Porky uses his mechanical gadgets to fix a meal for a strange little man, while cook Conrad Cat deals with an ant in the pancake mix.Porky uses his mechanical gadgets to fix a meal for a strange little man, while cook Conrad Cat deals with an ant in the pancake mix.Porky uses his mechanical gadgets to fix a meal for a strange little man, while cook Conrad Cat deals with an ant in the pancake mix.
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Robert C. Bruce
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- Rich Hogan(uncredited)
- Tedd Pierce(uncredited)
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- TriviaThe customer orders "demitasse," which Porky says they are out of. He then orders a "small cup coffee." Demitasse IS a small cup of coffee.
- GoofsIn the computer colorized print and the Porky Pig 101 print, instead of the correct 1941-1945 theme, the 1936-1937 theme plays over the opening titles.
- Alternate versionsThis cartoon was colorized in 1968 by having every other frame traced over onto a cel. Each redrawn cel was painted in color and then photographed over a colored reproduction of each original background. Needless to say, the animation quality dropped considerably from the original version with this method. The cartoon was colorized again in 1992, this time with a computer adding color to a new print of the original black and white cartoon. This preserved the quality of the original animation.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Toon in with Me: National Toast Day (2022)
- Soundtracks(Ho-dle-ay) Start the Day Right
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Music by Maurice Spitalny
Lyrics by Al Lewis and Charles Tobias
Sung with substitute lyrics by Porky Pig
Featured review
go on, have a meal
For the first few years of his existence, Porky Pig got cast mainly in mundane roles (fireman, hunter, caveman). One of these was Chuck Jones's "Porky's Cafe", wherein he owns a cafe. The stuttering swine takes a customer's increasingly over-the-top orders, while Conrad Cat (who soon got a lead role in "Conrad the Sailor" with Daffy) sees his attempts to make pancakes foiled by a playful ant.
This year marked a turning point for Jones. His early cartoons were more like Disney cartoons: simple and often short on comedy. It seems like once the US entered WWII, Jones's works took a turn for the wacky, setting the stage for his later cartoons starring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (as well as the ones starring Marvin the Martian).
Anyway, this is a neat short. The customer's orders reminded me of the restaurant scene in "L.A. Story".
This year marked a turning point for Jones. His early cartoons were more like Disney cartoons: simple and often short on comedy. It seems like once the US entered WWII, Jones's works took a turn for the wacky, setting the stage for his later cartoons starring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (as well as the ones starring Marvin the Martian).
Anyway, this is a neat short. The customer's orders reminded me of the restaurant scene in "L.A. Story".
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- lee_eisenberg
- Jul 30, 2019
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- Looney Tunes #7 (1941-1942 Season): Porky's Cafe
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- Runtime7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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