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Porky's Picnic is a 1939 Looney Tunes short directed by Bob Clampett.

Plot[]

Porky is riding to his girlfriend Petunia's home. Upon arrival, he knocks on her door and asks her if she would like to go on a picnic with him. It doesn't take her long to pack, and they walk by the window where a sleeping Pinky is. Pinky wakes up and follows them.

On their way they see Pinky on a scooter and quickly catch him. Porky then tells him that if he behaves, he will tell him a story. Pinky pulls the nail out of side-car of Porky's bike, causing it to become separated and both pieces of the vehicle go on separate paths. Pinky has fun while Petunia panics and covers her eyes. After they pass a speeding train, the vehicle re-connects and Porky just finishes his story. Pinky claims it was the best story he "never" heard and they soon arrive at the park.

Porky takes a nap as Pinky watches a small squirrel. Pinky grabs a pair of scissors and proceeds to chase around the poor squirrel. Petunia manages to grab him and lays him down for a nap next to Porky. As she leaves however, Pinky gets up and smacks Porky with a big wooden plank. Porky awakes with a start but sees nobody nearby, other than a sleeping Pinky. As he tries to get back to sleep, Pinky is about to strike again but Porky catches him and asks what he was about do with the wood plank. Pinky begins to explain, but ends up smacking him repeatedly with the plank of wood before skipping away.

Porky then grumpily lays on his side as Pinky skips his way into the zoo, past a sleeping crocodile/alligator. Petunia begins to shout and tells Porky about Pinky in the zoo. Soon Porky finds Pinky sleeping with a big cat and its babies. Porky sneaks into the cage and quickly tries to escape being eaten by the big cat. He gets out to grab a faint Petunia after putting down Pinky, then they resume chase until they manage to get the cat stuck in the metal bars.

As Porky returns to Petunia he falls into the mud. But Petunia doesn't mind and she kisses him anyway!

Seeing the squirrel again, Pinky prepares to cut it's neck again with the scissors. Unfortunately, Pinky didn't count on the squirrel being prepared this time and having its own smaller plank of wood. The squirrel hits Pinky with it repeatedly leaving him distraught, having finally suffered a fitting punishment for all his mischief.

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  • When this cartoon aired on Nickelodeon as a computer-colorized cartoon, the scene of Petunia kissing Porky's muddy face was shortened to remove Petunia now appearing in blackface from the transference. Nickelodeon once aired a redrawn-colorized version of this short that kept in Petunia kissing Porky, but altered the muddy blackface so it would just be a regular muddied face with the white lips colored over.
    • It should be noted that Cartoon Network and Boomerang have aired a computer-colorized version of this short that did not edit out the blackface part (both on and off The Bob Clampett Show).
  • In addition to the above edit, the version shown on a local station in Detroit, Michigan in the 1980s (WKBD) had the first two and a half minutes of the cartoon cut for time reasons, so now the cartoon begins with Pinky Pig and Petunia passing a speeding train.[3]

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References[]

  1. Catalog of Copyright Entries
  2. (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 73. 
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFrnUU0H-Fc
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Porky Pig Cartoons
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1937 Porky the WrestlerPorky's Road RacePicador PorkyPorky's RomancePorky's Duck HuntPorky and GabbyPorky's BuildingPorky's Super ServicePorky's Badtime StoryPorky's RailroadGet Rich Quick PorkyPorky's GardenRover's RivalThe Case of the Stuttering PigPorky's Double TroublePorky's Hero Agency
1938 Porky's PoppaPorky at the CrocaderoWhat Price PorkyPorky's Phoney ExpressPorky's Five & TenPorky's Hare HuntInjun TroublePorky the FiremanPorky's PartyPorky's Spring PlantingPorky & DaffyWholly SmokePorky in WackylandPorky's Naughty NephewPorky in EgyptThe Daffy DocPorky the Gob
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1940 Porky's Last StandAfrica SqueaksAli-Baba BoundPilgrim PorkySlap Happy PappyPorky's Poor FishYou Ought to Be in PicturesThe Chewin' BruinPorky's Baseball BroadcastPatient PorkyCalling Dr. PorkyPrehistoric PorkyThe Sour PussPorky's Hired HandThe Timid Toreador
1941 Porky's Snooze ReelPorky's Bear FactsPorky's PreviewPorky's AntA Coy DecoyPorky's Prize PonyMeet John DoughboyWe, the Animals - Squeak!The Henpecked DuckNotes to YouRobinson Crusoe Jr.Porky's Midnight MatineePorky's Pooch
1942 Porky's Pastry PiratesWho's Who in the ZooPorky's CafeAny Bonds Today?My Favorite Duck
1943 Confusions of a Nutzy SpyYankee Doodle DaffyPorky Pig's FeatA Corny Concerto
1944 Tom Turk and DaffyTick Tock TuckeredSwooner CroonerDuck Soup to NutsSlightly DaffyBrother Brat
1945 Trap Happy PorkyWagon Heels
1946 Baby BottleneckDaffy DoodlesKitty KorneredThe Great Piggy Bank RobberyMouse Menace
1947 One Meat BrawlLittle Orphan Airedale
1948 Daffy Duck Slept HereNothing but the ToothThe Pest That Came to DinnerRiff Raffy DaffyScaredy Cat
1949 Awful OrphanPorky ChopsPaying the PiperDaffy Duck HuntCurtain RazorOften an OrphanDough for the Do-DoBye, Bye Bluebeard
1950 Boobs in the WoodsThe Scarlet PumpernickelAn Egg ScrambleGolden YeggsThe DuckstersDog Collared
1951 The Wearing of the GrinDrip-Along DaffyThe Prize Pest
1952 Thumb FunCracked QuackFool Coverage
1953 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1954 Claws for AlarmMy Little Duckaroo
1955 Jumpin' JupiterDime to Retire
1956 Rocket SquadDeduce, You Say
1957 Boston Quackie
1958 Robin Hood Daffy
1959 China Jones
1961 Daffy's Inn Trouble
1965 Corn on the Cop
1966 Mucho Locos
1980 Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
1996 Superior Duck
2004 My Generation G...G... Gap




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