Porky and Gabby is a 1937 Looney Tunes short directed by Ub Iwerks, Bob Clampett, and Chuck Jones.
Plot[]
Porky and Gabby are driving along as Porky mentions how swell he thinks the day is. He asks Gabby if he feels the same, but it is clear he does not. Soon the two find themselves stuck behind a big moving van. Porky is not too upset, but Gabby is, and he makes a big case out of it. The driver of the van tells him not to get so worked up, but it does not do any good. Gabby keeps trying to pick a fight anyway, so he drops him into a nearby mud puddle.
Upon realizing that Gabby is not in the truck with him, Porky comes to a halt and backs up, inadvertently running over Gabby twice in the process.
Soon, the two of them are traveling up a big hill, but the car overheats and gives out when they reach the very top. Porky suggests they get out and push the car, but Gabby is less than happy and laments ever coming while he and Porky both tug and push the car. With one big push, they manage to get it sent down the hill and continue on their way.
Gabby and Porky arrive at a clearing, and Porky takes out the tent, insisting he will put it up while Gabby unloads the car. Gabby yanks and yanks until he gets everything thrown off the car and onto him. Porky has no trouble putting up the tent, but a pesky bee makes it a very painful and annoying experience. Gabby tries to help by finding the flyswatter, but he ends up hitting Porky with a shovel. The bee then stings Gabby's nose and flies onto the tailpipe of a car. When Gabby swings at it, it causes the engine to fly out from the front.
Sometime later, Porky is trying to tie down the tent, but he finds trouble in reaching the stake. He asks Gabby to hand him some more rope, which Gabby does find, but does not realize it is tied to an outboard motor. From the blunt force used to pull, he starts the motor, sending it flying around.
It directly comes at Porky, who takes cover in the tent, but the motor goes right through it. Gabby tries to shoot at the motor, but does not hit it, and winds up temporarily stuck in a tree. Porky thinks he has ahold of it with the rope, but it does not stop it from flying around. Gabby gets stuck between two trees until the motor, and Porky gets stuck momentarily. They then run to the car and hop inside, before driving off in hopes of escape, but the motor follows behind. They find themselves behind the moving van again, and Gabby tries to tell the man to get out of the way. This does not work, and the motor causes the car and van to explode. Gabby laughs at how funny the van driver looks, who then smacks him over the head with the side arm by pulling a string.
Caricatures[]
- Tommy Mack - Gabby quotes his character Judge Hugo Straight from Community Sing, "Excited?! Who's excited?! I'm not excited!"
Transcript[]
- Main article: Porky and Gabby/Transcript
Availability[]
Black Legion
Porky Pig 101, Disc 2 (has two jump splices on the opening and closing titles)
Streaming[]
Notes[]
- This is one of the only two shorts to be directed by Ub Iwerks, the other one being "Porky's Super Service".
- This is the first time Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones are assistant directors. Eventually after Ub Iwerks left Warner Bros. Cartoons, Clampett took his place as director and eventually would work for the studio to direct more Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts up until his departure in 1945, while Jones stayed as an assistant director after Clampett took over Iwerks' unit until "Porky's Poppa" in 1938 and eventually became a director himself later on in 1938 after Tashlin's departure.
- This was also the first short to be produced at the Ray Katz unit, which was later inherited to Clampett and would remain in operation until the studio's closure.
