Grab Your Socks
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Grab Your Socks is a 1963
animated short film made by King Features Syndicate
and stars Beetle Bailey
. The short centers on Sergeant Snorkel's obsession with being up early for an inspection by The Pentagon
.
Back in the barracks
, Sarge, Otto, and Beetle are winding and setting multiple alarm clocks. Beetle and Rocky complain of not having dinner or being able to watch a favorite TV show, which Sarge ignores. Eventually he calls for lights out, and orders Beetle closer to him as a third ear.
Before Beetle could even get his first boot off, Sarge is up yelling for everybody to get up, and Beetle has to calm him down. Sarge goes back to sleep, but a drop of water from the overhead pipes hits the frame of his bunk and he's up again yelling. After being calmed down by the rest of the platoon, he and they fall asleep again. A feather comes out of Rocky's pillow when his face hits it and floats over everyone's mouths as they snore, eventually coming to rest on Sarge's nose. Sarge hits his nose from the irritation, and is up yelling again. This time everyone is up begging for him to calm down. He finally does, and they all fall asleep for the rest of the night...
...and the morning. Due to the constant awakenings, they are all so tired that none of them hear a rooster crow or any of the alarm clocks go off, and are still alseep in their pajamas when Halftrack and Stonewall come in. Stonewall leaves declaring not to come back for about three years, and having been embarrassed in front of a four-star general from the Pentagon by them, Halftrack has the whole platoon arrested.
In the stockade
, the platoon is still sleeping, until Sarge is finally awaken when a guard's keys fall off his belt and clang to the floor. He yells, "Everybody up, up, up!" then realizes he is in jail, and Gen. Halftrack, who happened to be just outside the window Sarge poked his head through, tells him to go back to sleep and have "pleasant nightmares".
1963 in film
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City....
animated short film made by King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate, a print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5000 newspapers worldwide...
and stars Beetle Bailey
Beetle Bailey
Beetle Bailey is an American comic strip set in a fictional United States Army military post, created by cartoonist Mort Walker. It is among the oldest comic strips still being produced by the original creator...
. The short centers on Sergeant Snorkel's obsession with being up early for an inspection by The Pentagon
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
.
The plot
The short starts with General Halftrack getting a long awaited call from General Stonewall at the Pentagon. Stonewall would like to come down for a surprise inspection of Camp Swampy. Halftrack calls Sgt. Snorkel in, who already knows and plans to surprise them with an inspection.Back in the barracks
Barracks
Barracks are specialised buildings for permanent military accommodation; the word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes. Their main object is to separate soldiers from the civilian population and reinforce discipline, training and esprit de corps. They were sometimes called...
, Sarge, Otto, and Beetle are winding and setting multiple alarm clocks. Beetle and Rocky complain of not having dinner or being able to watch a favorite TV show, which Sarge ignores. Eventually he calls for lights out, and orders Beetle closer to him as a third ear.
Before Beetle could even get his first boot off, Sarge is up yelling for everybody to get up, and Beetle has to calm him down. Sarge goes back to sleep, but a drop of water from the overhead pipes hits the frame of his bunk and he's up again yelling. After being calmed down by the rest of the platoon, he and they fall asleep again. A feather comes out of Rocky's pillow when his face hits it and floats over everyone's mouths as they snore, eventually coming to rest on Sarge's nose. Sarge hits his nose from the irritation, and is up yelling again. This time everyone is up begging for him to calm down. He finally does, and they all fall asleep for the rest of the night...
...and the morning. Due to the constant awakenings, they are all so tired that none of them hear a rooster crow or any of the alarm clocks go off, and are still alseep in their pajamas when Halftrack and Stonewall come in. Stonewall leaves declaring not to come back for about three years, and having been embarrassed in front of a four-star general from the Pentagon by them, Halftrack has the whole platoon arrested.
In the stockade
Stockade
A stockade is an enclosure of palisades and tall walls made of logs placed side by side vertically with the tops sharpened to provide security.-Stockade as a security fence:...
, the platoon is still sleeping, until Sarge is finally awaken when a guard's keys fall off his belt and clang to the floor. He yells, "Everybody up, up, up!" then realizes he is in jail, and Gen. Halftrack, who happened to be just outside the window Sarge poked his head through, tells him to go back to sleep and have "pleasant nightmares".