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Porky's Railroad

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Porky's Railroad
Title card
Directed byFrank Tashlin
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Starring
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byJoe D'Igalo
Robert Bentley
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Productions
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • August 7, 1937 (1937-08-07)
Running time
7 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Porky's Railroad is a 1937 American animated comedy short film directed by Frank Tashlin.[1] The short was released on August 7, 1937. It is the 89th film in the Looney Tunes series and the 27th cartoon to feature Porky Pig.[2]

Plot

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A large crack train named the 30th Century Limited speeds through the tracks. Porky operates the 15th Century Unlimited, an extremely outdated and tattered crack train which he nicknames Toots. It attempts to crawl a steep slope at Piker's Peak and slows to a point which a snail casually outruns it. Porky uses black pepper to cause the train to sneeze and speed up to a competent level. Porky spots the larger train, which crashes onto the last carriage of his train. Porky spots a cow who refuses to budge, but relents begrudgingly. A bull crosses and respectfully stands at the corner, but Porky believes its visible tail to be the cow's, until he realizes and drives away.

Porky is stopped and handed a notice that he will be fired and replaced by a streamliner named "The Silver Fish", whose operator passes by, mocks Porky and challenges him to a race. Porky's train breaks down while the streamliner passes by a "nigger in the woodpile", then onto a drawbridge.[3] Porky catches up and barely misses the drawbridge while it is lifted to make way for the ship 'S.S Leon", accidentally picking up a sailor in the process. The bull from earlier witnesses the train and destroys all carriages but the driver's seat in a mad dash for retaliation, but accidentally launches Porky into the finishing line. With his train destroyed, Porky receives compensation in the form of the streamliner, which he operates while disposing of his old train in one last ride.

Home media

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 60. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Karl F. (October 18, 2013). Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0725-2.
  4. ↑ Rich, Jamie S. (November 18, 2006). "Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Four". DVD Talk. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  5. ↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
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