Of Thee I Sting

Of Thee I Sting
Directed byFriz Freleng
Story byMichael Maltese
Based onTarget Snafu
by Frank Tashlin
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byKen Champin
Gerry Chiniquy
Manuel Perez
Virgil Ross
Layouts byHawley Pratt
Backgrounds byTerry Lind
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 17, 1946 (1946-08-17)
Running time
7 minutes 6 seconds
LanguageEnglish

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ Shull, Michael S.; Wilt, David (2004). Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939-1945. McFarland & Co. p. 78. ISBN 978-0786415557.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 170. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  4. ↑ "Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray". Blu-Ray.com. July 9, 2026. Retrieved July 16, 2026.


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