Porky's Five & Ten (1938)

Director:

Robert Clampett

Release Date:

16 April 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

Porky sets sail for the Boola-Boola islands in the South Seas with a ship full of general merchandise and plans to open a 5 & 10 cent store...

Plot Keywords:

Electric Eel | Underwater | Cartoon | Nightclub | Laurel And Hardy

Cast

Mel Blanc

...

Porky Pig (voice)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Leon Schlesinger Studios

Trivia:

One of the lines from the song "Hooray for Hollywood" was changed for this cartoon. The original lyric went, "Go out and try your luck / You might be Donald Duck." For obvious reasons, the name was changed to Daffy Duck.

Movie Connections:

References Hollywood Hotel (1937)

Soundtrack:

The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down

Hollywood underwater

I will say that "Porky's Five & Ten" is far from the best cartoon that the Termite Terrace crowd produced. But knowing that Bob Clampett directed, you should know that you're in for a few surprises. Certainly some of the celebrity impersonations were pretty cool. It seems that once again, nobody ribs Hollywood more than Hollywood itself.

OK, maybe we could be cynical and ask why this is labeled a Porky Pig cartoon when he doesn't appear that much in it (not to mention that people in the 21st century very likely won't get some of the pop culture references). But I say that as long as we just accept the cartoon for it's completely wacky premise, then we should be able to have fun. Available on YouTube.