Slap-Happy Pappy

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Slap-Happy Pappy
Directed by Robert Clampett
Story by Warren Foster
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Starring Mel Blanc
Jack Lescoulie
Cliff Nazarro
Danny Webb
Kay Kyser [1]
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Animation byJohn Carey
I. Ellis
Vive Risto
Robert Cannon
Dave Hoffman
Warren Batchelder [2]
Backgrounds by Elmer Plummer
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • April 13, 1940 (1940-04-13)
Running time
6 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Slap-Happy Pappy is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon, starring Porky Pig. It was directed by Bob Clampett, written by Warren Foster, and scored by Carl W. Stalling. The short was released on April 13, 1940.

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Plot

Porky owns a farm. The cartoon starts with him plowing the fields. But the bulk of the cartoon is about the poultry farm. A sign reads, "Miracle Eggs for sale, if it's a good egg it's a miracle egg". A rabbit impersonating Jack Benny (Jack Bunny) looks at eggs. He is about to smash a black egg, but it breaks and a black bird emerges (doing an impersonation of Rochester).

The scene then cuts to the Eddie Cackler family (based on Eddie Cantor). The family wants a son, but is having no luck. Five eggs hatch and not a single one of them is a boy. A Bing Crosby lookalike [3] happens to be near by holding a stroller that has babies all of which are boys. The father asks him what his secret is, and he croons to a chick who then lays dozen of eggs, all of whom are boys.

Eddie tries the same thing to his wife, and she lays an egg, labeled "JR." (junior). The two are dancing when Eddie asks if the baby could really be a boy. He then says, shrugging, "Mmmm, could be!"

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References

  1. ↑ Hartley, Steven (9 July 2013). "Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 282. Slap Happy Pappy (1940)". Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tralfaz: Egging On Warren". Tralfaz. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Slap Happy Pappy (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".[ dead link ]


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