Shanghaied Shipmates

Shanghaied Shipmates
Title card
Directed byJack King
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringJoe Dougherty
Music byNorman Spencer
Animation byPaul Smith
Joe D'Igalo
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Productions
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • June 20, 1936 (1936-06-20)
Running time
7 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Shanghaied Shipmates is a 1936 American animated comedy short film directed by Jack King.[1] The short was released on June 20, 1936. It is the 71st film in the Looney Tunes series and the ninth cartoon to feature Porky Pig.[2][3]

Plot

At a seaside tavern, Porky Pig dances to piano music played by his fellow sailors while they drink alcohol. Meanwhile, a bulldog pirate captain is angered that his crew has left him, except for a short stereotypical Asian sailor who remains faithful to him.

The pirate arrives at the tavern and abducts everyone in it to work for him, including Porky, who is forced to clean the ship's floor. Porky sends a piece of soap towards the pirate's direction, causing him to slip; he chokes Porky with the soap. As Porky burps soap bubbles, one of his friends releases the soap from his body with his tail, causing the pirate to slip on it again. The pirate forces a hippo to have its toes licked by a cat, while another sailor is made to mop the floor with his peg leg.

It is lunch time and the sailors run over a tuba player to the mess hall. The pirate eats a large amount of chicken legs and gives the bones to his crew, which they throw away, or in Porky's case, sprinkle salt on and lick. A week later, they revolt while the stereotypical Asian tells on them. They jump the captain while Porky fights the stereotypical Asian. The pirate tries to retaliate with a cannon, which instead pulls him backward and up into a pile of TNT. With his ship gone, he is forced to swim Porky and his friends to shore on a raft while they rejoice.

Home media

Shanghaied Shipmates is available on disc 1 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. 46. 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 (January 21, 2020). "Bye Bye Buddy!". Cartoon Research. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  4. ↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
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