Porky in Wackyland (1938)

Director:

Robert Clampett

Writers:

Release Date:

24 September 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Porky Pig goes on a hunt to catch the surreally elusive last Do-Do bird.

Plot Keywords:

Pencil | Porky Pig | Furry | Flute | Pilot

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mel Blanc	...	Porky Pig / The Do-Do / Various Wackyland Citizens (voice) (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher	...	Roaring Goon (voice) (uncredited)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #4272)

Company:

Leon Schlesinger Studios

Trivia:

Treg Brown, the sound effects editor, contributed one of the characters in the cartoon; a bird with a waffle pan head.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Newspaper Boy: Extra, extra! Read all about it! Porky off on Dodo hunt!
[throws newspaper at the camera]
Newspaper Boy: Paper, mister?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Behind the Tunes: Man from Wackyland - The Art of Bob Clampett (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Pure Clampett lunacy = a classic

Bob Clampett's famous black and white classic 'Porky in Wackyland' is a glorious glimpse into the mad mind of Clampett allowed to run riot. His trademark energy and ability to stuff a cartoon full to the brim with content are both apparent from the outset as a newsboy invades the cartoon's credits to inform us that Porky Pig is attempting to capture the last Dodo bird. Porky tracks the bird to Wackyland and from the moment his plane begins to tiptoe across the border of Wackyland all bets are off! We are treated to a feast of bizarre, logic defying gags as we are introduced to the inhabitants of Wackyland through a long panning shot which contains literally dozens of jokes. These wild, quickfire gags give way to the main plot after a couple of minutes and so begins one of the greatest cartoon chases of all time as Porky tries in vain to capture the nutty Dodo who constantly defies logic in order to evade and humiliate him. 'Porky in Wackyland' is an extremely influential and exceptionally bonkers cartoon that will appeal to anyone with a love of the surreal and the anarchic. It was later pointlessly remade in colour by Friz Freleng as "Dough for the Dodo", an emasculated take on the original which lacked the essential ingredient: Clampett himself.