Piggy Hamhock is a Merrie Melodies character. His first appearance was in "At Your Service Madame", a 1936 short.
History[]
The "Piggy" name came from one of two brothers who were childhood classmates of Freleng's, nicknamed "Porky" and "Piggy".[2]
Piggy was given a light, Caucasian-like color with distinguishing birthmarks. The character appeared as a gluttonous child in a large family of pigs in "At Your Service Madame" (which gives his full name as Piggy Hamhock),[3] where he leads his fellow siblings in foiling a bum's attempt to rob their mother. A year later he starred in "Pigs Is Pigs" in which his gluttony would take center stage.[3] After that he was discarded with his character traits transferred for a time to Porky Pig.
Piggy Hamhock is not to be confused for a similarly-named character Piggy from two black-and-white Harman-Ising Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1931 , or even Freleng's other swine, that being Porky Pig.
Description[]
Piggy appears as a fat, pink pig who has distinguishing brown-colored birthmarks on both his butt and right ear. Piggy didn't wear any clothes, save for a red bow tie around his neck.
Appearances[]
"At Your Service Madame" (1936)- "Pigs Is Pigs" (1937)
Notes[]
- His last name, Hamhock, is a pun on "ham hock", an alternative name of the pork knuckle, the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the extreme shank end of the pork leg cut.
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References[]
- ↑ https://wplc.overdrive.com/wplc-107/available/media/9248078
- ↑ Beck, Jerry. Audio commentary for "I Haven't Got a Hat" on the Warner Bros. DVD set Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 3. (2005) citing Freleng's autobiography.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2