Of Thee I Sting (1946)
- Directed by
- Friz Freleng
- Genre
- animation, comedy, family
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A parody of World War II documentaries uses a mosquito's perspective to satirize military training and propaganda. The cartoon mixes reused animation from earlier short films with a comedic narration mocking the genre.
satiricalzanyfast-pacedmock-heroicwrynostalgicplayful
What happens
Of Thee I Sting is a 1946 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng, written by Michael Maltese and narrated by Robert C. Bruce that is a parody of World War II documentaries. The short was released on August 17, 1946. Much of the material was reused from the Private Snafu cartoon Target: Snafu. The title is a play on Of Thee I Sing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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