Rookie Revue (1941)

A series of gags from Fort Nix, a military training camp.
Director: Isadore Freleng
Producer: Leon Schlesinger
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[@NorthernWisconsinandStuff]

The animators must have been veterans. The infantry man was eating soup with a fork. Spot on attention to detail.

[@animebrat76]

Ouch

[@DillardAlpaugh]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cocheeseknox7440]

That’s because he was eating potatoes.

[@titaniumdragon6719]

Scalloped potatoes

[@Shiro_47]

Not to mention there’s always one who can’t count off

[@RealEnerjak]

"suicide squad" Wow, Looney Toons was darker than I remember.

[@ThunderLizardsRule]

I thought they were eating prunes. ^^

[@Savagewolver]

Anti war and all that pre pearl harbor

[@morgansinclair6318]

Speaking of dark, how about that training substitute parachute?

[@hobomike6935]

It was always that dark Many episodes featured characters offing themselves when things don’t go right.

[@animebrat76]

@@hobomike6935 don’t forget Daffy Duck doing that death stunt where he drink nitroglycerin and a match to blow himself up

[@KW-gb9cd]

It's nice to see that the general didn't blame his mistake on the gunner; he's more ethical than any business manager.

[@TheAKgunner]

Shows just how bad a General he is. Isn’t immediately blaming a subordinate.

[@whitearabianhorses]

“I’m a bad general. . . 😩”

[@maxlucey3469]

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[@SlavicUnionGaming]

@@TheAKgunnerits better to admit than to deny

[@dandycrow2821]

Bob Iger should take note

[@dragowing1]

This cartoon was made to tell the American people that their soldiers Are not war ready and should not join WWII in Europe but the sad part is that in a couple of months Pearl Harbour happened and they end up in the war anyway.

[@Klaaism]

Majority of Americans were not for joining the war, seeing it as just more European nonsense. This plus a long isolationist policy had lead to vastly archaic armed forces. We didn't even have a decent armoured doctrine until the rush to modernise and build entire new armies.

[@turpasauna]

Very often nobody is ready for war. Finland certainly was not. We had even young girls doing their part, some of them kept a watch of planes (paired with adult women), some sewing special mittens for the troops. Preschool-aged girls would watch their younger ones, as adult women had their hands full.

[@user-zj4zz4un5z]

I hope people realize that it's going to repeat soon, and sooner than anybody wants

[@kos2919]

@@Klaaism lol, I remember that their early torpedoes were so bad many failed to detonate.

[@Marinealver]

​​@@kos2919 Dranchinifel did an episode on it.

[@molot_vepr_3089]

The machine gunners munching on their meals was the best part in my opinion.

[@pinecone9619]

Nick Wilde they're pretty accurate, don't you think?

[@molot_vepr_3089]

yep

[@tackofall2399]

Nick Wilde how did they predict how I eat?

[@emiliodibenedetto4654]

I loved you and Judy in Zootopia!

[@leexiong4692]

Nick Wilde I like how the bombers eat

[@123ElectricMonkey]

Prior to Pearl Harbor troops actually WERE training with trucks with TANK signs and 2x4’s for machine guns. The U.S. wasn’t at war but Britain was and lend lease was in full effect.

[@girl1213]

And yet it prepared the troops for that reality and showed civilians just how badly the military needed them to upgrade and supply them. The real irony

[@hotelmario510]

I love that this cartoon absolutely roasts the US military for no reason at all

[@SuomenJaakaripataljoona]

It actually makes sense in context

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

back in the day it was a honor to be joked about instead of being offended by everything.

[@doobzsalam1847]

@@sheilaolfieway1885 Nope this was made to convince Americans that their army was not ready and shouldn’t enter WW2 and lots of the real people they depicted such as chuck jones were in fact….offended

[@JackieOwl94]

It was made during a time where joining WWII was not at all popular, to make it clear that it wasn’t a good idea to join the war. Then Pearl Harbor happened less than a year later.

[@omegon2540]

Too bad they don't let that happen now

[@Dominic-ob1ei]

7:16 of course, you aimed at the general hq, that map was upside down the whole time! That one person: you'd be sooorryy! 163 likes?!?!?! Thx so much😭😭😭😭

[@roccolombard965]

Holy crap. That bugle player near the beginning was such a let-on. As a trumpet player, the way he exhales perfectly resembles how one would blow into a trumpet mouthpiece while playing. Makes it seem like he's a pro at it if he is doing it in his sleep. So assumptions start flowing once he wakes up. Is he going to blow down the tent? Knock down every other tent nearby? Is the cuckoo bird gonna just stuff its horn in his still sleeping face? But no, in true Looney Toon fashion they completely upend expectations and hit you with a curve ball from left field. Absolutely love this stuff.

[@lukethompson7970]

How I miss these cartoons

[@danielramos6325]

Same here 👍👍👍👍

[@bzibubabbzibubab420]

Bruh it's 1941

[@MrV902]

5:21 When you buy an "early access" game.

[@chrissherlock1748]

Good to see the gunners understood he meant longitude when he said lattitude

[@alexs3179]

........ "Parachute" being just a banner that says "Parachute".... Oooof. Yup. As the Grandson of a bomber technician, I was told one too many stories about men falling from high places, with a failed chute. And at the family BBQ no less.

[@sirawesomenessi1796]

My grandfather was a Canadian paratrooper. His broken elbow just before D-day due to a failed jump is why I’m here today 😂

[@elchicogore9517]

​@@sirawesomenessi1796The objective failed succesfully

[@lukethepotatoking]

Wasn't this cartoon to kinda nake fun of the fact that the United States was not at all ready for another war?

[@damackabet.4611]

Pretty much, think it was trying to get people to buy bonds or some shit, they made quite a few of these for various purposes.

[@edwinve4112]

​@@damackabet.4611 Actually this was made before the US entered on the war, so it aged quite badly.

[@animebrat76]

And look what happened later.

[@kos2919]

It was anti-war. US folks don't want to get involved in another world war and expect it to end like last time. They don't expect the Japanese

[@salsamancer]

This is (pre)war propaganda. It's supposed to boost morale and make soldiers feel easier about enlisting. To that end it's light hearted and funny

[@ge0arc244]

Been almost 50 years since I have seen this! I cannot believe I remember so much of it! WoW a Classic...

[@bowq9628]

Been almost 50 years….? Are we live in 1980-90s?

[@ge0arc244]

@@bowq9628 I watched this as a kid in the mid 1970's not back in the mid 1940's. This cartoon was OLD as HELL even back then. I was not alive back then so it was a rerun on TV, This should answer your question.

[@silverhawk7324]

How were the 1980s like?

[@yellowdevil9195]

5:00 they even showed the Gustav cannon

[@DieGurke_]

A bit small for the Gustav. Could he one of his 6 little brothers of the "Karl" Type. Karl was 600mm Shells. Gustav 800mm

[@johnclark3431]

" I better take the 16 dollars I better" Had me rolling 🤣

[@thezenitsufan1249]

In the mess hall the Infantry from left to right is Tex Avery, Henry Binder who was Leon Schlessinger's secretary and I believe the other one is Bob Clampett. As for the the bombers the one with black hair is Bob McKimson and the one with blonde hair is Chuck Jones, I'm not quite sure who the one with red hair is.

[@TheComedicProsthesecondone]

I believe he's meant to be Friz Freleng himself whom was a red-head

[@ipi2387]

@@TheComedicProsthesecondone a

[@theaccursedj.e.2723]

Thank you!!!

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

Wow, Thank You😮

[@derrickjustice3382]

Looking at the faces of the 'suicide squad', I think the balding one is either Friz Freleng or Mel Blank.

[@CloudColumncat]

The suicide squad joke ☠️

[@tristanbalolong4612]

I love how the Machine Gunners rapidly put beans or something in their mouth while the suicide squad eat Hash

[@SiegeTF]

Canadian here - what's the significance of the hash? I'm assuming it's corned beef? Is there some context I'm missing? According to Google Hash could mean using up leftovers, or dealing revenge. So are these vets being sent on a suicide mission, or is it a punishment detail?

[@elmerjfapp5730]

​@@SiegeTFshit on shingle, only for the suicidal

[@circleinforthecube5170]

i think it tastes so bad you'd wish you were dead@@SiegeTF

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

@@circleinforthecube5170 for a last meal, this sucks

[@hugovandyk9918]

​@@SiegeTFIt's a double play on the word. Hash has a lot of meaning depending on where you're from. I this case it's referencing 'hash', the drug, consumed by the original assassin's before a suicide mission. Then there's hash, in the original French it referred to chopped up leftover served as a second meal. In the army it either refers to a particular ration like corned beef as you imagined but it's a common name for iron rations and a number of soldier's dishes. Sadly for the Suicide squad this seems to be the second type of hash. Plus they're going to die.

[@jemo6401]

Old cartoons, crazy. We need more or these

[@luciannatodd7195]

5:30 R. I.P poor guy...

[@DragonXBird]

What a hell of a way to die.

[@georgeweaver9665]

relax…given this is technically Looney Tunes, off-screen he’ll most likely just be heavily flattened like a pancake with stars and chirping birds rapidly floating around his head.

[@elchicogore9517]

​@@georgeweaver9665With all the bones broken

[@georgeweaver9665]

@@elchicogore9517 my previous comment is really meant to be nothing more than just a mere joke.

[@elchicogore9517]

@@georgeweaver9665 Ik just adding something to it

[@billiebleach7889]

Army Headquarters. MANY MILES BEHIND THE LINES 😅😅😅

[@zeke3611]

good old days of cartoons so happy i still manage to see a few of classic on tv in early years of 98

[@azel12345]

日本が竹槍で戦闘機落とせと教わってる時、アメリカはこんな滑らかで素晴らしいエンタメつくってたのか、、、そら負けるわ

[@animebrat76]

I mean it’s thanks to Bambi that you guys have Astroboy, but I’m glad you guys are still around. Honestly much rather have the Japanese.

[@Stantex-vp3mo]

Not anymore, unfortunately...

[@LethalSaliva]

I haven't seen this since I was a child. But I remembered some of the scenes after all these years.

[@adandie364]

It's hard to believe these cartoon were out during war time

[@jamessandoval5843]

Nah. I get it. Like, there is so much silliness in the military that if you were in the military and saw this, it would truly crack you up. While there is clearly exaggeration here, there are things that are true - bad chow, that one dumb serviceman, infantry going on long marches (humps), the differences between job roles, bad leadership…this video was made pre-ww1 and I still get it despite having decided from 02’ - 2010. And anyone serving today would get it as well. Somethings just don’t change.

[@Rixoli]

As far as I know these were pre-ww1 kind've jabbing fun at the fact that the army just wasn't ready for the war and up until Pearl Harbor most Americans were anti-war. You had volunteers that left to fight in other armed forces or units like the Flying Tigers out in China but it wasn't until Pearl Harbor that Americans really got the sucker-punch they needed to wake up and smell the folgers so to speak.

[@stinkymccheese8010]

It’s too bad nobody wants to produce cartoons like this anymore.

[@jenniferstewarts4851]

you know, seeing the "army" using cars to train tankers didn't do justice to the reality. These people would have been training in falling apart French Renault-FT's (M1917 american made but still falling apart) which served from the end of ww1, to the 1930's.

[@BjBrainzel]

Why does old cartoons are better than new ones?❤

[@davidwesley2525]

@BjGamingGD Back in the 1930s , 1940s , & 1950s Animators & Writers were Much More Creative. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@animebrat76]

Because they knew actual comedy and didn’t give a damn about offending people

[@birbies]

@@animebrat76why does every moron on youtube think comedy is about being offensive and that thats somehow gone away? IASIP is STILL on air

[@K3ntucky123]

This one is more historical accuracy than Vanguard

[@coreymelo5962]

I watched this as a 19 year old in 1945. Man these was the best memories ever 🔥 Loved this cartoon. Good times. It was lit

[@Tattyelfa17]

The real suiced squad

[@greendude7650]

3:31 suicide squad? I'm pretty that didn't exist considering every battle during that time was a suicide mission.

[@Aesthetically_enlighting_u]

Next time try the train😂 4:25

[@HSimon1981]

Following close behind the camouflage troops

[@PanSearedRibeye68]

Poor parachute guy!

[@hoofie2002]

The US Army got a very nasty lesson from Rommel at Kasserine Pass that they were woefully unready to fight a battle hardened Wehrmacht. A lot of changes were made afterwards.

[@samnelson9038]

Forgot the Air Force didn't exist yet.

[@_Erinn_667]

I remember watching this bro in a hard drive

[@darrentylor5473]

How is it these soldiers have so much hair? They had us shaved down... These guys look like postmen, with guns... Love the camouflage troop

[@GraingyAircraft]

The headquarters getting hit genuinely made me wheeze

[@michaeltowslee4111]

That opening took me back to Saturday mornings when I was a kid. Thanks.

[@SasoSasori-]

The fact that people fuck up count offs since 1941. Holy shit.

[@poohbear1647]

So funny! I had to look up the jokes like “Bank Night”. Humor from 100 years ago!

[@winsaner]

5:30 if this happen on real lives, we wont have any parachutist troop left in the war

[@philipmurphy2]

Retro Cartoons is a great discovery on KZbin

[@elizadawne3896]

The first bugle player must have been an E-4. That some mafia stuff right there. The training with fake weapons is funny cause it’s still happens today. Rubber ducks anyone? Oh and we in the army can still not get the counting right.

[@lumena_]

I wish we could turn back time😢

[@raayaraujo6775]

Ey you already do, watch in yourself what do u feel when u watch this cartoons, feel the same in a "real time travel" enjoy it as it was now

[@lumena_]

@@raayaraujo6775 wise

[@sonicfanboy3375]

And experience WWII?

[@Thestraycat6]

@@sonicfanboy3375 hell yeah

[@Miki_big_red_machine]

1940s was worst trust me

[@chlorophyll6154]

When propaganda was awesome and not Rainbow

[@defencebangladesh4068]

My Childhood Used to watch on ETV & BTV

[@jakyloyjuan]

where are you from

[@defencebangladesh4068]

@@jakyloyjuan Bangladesh

[@user-zu7ec6bc2j]

That's like when I was at school I was glad when the lunch bell rang.

[@Wot_198]

2:46 FOOOOOOOD!!!!

[@flamespear86]

It's wild that the beginning of WWII the US still had actual horse mounted calvary. They were actually used in the Philippines well after most were disbanded and replaced with mechanized calvary in 1939.

[@thedarkwolfv7233]

I'm confused and puzzled by the suicide squad table. Was that actually a thing and why are they eating hash?

[@NotTheWheel]

As a vet it's good to know things haven't changed much no matter what era we're from. Seeing the Infantry boys all I can think is "Yeah that's infantry"

[@BiasedGuy123]

I still have this on vhs!

[@wyattrierson3967]

3:32 oh.

[@xxgunnsxgamingxx5901]

I had this on dvd 😂 my god the memories that just unlocked

[@MisanthropicOcellus]

Hey, does anyone know the name of the song that plays during the cavalry/infantry section. It's been driving me mad for years

[@LuciferXFallen290]

Probably reused music.

[@billiebleach7889]

Try Shazam

[@boxsterchen6499]

The song’s name is Garryowen, often associated with the 7th Cavalry Regiment. Sometimes the song is spelled Garyowen or Gary Owen.

[@jeffpotipco736]

Gary Owen.

[@birdwatchingwithdrrajasaur4410]

Ahhh! The nostalgia! (Laugh in Peter Lorre)

[@terranceippolito5061]

Plot twist. the Maps were Swapped and they tried to kill the General with Artillery.

[@sitiainalsahid7522]

This cartoon is older then my father

[@kaylabrownell1268]

I don't know but the smacking sound when they eating really grinds my gears.

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

Notice the error at 6:55 he says latitude twice instead of longitude and then latitude

[@matthewaldridge9305]

I think its funny that they believed that they would get up at 6 a.m.

[@WootTootZoot]

32 North by 58 West is in the middle of the ocean. If you go to 58 east, it's Iran.

[@ciriloparadisiakawining4684]

awesome

[@pedrogonzalocaballerotorre409]

Thanks!

[@Klonter77]

"I am a bad general 😔" - Bad General

[@gamingmoth4542]

3:40 When did this animation come out? I would assume WWII, but Horse Calvary had been made inadequate back in WWI because of the Machine Gun. I know that militaries still used horses for transportation and utility roles, but they had been mostly removed from combat.

[@Miki_big_red_machine]

1940s was the most badass decade 💀😳😤

[@marcosricardo5623]

Greetings from Brazil, good cartoon2

[@RiddlerQM]

Yo!!!!! I remember watching this as a kid! Wow, this feels like a long time ago lol.

[@jootan91]

yet you type like an edgy teenager.

[@Wesley_H]

It’s amazing how far the Red Army has come in 80 years.

[@alphaomega8373]

Just copy America.

[@utahraptor4729874]

This is the US Army?

[@zekiah2]

@@utahraptor4729874 yes but nowadays it’s infested with communist

[@spumatei]

The red army was a force to be reckoned with. Whatever the new government has turned it into is a shameful parody of its former self.

[@lostwizardcat9910]

@@utahraptor4729874 its a joke about modern Russia still using ww2 tactics in the Ukraine.

[@tom4150]

Hey the comments are on lol.

[@philipsnow3402]

I took the ice cream truck

[@QueenDeDe]

The camouflage troop is on point. 😭

[@victorhernandez5013]

Is it me or did the snoring in the beginning at first almost sound like the 20th Fox theme

[@sudokuacrobatics]

Yep exactly, it was an Easter egg

[@nachonachito8887]

The scene were the soldier are eating always cracked me up 😂

[@fabianiandrade290]

5:30 5:31

[@user-cq2tq4mi4r]

finally some cartoon’s

[@ChuEmmMeeChuEmmMee-ku4tm]

What meaning is Rookie Revue?

[@blofeld2430]

Meanwhile in Europe...

[@chrypko]

Are this in any streaming. My company block youtube, but we have a workaround for most of the streamings...

[@agab1994]

Terimakasih telah menemani masa kecil kami

[@torgman]

Who were the three guys at 3:01 supposed to be?

[@Alduin976]

2:57 my boy got some lungs on him, LIKE DAMN. He does not smoke thats for sure

[@Landontheengineer]

He said right face, and they faced left.

[@aprilquinn7404]

😂😂

[@TheeJohnnyBravo]

Thanks a lot Cartoon Network you were our way to relax each and every day, then you moved up to a premium channel, so now, we can't relax

[@Elcomalondelasierra]

That’s definitely some 92F and 88M right there

[@w.n.y_n.j.2584]

Lol 2:08 there is always one

[@Catnap13513]

Ppppppppppp ffffffff machine guns yeah the old times

[@Namkhingchannel]

I miss the cartoon

[@shanyan4715]

Who's watching this in 2024😢 👇🏻

[@peterbernow2562]

I am!

[@kingporoto500]

3:22 i noticed there’s a painting or a photoframe next to the bombers at the back, I wonder who that is

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

I sure wish they could've taken the train

[@kidkique]

I snore like that.... no lie... That same exact song

[@raayaraujo6775]

More like this plis, where?? Wubb lubba dub dub

[@taqqiyataqqiya902]

kenanganku terdahulu