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Writer:
Jack Miller (story)
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Release Date:
18 January 1941 (USA) more
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Plot:
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 synopsis
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War...what is it good for? Cartoons, that's what! more (3 total)

Cast

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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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Directed by
Friz Freleng  (as I. Freleng)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jack Miller  story

Produced by
Leon Schlesinger .... producer
 
Original Music by
Carl W. Stalling (uncredited)
 
Film Editing by
Treg Brown (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Treg Brown .... sound effects editor (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Gil Turner .... animator
Ken Champin .... animator (uncredited)
Gerry Chiniquy .... animator (uncredited)
Manuel Perez .... animator (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Carl W. Stalling .... musical director
Milt Franklyn .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Fighting 69 1/2th (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
7 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Quotes:
[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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Movie Connections:
Spoofs The Fighting 69th (1940) more
Soundtrack:
William Tell Overture more

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War...what is it good for? Cartoons, that's what!, 3 November 2008
7/10
Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

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.

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