Porky balks at learning the Pledge of Allegiance until Uncle Sam appears to him in a dream and gives him a lesson in American history.Porky balks at learning the Pledge of Allegiance until Uncle Sam appears to him in a dream and gives him a lesson in American history.Porky balks at learning the Pledge of Allegiance until Uncle Sam appears to him in a dream and gives him a lesson in American history.
Tedd Pierce
- Paul Revere
- (voice)
John Deering
- Uncle Sam
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
John Litel
- Patrick Henry
- (archive sound)
- (uncredited)
Shepperd Strudwick
- Paul Revere
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Pledge of Allegiance in 1939, as shown in the film, is two words shorter than the modern version. The words "under God" were added to the text in 1954, after a bill was signed into law, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 14, 1954.
- GoofsThe states shown during the "vast movement to the west" sequence omit Georgia as an original state/colony. It appears after the Midwest/Great Lakes region is filled in on the map.
- Quotes
Paul Revere: To arms! To arms! To arms!
- Alternate versionsIn the original release, the end titles were super-imposed over the closing shot of the American flag with the words "The End" instead of the standard "That's All Folks!" In the Blue Ribbon reissue, however, this was replaced with the standard "That's All Folks!" closing (with a fade-to-black on the closing shot of the flag), in addition to the replacement of the original opening titles. The original end title has been restored to the version on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Two DVD set.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Boyz n the Hood (1991)
- SoundtracksThe Battle Hymn of the Republic
(uncredited)
Music by William Steffe
Played when Abraham Lincoln is presented
Featured review
Porky Pig learns why the Pledge of Alligence is important when he has a dream of Uncle Sam who tells him about the founding fathers in this educational short. You can practically hear the liberals of today groaning and bitching at the mere prospect of even thinking about watching this short, but it is very well put together and makes one proud to be an American so it accomplishes what it's intended porpoise was. Hell, I still think this short should be shown in classrooms, but that will in all likelihood never happen due to the loony Left 9th Circuit of Appeals in California, although Michael A. Newdow might be happy to get the pre-1954 version of the Pledge back (I strongly doubt that he'd stop at that though). This animated short can be seen on Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 and also features an optional commentary by Jerry Bech & Inker and Painter Martha Sigall
My Grade: A
My Grade: A
- movieman_kev
- Oct 29, 2005
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- Merrie Melodies: Old Glory
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- Runtime9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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