5/10
confidentially, it doesn't quite stink, but very typical of Porky's early cartoons
22 July 2008
A relic of Porky Pig's early days as a star, "Robinson Crusoe Jr." also contains racial stereotypes. If, like me, you've read enough about the popular culture of the era, then the jokes will make more sense. Pretty hokey stuff. Warner Bros. made much neater use of the stranded-on-an-uncharted-island scenario with the Bugs Bunny-Yosemite Sam vehicle "Rabbitson Crusoe" and later with "Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island"; "Gilligan's Island" of course brought the genre to its panacea. Otherwise, this is a typical representation of Porky's days before Chuck Jones gave him the role of bringing order to Daffy's silliness.

PS: Norm McCabe, if I remember right, took over Tex Avery's unit after the latter left following an argument with producer Leon Schlesinger.
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