Porky's Prize Pony

Porky's Prize Pony is the one hundred and fifty-fourth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on June 21, 1941. It was written by Rich Hogan, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Chuck Jones.

A clumsy horse attempts to become a steed for Porky, who aims to get his prize entry for the big steeplechase.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Porky Pig's Stables
    • Horse racetrack

Objects

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1941 (MCMXLI).

Aftermath

A colorized version of this short was produced during the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts era in the late 1960s, in order to make it appealing to contemporary viewers. Like a majority of black-and-white WB cartoons produced between 1935 to 1943, it was sent to be Color Systems Inc. (led by Fred Ladd), and was retraced from a 16mm film master by the Sunset Productions library. 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, which was outsourced to CST Entertainment, Inc. in the early 1990s. 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: June 21, 1941 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The MPAA certificate number is 6746.

Errors

• In the version used in the Porky Pig 101 DVD, the soundtrack from a 1990s television print plays over the opening titles, which uses the "Porky Signature" theme from Porky's Railroad instead of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" theme.

Critical reception

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 19 2017: Warner Archive Collection releases Porky Pig 101 on DVD.

References