Porky in Wackyland vs Dough for the Do-Do

December 12, 2010 6:44 PM

Porky in Wackyland vs Dough for the Do-Do... A trippy side-by-side comparison of two surreal cartoons : one by Robert Clampett from 1938, and the other a color remake from Friz Freleng in 1949.
posted by crunchland (15 comments total)

Wackyland is to cartoons, what cartoons are to real life.
posted by overeducated_alligator at 6:56 PM on December 12, 2010

"The URL contains a malformed video ID"?
posted by facetious at 6:58 PM on December 12, 2010

This was my favorite cartoon at a young age, and I saw both versions, but never realized they were that different until I saw this. It rocks.
posted by deezil at 7:05 PM on December 12, 2010

OK, now which one's the one with Porky Pig and the hallucinogenic dream-world of leprechauns?
posted by Nomyte at 7:33 PM on December 12, 2010

Great post! I'd only ever seen the color version, never realizing that there was a B&W original. It's a shame that the only comeback that the Dodo ever had was as a sorta-regular character on Tiny Toons in the early 90s.
posted by Strange Interlude at 8:01 PM on December 12, 2010

Why did Freleng decide to remake it?
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 8:13 PM on December 12, 2010

So it would be in color, as far as I can figure out from web searching.
posted by crunchland at 8:29 PM on December 12, 2010

Treg's a FOO
posted by erniepan at 8:51 PM on December 12, 2010

Why did Freleng decide to remake it?

The 1940s coincides with the years that Salvador Dali lived in America. The remake seems to be a sort tribute to Dali.
posted by dgaicun at 10:19 PM on December 12, 2010

Porky slimmed down over the years. He should have endorsed a celebrity weight-loss program.
posted by Rarebit Fiend at 12:48 AM on December 13, 2010

The color one is much more disturbing, I guess because of the Dali clocks, guitars and skulls.
posted by DU at 4:42 AM on December 13, 2010

Interesting that the three headed beast in the earlier version seems like an obvious reference to the Three Stooges, but in the later version, the hair coloring is all wrong.
posted by crunchland at 5:49 AM on December 13, 2010

As a child Pigs is Pigs gave me nightmares. Creepy starts ~3:52.
posted by Splunge at 5:51 AM on December 13, 2010

The Wackyland segments were far and away my favorite part of Tiny Toon Adventures.
posted by Eideteker at 12:09 PM on December 13, 2010

Nomyte, are you thinking of The Wearing of the Grin?
posted by Dr-Baa at 12:25 PM on December 13, 2010