The gremlin explains that the bomb must be hit "just right" in order to be made to explode and gets back to work. As he continues enjoying what he considers a hilarious joke, a little yellow humanoid wearing a large blue helmet with airplane wings scuttles by and begins striking the bomb's nose with a mallet, to the tune of " I've Been Working on the Railroad." It takes Bugs a few seconds to realize the reality of the situation, but shortly he asks the gremlin, "What's all the hub-bub, Bub?" He begins laughing uproariously, and turns to the audience to share what he is reading: an assertion that gremlins wreck American planes through diabolical sabotage (he pronounces those words "di-a-bo-lick-al saa-boh-tay-jee), a notion that Bugs finds ludicrous. Beneath those categories, a sign reads "What Men Think of Top Sergeant", the reply to which is covered with a large white-on-black "CENSORED!!", implying that the language of the men's reply is not suitable for the public (and would not pass scrutiny by the Hays Office).īugs Bunny is seen reclining on a piece of ordnance (a blockbuster bomb) idly reading Victory Thru Hare Power (a spoof of the 1942 book). Army Air Field", and below that is shown the location, the number of planes (which include C-45 Expeditors and a Douglas B-18 Bolo) and number of men, all marked "Censored" as a reference to military secrecy. This cartoon opens with the title credits over the strains of “ Down by the Riverside”, then into an extended series of establishing shots of an Army Air Force base, to the brassy strains of “We’re in to Win” (a World War II song also sung by Daffy Duck in Scrap Happy Daffy two months before). The film's finale explicitly refers to wartime rationing in the United States. The setting is a base of the United States Army Air Forces. In this film, Bugs Bunny tries to prevent the wrecking of an American military aircraft by a gremlin. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett.
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