The Case of the Stuttering Pig

The Case of the Stuttering Pig
Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	October 30, 1937
Run time	7:45
Starring	Mel Blanc Billy Bletchger Shirley Reed
Producer(s)	Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Melvin Millar
Animation	Volney White
Director(s)	Frank Tashlin
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The Case of the Stuttering Pig is the ninety-fifth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 9, 1937. It was written by Melvin Millar, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Frank Tashlin.

Porky, Petuina and their siblings, who become the intended heirs of a recently deceased uncle, are suddenly targeted by a monster who wants to cheat out of their will.

Memorable quotes

Goodwill: You wouldn't think I was Lawyer Goodman now, would you? I'm going to get rid of those pigs and you can't help them either! You bunch of softies! Yeah, you in the third row! You big softie!

Goodwill: And as soon as I can get Porky and Petunia up here, I'll do away with all of you, like this! (imitates a slit throat) See? And if that guy in the third row comes up, I'll fix him too! You big cream puff!

Porky: G-g-gee, Petunia. I s-s-saw the most t-t-t-te-awful l-l-looking man. All b-b-big, and b-b-black, and big teeth, and g-g-great big, long b-b-black nose, and...

Porky and his siblings: Who did that?
Guy in the third row: Me!
Goodwill: Who are you?
Guy in the third row: I'm the guy in the third row, ya big sourpuss!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Patrick Pig	Unavailable
Peter Pig	Unavailable
Percy Pig	Unavailable
Portis Pig	Unavailable
Petunia Pig	Shirley Reed
Porky Pig	Mel Blanc
Lawyer Goodwill	Billy Bletcher
Solomon Swine	N/A
Guy in the third row (voice only)	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Lawyer Goodwill's estate

Objects

• Solomon's will
• Jekyll and Hyde Juice
• Milkshake machine

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 30, 1937

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on the Perry Mason film The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, which came out a few months before the short.
  • Although both films feature a lawyer character, the cartoon has no relationship to the Warner Bros. Perry Mason feature apart from the clever title.
• The MPAA certificate number is 3666.
• It is the first Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon to directly parody the Robert Louis Stevenson novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
• This is the only short that portrays Petunia Pig as Porky's sister. That aspect was never brought up again following the short.

Home availability

• In the United States: