Patient Porky
Patient Porky is a 1940 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster, and scored by Carl W. Stalling.[2] The short was released on August 24, 1940, and stars Porky Pig. Bugs Bunny's prototype Happy Rabbit makes a cameo appearance in this cartoon, making it his fifth and final appearance.[3]
| Patient Porky | |
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| Directed by | Robert Clampett |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Sara Berner Ben Frommer[1] |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Edited by | Treg Brown |
| Animation by | Norman McCabe Izzy Ellis Vive Risto Robert Cannon John Carey |
| Color process | Black and White |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Language | English |
Plot
The cartoon begins with a tour of a hospital. Porky checks in with a stomach ache, caused by overeating at his birthday party. Instead of a real doctor, he encounters a crazy cat patient posing as "Dr. Chilled-Air" (a reference to Dr. Kildare). Porky explains that he has a stomach ache brought on by overeating at his birthday party. The cat says, "Well, let's take a look" and slams an X-Ray machine into him and the X-Ray shows a birthday cake with only one piece missing and candles still lit in Porky's stomach, that cat decides to take Porky on as his own patient. The cat escorts Porky over to a bed then throws onto a bed where Porky bounces up off of it, his clothes come off and a gown that was laying on the bed flies into the sir and Porky skips right into it and bounces onto the bed and the covers go right over him. and rushes him off to the operating room where he intends on performing surgery on him. The cat is sharpening knives and polishing a huge saw with a rag. then uses an airbag as a punching bag. The cat strolls over to Porky with the saw in his hand and pulls down the covers then lifts his gown and brings the saw over to cut open Porkys belly. After Porky realizes what the cat's intentions are, he panics and exclaims "Hey! Wh-wh-wh-what's a big idea?!" and squirms around to escape from him while the cat still has his gown raised and continues to try to cut him open. Porky finally breaks free from the cat and dives under the bed and crawls through the sheets in an attempt to getaway. He runs out of the operating room and out of the hospital and back to his house with the cat hot on his trail! Porky runs up the stairs and runs into his bedroom and slams the door shut. The cat follows him and opens the door only to see Porky lying in his bad, smiling reclining in his bed. Thinking Porky has given in and he has the upper hand, the cat runs over to Poirky and with a satisfied smile, again pulls the covers down and lifts Porky's gown in another attempt to cut him open when he spots something on Porky's belly. It's a sticker that says "Do not open till Xmas." The cat, surprised looks at the camera and says "Christmas?" The jumps into bed right next to Porky with the saw at his side and smiles and responds, "I'll wait", much to Porky's horror and dismay.
Home media
Patient Porky was released, uncut and restored, on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc 3.
References
- Ohmart, Ben (2012). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. BearManor Media. p. 373. ISBN 978-1-5939-3788-1.
- Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 106. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100-102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.