Porky in Wackyland

Porky in Wackyland
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Directed byRobert Clampett
Story byWarren Foster
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Billy Bletcher
Tedd Pierce
Danny Webb[1]
Bob Clampett[2]
Edited byTreg Brown
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byNorman McCabe
I. Ellis
Vive Risto
John Carey
Robert Cannon[3]
Layouts byBob Clampett
Backgrounds byElmer Plummer
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • September 24, 1938 (1938-09-24)
Running time
7:23
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Porky in Wackyland is a 1938 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short film, directed by Bob Clampett.[4] The short was released on September 24, 1938, and stars Porky Pig venturing out to find the last do-do bird, which he finds in Wackyland, a land that makes no sense located in Darkest Africa.[5]

In 1994, Porky in Wackyland was voted No. 8 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.[6] In 2000, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, which selected the short for preservation in the National Film Registry.

  1. ^ Hartley, Steven (23 November 2012). "Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 216. Porky in Wackyland (1938)". Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference greatest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Porky in Wackyland Breakdown (#14)". Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 77. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  5. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ^ Beck, Jerry (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Turner Publishing. ISBN 978-1878685490.