- Patient Porky
"Patient Porky" is a
Warner Brothers "Looney Tunes " theatrical cartoon, starringPorky Pig . It was directed byBob Clampett , written byWarren Foster , and scored byCarl W. Stalling . "Patient Porky" was released onSeptember 14 ,1940 . The cartoon features the Bugs Bunny prototype, who has a mere cameo.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.This cartoon is the fifth and last appearance of the prototype
Bugs Bunny , although Bugs "per se" had debuted 29 days before in "A Wild Hare" against Elmer Fudd. Also, it features the early design from "A Wild Hare ".Censorship
*With the exception of the broadcast during "
The Bob Clampett Show ",Cartoon Network (and Nickelodeon) edits the scenes of a caricature of Rochester, from radio's "The Jack Benny Program" as an elevator operator.ee also
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Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940-1949)
*List of Bugs Bunny cartoons External links
*imdb title|id=0032895|title=Patient Porky
*" [http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=365 Patient Porky] " at theBig Cartoon DataBase
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