Porky's Hired Hand
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| Production company | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | November 30, 1940 |
| Run time | 7:00 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music composed by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Story by | Dave Monahan |
| Animation | Richard Bickenbach |
| Director(s) | Robert Clampett |
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Porky's Hired Hand is the one hundred and forty-fifth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on November 30, 1940. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Friz Freleng.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Porky: Now, w-w-w-what did I tell you do?
Gregory: You said, "keep your eyes open and watch out for that fox. He's been gettin' too much of my chickens lately. He's a sly devil. He is and," uh... And, uh...
Porky: And d-d-d-don't go to sleep.
Gregory: Yup, yup, yup! Don't go to sleep. Huh-huh-huh-huh-huh!
Fox: Get me outta here! Get me outta here! DON'T JUST STAND THERE! DO SOMETHIN'!
Gregory: Keep cool, partner, keep cool. I'll get you out!
Porky: Wh-wh-what's going on there!?
Gregory: The fox is in there!
Porky: The fox? D-d-d-don't get him away! Here, y-y-you hold the gun. I'll open the d-d-d-d-d-door. Y-y-y-you get him when he c-c-c-comes out. Ready? Ok-k-k-k...
(Porky opens the incubator room, only to see a miniaturized version of the fox)
Fox: Look what you've done to me! A fine thing! Just look at me, just look at me! I'm a ruined man! You'll hear my lawyer about this!
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Porky's farm
- United States
Objects
Vehicles
- None
Production
Filming
Aftermath
As with a majority of black-and-white WB cartoons produced between 1935 to 1943, a colorized version of this short was outsourced by Color Systems Inc. in the late 1960s. However, due to a low budget and time constraints, every other frame was only redraw, leaving only half of the cartoon's frame rate.[1][2]
Another colorized version was made in the early 1990s, which was outsourced to CST Entertainment, Inc. Computer software was used to color the print without losing quality of the original.[2]
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: November 30, 1940
Behind the scenes
- The fox shares a strong vocal resemblance to Bugs Bunny, who officially debuted a few months ago in A Wild Hare.
Errors
- On the Porky Pig 101 DVD set, the audio from Porky's Tire Trouble was instead used for the title card.
Legacy
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- September 19, 2017: Warner Archive Collection releases Porky Pig 101 on DVD.
References
- ↑ Justin. (October 25, 2019) "50 Years of Colorized Looney Tunes". The Delbert Cartoon Report. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Looney Tunes (1936-1943)". The Colorized Cartoon Database. Retrieved from original on September 19, 2015.
