Porky's Tire Trouble

Porky's Tire Trouble
Title card
Directed byRobert Clampett
Story byWarren Foster
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byNorman McCabe
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • February 18, 1939 (1939-02-18)
Running time
7 min
CountryUnited States

Porky's Tire Trouble is a 1939 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett.[1] The cartoon was released on February 18, 1939. It is part of the Looney Tunes series and the 53rd cartoon to feature Porky Pig.[2][3]

Plot

Porky Pig is followed by his dog to his workplace the Snappy Rubber Company, where he turns rubber tree bark into tires. He ties the dog to a nearby car, which fails spectacularly as the dog digs into the factory with car in tow, running over Porky. The dog falls into "rubberizing solution", which makes his movements bouncy and uncontrollable, but he realizes that he can contort his face into that of celebrities', including Clark Gable.

The dog falls into a jar with a funnel which he jams his head in, then crawls into some stairs which shapes his body the same way and trips Porky's boss. This earns the wrath of Porky's boss, who dislikes dogs and hence banned dogs from entering in the first place. He catches the dog's tail, but the dog stretches around the room to behind him and bites him. He repeatedly throws the dog out of the factory to no avail, as the dog returns to hit him multiple times, even after he gently lets him out in a vain attempt to prevent this. Porky's boss is thrown to the tire-making machine, with his body fashioned into a tire to his horror.

Home media

Porky's Tire Trouble is available on disc 3 of the Porky Pig 101 DVD set.[4]


References

  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 80. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ Parten, James (April 14, 2020). "1938-39 Looney Tunes: New Patterns Emerge". Cartoon Research. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  4. ↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
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