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Corn on the Cop
Directed byIrv Spector
Story byFriz Freleng
Produced byDavid H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
StarringMel Blanc
Joanie Gerber
Music byBill Lava
Animation byManny Perez
Warren Batchelder
Bob Matz
Layouts byDick Ung
Backgrounds byTom O'Loughlin
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • July 24, 1965 (1965-07-24)
Running time
6:00
LanguageEnglish

Corn on the Cop is a 1965 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated cartoon short directed by Irv Spector; the only time that Spector, who was mostly known as a story artist, ever acted as director on a theatrical cartoon.[1] The short was released on July 24, 1965, and stars Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Granny.[2] The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and Joanie Gerber. The short is notable for marking Porky Pig's final cartoon appearance during the golden age of American animation.

The title is a play on "corn on the cob."

Plot

On Halloween night, Granny is shopping for candy at a local grocery store. The next customer is an armed robber, who is wearing a blouse and skirt identical to the real Granny. Policemen Daffy and Porky are given the suspect's description and attempt to apprehend the robber.

Most of the rest of the cartoon depicts Daffy and Porky confusing Granny with the actual robber (because of their identical clothing), and bungling said attempts to capture the robber. An annoyed Granny, who has no idea what is going on, mistakes the inept policemen for mischievous trick-or-treaters, while the robber (who is hiding out in a vacant apartment in a building across the street from the same building where Granny is living) also foils every attempt by Daffy and Porky to capture him.

Eventually, Granny figures out what is going on and catches her "double". After giving the robber a spanking, she hands him over to Officer Flaherty. Flaherty commends Granny for catching the robber, after which Granny tells him "there are two other juvenile delinquents" who should be sent home to their parents (referring to Daffy and Porky), but when she asks for their addresses, Daffy gives her their precinct address and begs her to back off.

Milestones

Granny - voiced here by Joan Gerber instead of June Foray - makes her final appearance during the classic era. Corn on the Cop also reveals Granny's actual last name: Webster (in the closing scene where Daffy and Porky's superior police officer addresses Granny by name).[3]

This would also be Porky's final new appearance in the classic era, though he also appeared in Muchos Locos though, in archive footage.

Crew

  • Director: Irv Spector
  • Story: Friz Freleng
  • Animation: Manny Perez, Warren Batchelder, Bob Matz
  • Layout: Dick Ung
  • Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
  • Film Editor: Lee Gunther
  • Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc, Joanie Gerber
  • Music: Bill Lava
  • Produced by: David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng

See also

References

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 352. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ Friedwald, Will and Jerry Beck. The Warner Brothers Cartoons. Scarecrow Press Inc., Metuchen, N.J., 1981. ISBN 0-8108-1396-3.


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