An Egg Scramble

An Egg Scramble
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	May 27, 1950
Starring	Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Phil DeLara Rod Scribner J.C. Melendez Emery Hawkins Charles McKimson
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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An Egg Scramble is the three hundred and twentieth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on May 27, 1950. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.

When Porky orders Miss Prissy to lay an egg, the other hens play a practical joke on her by writing her name on one of the other eggs. But when Prissy thinks she really did lay an egg, she wants to keep it.

Memorable quotes

Porky: Well, well, well... You WERE P-P-Prissy's egg all along, weren't you?
Prissy Jr: Hehehehehehehehe... Yeeesss...

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Porky Pig	Mel Blanc
Miss Prissy	Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet
Prissy Jr.	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Porky's farm

Objects

• Miss Prissy's egg
• Tear gas bomb

Vehicles

• Egg delivery truck
• Police cars

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Cornett Wood
• Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: May 27, 1950

Behind the scenes

• It was originally shown alongside the Western film Colt .45
• The title is a pun on "scrambled eggs".
• The working title was "Scrambled Yeggs", which was also a pun on "scrambled eggs".
• The house maiden who appeared in this short strongly resembles Marsha in the late 1954 Robert McKimson short, Wild Wife.

Legacy

• This cartoon marks the official debut of Miss Prissy, who would appear again in various Foghorn Leghorn cartoons starting from the 1951 short, Lovelorn Leghorn, and up until her final classical appearance in 1961's Strangled Eggs.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 25, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 on DVD.