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Dough for the Do-Do
Title card
Directed byFriz Freleng (uncredited)
Supervision:
Bob Clampett (uncredited)
Story byTedd Pierce
Warren Foster (both uncredited)
Produced byEdward Selzer (uncredited)
StarringVoice characterizations:
Mel Blanc
Music byMusical direction:
Carl Stalling
Orchestra:
Milt Franklyn (uncredited)
Animation byUncredited quarterly character animation:
Virgil Ross
Ken Champin
Gerry Chiniquy
Manuel Perez
Uncredited archived animation:
Norman McCabe
I. Ellis
Vive Risto
John Carey
Robert Cannon
Uncredited solely effects animation:
A.C. Gamer
Layouts byCharacter and background layout:
Hawley Pratt (uncredited)
Backgrounds byBackground paint:
Paul Julian (uncredited)
Color processIn:
Cinecolor (two-strip, original)
Print by:
Technicolor (three-strip, re-release)
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release dates
  • September 2, 1949 (1949-09-02)[1]: 202 [2]: 430 
  • April 6, 1957 (1957-04-06) (re-release)
Running time
7:04
LanguageEnglish

Dough for the Do-Do is a 1949 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.[3] The short was released on September 2, 1949, and stars Porky Pig.[4] It is a color remake of the 1938 short Porky in Wackyland.

Plot

The cartoon begins with a newspaper showing Porky traveling to Africa to hunt the rare dodo bird. Porky flies his airplane to go to Dark Africa, then Darker Africa, and finally lands in Darkest Africa When Porky lands, a sign tells him that he's in Wackyland ("Population: 100 nuts and a squirrel"), while a scary voice booms out "It can happen here!" Porky enters into a surreal Dali-esque landscape and encounters many strange, weird, and oafish creatures.

Suddenly, the last dodo of the dodo species appears. Porky tries to catch the dodo, but the dodo plays tricks on him. At one time, the dodo appears on the Warner Bros. shield and sling shots Porky into the ground. Finally, Porky dresses as another dodo, announcing himself to be the last dodo. The dodo handcuffs himself to Porky, claiming "I've got the last Dodo!" and runs with Porky to claim the reward. Porky reveals himself, and still handcuffed to the dodo, runs off with him, now proclaiming: "Oh, no, you haven't! I-I'm rich! I-I've got the last D-D-Dodo!" Once they disappear over the horizon, scores of dodos appear to confirm this.

Availability

  • VHS - The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 6
  • VHS - Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies (time-compressed)
  • Laserdisc - Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites
  • VHS - Looney Tunes Presents: Taz's Jungle Jams (1998 "THIS VERSION", without notice)
  • DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc 2

References

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Maltin, Leonard (1987). Of Mice And Magic: A History Of American Animated Cartoons (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Plume. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.
  3. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  4. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.


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