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Dough for the Do-Do

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Dough for the Do-Do is a 1949 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot[]

A newspaper shows Porky traveling to Africa to hunt the rare dodo bird, worth four sextillion dollars. Porky uses his airplane to go to Dark Africa, then Darker Africa, and finally lands in Darkest Africa, per the route shown in the cartoon, somewhere in the vicinity of the Sudan. When Porky lands, a sign tells him that he's in Wackyland ("Population: 100 nuts and a squirrel"), while a scary voice booms out "IT CAN HAPPEN...HERE!" Soon he sees many strange, weird, and oafish creatures around, ranging from a three-headed stooge to a band composed of rubber bands.

Porky meets with a resident who provides "Information About The Dodo". Revealing the location, it ends up sending Porky falling from a sky background that is just run on a conveyor by the same resident. Doors open to reveal a castle surrounded by a moat as a light-up sign states "The Dodo". The Yoyo Dodo appears, driving the drawbridge like a boat to the other side. Porky asks him if he truly is the last of the dodos, and he confirms it before playing tricks on him. These tricks includes drawing a door with a pencil, appearing on the Warner Brothers shield and sling-shoting Porky into the ground, and pulling a wall of bricks that Porky smashes into (including dropping a parachute brick carrier that releases another brick). Finally, Porky dresses as another dodo, announcing himself to be the last dodo. Yoyo handcuffs himself to Porky, claiming, "I've got the last Dodo!" and runs with Porky to claim the reward. Porky reveals himself, and still handcuffed to Yoyo, runs off with him, now proclaiming "Oh no, you haven't! I-I'm rich! I-I've got the last D-D-Dodo!" Once they disappear over the horizon, scores of dodos appear to confirm this, before dancing and hooting. "Yes, sir! He's got the last dodo!"

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Sources differ on whether the cartoons released between September and October 1949 premiered on Fridays or Saturdays. This page lists 3 September as the release date, as cited in trade magazines from that period and in Steve Schneider's That's All Folks! which relies on original Warner Bros. release sheets.[2][3]

Censorship[]

Much like "Porky in Wackyland", this short was subject to censorship when shown on TV, though Cartoon Network and Boomerang aired both this one and Porky in Wackyland uncut. However, Dough for the Do-Do was only edited on ABC to remove the following:[4]

  • The black Al Jolson duck passing by Porky and saying "Mammy, mammy" (similar to the Nickelodeon version, and for the same reason: because it was racially insensitive)
  • The three-headed Stooge slapping itself and poking itself in the eyes (the only part that wasn't censored on Nickelodeon or Sunset/Guild Films)
  • The Do-Do popping into frame on the Warner Bros. shield and slamming Porky into the ground with a rock from a slingshot (similar to the Sunset/Guild Films version, only ABC cut it because of slapstick violence and copyright issues involving a rival studio, not because the powers that were at the time didn't want to be associated with television).

Notes[]

  • This is a shot-by-shot color remake of Bob Clampett's short "Porky in Wackyland", with some notable differences.
    • In addition to reusing some of the animation from "Porky in Wackyland", this short also reused footage of the re-drawn Wackyland characters and the animation of the Rubber Band from "Tin Pan Alley Cats".
  • This short was the final Warner Bros. short to be produced in Cinecolor.
  • This short is the only Cinecolor short that was re-released in the Blue Ribbon program past the 1955-56 season. As such, it is also the only reissued Cinecolor short to keep its original title and closing title color rings in the reissue print.
  • This is the only post-1948 short without full credits, hence making it the first short without full credits since "Behind the Meat-Ball". The lack of credits is presumably due to the short being a colorization of a cartoon without much to differentiate it from the original.
  • The song "Rubber Band" by Jackal Queenston contains an audio sample of the "rubber band" scene from this cartoon.[5]
  • Amazon Prime Video and iTunes Video have released a previously unreleased re-restored print of this short.

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References[]

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/1976motionpictur3301213libr/page/122/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. ↑ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All Folks! The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Company, page 246. ISBN 978-0805014853. 
  3. ↑ Lewis, Charles E. "Chick", ed. (5 November 1949). Showmen's Trade Review 51 (19). Showmen's Trade Review, Inc. 
  4. ↑ http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-d.aspx
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JN2blqeUOQ



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