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Porky in Egypt
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Directed byRobert Clampett
Story byErnest Gee
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Danny Webb
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byNorman McCabe[1]
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • November 5, 1938 (1938-11-05)
Running time
7 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Porky in Egypt is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett.[2] The short was released on November 5, 1938. It is part of the Looney Tunes series and the 48th cartoon to feature Porky Pig.[3][4]

Plot

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It is morning in Egypt and a group of lazy locals gamble. An ugly person disguises himself as a beautiful courtesan while a fire-eater nearby fails his trick. An offer for a trip to see the pyramids in Egypt is shown. The tour then proceeds to leave with a large caravan of camels being used as transportation. Porky then comes running out and chases after the caravan; but he is too late and ends up not being able to catch up to them. He sees an available camel called Humpty Bumpty however, and takes it with the intent of seeing the pyramids.

Porky ends up lost in the desert and eventually he, and weirdly enough, the camel, start to suffer from dehydration. They start seeing various mirages that cause them to go into a dreamlike sequence where Porky and the camel both hallucinate and hear strange voices. The camel then starts acting weird and Porky tries to calm him down, but fails, and the camel grows more and more insane.

Eventually, they run screaming from the desert and back into the town, whereupon they lock themselves inside a safehouse. Humpty believes that they are safe, but Porky is then shown to have similarly lost his mind as he begins laughing hysterically, puts on an oversized bicorne hat with the letter N on it (an obvious allusion to Napoleon as well an obvious reference to his invasion in Egypt) as starts dancing in an exaggerated, chaotic fashion as the cartoon irises out.

Home media

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References

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  1. ↑ "Warner Cartoon Breakdowns #1!". Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 79. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ Parten, James (April 14, 2020). "1938-39 Looney Tunes: New Patterns Emerge". Cartoon Research. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Looney Tunes Golden Collection - Volume 3 - The Internet Animation Database". www.intanibase.com. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Looney Tunes DVD News". Dohtem.com. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  7. ↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
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