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18 January 1941 (USA) morePlot:
A picnic; no humans in sight. Both the red and black ant colonies spot it at the same time. Their scouts get into a fight over the first olive... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
War...what is it good for? Cartoons, that's what! moreCast
(Cast) | Mel Blanc | ... | Black Ant / Red Ant Captain / Black Ant General (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Kent Rogers | ... | Red Ant, Red Ant General (voice) (uncredited) |
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[first lines][the black ant and the red ant are fighting over an olive]
Black Ant: Oh, no you don't.
Red Ant: Oh, yes I do.
Red Ant: Oh, no you don't.
Red Ant: Oh, yes I do.
Black Ant: Oh, no you don't.
Red Ant: Oh, yes I do.
Black Ant: You don't!
Red Ant: I do!
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One of the many one-shot cartoons released by Warner Bros. but not well remembered - it only recently got released as part of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 - "The Fighting 69 1/2th" portrays two groups of ants who go to war over a picnic blanket. Well, that's more justifiable than launching a war against a sovereign country just to gain control of its resources. The formic armies use pieces of food as weapons; that's better than nuclear weapons, right? The attempted negotiations don't go so well; not even Sergio Vieira de Mello could have helped these ants.
Long story short, wars fought by cartoon characters look much more pleasant than wars turn out to be in real life. Friz Freleng's cartoon - stripped of its opening credits in the Blue Ribbon reissue - is pretty entertaining. Not a masterpiece, but worth seeing.