The Case Of The Stuttering Pig
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The Case of the Stuttering Pig was a Looney Tunes
animated cartoon, starring Porky Pig
and Petunia Pig
, released to theaters on October 30, 1937. This short was directed by Frank Tashlin
, and the music was composed by Carl Stalling
.
and warns the audience not to interfere, with special emphasis by threatening the guy in the third row. One by one, he kidnaps the brothers, leaving only Porky and Petunia. As Porky and Petunia walk through the house, trying to find their brothers, the monster grabs Petunia, unbeknownst to Porky, and then starts trailing Porky. When Porky sees the monster, he screams and runs up the stairs, only to meet the monster at the top. He then screams and runs down the stairs, into the laboratory where the monster is holding Petunia and the brothers prisoner. No sooner has Porky freed them, the monster breaks in, and corners all of the pigs. Just when it looks as though the monster is going to kill them, a thrown theater chair (coming seemingly out of nowhere) flies into the monster, trapping him in the stocks where he had them earlier.
All six pigs (amazed by the incident): Who did that?!
Off-stage voice (shouting angrily): ME!
Monster (shocked at who attacked him): Who are YOU?!
Off-stage voice (replying angrily): I'm the guy in the third row, ya big sourpuss!!!
Video reference located on YouTube.
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
animated cartoon, starring Porky Pig
Porky Pig
Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts using the fat little pig...
and Petunia Pig
Petunia Pig
Petunia Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears a dress and now has braided black hair, although the character did not originally have...
, released to theaters on October 30, 1937. This short was directed by Frank Tashlin
Frank Tashlin
Frank Tashlin, born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, also known as Tish Tash or Frank Tash was an American animator, screenwriter, and film director.-Animator:...
, and the music was composed by Carl Stalling
Carl Stalling
Carl W. Stalling was an American composer and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Bros., where he averaged one complete score each week, for 22 years.-Biography:Stalling was born to Ernest and...
.
Synopsis
One dark and stormy night, Porky and his brothers and sister learn from lawyer Goodwill that they are set to inherit a fortune from their rich uncle Solomon, with the kindly lawyer next in line after them. After Goodwill leaves, he walks into a secret laboratory and drinks a bottle of Jekyll and Hyde juice and turns into a hideous monster bent on killing them. The monster breaks the fourth wallFourth wall
The fourth wall is the imaginary "wall" at the front of the stage in a traditional three-walled box set in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play...
and warns the audience not to interfere, with special emphasis by threatening the guy in the third row. One by one, he kidnaps the brothers, leaving only Porky and Petunia. As Porky and Petunia walk through the house, trying to find their brothers, the monster grabs Petunia, unbeknownst to Porky, and then starts trailing Porky. When Porky sees the monster, he screams and runs up the stairs, only to meet the monster at the top. He then screams and runs down the stairs, into the laboratory where the monster is holding Petunia and the brothers prisoner. No sooner has Porky freed them, the monster breaks in, and corners all of the pigs. Just when it looks as though the monster is going to kill them, a thrown theater chair (coming seemingly out of nowhere) flies into the monster, trapping him in the stocks where he had them earlier.
All six pigs (amazed by the incident): Who did that?!
Off-stage voice (shouting angrily): ME!
Monster (shocked at who attacked him): Who are YOU?!
Off-stage voice (replying angrily): I'm the guy in the third row, ya big sourpuss!!!
Video reference located on YouTube.
Trivia
- This cartoon parodies many of the typical horror movie elements of the 1930s, particularly the movies from Universal StudiosUniversal StudiosUniversal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
. - The monster is voiced by Boris Karloff.
- This is an unusual cartoon in that Petunia PigPetunia PigPetunia Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears a dress and now has braided black hair, although the character did not originally have...
appears as Porky's sister, rather than his girlfriend, as in her other appearances. - This short was released on the 4th Looney Tunes Golden CollectionLooney Tunes Golden CollectionThe Looney Tunes Golden Collection was an annual series of six four-disc DVD box sets from Warner Bros.' home video unit Warner Home Video, each containing about 60 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated shorts...
DVD box set on Tuesday, November 14, 2006. - The "man in the third row" is Mel Blanc speaking in his real voice.
- The picture of Porky's uncle is a caricature of Oliver HardyOliver HardyOliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
.