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A Corny Concerto is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Bob Clampett. [4] The short was released on September 25, 1943, and stars Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck.
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.
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]
Its story centers on Daffy Duck and Porky Pig as they try to save the Earth from an alien invasion. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 11, 2024, and is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States by Ketchup Entertainment on February 28, 2025.
[1]: 204 [2]: 430 The cartoon was directed by Arthur Davis and stars Porky Pig. The title is a play on the song " Bye Bye Blackbird ". It is the final Looney Tunes entry directed by Davis before his animation unit was dissolved by Warner Bros and also a rare example of a Warner Brothers short in which a character (apparently) dies without a ...
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.
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.
Scaredy Cat is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. [2] The short was released on December 18, 1948, and stars Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat. [3]