedom ring ♪

- Our next World War II cartoon

features the debut of Tweety Bird.

Although originally, he was referred to as Orson.

In this cartoon, two hungry cats

known as Babbit and Catstello

want to eat Tweety for lunch.

Even though this cartoon mostly takes place on a farm,

it's evident that this is happening during World War II.

Here is the debut of Tweety in "A Tale Of Two Kitties."

- Hey, Babbit!

Babbit!

Oh, Babbit!

Cut it out, I don't wanna, I tell you.

I don't wanna do it.

I won't do it, okay, I won't do it, no!

- Wait a minute, wait a minute.

- No, I don't want no part of it.

- Listen, you wanna eat, don't you?

- Yeah, Babbit, I wanna eat.

I love to eat.

- Well then, go up and get the bird out of that nest

and we'll eat.

- But I don't wanna hurt no bird.

I like birds.

I'd go hungry first.

- What's the matter, fraidy cat?

This is only a tiny little bird.

- You mean a poor little dincy-wincy,

itsy-bitsy defenseless bird?

- Yes.

- Let me at him, let me at him!

I'll get him, Babbit!

Gangway, I'll murderize him!

Let me at him!

- Take it easy, take it easy.

- I'll show him.

Where's the get that stuff?

Don't hold me back, I'll get him.

I'll show him.

- Come on, quit your fooling.

Get up that ladder.

- Don't push me, Babbit.

Don't push me.

I'm scared to go up high.

I get height-rophobia.

No, I don't wanna go.

Don't push me.

You can't make me do it, you can't make me do it.

He did it. (whistles)

- Come on, stupid, get the bird.

(Catstello exclaims)

Give me the bird, give me the bird!

- If the Hays Office would only let me,

I'd give him the bird all right. (whistles)

(dramatic music)

(Orson babbles)

Babbit!

Babbit!

Oh, Babbit!

Hey, Babbit, look, stilts. (whistles)

Help, help, Babbit, here I go again!

Catch me!

Help!

Hey, I'm too young to die.

Help, save me, help!

Hey, how'd you get way up here?

Say, Babbit, are you sure this thing is gonna be okay?

- Of course, of course, everything's under control.

- Don't push me down in the box, Babbit.

Please don't do it, don't do it!

Hey, Babbit!

Oh, Babbit!

Babbit!

- What's the matter now?

- [Catstello] I'm afraid of the dark.

- Well, I'll let you out then.

(gentle music)

- I thought I saw a puddy tat.

I did, I saw a puddy tat.

(club thudding) (springs boinging)

(Catstello gargling)

(Catstello thuds)

Oh, the poor puddy tat,

he crushed his wittle head.

- Gee, Babbit, I'm just no good.

- Oh, the brakes were against you.

- I'm a flufferoo.

I can't even get the bird.

- Don't worry, you'll get it all right.

- You mean I'll get it in the end?

- Yeah, and you'll get a big bang out of it too.

(dynamite exploding)

- Well, that sure takes a load off of my mind.

(upbeat music)

(Catstello thuds)

Hey, cut it out.

Cut it out, pigeon, don't do that.

- This wittle pitty went to market.

- [Catstello] Babbit!

- This wittle pitty stayed home.

- [Catstello] Babbit!

- This wittle pitty has roast beef.

- [Catstello] Babbit!

- Well, what do you know, I ran out of pitties.

- Babbit, Babbit!

- Here, puddy tat.

(dramatic music)

(anvil whistling)

(anvil thudding)

(Babbit whistling)

- I'll save you.

Where are you?

Speak to me, speak to me.

(Catstello whistling)

Come on, stop your clowning.

What's the matter with you?

Aren't you ashamed?

- I don't know.

- Why do you do these things?

- I'm a bad pussy cat.

Oh, I just can't seem to get the bird.

It's no use.

- Don't worry.

- I can't do it.

- This will get you up there.

- [Babbit And Catstello] Contact!

Contact!

- Hey, Babbit, I'm a spitfire!

(Catstello spitting)

(Catstello whistles)

- Hello, FOG Interceptor Command?

I see an unidentified object flying around my wittle head.

(gun shots)

- Is there an insurance salesman in the house?

- Air raid, lights out, total black out.

Break it up, puddy tats, break it up.

Air raid, lights out, total black out.

- Hey, now's our chance.

Come on.

- Turn out those lights!

- Our next cartoon is another Merrie Melody.

But this does not star Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck.

The main character is a dimwitted dog

played by voice actor Pinto Colvig,

who also did the voice of Goofy for Walt Disney.

(dog laughing)

When he kisses a dog statue,

he's struck by lightning,

which he mistakes for thinking

that the female statue is in love with him.

- Wow!

- [Charles] He then has to content with a vicious guard dog.

Here is "Ding Dog Daddy."

(gentle music)

(birds laughing)

(dog sighs)

- Gosh, ain't love beautiful?

- Let's not get nosey, bud.

- Would you like to be my girl? (laughs)

- (laughs) No, I wouldn't like to be your girl.

(somber music)

- Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy,

she's a regular Hedy Lamarr. (laughs)

How about a little kiss there, beautiful?

(lightning buzzing)

Wow!

Gosh, can she kiss?

It's just like being struck by lightning.

(dog laughing)

(dramatic music)

Beware of vibish...

Vivacious...

Vicious dog.

Vicious dog?

Wow!

(dramatic music)

I've seen this done in a feature picture once.

(dog panting)

(dramatic music)

(dog speaking indistinctly)

(dogs spitting)

(vicious dog grumbling)

- I'll break every bone in your body.

(dramatic music)

(posts clanking)

(bubble pops)

(vicious dog thuds)

(head pounding)

(dramatic music)

(lightning buzzing)

- Wow!

She still loves me!

(dog laughing)

(upbeat music)

(dramatic music)

(metal clanking)

Daisy!

Daisy!

Daisy!

Daisy!

Daisy!

Daisy!

Daisy!

I guess I lost you Daisy and I'll never see you again.

(dog sobbing)

Daisy!

Oh, my Daisy, what have they done to you?

What have they done to you?

They changed you.

(bomb exploding)

Wow, she hasn't changed a bit.

(dog laughing)

- Our final World War II themed cartoon

technically came out before World War II,

but I'm including it anyway,

because it stars one of our favorite cartoon characters,

Popeye The Sailor Man.

In this cartoon, Popeye and his arch rival Bluto

decide they want to join the army

to impress Olive Oyl.

Here is Popeye The Sailor in "I'm In The Army Now."

- Sugar, give that guy the air.

- Oh yeah, I likes the air, and I've got her arm, see?

- Yeah, well, I'm going out with her, see?

- Oh, is that so?

Well, I asked her first.

- Ooh!

- Besides that, two's company and you're a crowd.

I guess she's going with herself.

- I'm crazy about a man in a uniform.

- [Popeye And Bluto] Would you like me

if I wore a uniform?

- Why, I'd just love you.

- [Popeye And Bluto] Whoa, let me at it!

I want to join up.

- I've only got room for one

and he's gotta be good.

- Well, that's me, brother.

- Yeah, that's me.

Take a look at this.

Just to give you an idea

of what a big star I was in the movies,

one of those big shots, you know?

(group laughing)

(gun shots)

(Bluto laughs)

Looking kind of quiet now.

Oh, a big shot, eh?

- It's kind of quiet around here, don't you think?

- Look at this, I'll make it a little exciting for you.

- What do you got there, sissy-parilla or something?

- Catch your eye on this. (gun shots)

And here's some more.

- I could do that with a trick gun myself.

- Oh yeah?

How do you like that, Colonel?

- Not bad.

- Oh, that's nothing.

Get a load of this, Colonel.

I played a duel role in this picture.

Whoa!

(upbeat music)

(triumphant music)

(swords clanking)

(Bluto exclaiming)

(swords clanking)

Pants slip! (chuckles)

(Colonel laughs)

- Very good. - You noticed, huh?

Whoa!

- If you think that's good, look at this.

That's the horse, yeah, and me,

you know, that's the horse.

(upbeat music)

Put your tootsies up here, baby,

and I'll give a nice, good pedicure.

There.

(Colonel laughs)

- Why, the man's weak.

Here's a little horse play I was in once too.

(upbeat music)

(Colonel laughing)

How was that?

- That's great.

- How'd you like to have that one?

Whoa!

- Why, I'm better than that one,

and this'll prove it.

Another one of my big scenes there, I'll show you that.

(Olive exclaims)

- Hey, come back with my girl.

Nobody's gonna take her for a ride and get away with it.

I paid a nickel too.

Whoa!

- Come up here and fight like a man.

- Stay right there.

Whoa!

(cart clanking)

Wow!

Hey, watch where you're going with that.

Whoa!

Heavy traffic here.

Whoa!

- [Bluto] There, Colonel, how do you like that?

(Colonel laughing)

- Yeah, but this is what followed.

- Let me see.

- Now this is where I do my stuff.

(upbeat music)

Just what I needed.

Let me at him!

(Popeye humming)

Wow!

- Oh, you're looking for more, hey?

Why you didn't get it clear?

- Oh yeah?

- Hey, hey, hey, let me down.

Let me down.

- Lamb you down?

I'll lamb you down.

Whoa.

Hold on to your seat.

(upbeat music)

(bell dinging)

I win, you lose.

(Colonel laughing)

- You're the man we want.

- Oh, thanks, Your Honor, thanks.

- He can't even carry a gun.

- Whoa!

- Fall in!

About face!

At ease!

(Bluto laughs)

(upbeat music)

- Company, attention!

Shoulder on, forward march!

Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right.

(Popeye babbling)

Company, dismiss.

(upbeat music)

- Oh, I love a man in a uniform.

Oh, Popeye!

♪ You know what I told you ♪

♪ I wanted a soldier ♪

♪ I'm Popeye The Sailor Man ♪

(pipe tooting)

- And there you have, that's our compilation

of the best World War II cartoons.

It just goes to show you

that even when the world is going through a terrible event

like a World War,

filmmakers can still find ways to entertain audiences

and take their minds off the stressful problems

in their lives.

Even if it is just for a few minutes.

I'm Charles Dewandeler.

Thank you for watching

"The Greatest Cartoons Of The Golden Era: Volume Four,"

and I hope to see you again soon.

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