Prehistoric Porky is a 1940 Looney Tunes short directed by Bob Clampett.
Plot[]
In the year "One Billion, Trillion B.C.", Porky receives a magazine in the mail. While he is reading it, he finds out that bearskins are all the rage, so he sets out to kill a bear. He goes into the forest, finds a bear, and attempts to kill it to get the bearskin.
Caricatures[]
- Kate Smith - "Hello everybody."
- Jerry Colonna - as a vulture
- Ned Sparks - as a vulture
- Tony Galento - on Expire magazine
Availability[]
(2007) DVD
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc 3
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Disc 3
(2017) DVD
Porky Pig 101, Disc 4
Porky Pig 101, Disc 4
Streaming[]
Notes[]
- Porky receives a magazine called Expire, which is a parody of the Esquire magazine. "Brother Brat" would feature another parody of the magazine.
- On the magazine cover, there is a list of names that mostly consists of spoonerisms of Warner Bros. employees, such as "Ray Blouse" (Ray Bloss), "Cohn Jarey" (John Carey), "Reve Visto" (Vive Risto), "Tick Dhomas" (Dick Thomas), "Have Doffman" (Dave Hoffman), "Cob Blampett" (Bob Clampett), "Farren Woster" (Warren Foster), and "Mubby Tillar" (Tubby Millar). At the bottom, "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" listings are shown in the "CARTOON" section.
Gallery[]
Production layout of the Ned Sparks vulture
