As I mentioned in my previous review for "Porky and Gabby", Looney Tunes had a big problem in the 1930s creating interesting and lasting characters. Through most of the decade, various characters came and went and unlike their competition, Disney and Fleischer, they just struggled to create franchise characters. "Porky's Badtime Story" does feature Porky Pig...one of the few real successes in the era. But it also features Gabby Goat, an annoying and abrasive character who fortunately only lasted for three films...and this short is his second appearance.
Porky and Gabby get in trouble for oversleeping and arriving at work very late. They're told they'll be fired if it happens again and most of the film focuses on their trying unsuccessfully to fall asleep, as all sorts of annoyances take place.
This film was remade a decade later as "Tick Tock Tuckered"...again with Porky but this time with Daffy as his buddy...a much better pairing and a much better cartoon. The biggest problem with Gabby is that he was perennially angry without reason and was difficult to like. Daffy, on the other hand, had a much wackier and funnier persona. Now this is NOT to say "Porky's Badtime Story" is a bad film at all...it isn't. Gabby's not as abrasive as he was in the previous film and the story itself is cute and enjoyable.
Porky and Gabby get in trouble for oversleeping and arriving at work very late. They're told they'll be fired if it happens again and most of the film focuses on their trying unsuccessfully to fall asleep, as all sorts of annoyances take place.
This film was remade a decade later as "Tick Tock Tuckered"...again with Porky but this time with Daffy as his buddy...a much better pairing and a much better cartoon. The biggest problem with Gabby is that he was perennially angry without reason and was difficult to like. Daffy, on the other hand, had a much wackier and funnier persona. Now this is NOT to say "Porky's Badtime Story" is a bad film at all...it isn't. Gabby's not as abrasive as he was in the previous film and the story itself is cute and enjoyable.