Release Date:

January 7, 1939

Main Character(s):

Porky Pig

Summary:

A parody on the Lone Ranger where the “Lone Stranger” battles the villain after the villain robs Porky Pig’s stagecoach.

That’s Not All, Folks:

This is one of Porky’s briefest appearances in a cartoon. He doesn’t even have a single line of dialogue!

Assistant producer Ray Katz is seen on a wanted poster as an in-joke. There is also a wanted poster for “Cob Blampett”, an obvious reference to Clampett, but with his initials switched.

The high quality print used on the Porky Pig 101 DVD set incorrectly uses the wrong title card music and unfortunately mutes out a line of dialogue said during the credits (“Hi-ho, Silver!”). Despite the print from this video being in color (instead of black and white like it’s supposed to be), it retains the original opening audio.

What I Like About This One:

The Lone Stranger’s “secret” hideout being advertised by spotlights and a large sign as well as his house wearing a mask (over the windows to resemble eyes).

The Lone Stranger eating dinner while still on his horse, Silver’s, back.

The Lone Stranger and Silver sleeping in the same bed.

The house becoming human-like and sleeping!

When the villain doesn’t show up in the spot, the narrator says he is, he calls for the villain (“Say, where is that villain? Here, villain, villain, villain. Here, villain, villain, villain”).

When the villain is seen sneaking up across the screen, the narrator tells the audience not to hiss the villain. They do anyway, but the narrator says “Thank you”.

The villain stopping Porky’s stagecoach by throwing down an arrow with a traffic light on it.

The villain ordering Porky to “stick ‘em up!” and has him reach higher, leading to Porky being in mid-air and also abusing the law of gravity as he doesn’t fall.

When the Lone Stranger’s Indian scout, Pronto, alerts the Lone Stranger about the robbery, he contacts him via a television broadcaster, while the Lone Stranger answers via a magic mirror (“Magic mirror on the wall, who needs my help, most of all?”)

The Lone Stranger and Silver going out so fast, they pull the house inside out.

The villain shooting at the Lone Stranger and completely missing him. The narrator taunts him for being a “punk shot” so the villain shoots the narrator!

As the Lone Stranger defeats the villain and frees Porky from being tied up, it’s revealed that Silver and the villain’s horse (who has the same voice as Disney’s Goofy, complete with his voice by Pinto Colvig) have fallen in love and have had a herd of ponies. The last one has the villain’s mustache and laughs like a villain.

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

🥕🥕🥕🥕