Porky's Railroad

Porky's Railroad
Directed byFrank Tashlin
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Starring
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byJoe D'Igalo
Robert Bentley
Color processBlack and White
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 7, 1937 (1937-08-07)
Running time
7:14
LanguageEnglish

Porky's Railroad is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin.[1] The short was released on August 7, 1937, and stars Porky Pig.[2]

Plot

Porky and his 2-2-2 typed locomitive (#131⁄2 "Toots" ) travel the 15th Century Unlimited and endure a larger locomotive and stubborn bull who crosses the tracks.[3]

Production notes

In the scene in which Porky pulls the bull's tail, some of his speech is garbled. When played backwards, however, Porky's words here are "...Toots old gal, d-d-don't pop your b-b-b-b...".[4]

When a woodpile is knocked over there is a brief view of a caricatured black man, a derogatory visual reference from the cartoonists to the then commonly used term "a nigger in the woodpile". During the race, Porky runs his train over the top of a boat called the 'S.S Leon', a gag dedicated to the cartoon's producer Leon Schlesinger. Also, the Morse Code heard is a message to write "QST QSL Leon Schlesinger Hollywood picture of Porky"[5]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 60. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ The Looney Tunes Show - Season 3 Episode 4: Porky Pig's Feat/Porky's Railroad - Metacritic
  4. ^ Porky's Railroad (1937) - Hidden Audio by CCCartoons on YouTube
  5. ^ Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America - Google Books (pg.43)