Porky and Teabiscuit
| Porky and Teabiscuit | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Ben Hardaway Cal Dalton |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Herman Cohen |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Porky and Teabiscuit is a 1939 American animated comedy short film directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.[1] The short was released on March 11, 1939. It is part of the Looney Tunes series and the 56th cartoon to feature Porky Pig.[2][3]
Plot
[edit]Phineas Pig sells grain while his son Porky dreams of riding a horse. He is playing on a makeshift horse when he is instructed to deliver grain to the horse racetrack and retrieve a $11 payment. He finishes the job when a misunderstanding with an old man leads to him accidentally spending the money on an auctioned horse named Teabiscuit. He fails to retrieve the money from the auctioneer and despairs when he notices a steeplechase with a $10,000 grand prize, which awards the winner $11.23 after the entry fee and numerous unwarranted pay cuts, a net profit for Porky.
As Porky gets dressed, Teabiscuit walks into the track to discover his unfamiliar surroundings, becoming interested with a trombone, but is scared into a mad dash by a balloon popped by a child. He somehow returns to the enclosure as the match starts. Porky is confused and is deceived by the audience about the direction, starting late with a competitor whose legs are powered like a motor. Teabiscuit runs in the correct direction and surpasses a competitor by biting his horse, then launches a barrel of water into them. Teabiscuit finds the trombone player again and stops to Porky's chagrin as the other competitors catch up. The child from earlier blows a balloon which flies into a tuba and pops, spooking Teabiscuit into crossing the finish time at the nick of time. Porky and Teabiscuit win the race and the award, but Teabiscuit is spooked by a camera. He tries playing the trombone but coughs.
Home media
[edit]The short was released on disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 DVD set,[4] and on disc 3 of the Porky Pig 101 DVD set.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 84. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ Parten, James (April 14, 2020). "1938-39 Looney Tunes: New Patterns Emerge". Cartoon Research. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ "Looney Tunes Golden Collection - Volume 3 - The Internet Animation Database". www.intanibase.com. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- 1939 films
- Looney Tunes short films
- Films directed by Ben Hardaway
- Films directed by Cal Dalton
- 1939 American animated films
- Porky Pig films
- Films scored by Carl W. Stalling
- 1939 animated short films
- American animated black-and-white films
- 1930s Warner Bros. animated short films
- Films produced by Leon Schlesinger
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
- American horse racing films
