Wholly Smoke

Wholly Smoke
Title card
Directed byFrank Tashlin
Story byGeo. Manuell
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Tedd Pierce
Cliff Nazarro[1]
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byRobt Bentley
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • August 27, 1938 (1938-08-27)
Running time
7 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Wholly Smoke is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Frank Tashlin.[2] The short was released on August 27, 1938. It is part of the Looney Tunes series, the 45th cartoon to feature Porky Pig and the last to be directed by Tashlin until 1943.[3]

Plot

Porky Pig is preparing for church after his mother gives him money for the collection plate. On his way, he encounters a dog practicing smoking tricks. Porky bets his nickel for the dog's cigar to prove he is not a wimp, but fails miserably when he tries the tricks. He accidentally sucks in too much smoke and stumbles his way to a smoke shop.

Porky hallucinates and encounters Nick O'Teen, who shrinks him and tempts him with smoking. In a nightmare sequence, tobacco products resembling the Three Stooges and other celebrities mock and force-feed Porky. He quickly wakes up, rushes to church, but returns once again to retrieve his nickel and return the cigar. He gives his offering and swears not to smoke again.

Reception

Animation historian David Gerstein writes that Wholly Smoke represents "Warner Bros.' most successful effort to capture what it's like to be a child. Wholly Smoke isn't just a morality tale or just another wacky Warner flight into dreamland. It's also the surprisingly real story of a little boy—our Porky—and his struggle with a larger world."[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Ohmart, Ben (2012). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. BearManor Media. p. 334. ISBN 978-1-5939-3788-1.
  2. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 75. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124-126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ Beck, Jerry, ed. (2020). The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. Insight Editions. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-64722-137-9.
  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.
  7. ↑ "Looney Tunes DVD News". Dohtem.com. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
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