This is a very well done short which was directed by Frank Tashlin, who had the distinction of directing both animated shorts and live-action features. He did quite a bit, yet, to the general public, his name probably isn't as familiar as Chuck Jones's is, or perhaps Friz Freleng or Bob Clampett. His work was very good. As I will be commenting somewhat on this short, this is a spoiler warning:
Porky Pig is the guardian of the animals in the woods and he puts up sign after sign, making trapping, fishing, hunting, fires (and just about anything else) illegal. So, of course, a trapper comes along, finds all the signs incredibly funny and does everything he isn't supposed to do.
Here come two beavers (probably brothers-they fight too much with each other to be friends) who both try and get some fruit off a string placed above a trap. One of them gets caught and the other rushes off to find Porky. Porky frees the little beaver and quite a few other animals from various traps. There's a scene where the various animals go in one door of Porky's cabin with obvious injuries, only to come out another door with their injuries healed.
The trapper discovers that all his traps have been sprung, but are empty and goes looking for whoever emptied his traps. He finds Porky and starts beating on him something fierce. An animal spots this and sends out a distress signal. Animals pour out of every corner of the woods to return the favor and rescue Porky.
This is not a good time to be the trapper. He gets attacked from all sides by all kinds of animals and winds up trying to flee them on skis, with no luck (he's even attacked by turtles-in snow, no less!). He finally winds up buried upside down in the snow and there is much rejoicing. The final gag is cute.
This short is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4, which is a very good set, just like the three earlier releases. Recommendations for both this short and the whole collection.
Porky Pig is the guardian of the animals in the woods and he puts up sign after sign, making trapping, fishing, hunting, fires (and just about anything else) illegal. So, of course, a trapper comes along, finds all the signs incredibly funny and does everything he isn't supposed to do.
Here come two beavers (probably brothers-they fight too much with each other to be friends) who both try and get some fruit off a string placed above a trap. One of them gets caught and the other rushes off to find Porky. Porky frees the little beaver and quite a few other animals from various traps. There's a scene where the various animals go in one door of Porky's cabin with obvious injuries, only to come out another door with their injuries healed.
The trapper discovers that all his traps have been sprung, but are empty and goes looking for whoever emptied his traps. He finds Porky and starts beating on him something fierce. An animal spots this and sends out a distress signal. Animals pour out of every corner of the woods to return the favor and rescue Porky.
This is not a good time to be the trapper. He gets attacked from all sides by all kinds of animals and winds up trying to flee them on skis, with no luck (he's even attacked by turtles-in snow, no less!). He finally winds up buried upside down in the snow and there is much rejoicing. The final gag is cute.
This short is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4, which is a very good set, just like the three earlier releases. Recommendations for both this short and the whole collection.