• 7 years ago
7 mins | Animation, Comedy, Short , Family | August 1943 (USA)

The first of the Mr. Hook cartoon series, his main purpose was to sell war bonds. Hook is set a decade in the future, and he is telling his young son about his exploits during the war and how war bonds helped him defeat an evil Japanese pilot who was trying to attack the fleet.

Director: Shamus Culhane (uncredited)

Writer: Hank Ketcham

Star: George O'Hanlon
Transcript
00:30♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
01:00oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:06Ow!
01:12What's the matter, Pop?
01:13Did I scare ya?
01:16Del...
01:18Of course not!
01:19I'm not afraid of gun.
01:21Why, I shot down Zero without a gun.
01:25You did?
01:29It was back in 1943, when I was aboard a flattop in the Pacific.
01:37I was on an important assignment for the skipper.
01:59I was on an important assignment for the skipper.
02:19Hey, you guys! Hit the deck and man your plane! There's a Jap overhead!
03:29Be a hero. Down a zero with war bonds.
03:38Think the rising sun with war bonds as your gun.
03:42War bonds are ammunition.
03:44Ammunition?
03:59War bonds are ammunition.
04:29War bonds are ammunition.
04:31Ammunition.
04:59War bonds are ammunition.
05:01Ammunition.
05:03War bonds are ammunition.
05:05Ammunition.
05:07Ammunition.
05:09Ammunition.
05:11Ammunition.
05:13Ammunition.
05:15Ammunition.
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05:25Ammunition.
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06:01Ammunition.
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06:25Ammunition.
06:27Ammunition.
06:29And our war bonds not only helped win the war,
06:31but they paid for our home,
06:33our new furniture, our plane,
06:35and as a matter of fact,
06:37if it wasn't for our war bonds,
06:39you wouldn't be here.
06:41Huh. That ain't the way I heard it.
06:43That ain't the way I heard it.

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