Porky's Railroad is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin.[1] The short was released on August 7, 1937, and stars Porky Pig.[2]
Plot
Porky and his 2-2-2 typed locomitive (#13Template:Frac "Toots" ) travel the 15th Century Unlimited and endure a larger locomotive and stubborn bull who crosses the tracks.[3]
Production notes
In the scene in which Porky pulls the bull's tail, some of his speech is garbled. When played backwards, however, Porky's words here are "...Toots old gal, d-d-don't pop your b-b-b-b...".[4]
When a woodpile is knocked over there is a brief view of a caricatured black man, a derogatory visual reference from the cartoonists to the then commonly used term "a nigger in the woodpile". During the race, Porky runs his train over the top of a boat called the 'S.S Leon', a gag dedicated to the cartoon's producer Leon Schlesinger. Also, the Morse Code heard is a message to write "QST QSL Leon Schlesinger Hollywood picture of Porky"[5]
Home media
- DVD – Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc 2
See also
References
External links
- Template:IMDb title
- Porky's Railroad on the Internet Archive
- Porky's Railroad (Colorized) on the Internet Archive
Template:Porky Pig in animation
- ↑ Template:Cite book
- ↑ Template:Cite book
- ↑ The Looney Tunes Show - Season 3 Episode 4: Porky Pig's Feat/Porky's Railroad - Metacritic
- ↑ Porky's Railroad (1937) - Hidden Audio by CCCartoons on YouTube
- ↑ Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America - Google Books (pg.43)