Milk and Money

Milk and Money
Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	October 3, 1936
Run time	8:06
Starring	Joe Dougherty Billy Bletcher (all uncredited)
Producer(s)	Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation	Charles Jones Virgil Ross
Director(s)	Fred Avery
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Milk and Money is the seventy-eighth short of the Looney Tunes theatrical series. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 3, 1936. It was produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Tex Avery.

When Porky's father is threatened to have his farm taken away from him, his son tries to find a way to get the money needed for it to stay.

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Memorable quotes

Mr. Viper: If you don't the money by tomorrow at 3 o'clock, I'll take the farm... He'll never make it!

Mr. Viper: Hmm, tis one minute until three... I've got him going!

Mr. Viper: Curses...! I'm sunk...

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Phineas Pig	Joe Dougherty
Porky Pig	Joe Dougherty
Dobbin	Unavailable
Hank Horsefly	N/A
Mr. Viper	Billy Bletcher
Milk company CEO	Unavailable

Organizations

• Fuller-Water Milk Co.

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Porky and Phineas' farm
    • City
    • Race track

Objects

• Milk bottles
• Reward money

Vehicles

• Mr. Viper's horse carriage
• Fuller-Water Milk carriage

Production

Filming

The short was copyrighted in 1936 (MCMXXXVI).

Music

The score was composed by Carl W. Stalling. main title theme is an original song titled "Porky's Signature," which was also composed by Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 3, 1936

Behind the scenes

• The title is a reference to "milk and honey" (a phrase referring to prosperity and abundance) and "milk money" (small amount of money made for steady reliable income).
• The MPAA certificate number is 2581.
• At the end, when Mr. Viper is knocked out, a variation of the "That's all folks!" title appear as it gets written in front of him.
• When this short aired on Cartoon Network, a small scene of several Black stable hands leading the horses at the race was removed, due to the implied use of blackface.

Errors

• N/A (?)

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 30, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 on DVD.
  • September 19, 2017: Warner Archive Collection releases Porky 101 on DVD.