| Porky's Railroad | |
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| Directed by | Frank Tashlin |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
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| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Joe D'Igalo Robert Bentley |
| Color process | Black and White |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7:14 |
| Language | English |
Porky's Railroad is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. [1] The short was released on August 7, 1937, and stars Porky Pig. [2]
Porky and his 2-2-2 typed locomotive (#131⁄2 "Toots") travel the 15th Century Unlimited and endure a larger streamliner and stubborn bull who crosses the tracks. [3]
In the scene in which Porky pulls the bull's tail, some of his speech is garbled. When played backwards, however, Porky's words here are "...Toots old gal, d-d-don't pop your b-b-b-b...". [4]
When a woodpile is knocked over there is a brief view of a caricatured black man, a derogatory visual reference from the cartoonists to the then commonly used term "a nigger in the woodpile". During the race, Porky runs his train over the top of a boat called the 'S.S Leon', a gag dedicated to the cartoon's producer Leon Schlesinger. Also, the Morse Code heard is a message to write "QST QSL Leon Schlesinger Hollywood picture of Porky" [5]