Porky's Romance

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The introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky's courtship with her. Once he's won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future with her, which doesn't seem very appealing... Read allThe introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky's courtship with her. Once he's won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future with her, which doesn't seem very appealing.The introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky's courtship with her. Once he's won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future with her, which doesn't seem very appealing.

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6.3/10

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Joe Dougherty

Porky Pig
(voice)
(uncredited)

Mel Blanc

Excited Petunia Pig
(voice)
(uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Time Munches On Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Bernice Hansen

Petunia Pig
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Alan Reed

Opening Announcer
(voice)
(unconfirmed)
(uncredited)

Shirley Reed

Petunia Pig
(uncredited)
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William Royle

Deep Opening Narration
(uncredited)

Director
- Frank Tashlin
Writer
- Melvin Millar
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Trivia
The name of the candy store, "Martha Washtubs Candies" (around 1:37), is a spoof on Martha Washington Candies Company of Chicago.

Alternate versions
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.

Connections
Featured in Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986)

Soundtracks
I Wanna Woo
(uncredited)
Music by Mabel Wayne
Lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom
Sung by Chorus

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4/10

A Mostly Sad & Cruel Story

This has an odd introduction as we see a stuttering "Petunia Pink" being introduced as a new star for Looney Tunes. She doesn't do well, let's just leave it at that. After that minute bit with her, the opening credits suddenly appear.

Then we see an obviously-in-love Porky buying diamond rings, candy, flowers, etc., and we hear a great song "I Want to Woo" or something with great lyrics. Pay attention to them and you'll get some laughs. Poor Porky isn't laughing, however, after he arrives at Petunia's door and gets the brush-off.

The shallow Petunia glances at Porky walking away and sees the big box of candy, runs and snatches that and Porky back to her house. She then pigs out, big-time, on the candy. Poor Porky can't share in that because Petunia's dog "Fluffnins" growls each time he reaches for a piece (of candy). Not only is Petunia bad news, so is her trained dog. In no time, heartbroken Porky is out the door while the sadistic girl he loves laughs at him. This is pretty cruel stuff.

The last half is not unusual in old cartoons: the main character has a dream where he sees the future and finds out losing his girl wasn't so bad, after all! The only funny part of this entire cartoon, frankly, was the very end when Porky gives his two cents to the dog, too. Otherwise, there isn't much to this.