Friday, July 30, 2021

Toons You MIght've Missed: Seaman Tarfu in The Navy (1946)

 A year after the end of World War II, the Army commissioned animators Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising, who'd bolted Warner Bros. for MGM years earlier to produce a post-war Private Snafu short. What they did was transform Snafu into "Seaman Tarfu", reassigning the private to the Navy. While Tarfu remains silent, Mel Blanc provides most, but not all of the voices:


The running gag of the sailor pursuing an attractive blonde would suggest Tex Avery's involvement, but no credits are available.

Rating: B.

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