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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]
Porky Pig lights candles on a birthday cake while singing and stuttering, 'Happy Birthday' to himself. Someone rings the doorbell. Porky looks to the left while his dog, Black Fury, steals a bit of cake. Porky opens the door, and the mailman knocks on Porky's head twice. He tells Porky he received a package from his uncle, Pinkus.
The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts released by Warner Bros. feature a range of characters which are listed and briefly detailed here. Major characters from the franchise include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester the Cat, the Tasmanian Devil, Tweety, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, and ...
Porky's Romance (April 3, 1937) - The last time Joe Dougherty voiced Porky, first appearance of Petunia Pig. (Frank Tashlin) [ 4 ] Porky's Duck Hunt (April 17, 1937) - This is the first short in which Porky was voiced by Mel Blanc ; the first appearance of Daffy Duck ; and the first cartoon of Porky with the current design.
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.
Freleng's 1947 cartoon Tweetie Pie was the first pairing of Tweety Bird with Sylvester, and the Bob Clampett-directed Kitty Kornered (1946) was Sylvester's first pairing with Porky Pig. He also appears in a handful of cartoons with Elmer Fudd , such as a series of three cartoons underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation extolling the ...
Petunia was introduced by animator Frank Tashlin in the 1937 short Porky's Romance. [16] The film is arguably a parody of Mickey's Nightmare, a 1932 Walt Disney cartoon; whereas Mickey Mouse dreams of a marriage made difficult by dozens of annoying kids, Porky's nightmare-marriage also involves a scornful Petunia treating him badly.
Blanc would take on the role regularly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, supplying Elmer's voice for new footage in The Bugs Bunny Show (while Smith voiced the character in the commercials until 1965 when Blanc took up the role full time), The Porky Pig Show, compilation feature films and similar TV specials, as well as some all-new specials.