Release Date:

May 21, 1938

Main Character(s):

Porky Pig

Summary:

Porky Pig and a group of pioneers head to the western United States where the fearsome Injun Joe is causing terror. Only a crazy pioneer named Sloppy Moe knows a secret about Injun Joe that he reveals at the end.

That’s Not All, Folks:

The cartoon shares the same title as the very last Warner Bros. cartoon from the Golden Age with one of the last characters they created called Cool Cat, so I put the year for this one in the title.

The cartoon was later remade in color as “Wagon Heels” (released in 1945 near the end of World War II), which is even better than this one. Interestingly, this was one of Clampett’s first cartoons for the studio while “Wagon Heels” was one of his last.

This is the 200th Warner Bros. cartoon overall, meaning we are now 20% of the way there.

What I Like About This One:

The leader of the wagon train Porky is apart of spitting tobacco after every sentence.

Porky and his horse sliding down a steep mountainside.

Any scene with Sloppy Moe, who every time he appears sings “I know something I won’t tell” to the tune of London Bridge.

Injun Joe being so powerful that he walks through a mountain and splits it apart, his chest tears apart trees from the middle, he is able to scare a grizzly bear and cause it to shrink down to a cowering cub, and he bites a bear trap, causing it to run away and yelp like a dog!

When Porky and his horse reach a stream that is hard to cross, the horse unplugs it like a stopper in a bathtub.

Injun Joe diving off the mountainside like an airplane.

The wagon train leader’s gun spitting bullets like a spittoon. The cows pulling the wagon also use a machine gun.

When Injun Joe deflates one of the covered wagons, the guy in that wagon pumps it back up.

When one of the pioneers is refilling his gun, the raccoon posing as his cap keeps him covered by doing some shooting of his own.

Injun Joe catching some bullets and eating them to form a big bullet (with his mouth acting like a cannon).

When Injun Joe chases Porky with an axe, he ends up chopping a large rock into the Statue of Liberty on the way.

Sloppy Moe now being forced to reveal his secret. His secret is that Injun Joe is ticklish. Porky and Sloppy Moe shake hands as the cartoon irises out but Injun Joe stops the iris-out and asks Sloppy Moe to “do ‘em some more”. Sloppy Moe continues tickling Injun Joe as the cartoon irises out for real.

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

🥕🥕🥕🥕