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Porky Pig is a cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts featuring the character. [2]
You Ought to Be in Pictures is a 1940 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short film directed by Friz Freleng. [1] The cartoon was released on May 18, 1940, and stars Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.
Since this cartoon is set in 1492, Porky Pig is the star of the short as Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. himself with a song at the title card. The short begins with the 1492 text zooming and forming smoke with the announcer saying that the astronomers thought "the world was flat as a pancake" with a sign on top, located not too far from Saturn.
Naughty Neighbors is a 1939 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short, directed by Bob Clampett. [1] The short was released on October 7, 1939. [2] It features Porky Pig as the leader of the McCoy clan and Petunia Pig as the leader of the Martin clan. [3]
Swooner Crooner is a 1944 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. [2] The short was released on May 6, 1944, and stars Porky Pig. [3]The cartoon was nominated for the 1944 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons), but lost to the Tom and Jerry cartoon Mouse Trouble.
I Haven't Got a Hat is a 1935 animated short film, directed by Isadore Freleng for Leon Schlesinger Productions as part of the Merrie Melodies series. [1] Released on March 2, 1935, the short is notable for featuring the first appearance of several Warner Bros. cartoon characters, most notably future cartoon star Porky Pig.
Porky Pig (voiced by Mel Blanc) attempts to learn the Pledge of Allegiance but becomes bored and falls asleep. In his dream, Uncle Sam (voiced by John Deering) comes to life and teaches Porky about history from Colonial America through the midnight ride of Paul Revere (voiced by Tedd Pierce) and the American Revolutionary War to the expansion of the American Old West, briefly alluding to ...
The Wearing of the Grin was the final cartoon featuring Porky Pig as the only major recurring character. Porky had been Warner Bros. animation's first major star until he had been supplanted first by Daffy Duck (a phenomenon that was foreshadowed in film form in Friz Freleng’s You Ought to Be in Pictures), and later by Bugs Bunny.