Patient Porky is a Warner BrothersLooney Tunes theatrical cartoon, starring Porky Pig. It was directed by Bob Clampett, and written by Warren Foster. It was released on September 14, 1940. The cartoon features the last appearance of Happy Rabbit, who has a mere cameo. Warner Bros. ... Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... Porky Pig, as seen delivering his signature closing line at the end of a Looney Tunes short. ... Robert Emerson Bob Clampett (May 8, 1913âMay 4, 1984) was an animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes series of cartoons from Warner Bros. ... Golden Records album cover of their recording of I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat Warren Foster (b. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Happy Rabbit in Prest-O Change-O Happy Rabbit is a character from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series who later evolved into Bugs Bunny. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Plot
The cartoon begins with a tour of a hospital. Porky checks in, with a stomach ache, caused by overeating at his birthday party. Instead of a real doctor, he encounters a patient posing as "Dr. Chilled-Air" (a reference to Dr. Kildare), who is eager to operate on him with a saw. Dr. James Kildare was the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, and a 1960s television series of the same name. ...
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The cartoon was more or less a copy of Porky's Duck Hunt[?], first released on July 7, 1937, directed by Tex Avery and introducing Daffy Duck.
Following this earlier film, the short cast Porky Pig as a hunter against an equally nutty prey, who was more interested in driving his hunter insane than running away.
Bugs then made a cameo in Robert Clampett's PatientPorky[?], first released on September 14, 1940 to announce the birth of 260 rabbits.
The cartoon was more or less a copy of Porky's Duck Hunt, first released on July 7,1937, directed by Tex Avery and introducing Daffy Duck.
Bugs' fifth appearance during the year was in a cameo in Porky Pig's Feat, first released on July 17, 1943.
The short marks the first time Bugs, Daffy, Porky and Elmer, who were the most popular Looney Tunes characters at the time, appear together in one short.