Porky at the Crocadero

Porky at the Crocadero
Title card
Directed byFrank Tashlin
Story byLew Landsman
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byVolney White
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Productions
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • February 5, 1938 (1938-02-05)
Running time
7 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Porky at the Crocadero is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Frank Tashlin.[1] The short was released on February 5, 1938. It is the 97th film in the Looney Tunes series and the 35th cartoon to feature Porky Pig.[2][3][4]

Plot

Porky Pig walks by the Crocadero nightclub, wanting to be a bandleader as he has professional musical qualifications. As he fantasizes about being as famous as conductors like Leopold Stokowski, Rudy Vallée and Benny Goodman, he realizes he cannot afford a dinner at the place, which cost $25 per plate (the food costs 50 cents), while he only has one scent [sic]. Porky finds the nightclub recruiting a boy, which he happily obliges and is assigned to wash dishes, which he does not mind to earn money. He is fired after being distracted by a fly.

As the patrons demands music, the nightclub's owner is shocked when his bandleaders fail to show up due to a delayed flight. Desperately thinking of a solution, he remembers Porky's credentials and quickly drags him to the nightclub and dresses him up as Paul Whiteman. He competently directs the musicians while struggling to maintain the extra weight on his costume. A penguin waiter repeatedly has a served drink sucked up by a trombone to his chagrin. Porky then impersonates Guy Lombardo. An old crooner, a caricature of Carmen Lombardo, struggles to sing before being wheeled away by a clearly insane caretaker. Porky impersonates Cab Calloway in blackface, switching costumes into a stereotypical Chinese person at one point. As his performance ends, the penguin waiter has had enough and drinks before the trombone does.

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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. 63. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ Parten, James (March 17, 2020). "Looney Tunes 1937-38: Steady As She Goes". Cartoon Research. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  4. ↑ Roquet, Mark (2007). "Toward Absurdity: Warner Bros. Animation During the Depression" (PDF). Seven Hills School: 13.
  5. ↑ Lambert, David (August 5, 2007). "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour - Complete Disc-by-Disc Details of Golden Collection Vol. 5 Cartoons, Extras". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
  6. ↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
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