Dough for the Do-Do

All backgrounds are based on Salvador Dali's paintings !

Very interesting work.

Porky Pig goes to darkest Africa to catch the supposedly last remaining Dodo bird. This short is weird with a capital W. The problem is that simply very weird doesn't translate to simply hilarious in and of itself. The second strike against this, is the fact that it's pretty much a re-make of an earlier Porky Pig Looney Tunes short and I don't really like re-makes as most times it's just sheer laziness on the remakers part. Still there are a few laughs to be had in this cartoon, albeit small as they may be. And perhaps I'm in the minority here, but if that's the case so be it.This cartoon is on Disk 2 of the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1"

My Grade: C-

I want to see the original. Are the two versions different? The dodo looks a little chunky in this one. A general comment now has become the awareness that all the voices are from one man. Yes, I'm actually suggesting that other people could have participated in the dubbing. How did he get such a monopoly on the job? Was he always there or were there times when other people's voices were used? This is a Mel Blanc comment. MR. Barney Flintstone!

Ways in that this is different to "Porky in Wackyland": It has a Salvador Dali style, which is a good touch, there is colour animation, Porky has a more modern animation style to him and some of the jokes are missed out/enhanced, which is both good and bad in different places.

Ways in that this is the same to "Porky in Wackyland": Many of the jokes are exactly the same - even animated in a way which is almost exactly the same.

Overall, this remake was entirely pointless - except there were some jokes that were better improved than in the last episode. Having said that, there are many very good jokes in "Porky in Wackyland" that were cut out completely here.

If you have not watched either "Dough for the Do-do" or "Porky in Wackyland", then I strongly recommend watching the original first, as it is slightly better than this episode. If you have already watched PIW, but not this, then expect a cartoon almost exactly the same but with colour. If you have watched this already, but not PIW, then expect PIW to be a much older cartoon with a different slant on humour.

Enjoy "Porky in Wackyland"! :-)

7 and a half out of ten.

Dough for the Do-Do (1949)

*** (out of 4)

Porky Pig travels to "Darkest Africa" where he plans on capturing the elusive Do-Do bird, which is worth $400,000,000,000 (ps 000,000,000). Once he lands his plane Porky is thrown into Wackyland where nothing seems real. This is certainly one of the strangest and most surreal Merrie Melodies shorts but that doesn't mean it's one of the funniest. I really enjoy the visual styles of this film but I'll be honest and say that none of it makes me laugh. I respect this film a lot more than I enjoy it but even though I don't consider it a classic I think it still manages to be entertaining. The animation is top-notch from start to finish and the amount of imagination going on is certainly something to look up to. Apparently this is a remake of PORKY IN WACKYLAND but I've yet to see that one.