"Patient Porky" is a fine Porky Pig cartoon directed by the wacky Robert Clampett. Poor Porky - he ate too much birthday cake. So he goes to the hospital and gets ABUSED!
Here are my favorite sequences from this cartoon. I like the very opening scene at the hospital, involving a switchboard operator with an annoyingly funny voice (a caricature of Helen Troy) and an African-American elevator operator (a caricature of Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, if you'll pardon the racial stereotype). Carl Stalling's wonderful music score plays a swinging rendition of "Rock-a-Bye Baby" when the camera focuses on a blackboard indicating today's births. When Porky arrives at the hospital, a feline patient (posing as a doctor) literally throws the hapless pig in bed and begins to sing a very silly song, which is taken over by a trio of beautiful female voices. I also like how funny Porky is when he squirms violently in bed as the "doctor" whips out a handsaw.
"Patient Porky" is a lot of fun to watch! Find it on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 Disc 3, a disc that is loaded with wild cartoons directed by Bob Clampett.
Here are my favorite sequences from this cartoon. I like the very opening scene at the hospital, involving a switchboard operator with an annoyingly funny voice (a caricature of Helen Troy) and an African-American elevator operator (a caricature of Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, if you'll pardon the racial stereotype). Carl Stalling's wonderful music score plays a swinging rendition of "Rock-a-Bye Baby" when the camera focuses on a blackboard indicating today's births. When Porky arrives at the hospital, a feline patient (posing as a doctor) literally throws the hapless pig in bed and begins to sing a very silly song, which is taken over by a trio of beautiful female voices. I also like how funny Porky is when he squirms violently in bed as the "doctor" whips out a handsaw.
"Patient Porky" is a lot of fun to watch! Find it on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 Disc 3, a disc that is loaded with wild cartoons directed by Bob Clampett.