Porky's Super Service

Porky's Super Service
Directed byUb Iwerks
Story byRobert Clampett
Chuck Jones
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Ub Iwerks[1]
StarringMel Blanc
Joe Twerp
Elvia Allman[2]
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byRobert Clampett
Charles Jones
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • July 3, 1937 (1937-07-03)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Porky's Super Service is a 1937 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks.[3] The short film, starring Porky Pig, was released on July 3, 1937.[4]

The cartoon was the second of four cartoons for which animation production was subcontracted by Leon Schlesinger to Ub Iwerks' Animated Pictures Corp. studio.[1] It was also the last short in the contract that Iwerks himself completed production and direction of; Schlesinger aniamtors Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones, on loan-out to Iwerks, completed supervision of the final two cartoons themselves.[1]

Plot

Porky Pig works at a gas station and has to deal with a brat baby that won't stop bothering him, such as getting him stuck in an engine.

Colorized versions

This cartoon was colorized in 1968 via being retraced and repainted in color. This version had every other frame redrawn, which affected the animation quality. It was later computer colorized in 1995; this version preserved the original animation.

Home media

The short film was released on the Kid Galahad DVD, along with two other Warner Brothers cartoons Egghead Rides Again and I Wanna Be a Sailor. It is also available on the five-disc Porky Pig 101 DVD set.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Iwerks, Leslie; Kenworthy, John D. (2001). The hand behind the mouse : an intimate biography of the man Walt Disney called "the greatest animator in the world". New York: Disney Editions. pp. 139–140. ISBN 978-0-7868-5320-5. OCLC 44669781.
  2. ^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 24. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
  3. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 58. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  4. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.