Of Thee I Sting
1946 film
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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.[1] The short was released on August 17, 1946.[2]
by Frank Tashlin
| Of Thee I Sting | |
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| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Based on | Target Snafu by Frank Tashlin |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Ken Champin Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Virgil Ross |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Terry Lind |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7 minutes 6 seconds |
| Language | English |
Much of the material was reused from the Private Snafu cartoon Target: Snafu.[3] The title is a play on Of Thee I Sing.
Plot
In Target for Tonight-style (a diagram of the target is actually stamped "Target for Tonight" by an officer mosquito), a narrator briefs the audience on a mosquito attack upon a hapless man enjoying a day on a screened porch. It goes from (under)ground school to field training against "enemy" countermeasures such as insecticides and swatters, takeoffs from improvised "aircraft carriers" made from a sardine can with a cigarette lighter as its superstructure and other military weapons.
The mosquitoes return to their bases after a successful mission, to the strains of the theme song of the film Captains of the Clouds. As they approach an aircraft carrier, they are misled into a swamp by a cross-eyed mosquito who is the signalman on the flight deck.
Home media
The short will be available on disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray set.[4]