Of Thee I Sting


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. Material was reused from the Private Snafu cartoon Target: Snafu. The short was released on August 17, 1946.
The title is a play on Of Thee I Sing.

Plot

In Target for Tonight-style, a narrator briefs the audience on a mosquito attack upon a hapless man enjoying a day on a screened porch. It goes from 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. Iris out.