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Pigs Is Pigs (1954 film)

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Pigs Is Pigs
Directed byJack Kinney
Produced byWalt Disney
Narrated byGary Owens [citation needed]
Animation byJohn Sibley
Dan MacManus (effects)
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
LanguageEnglish

Not to be confused with Pigs Is Pigs (1937 film)

Pigs Is Pigs is a 1954 animated film by Walt Disney Studios. Based on the story "Pigs Is Pigs" by Ellis Parker Butler, it relates the tale of a railway agent and his problems with a shipment of two guinea pigs that proceed to breed rapidly. This was Gary Owens' film debut.[citation needed] The cartoon was animated in the flat, colorful UPA Style. The melody of the traditional Irish jig The Irish Washerwoman is repeated throughout the short.

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.