Porky's Duck Hunt
Porky's Duck Hunt (1937) is an animated short film produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, directed by Tex Avery, and released on April 17, 1937 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
This short, starring Porky Pig, is notable for being the first appearance of the character Daffy Duck. Also notable is that this is the first cartoon in which Mel Blanc voices both Porky and Daffy. Blanc won the part of Porky earlier that year. Joe Dougherty who was Porky's original voice, was fired following the cartoon Porky's Romance because he couldn't control his stutter.This film was in color in 1943 and from now on Porky's Duck Hunt will never be in black and white again, unless it gets restored.
The cartoon begins with the camera showing duck-hunting weapons to help Porky Pig hunt a duck. Porky holds his rifle and points it at his dog (then called Jim) and Jim runs into a drawer. Porky tells him it's not loaded and gives him an example. However, the rifle is loaded and the man hurt by the bullet punishes Porky by punching his nose. At the duck lake,Porky spies a duck but lots of other duck hunters try to catch it for a long time but it is still alive. The duck hunters say "Aw,shucks!" when they fail to catch the duck. A dog duck hunter tries to catch the same duck but he shoots tiny airplanes piloted by mice. Porky puts out fake duck decoys. Then,a duck (Daffy) appears and acts like a fake duck. Porky tries to catch Daffy but he shoots out water instead of bullets. Daffy then flies on a barrel. Porky shoots the barrel full of oil but Daffy escapes death. The oil infects fish, making them come to life and sing on a boat while having the hiccups. Porky Pig seems that something is wrong with the fish. Porky then hears a quack from the grass. When Porky looks into the grass,Daffy bites his nose. Daffy then flies to the sky but Porky shoots him.Porky fetches Jim to get Daffy but instead, Daffy ties up Jim. Porky says that this scene wasn't in the script. Daffy yells out his first words that he's just a crazy duck and goes on his crazy dance in the lake. Porky tries to use a duck call whistler but when he uses it, duck hunters shoot places near Porky. Porky throws it to the ground but it bounces and Jim accidentally swallows it. Jim gets the hiccups, making quacks and Porky and Jim are forced to flee from the duck lake. Porky and Jim walk home with disappointment with their failure to catch a duck. When Porky comes home, he sees the ducks outside doing a dance in the sky at him.Porky tries to shoot them with his gun but it thought to be that it has no more bullets. Porky throws his rifle, but it bounces, causing it to shoot and making the same man from the beginning hurt from Porky's gun again. The cartoon ends with the man who punches Porky's nose and goes back to his room.
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