Prehistoric Porky

Porky Pig in prehistoric times? Yup. To be exact, it's "One Billion, Trillion B.C." (a long time ago - their corny, not mine).

One thing that is recognizable right from the start: Mel Blanc's voice. We are the dinosaur age and along comes a Tyannosarus Rex growling and screeching - and there is no mistaking that voice! Blanc does everything in here, from Porky to a vulture, to several types of dinosaurs. He a singing prehistoric bird who does some barbershop quartet song with three others! That was a pretty weird sight - and funny!

Porky wears a loincloth, has a welcome mat outside his cave and a pet dinosaur named "Rover." When the dog is happy and wags his tale, the whole shakes because he's really a 10-ton beast. You gotta love it.

As you can tell, there are a lot of really good sight gags in here. What makes this particular animated short a humorous one is the mixture of prehistoric times with modern-day things, such as mailboxes, magazines, wrist watches, etc., all done to provoke a joke - and it works! Sometimes these 1940 Looney Tunes cartoons are too dated but this one will still make you laugh a lot, almost 70 years later. It's part of the new Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Five DVD package.