Release Date:

September 24, 1938

Main Character(s):

Porky Pig

Summary:

Porky Pig goes to Wackyland where all of its citizens are completely crazy to capture the extremely valuable last do-do bird. The do-do gives Porky a hard time.

That’s Not All, Folks:

This cartoon was voted as number 8 of the 50 greatest cartoons of all time. It is also in the 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons book.

The cartoon is in the National Film Registry.

This cartoon was later remade in color as “Dough for the Do-Do” by Friz Freleng’s unit in 1949 (Clampett had left the studio by that point so someone else obviously had to direct it).

This is the first cartoon to use the 1938-1939 Looney Tunes intro.

This is the cartoon that gave Clampett the nickname, “The Man from Wackyland”.

A message on a pot reads, “Treg’s a Foo”. This is a reference to the sound effects guy at Warner Bros., Treg Brown. The word “foo” is a nonsensical word that turned up a lot in Clampett cartoons (see “Porky’s Five and Ten” and “The Daffy Doc” for other examples).

What I Like About This One:

The do-do’s price being so valuable that it can’t even fit on the newspaper headline!

Wackyland’s population being “100 Nuts and a Squirrel”.

A monstrous creature approaching Porky, but then dancing off and singing childishly (animated by John Carey).

The sun being risen up by guys forming a totem pole. Porky laughs at this then makes a take (animated by Robert Cannon).

Some of the citizens of Wackyland shown including a peacock with playing cards as tail feathers, a cross-eyed rabbit’s swing being suspended by his ears, a prisoner holding a cell like a picture frame in front of him (animated by Norm McCabe up to this point), a duck with enormous lips and imitating Al Jolson by saying “Mammy!”, a creature that has a honking horn for a body, and another bizarre creature that fights with itself as it has a cat at one end and a dog on the other (animated by Cannon).

A weird creature with heads that resemble each of the Three Stooges saying something in unintelligible gibberish. Another character translates this for us, “He says his mama was scared by a pawnbroker sign!” (animated by McCabe).

When Porky sees a candle-like character with the sign, “Information About the Do-Do”, he asks him where he is. The candle answers “Thataway!” and points in every direction possible. The sign then opens into a door which the candle has Porky enter (animated by Cannon). Porky goes down some sort of slide, and comes out of a water faucet landing in a pan (animated by Vive Risto).

When the do-do is introduced, he comes out of a castle advertising him, and uses the drawbridge as a motorboat (animated by Carey) that he then sinks with an anchor (animated by Izzy Ellis).

The do-do startling Porky by yelling “WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” behind his back (animated by Ellis).

The do-do producing a pencil and drawing a door that he lifts up and goes under while Porky struggles to open it (animated by Ellis).

The do-do calling out to Porky by getting his attention in a sexy woman-like voice from a window out of nowhere and kicking Porky through it when he gets stuck (animated by McCabe).

After the do-do goes up in an elevator that he gets Porky to crash into, he comes back and attacks Porky by riding the Warner Bros. shield and hitting him with a slingshot (animated by Carey).

The do-do pulling a brick wall in front of Porky so he crashes into it. After getting pummeled by bricks, Porky cries in frustration (animated by Ellis).

After Porky finally catches the do-do with a wacky disguise of his own (animated by McCabe), the do-do admits he is the “last of the do-dos” and then calls out, “Ain’t I, fellas!?” (animated by Carey). Hundreds of do-dos then appear (proving they’re not so rare after all) and say “YEAH, MAN! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” in unison (animated by Ellis).

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

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