Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

tavm Having now watched Porky in Wackyland on YouTube months after seeing it's almost shot-for-shot identical remake, Dough for the Do-Do, on the first Looney Tunes Collection DVD, I have to admit: I sort of liked the remake better. There are two main reasons for this: the later color version had the "rubber band" sequence that was the most hilarious part of that version and it ended with Porky taking "the last of the Do-Dos" with him with the hundreds of other similar creatures saying "Yep, he got the last of the Do-Dos" and dancing their crazy dance after Porky left. Here, Porky just stays put as he gets astonished seeing all the other birds surround him suddenly as they say their line and that "band" (with Mel Blanc's unique "instrumentation") is nowhere to be found here. That said, Bob Clampett deserves all the credit for doing such a surreal cartoon not long after becoming a "supervisor" (director) for Leon Schlesinger. I'm guessing even Tex Avery hadn't yet reached such heights during this time for the same producer. And there were some gags that were deleted from the remake that added some enjoyment here like the prisoner saying, "Let me out!" constantly while just holding some bars in open space then getting beat up by a guard! There's another gag in the beginning of a fearsome creature about to scare Porky who just says "Boo" real quiet when he confronts the pig. With all that being said, if you haven't seen Dough for the Do-Do, I definitely recommend Porky in Wackyland.

Lee Eisenberg As I understand it, "Porky in Wackyland" was the first of three cartoons in which Porky Pig goes thither*, followed by "Tin Pan Alley Cats" and "Dough for the Do-Do" (which was almost a shot-for-shot remake of this one). In this one and the last one at least, he goes in search of the last Do-Do bird. But no matter what specifically we know about the cartoon's history, it's great to see just how outlandish the animators were willing to get. As the Wackyland sign indicates: "It can happen here." And believe you me, ANYTHING can happen there! And much of that happens even before we meet the zany Do-Do bird! Anyway, this is definitely a classic cartoon. I wholeheartedly recommend it.*"Thither" is Old English for "to there".

movieman_kev This 21 minute documentary on the work of Bob Clampett can be seen on Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2. And is very much worth it for any fan of his, of which I certainly am. Featuring interviews by his daughter, fellow cartoonists, and other notables, it also features clips of his work as well as old stills of behind the scenes stuff. This is great stuff and i loved watching every second of it. Needless to say I feel that this is the best "Behind the Tunes" featurette of all that I've seen hands-down. There will never be another Bob Clampett in my or your lifetime.My Grade: A+

Rikichi Wow! Over sixty years later, this cartoon short stands out as one of the greatest achievements in this medium. Bob Clampett, given the complete freedom that producer Leon Schlesinger let him have, spun out some of the weirdest and wackiest ever made.We start out with a typical beginning for that era, Porky Pig is flying to Darkest Africa to find the last Do-Do, worth billions. But what follows is a mind bending journey, where no one evidently studied the laws of physics. Some of the humor are stock Bob Clampett jokes that are repeated in others of his cartoons, but he was always best with visual humor, when he let the animation be the star of the show.