Release Date:

September 11, 1937

Main Character(s):

Porky Pig

Summary:

Porky Pig and his Italian next door neighbor compete to win the grand prize for best homegrown product. The neighbor tries to cheat by siccing his chickens on Porky’s crops.

That’s Not All, Folks:

This is the last cartoon to use the 1936-1937 Looney Tunes intro and the last to use the 1936-1937 Looney Tunes intro music.

The cartoon is in the public domain.

This was Avery’s last black and white cartoon until “The Haunted Mouse” (1941) as well as his last Porky Pig cartoon until “Porky’s Preview” (also released in 1941).

Porky would deal with chickens eating at his garden again in “Porky’s Spring Planting” (1938).

This is the first Warner cartoon to contain a Popeye reference. The sailor would be referenced again in “The Major Lied Til Dawn” (1938).

“The Merry Go Round Broke Down” is heard near the end.

What I Like About This One:

Porky poking holes in the ground with his tail to plant seeds.

The neighbor’s chickens spitting out their feed when he spikes them with vitamins.

Porky using hair tonic to grow his garden.

When a bigger chicken flicks away a chick from a watermelon, the chick eats some spinach to become a feathered miniature version of Popeye.

A chicken splitting an apple open just to eat the worm inside.

Porky asking the neighbor to shoo his chickens away from the garden (not knowing that this was the neighbor’s idea in the first place), but the neighbor is no help (“I can’t talk chicken talk”).

Porky discovering that all is not lost when he still has a large pumpkin left. He goes against the chickens as if in a football game.

When at the fair, the chickens stop in front of a salesman’s auction for reducing pills and eat them. The neighbor is initially given first prize until his chickens shrink down to eggs. The iris-out closes and then two iris-outs open back up on Porky and the neighbor respectively as Porky grabs the money back from the neighbor.

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

🥕🥕🥕 ½