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Patient Porky is a 1940 Looney Tunes short directed by Bob Clampett.

Plot[]

Porky checks into a hospital with a stomach ache caused by overeating at his birthday party. Instead of a real doctor, he encounters a crazy cat patient posing as "Dr. Chilled-Air", After an X-Ray showing a birthday cake with only one piece missing and candles still lit in Porky's stomach, that cat decides to take Porky on as his own patient. He throws Porky into a bed and rushes him off to the operating room where he intends on performing surgery on him with a huge saw. Realizing the cat's intentions, Porky panics and tries to escape and runs back to his house (the same house from Porky & Daffy) with the cat hot on his trail. Porky opens the door to his bedroom and slams the door shut. The cat throws open the door and finds Porky laying in his bed, smiling with the covers pulled over him and runs over to him. Thinking he has the upper hand, he again attempts to operate on Porky, but after lifting Porky's gown he sees a "Do Not Open till Xmas" sticker on Porky's belly. The cat then ponders "Christmas?" then jumps into bed right next to Porky and states, "I'll wait!" much to Porky's dismay.

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  • With the exception of broadcasts during The Bob Clampett Show, Late Night Black and White and, ironically, a rare 2:45am showing of the infamous 2001 June Bugs marathon that banned 12 Bugs Bunny cartoons that had racial stereotypes in them [2], Cartoon Network and Boomerang's version cuts all the scenes of Rochester as an elevator operator stopping at each floor and naming off all the diseases and conditions that are treated there. Nickelodeon and MeTV also edited this short, though Nickelodeon and MeTV used fade-in effects to cover each scene while Cartoon Network's and Boomerang's edited versions used a hard cut from one scene to the next.[3][4]

Notes[]

  • Dr. Chilled-Air is a reference to Dr. Kildare.
  • This cartoon is a partial remake of "The Daffy Doc", with a crazy cat replacing Daffy. As such, certain scenes are reused.
    • Both cartoons were directed by Bob Clampett.
    • The title card reuses the silhouette of the two ducks on the ambulance that was originally used for "The Daffy Doc".
  • In real life, it is illegal to impersonate a doctor.
  • The Spanish dubbing uses the 1936 Porky's Signature theme on the opening titles instead.
  • The three people that the switchboard operator pages are Sir Gerry, a pun on the word "surgery"; Dr. Ehrlich, the titular character from the film Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet which was released the same year as the cartoon; and Dr. Cyclops, which was the name of a film also released the same year.
  • Dr. Chris Chun's name is a play on that of Dr. Christian, a character played by Jean Hersholt in a series of six features released 1939-1941. The cartoon doctor is a caricature of Hersholt.
  • Although this short was released a month after "A Wild Hare", the zanier, prototypical Bugs Bunny makes a brief cameo appearance. This would also be the final time this earlier incarnation of the character appears in a black-and-white cartoon.
  • This is the last cartoon with the 1939-1940 Porky Pig intro before "Calling Dr. Porky".

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Porky Pig Cartoons
1935 I Haven't Got a HatGold Diggers of '49
1936 Plane DippyAlpine AnticsThe Phantom ShipBoom BoomThe Blow OutWestward WhoaFish TalesShanghaied ShipmatesPorky's PetPorky the Rain-MakerPorky's Poultry PlantPorky's Moving DayMilk and MoneyLittle Beau PorkyThe Village SmithyPorky in the North WoodsBoulevardier from the Bronx
1937 Porky the WrestlerPorky's Road RacePicador PorkyPorky's RomancePorky's Duck HuntPorky and GabbyPorky's BuildingPorky's Super ServicePorky's Badtime StoryPorky's RailroadGet Rich Quick PorkyPorky's GardenRover's RivalThe Case of the Stuttering PigPorky's Double TroublePorky's Hero Agency
1938 Porky's PoppaPorky at the CrocaderoWhat Price PorkyPorky's Phoney ExpressPorky's Five & TenPorky's Hare HuntInjun TroublePorky the FiremanPorky's PartyPorky's Spring PlantingPorky & DaffyWholly SmokePorky in WackylandPorky's Naughty NephewPorky in EgyptThe Daffy DocPorky the Gob
1939 The Lone Stranger and PorkyIt's an Ill WindPorky's Tire TroublePorky's Movie MysteryChicken JittersPorky and TeabiscuitKristopher Kolumbus Jr.Polar PalsScalp TroubleOld GloryPorky's PicnicWise QuacksPorky's HotelJeepers CreepersNaughty NeighborsPied Piper PorkyPorky the Giant KillerThe Film Fan
1940 Porky's Last StandAfrica SqueaksAli-Baba BoundPilgrim PorkySlap Happy PappyPorky's Poor FishYou Ought to Be in PicturesThe Chewin' BruinPorky's Baseball BroadcastPatient PorkyCalling Dr. PorkyPrehistoric PorkyThe Sour PussPorky's Hired HandThe Timid Toreador
1941 Porky's Snooze ReelPorky's Bear FactsPorky's PreviewPorky's AntA Coy DecoyPorky's Prize PonyMeet John DoughboyWe, the Animals - Squeak!The Henpecked DuckNotes to YouRobinson Crusoe Jr.Porky's Midnight MatineePorky's Pooch
1942 Porky's Pastry PiratesWho's Who in the ZooPorky's CafeAny Bonds Today?My Favorite Duck
1943 Confusions of a Nutzy SpyYankee Doodle DaffyPorky Pig's FeatA Corny Concerto
1944 Tom Turk and DaffyTick Tock TuckeredSwooner CroonerDuck Soup to NutsSlightly DaffyBrother Brat
1945 Trap Happy PorkyWagon Heels
1946 Baby BottleneckDaffy DoodlesKitty KorneredThe Great Piggy Bank RobberyMouse Menace
1947 One Meat BrawlLittle Orphan Airedale
1948 Daffy Duck Slept HereNothing but the ToothThe Pest That Came to DinnerRiff Raffy DaffyScaredy Cat
1949 Awful OrphanPorky ChopsPaying the PiperDaffy Duck HuntCurtain RazorOften an OrphanDough for the Do-DoBye, Bye Bluebeard
1950 Boobs in the WoodsThe Scarlet PumpernickelAn Egg ScrambleGolden YeggsThe DuckstersDog Collared
1951 The Wearing of the GrinDrip-Along DaffyThe Prize Pest
1952 Thumb FunCracked QuackFool Coverage
1953 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1954 Claws for AlarmMy Little Duckaroo
1955 Jumpin' JupiterDime to Retire
1956 Rocket SquadDeduce, You Say
1957 Boston Quackie
1958 Robin Hood Daffy
1959 China Jones
1961 Daffy's Inn Trouble
1965 Corn on the Cop
1966 Mucho Locos
1980 Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
1996 Superior Duck
2004 My Generation G...G... Gap
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