Private McGillicuddy gets lectured on drinking water.
While Private Snafu is a far better remembered cartoon series produced during the Second World War, and his cousin, Seaman Tarfu is known to cartoon lovers, I was surprised to discover that McGillicuddy was produced and directed by Hugh Harman for the Navy: specifically for the Marines who found themselves at this time on remote Pacific islands. With a series of cartoons about how not to come down with various diseases, and partial animation, they are as good as Snafu and family; however, Mel Blanc's sarcastic narration is amusing, and the limited animation explained by having to produce these fast, as the focus of the war shifted from Europe to the South Pacific.
Given the circumstances, pretty good.
While Private Snafu is a far better remembered cartoon series produced during the Second World War, and his cousin, Seaman Tarfu is known to cartoon lovers, I was surprised to discover that McGillicuddy was produced and directed by Hugh Harman for the Navy: specifically for the Marines who found themselves at this time on remote Pacific islands. With a series of cartoons about how not to come down with various diseases, and partial animation, they are as good as Snafu and family; however, Mel Blanc's sarcastic narration is amusing, and the limited animation explained by having to produce these fast, as the focus of the war shifted from Europe to the South Pacific.
Given the circumstances, pretty good.
