Porky's Romance

Porky's Romance
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Notes:	1.) This is the first appearance of Petunia Pig. Petunia was intended to be a recurring character, as the WB staff were trying to find a new character to star with Porky. Petunia was unsuccessful, along with many other characters and only starred in a handful of shorts and a couple of books. A second star would not be found until "Porky's Duck Hunt", Daffy Duck's first cartoon. 2.) This was the last short that Joe Dougherty voiced Porky Pig. He was replaced by Mel Blanc starting with "Porky's Duck Hunt".
Series:	Looney Tunes
Production No.:	7-9
Reel No.:	7751
Starring	Porky Pig Petunia Pig
Home Video Releases:	(2005) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Three (with optional audio commentary by Mark Kausler) (2017) DVD - Porky Pig 101, Disc 2
Found in Streaming Devices:	HBO Max (2020 - )
Supervision	Frank Tash
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Uncredited Story	Melvin Millar
Uncredited Editors	Treg Brown
Animation	Bob Bentley Joe D'Igalo
Uncredited Animators	Nelson Demorest Norman McCabe Volney White Don Williams
Uncredited Character Designs	T. Hee
Uncredited Voice Characterizations	Mel Blanc (Petunia Pig) Joe Dougherty (Porky Pig) Shirley Reed (Petunia Pig) Alan Reed (Opening announcer)
Uncredited Vocal Effects	Bernice Hansen (Babies)
Uncredited Narrator	Billy Bletcher ("Time Munches On")
Musical Score	Carl W. Stalling
Uncredited Orchestration	Milt Franklyn
MPAA No.:	3106
Production company(s)	Warner Bros. Cartoons Vitaphone
Distributor	Warner Bros.
Release date(s):	April 3, 1937
Running time	8 minutes
Color process	Black and white
Language	English
Preceded by	Picador Porky
Followed by	Porky's Duck Hunt
External links
IMDb page

Porky's Romance is a 1937 Looney Tunes short directed by Frank Tash.

Plot

Porky asks Petunia to marry him. Petunia says no, so Porky decides to hang himself. The beam holding the rope collapses as Porky jumps, and instead of killing himself, he is knocked unconscious and has a dream about what life would be like if he and Petunia got married. It starts out fine, but soon turns into a nightmare. Porky is forced to do the housework and care for their many children while Petunia sits around, doing nothing but eating chocolate, gaining weight, spoiling her pet dog, yelling at Porky for not keeping up with the housework, and clobbering him with a rolling pin if he talks back. Porky wakes up to Petunia, who says she will marry him. After envisioning his awful wedded life with Petunia, Porky runs away, but not before giving Petunia's snooty dog a well-deserved kick in the butt.

Caricatures

• W.C. Fields
• Mae West

Censorship

• When this cartoon was shown on The WB network, the end where Porky runs off (after coming to from his failed suicide attempt and realizing that marrying Petunia will lead to the unhappy marriage he dreamt about), then returns to kick Petunia's dog as the cartoon irises out was cut.

References

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