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 a chicken named Prissy to lay an egg, the other hens play a practical joke on her by writing her name on one of the other hen's eggs. But when Prissy thinks she really did lay an egg, Porky decides to send it to market, leading her to protect it at all costs.

Memorable quotes

Porky: Eh-P-P-P-P-Prissy?
Prissy: Yeeesss?
Porky: Wh-wh-why wouldn't you lay an egg? Why, why, why, why, why!?
(Prissy whispers on Porky's ear)
Porky: Embarrassing!?
Prissy: Yes?
Porky: Th-th-there's nothing embarrassing about a hen laying an egg. And you better lay one or it's your neck. Y-you understand?
Prissy: Yes...
Porky: (to audience) I'll g-give her the old needle once in the while... He-he-he-he-he-he...

Police officer: C'mon down here, Pretty Boy. We've got you surrounded.
Pretty Boy: Go on, you blue-coated schmoes!
Police officer: Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will never hurt us!
(a fight breaks between the officers and Pretty Boy)
Prissy: Goodness, that nice man! Fighting to protect my egg.

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

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Porky Pig	Mel Blanc
Agnes	Bea Benaderet Mel Blanc (clucking)
Pauline	Bea Benaderet Mel Blanc (clucking)
Miriam	Bea Benaderet Mel Blanc
Prissy	Bea Benaderet Mel Blanc (clucking)
Daphne	Bea Benaderet
Housewife	Bea Benaderet
Police officer #1	Mel Blanc
Pretty Boy Bagle	Mel Blanc
Police officer #2 (voice only)	Mel Blanc
Prissy's daughter	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Porky's farm
    • Pretty Boy Bagle's hideout

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 housewife who appeared in this short strongly resembles Marsha in the late 1954 Robert McKimson short, Wild Wife.
• Prissy's voice fluctuates between Bea Benaderet and Mel Blanc depending on the scene; Benarderet for some of the lines, and Blanc for her clucks and some lines near the end of the short.

Legacy

• Miss Prissy would appear again in various Foghorn Leghorn cartoons, beginning from the 1951 Looney Tunes short Lovelorn Leghorn, and up until her final classical appearance in the 1961 Merrie Melodies cartoon Strangled Eggs.

Home availability

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