Porky Pig Through the Years

This is the last post in the series "Through the Years". Hope you enjoy it! (It's about Porky Pig!)

The first Porky was round and fat. In
his first appearance, I Haven't Got A Hat,
surprisingly, was not the star.

 First appearance of Porky in I Haven't Got a Hat 

Producer Leon Schlesinger, was trying
to find a star to replace the most bland
star in Looney Tunes, Buddy. So,
director Friz Freleng created lots of
characters to see which would be
the most popular. Porky was among
them (the other characters were Beans
the Cat the star, Oliver Owl the enemy,
Little Kitty, Ham and Ex, and Tommy
Turtle). In this short Porky wears a green
sweatshirt and was voiced by a man named
Joe Dougherty. Since he actually stuttered,
he took up a lot recording time. Later, he
was fired and Mel Blanc took the job.

The child Porky Pig in Milk and Money

This Porky is actually a kid, director
Tex Avery did most of the cartoons
when Porky's a kid while Frank Tashlin
experimented with a adult Porky. The
child Porky first appeared in Porky 
the Rainmaker, in 1936. (The other
Porky first appeared in 1935.)

The last Porky (with the blue coat and
no pants), first appeared in the late 30's
and early 40's. He mostly co-starred
with Daffy Duck, Charlie Dog, and
sometimes Sylvester. When the ever
popular Bugs Bunny came along,
Porky got less and less main character
and became more of a co-star with
Daffy Duck. He still appears as a
minor character on The Looney
Tunes Show.


And as Porky said...

                   
                                                     Th-th-th That's all folks!

Sincerely,

                  Tai Jackson