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Laughs go to the frontlines in Wacky Blackout (1942) — a zany Looney Tunes short filled with hilarious gags, blackout drills, and wartime satire. Released during WWII, this cartoon is a brilliant example of how animation brought humor and morale to a serious time in history.

📽️ Plot Summary:
Set on a bustling farm during a wartime blackout, this short is packed with animal antics, patriotic puns, and wartime parodies. From singing pigs to baby fireflies with helmets, it’s a surreal slice of 1940s cartoon comedy.

🕰️ Year Released: 1942
🎭 Genre: Comedy, Animation, Wartime Satire
🎬 Produced by: Warner Bros.
🎨 Style: Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies

🎯 Why Watch It?
✔️ A historical gem from the World War II animation era
✔️ Classic Looney Tunes humor with a patriotic twist
✔️ Iconic wartime animation style
✔️ Part of the wartime cartoon collection now in the public domain

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🌑🦆 Wartime goes wacky in Wacky Blackout (1942) — a farm full of laughs, music, and patriotic fun during the blackout!
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Transcript
00:00The End
00:30Howdy folks
00:35You know I reckon a lot of you people out there are sort of wondering about us here on the farm during this war
00:42Well, I want you to know that we're prepared for any emergency
00:47Yes sir, just like the city folks
00:49Now take this farmer here
00:52While he's heard and read about them there incendiary bombs
00:56You know what he's done?
00:57He's even trained his pet dog to help put out the fires
01:00Here's his dog just about to go into action
01:03He's a full-blooded spitz
01:05Now take this here cow for instance
01:15Why, you know she's increased her production
01:18And she's now given 5,000 quarts of milk a day
01:22That seems like a lot of milk, but 5,000 quarts is what she gives
01:26Gives nothing?
01:28They come in and take it from me
01:32What a performance
01:37Well, look who's here
01:40It's old Tom
01:42You know, old Tom is about the oldest cat in these here parts
01:46Yes sir
01:47Why, he's been around for the last three wars
01:50And he knows that this one will turn out all right too
01:53Let's see now, would you look at that
01:59A teeny little woodpecker
02:01Now I bet you I know what he's aiming to be when he grows up
02:05I reckon he plans to be a riveter at Lockheed
02:09You know, we American people always sort of look forward to Thanksgiving
02:33And this year is certainly no exception
02:36This year turkey is getting fattened up
02:39Yes sir, he's getting lots to eat
02:41And you know what
02:43When he reaches 20 pounds, he'll be ready for the oven
02:4620 pounds?
02:48Well, oven
02:49You know, these turtle eggs, they've been laying around in the sun for quite a spell
03:01And, well, what do you know
03:03Looks like they're getting ready to hatch
03:04I do to the end
03:09Well, as I was saying, these little turtles are born with a natural bomb-proof shelter on the backs
03:16Ain't that cute?
03:17What in the world has come over that?
03:32Hey, little fella
03:34What do you think you are?
03:37Beep, beep
03:37I'm a jeep
03:38Jeep, jeep
03:39Well, now that we're back on the farm
03:47Let's sort of peek in on a young fella who's a court in this, sweetie
03:52Oh, Maria Elena
03:55Would you be my, uh, uh
04:00Would you like, uh, uh, no, no, no
04:04Would you be my, uh, uh, uh, oh
04:08Gosh, I wish there was a blackout
04:11Oh, uh, uh, oh
04:14Blackout!
04:19Oh, boy
04:20Oh, boy
04:22Oh, boy
04:24Blackout!
04:27Blackout!
04:29I just don't know what has come over the caterpillars
04:32Just seem to lay around and look blonde
04:35Well, would you look at that little fella
04:43He sure looks happy, don't he?
04:46Happy?
04:47Of course I'm happy
04:48I just gotta retread
04:50These little fireflies here
04:55Are gonna stage a practice blackout
04:57Looks like they're set to go
04:59Okay
05:00Lights out
05:02Hey there, turtle
05:06You better pull into your shelter
05:08It's a blackout
05:09Nope, I did
05:10Nothing out
05:11Pull your head in
05:12That's better
05:13Why in the world didn't you want to go into your shell?
05:17Well, uh, I'm afraid of the dark
05:21All right, fireflies
05:24Blackout's over
05:26Hey, you
05:29You on the end?
05:30Yes, you
05:32What happened to your light?
05:37Hey, who's the bulb snatcher?
05:40Who's the bulb snatcher?
05:46Did you ever see a prettier sight than this here mother bird?
05:50She is a-teaching her little son how to fly
05:53It's very easy, darling
05:55Just flap your wigs like this
05:58See?
06:06Come on now
06:07Do as mommy did
06:09I'm, uh, I wanna be a dive bomber
06:12I guess about the only living creatures that haven't been affected by the war are the famous swallows of Capistrano
06:26Yes, sir
06:28As you all know, these here birds return to the mission on a certain day each year
06:34And we're here just in time to see them come back
06:38They'll be along any minute now
06:41Telegram for the audience
06:44What does it say?
06:46It says here
06:46We are out over the ocean
06:49Can't even get close to land
06:51We can't fly to Capistrano
06:53Pass the fourth interceptor command
06:55Signed to Swallows
06:56Now, you folks all know how valuable carrier pigeons is in wartime
07:01I dood it
07:07As I was saying
07:11About them there carrier pigeons
07:14Well, now this proud couple is famous around these parts
07:18During the last war, they gave more sons to the service than was ever thought possible
07:25Well, more
07:27We did it before
07:29And we can do it again
07:31And we will do it again
07:33That's all, folks
07:57Thank you
08:08Thank you

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