December 09, 2004
Operation Pettycoat, McHale's Navy, and Humvee Armor
One of the running gags of WWII comedies is the lack of resources given to soldiers in times of war and the FUBAR nature of the requisition process. A classic example of this would be the 1959 Blake Edwards' film Operation Pettycoat. In that film Tony Curtis plays the charicature found in most WWII comedies: the scheming soldier who somehow manages to mix war-time profiteering with outmaneuvering the red-tape laden chain of command in getting critical supplies to his post. McHale's Navy would be the TV equivalent of this.
Well today the Commissar takes to task the MSM and left-blogosphere for forgetting that lack of resources in war is not something new. Something all of them would have realized had they been watching more WWII comedies.
Luckily, Michelle Malkin notes that the problem seems to be getting fixed. Now when are they gonna paint those Humvees pink?
UPDATE: McQ obviously isn't a big Blake Edwards fan.
By Dr. Rusty "John Doe" Shackleford at December 9, 2004 03:27 PM
Sorry. Comments down.....AGAIN!!!!
