Porky's Hero Agency is a 1937 Looney Tunes short directed by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones.
Plot[]
Porky is reading the story of the gorgon, a Greek myth about a woman who turned everyone she looked at into stone. His mother tells him it's time to go to bed. While he's asleep, he dreams of being a Greek hero known as Porkykarkus. In this version, the Gorgon runs a photo studio, and Porky is able to save by sneaking in and grabbing her life-restoring needle just before he wakes up.
Caricatures[]
- Bill Comstock - The Gorgon is a parody of his character Lizzie Tish on Al Pearce's radio show.
- Al Pearce's salesman character Elmer Blurt is a statue used as a doorstop
- The Three Stooges make a cameo. When turned to stone, they resemble the famous "three wise monkeys" sculpture.
- Dick Powell - as the Dick A. Powello statue
Availability[]
Porky Pig: Days of Swine and Roses (computer colorized)
Wince upon a Time: Foolhardy Fairy Tales and Looney Legends
Looney Tunes Special Bumper Collection Volume 9
Marked Woman
Porky Pig 101, Disc 2
Censorship[]
On Cartoon Network, the scene of the Gorgon's guard telling Porky that he's next to be turned to stone followed by Porky picturing himself as a piggy bank, is cut (barring its appearance in The Bob Clampett Show), most likely because the Gorgon's guard looks as if he's in blackface.[1]
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References[]
External Links[]
- "Porky's Hero Agency" at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Classic, Rare and Censored Cartoons @ archive.org
- "Porky's Hero Agency" @ trilulilu.ro
