Porky's Pooch

Porky's Pooch
Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	December 27, 1941
Run time	7:00
Starring	Mel Blanc Sara Berner
Producer(s)	Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	I. Ellis
Director(s)	Robert Clampett
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Porky's Pooch is the one hundred and sixty-first short in the Looney Tunes theatrical series. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on December 27, 1941. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Bob Clampett.

Detailed summary

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Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Rover	Mel Blanc
Porky Pig	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Termite Terrace
      • Porky's room

Music

The score was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 27, 1941

Behind the scenes

• The MPAA certificate number is 7517.
• This is the last short Bob Clampett directed under the "Katz" unit, which would be given tor Norman McCabe the same year. Clampett would continue directing cartoons using Tex Avery's former unit from that point onward.
• Some of the backgrounds used in the short are photographs of New York City and Los Angeles.
• The hotel Porky lives is named Termite Terrace, after the informal name given by Tex Avery's crew in reference to the Warner Bros. cartoon studio.
• The short entered the public domain in 1969 due to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts not renewing its copyright in time.

Legacy

• In 1947, Chuck Jones would direct a remake of this short entitled Little Orphan Airedale, which introduced the finalized character of Charlie Dog. Rover from the previous short is a prototype of Charlie.

Home availability

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