Pigs Is Pigs (1937 film)
| Pigs is Pigs | |
|---|---|
| Merrie Melodies (Piggy) series | |
 Blue Ribbon re-release lobby card, 1947 | |
| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Voices by | Billy Bletcher |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by |
Bob McKimson Paul J. Smith |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | January 30, 1937 U.S. premiere |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Pigs Is Pigs, is a 1936-produced, 1937-released Merrie Melodies cartoon that featured Piggy and the Hamhock family, in what would be Piggy's final appearance in the Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes repertory in the Golden age of American animation.
Synopsis
Piggy Hamhock is always hungry, thinking of eating and stealing food whenever he could. Piggy's mother is continuously vexed by his seemingly insatiable appetite and inability to control himself. Piggy's gluttony causes his mother and the rest of his large family considerable annoyance, especially at mealtimes. After he eats his siblings' spaghetti meals at supper, Piggy's mother scolds him and warns Piggy that he will burst someday if he continues his bad eating habits.
After falling asleep following supper, Piggy wakes up and meets a mysterious old man who offers him a large feast, at which Piggy is delighted. The old man is revealed to be a mad scientist, who straps Piggy into a mechanical chair and plots to use Piggy as a test subject for his experiments. The intention of the experiment is revealed when the scientist unveils his "Feed-A-Matic" machine, which he plans to use to force-feed Piggy as much food as he can hold. The scientist uses the Feed-A-Matic to continuously force-feed Piggy using soup, olives, bananas, pies, sandwiches, and ice cream until Piggy is morbidly obese and bulging out of the chair.
The mad scientist is amused and pokes Piggy's huge belly. Then he asks if he's had enough, to which Piggy says yes. The scientist releases him and Piggy waddles to the door, but then notices the food which the scientist used to bait him earlier and his hunger gets the better of him. He takes one of the turkey's drumsticks and eats it, then he explodes from being too stuffed. Piggy wakes up in his bed immediately thereafter, revealing the previous events as a dream. Relieved that he is all right, Piggy then responds to his mother calling him to breakfast with a new round of gluttony, having forgotten the events of his dream.
See also
References
- Schneider, Steve (1990). That's All Folks!: The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt & Co.
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Holt Paperbacks. 1989. ISBN 978-0-8050-0894-4.
External links
- A Publicity Still.
- Another Publicity Still.
- Pigs Is Pigs on IMDb
- Pigs Is Pigs at The Big Cartoon DataBase
