Porky Pig's Feat (1943) User Reviews (15)

Porky Pig's Feat

[Prismark10 · 7/10 · 18 June 2021]

A Warner Brothers cartoon in black and white with Daffy Duck stealing the show.

Porky's bill for his stay at the Broken Arms Hotel would nearly break the bank. Getting charged for air, sunshine and goodwill.

Daffy Duck has the money for the hotel bill but he is gambled it all away.

Both Porky Pig and Daffy Duck have no choice but try to escape without paying but the hotel manager is on to them.

Even Bugs Bunny might have problems getting out of this hotel without paying and he does make a cameo appearance.

Fast frenetic fun and a touch of deliberate parodying of a Looney Toons cartoon.

Not only very funny but also gorgeous to look at

[phantom_tollbooth · 9/10 · 4 November 2008]

Frank Tashlin's 'Porky Pig's Feat' is an exceptionally handsome black and white cartoon. Trapped in a hotel with a bill they can't pay, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck attempt to rid themselves of the fearsome manager and escape. It's a simple set up for a fast paced and very funny short. There are several things that make 'Porky Pig's Feat' notable besides its general excellence. The drawing and animation style have an unusually modern feel to them for 1943 and the camera angles and set-ups have a really cinematic feel to them. Witness Daffy's wild rush down the corridor and into the elevator or Porky and Daffy as they swing on a rope made of sheets from the hotel window. Perhaps the most notable element, however, is a last minute cameo from (a rather odd sounding) Bugs Bunny who makes his only appearance in black and white and his first appearance alongside Porky and Daffy. Although it was still early in Bugs' career, he had already outshone all the studio's previous stars in terms of popularity and this is reflected in Porky and Daffy's hero worship of him. It's slightly odd to hear Daffy proclaiming that Bugs is his hero in light of their more famous rivalry developed by Chuck Jones in later years. All these unusual elements help make 'Porky Pig's Feat' a classic but, crucially, it also has a great script and a wonderful energy that drives it forward until its great surprise ending. One of Tashlin's best films.

Fab! :-D

[Mightyzebra · 9/10 · 1 December 2009]

This Looney Tunes episode may be very slapsticky and have a good deal of jokes that have been used so many times, it still works as a good quality Looney Tunes cartoon. I enjoyed it immensely, mainly thanks to a few of the unexpected jokes, character appearances and personalities of Daffy and Porky.

In this episode, Porky needs to pay a very expensive hotel bill and is waiting with the hotel manager for Daffy Duck, who is staying with him, to bring the money. Unfortunately, Daffy has been gambling at this time and loses ALL THE MONEY needed to pay the bill. Great. So, when Daffy realises that Porky is relying on him to pay the bill, he immediately becomes defensive against the hotel owner...

The cartoon had an "unexpected visitor," whom I will not reveal as it is quite late on in the episode. In the cartoon are also some quite witty statements and gags and the episode is fast-paced as most Looney Tunes are and very entertaining. There is one thing that slightly put me off the episode: I did not enjoy the surprisingly long sequence of "Ows!" submitted by the hotel manager as he falls down the stairs. Not only was it boring but it made me think of how it might feel in real life. Not nice.

I recommend this episode to people who like Porky and Daffy and to people who like early Looney Tunes cartoons. Enjoy "Porky's Pig Feat"! :-)

Frank Tashlin's best cartoon

[carryall · 10/10 · 10 September 2007]

Frank Tashlin is often mentioned as the Warners' most overlooked director, along with Arthur Davis. Possibly this is right, both did only a handful films for the studio. Tash made his cartoons in two stints, one between 1937 and 38, and the other between 1943 and 46.

The second era consists his more popular films, with such memorable ones like "The Stupid Cupid", "Nasty Quacks", "Swooner Crooner" or "Unruly Hare". But his real masterpiece was without doubt "Porky Pig's Feat", a black-and-white classic featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, as two hotel guests who try to escape without paying the bill to the ugly, nasty french clerk, after Daffy gambled his money.

The message of this cartoon might be wrong (however I would try the same, if I had to pay for goodwill and sunshine ha-ha), but it's possibly one of the best slapstick comedies I have ever seen in any film. The gags are utterly brilliant, and despite the 43 B/W release, this cartoon feels like much more like a late-40 short with its detailed and mature humor. As said in an earlier review, the gags are not only great here, but very unpredictable as well, which makes the film even better.

Interesting note that this was the only time when Bugs Bunny has appeared (as a cameo) in a B/W short, and also was the first occasion when Daffy and Bugs met.

The title of the cartoon is rather misleading, since Porky is just here, but the real feats are made by Daffy Duck. I always preferred the early wacky personality of him (more correctly the 40s Daffy, which has some maturity as well), and he is at his very best in "Porky Pig's Feat". This cartoon is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol.3, and heavily recommended to anyone at any age and any mood. Possibly this is one of the top10 overall Looney Tunes cartoons, but this might be my opinion only.

10/10

One of my favorite black & white Looney Tunes' cartoons

[ja_kitty_71 · 10/10 · 27 October 2007]

It is hilarious! It's one of my favorite black & white Porky Pig cartoons directed Frank Tashlin. My favorite scenes from the cartoon, is when Daffy Duck confronts with the manager in a hilarious fashion, and when Porky & Daffy throw the manager down a long spiral of stairs. Also when they tried sliding down a bed sheet out the window. Porky and Daffy do make a hilarious comedy duo like Laurel & Hardy, Abbot & Costello, and even Donald Duck & Goofy from Disney.

I would like to point out that Bugs Bunny made a cameo appearance in his first black & white cartoon - this one. Also, the guy Daffy was playing dice sounds like Rochester, Jack Benny's manservant.

Daffy In Black-And-White

[ccthemovieman-1 · 6/10 · 7 June 2007]

Porky's bill for two nights stay at the Broken Arms Hotel is outrageous. He's even charged separately for the "air, sunshine and goodwill!" When the big fat French guy from the hotel comes to collect, Porky says his pal Daffy is in charge of the money. Unfortunately, Daffy has just thrown away money in a craps game.

One thing leads to another and the Frenchman winds up challenging Daffy on the "field of honor."

Well, you know Daffy doesn't have a lot of honor, and they never get to that duel - just a war to see if they can get out of the hotel without paying while the big hotel manager makes sure the opposite happens. All parties take a beating in this war. In the end, Daffy calls up Bugs Bunny hoping he'll help!

It was odd to see Daffy Duck in black-and-white. In all the Looney Tunes Collection DVDs, I've always seen him in color. This was part of the Volume Three.

one of the most unpredictable cartoons

[lee_eisenberg · 10/10 · 3 April 2007]

One of the things that I've always liked the most about the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons is their unpredictability. "Porky Pig's Feat" goes all the way, as Porky and Daffy come up with all sorts of elaborate schemes to try and escape from a hotel. You see, the effete manager has charged them for things like air (for breathing), while Daffy gambled away all the money. The whole thing escalates into full-scale war.

Aside from what Porky and Daffy do to the owner - and what he does back to them - the last segment was a surprise. Then again, movie studios and executives always like to advertise themselves (Porky mentions Leon Schlesinger). Overall, a really funny cartoon.

So, in conclusion, let's all help them get their "Feat" back on the ground (apologies to the Beatles).

A Gem from Warner's Lesser-Celebrated Director

[buzzdav4 · 10/10 · 29 November 2005]

As a cartoon director Frank Tashlin, in my opinion, was greater for his use of cinematic angles.

In the matchless "Pig's Feat," the size of the surly manager is emphasized by Tashlin's tight cropping and extreme closeups. Where else in history have we ever seen a character stuff his head down another's throat and bawl him out-? To the accompaniment of rumbling tympani drums-? One of the most startling and hysterically funny sequences in all animation.

"Feat" employs some really breathtaking tricks to heighten the spatial quality of many scenes. And it is rapidly paced. Pay close attention to the rather angular aspect of Daffy's body when he loses the money and later as he's held captive. Tashlin's interpretation of Daffy has always been my favorite (Jones later destroyed the Daffy I loved--but that's another subject).

Hilarious!

[BKeaton · 8 May 1999]

One of the funniest of the Frank Tashlin cartoons -- Porky Pig and Daffy Duck try to skip out on an overpriced hotel stay! The Seinfeldian immorality of "Porky Pig's Feat" is quite surprising for 1943, a time when cartoons were frequently used to illustrate didactic military and patriotic themes.

Gorgeous to look at, fast paced and hilarious

[TheLittleSongbird · 10/10 · 23 April 2010]

I think this is one of my personal favourite Daffy and Porky cartoons. It is gorgeous to look at, it is fast paced and it is hilarious. It is the first black and white Looney Tunes cartoon I have seen, but I didn't mind that at all. As a matter of fact, I loved it. The animation is amazingly detailed and the black and white is like looking at a gorgeously shot film noir. The music as always is wonderful and playful, and the short is very fast paced with some truly hilarious gags delivered at breakneck speed. Daffy and Porky both do a great job, Porky is a great foil for Daffy but Daffy almost steals the show from under Porky. Not to mention brilliant vocal characterisations from the one and only Mel Blanc. Overall, gorgeous and hilarious, a must see for fans of Porky or Daffy or both. 10/10 Bethany Cox

a good Porky and Daffy cartoon

[wermuth601 · 10/10 · 20 March 2006]

This was a very funny cartoon, in which Daffy gambles the money that he was going to pay for his and Porky's stay at a hotel, so they try to escape but the manager (who kind of reminds me of Mickey Mouse's enemy Pete) keeps outsmarting them.

One of my favorite scenes from this cartoon is the end, in which Daffy and Porky are locked up and call Bugs Bunny, hoping that he can save them. This scene is interesting for a few reasons: It's one of the few times that Bugs appeared with Porky Pig, the only time Bugs appeared in a black-and-white cartoon, Bugs seems to have been outsmarted as well, and, being the first time he and Daffy were in a cartoon together, Daffy actually talks positively about Bugs, even saying that Bugs was his hero.

An Actual Plot

[Hitchcoc · 10/10 · 28 March 2019]

Porky and Daffy are checking out of an expensive hotel. But they have no money to pay the bill. What ensues is a hilarious effort to take off without paying. But the hotel manager is on to them and cuts them off at every turn. They try violence and a subterfuge, whatever they can. This has a delightful ending and more depth than the majority of these cartoons. It's almost like a 1930's comedy.

Hard luck for a pig/duck team!

[slymusic · 30 March 2009]

"Porky Pig's Feat" is one of the best Warner Bros. cartoons that Frank Tashlin directed. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are trying to sneak out of the Broken Arms Hotel because they can't pay their bill. Usually, the Looney Tunes characters can eventually outwit their nemeses, but no matter how painfully hard Porky and Daffy try, they can never get past the hotel proprietor, a big, burly, sinisterly, moustached dog. Characteristic of Frank Tashlin, plenty of cinematic camera angles and wild sight gags abound in "Porky Pig's Feat" as Porky and Daffy try everything they can think of to escape that hotel.

Highlights include: Porky and Daffy swinging on a rope; the proprietor falling ALL the way down a lengthy staircase (complete with Mel Blanc's wonderful vocal inflections); Daffy running down the hallway loaded with bags & trunks & Porky; and the popular song "Blues in the Night" accompanying Daffy's slow, slouching walk, having just lost out in a crap game.

"Porky Pig's Feat" can be found on Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3. I know it's easy to feel sorry for Porky and Daffy in this cartoon, but you gotta pay your bills!

This particular cartoon, Porky Pig's Feat, is one of the most hilarious ever made

[tavm · 10/10 · 30 August 2010]

If there was one cartoon that seemed to really represent the wacky side of the Leon Schlesinger/Warner Bros. output of the '40s, it's this one-Porky Pig's Feat-in which he and Daffy Duck are trying to escape the hotel manager because they can't afford to pay the extravagant bill because of Daffy's recent gambling loss. The gags fly fast starting with the Duck's smashing the manager's face into "a Dick Tracy character, Pruneface" to when that manager falls down a very long circular flight of stairs constantly saying "ow, oo, ow" to him going through multiple rows of doors (with one saying "Montonous, isn't it") to a surprise cameo of a very popular character that provided the hilarious last line. All I'll say now is, Porky Pig's Feat is most definitely worth watching.

America's hotels always have engaged in Looney Tunes math . . .

[oscaralbert · 8/10 · 16 August 2016]

. . . as Warner Bros. warns unsuspecting honest U.S. citizens and world travelers during PORKY PIG'S FEAT. The Broken Arms Hotel Manager presents Porky and Daffy Duck with an 8-line bill for $152.50 about 46 seconds into this story. Trouble is, the mostly bogus itemized charges actually add up to $172.50. Then the manager waves a second bill in the faces of his victims 5:39 into this animated short. It shows a charge of $500.62 ($25,031, adjusted for inflation) for 11 mostly different items, when the fraudulent sum should total $619.13. Warner is telling viewers to always look a "Gift Trump" in the mouth, since they'll usually find lots of rotten teeth. My Grandpa's saddest story was the time he took his University of Michigan Chess Team to a tournament in Southern Illinois. Reaching the Chicago area on the return trip at about 1 AM, the Skokie Motel 6 claimed they'd lost Gramp's "guaranteed" four-room reservation for the 15-person coed squad. Since the Sixers had two German Shepherd attack dogs in their lobby, Grand Pops couldn't argue about their perfidy. He was forced to pool everyone's remaining personal cash for a quartet of rooms at a swank mob motel on the other side of town called something like "Allgauers." At the next morning's check-out time, the Looney Tunes Allgougers Manager knocked on the window of the U-M Chess Team Van, claiming "complimentary" guest robes that Gramps had just personally inventoried as "the last one out" were "missing." Three days later the U-M Comptroller received a "damage claim" for $2,114.67 (about $34,770, adjusted for inflation) from Alliars. Gramps got fired so that he could not argue on behalf of a trio of U-M chess coeds who were held academically hostage until their dad's ponied up the $2,000-plus ransom demand. If Gramps had seen PORKY PIG'S FEAT prior to that trip, Bobby Fischer might be alive Today.