Prehistoric Porky

1940
7min

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueCaveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur. After Rover's playfulness causes a disruption to the prehistoric peace and quiet, Porky's copy of "Expire" magazine ar... Tout lireCaveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur. After Rover's playfulness causes a disruption to the prehistoric peace and quiet, Porky's copy of "Expire" magazine arrives in the mail, filled with ads for fashionable new bearskins. Porky decides to go out ... Tout lireCaveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur. After Rover's playfulness causes a disruption to the prehistoric peace and quiet, Porky's copy of "Expire" magazine arrives in the mail, filled with ads for fashionable new bearskins. Porky decides to go out and get himself a new suit, and sets off with his trusty club.

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Rôles principaux5

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Mel Blanc

Porky Pig
(voix)
(non crédité)
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Sara Berner

Triceratops
(voix)
(non crédité)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Lizard Singer
(voix)
(non crédité)

Kent Rogers

Ned Sparks Vulture
(voix)
(non crédité)

The Sportsmen Quartet

Vocalists
(voix)
(non crédité)

Réalisation
- Robert Clampett
Scénario
- Melvin Millar
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Anecdotes
The "magazine for cavemen" that Porky gets in the mail has a number of Warner Bros. employees' names on the cover (Cob Blampett = Director Bob Clampett, Mubby Tillar = Writer Melvin "Tubby" Millar, Tick Dhomas = Background Artist Richard H. "Dick" Thomas, Cohn Jarey = Animator John Carey, Reve Visto = Animator Vive Risto, Ray Blouse = Cameraman Ray Bloss, Tary M[cut off] = Ink and Paint Supervisor Mary Tebb), all of whom worked on this cartoon. Several others are also "honored:" Have Doffman = Dave Hoffman, Farren Woster = Warren Foster, Jorge Gordan = George Jordan. Cut off at the bottom of the list of names are the series titles "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies." And the illustration of a caveman on the cover looks suspiciously like Producer Leon Schlesinger.

Versions alternatives
This cartoon was colorized in 1968 by having every other frame traced over onto a cel. Each redrawn cel was painted in color and then photographed over a colored reproduction of each original background. Needless to say, the animation quality dropped considerably from the original version with this method. The cartoon was colorized again in 1995, this time with a computer adding color to a new print of the original black and white cartoon. This preserved the quality of the original animation.

Connexions
Featured in The Bob Clampett Show: Prehistoric Porky/Meet John Doughboy/Chicken Jitters (2001)

Bandes originales
Those Were Wonderful Days
(uncredited)
Music by Murray Mencher
Lyrics by Jack Scholl and Charles Tobias
Sung with substitute lyrics by the bird and the lizards

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8/10

Porky Pig in the prehistoric age

Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.

As was said with 'The Chewin Bruin', have more often than not had a lot of respect and appreciation for Bob Clampett, and while not quite one of my favourite Looney Tunes characters (prefer those with consistently stronger, funnier and interesting personalities) Porky has always been very easy to like. 'Prehistoric Porky' is another example of being a good representation of them both, if not among the best efforts of either.

Clampett's distinctive style, even if not as outrageous or anarchic as other cartoons of his, is very obvious here. Porky is endearing as ever very effectively plays it straight, is used well and is actually treated like a lead, after having cartoons where he feels more like underutilised support. Even funnier and more interesting, and just as likeable, is Rover.

Mel Blanc is outstanding as always. He always was the infinitely more preferable voice for Porky, Joe Dougherty never clicked with me, and he proves it here. Blanc shows an unequalled versatility and ability to bring an individual personality to every one of his multiple characters in a vast majority of his work, there is no wonder why he was in such high demand as a voice actor.

Animation is excellent, it's fluid in movement, crisp in shading and very meticulous in detail. Ever the master, Carl Stalling's music is typically superb. It is as always lushly orchestrated, full of lively energy and characterful in rhythm, not only adding to the action but also enhancing it.

'Prehistoric Porky' is very well paced, very funny and well-engineered, with an inventive and beautifully balanced mix of prehistoric and modern day. It may not be laugh a minute or consistently hilarious and the story is not much of one, but actually there is very little wrong here. Clampett and Porky may not be at their best but they are both represented well.

Overall, well made and enjoyable. 8/10 Bethany Cox