The Chewin' Bruin

The Chewin' Bruin
Title card
Directed byRobert Clampett
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byNorman McCabe
Vive Risto
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • June 8, 1940 (1940-06-08)
Running time
6 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Chewin' Bruin is a 1940 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett.[1] The cartoon was released on June 8, 1940. It is part of the Looney Tunes series and the 75th cartoon to feature Porky Pig.[2][3]

Plot

Porky Pig stays at a lodge owned by a retired hunter, who tells the story of the mounted bear head on the wall behind him.

Thirty years ago, the hunter and his dog try to hunt a reindeer with literal musical horns as horns and some muskrats. They are trailed by a bear, who causes the dog to be literally frozen in fear on the ice. The hunter notices the bear after it is interested in the hunter's chewing tobacco. He runs home and throws a bear trap in front of his lodge, which does not hurt the bear in the slightest. The bear effortlessly destroys the house, frightening the dog and the hunter again. The hunter narrowly escapes capture but his shotgun is also fearful of the bear. Upon realizing the bear solely wanted his chewing tobacco, the hunter is angered and beats the bear to death.

At the present, the severed bear head is revealed to be somehow alive and spits the decades-old tobacco into a nearby spittoon, much to the hunter and Porky's bewilderment.

Home media

This short is available on disc 4 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. 103. 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. ↑ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. pp. 65–66. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.
  4. ↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved August 22, 2026.
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