Porky's Railroad

1937 film

Mel Blanc
Billy Bletcher

Music byCarl W. StallingAnimation byJoe D'Igalo
Robert BentleyColor processBlack and White

Production
company

Leon Schlesinger Productions

Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures

Release date

August 7, 1937 (1937-08-07)

Running time

7:14LanguageEnglish

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]

Plot

Porky and his 2-2-2 typed locomitive (#131⁄2 "Toots" ) travel the 15th Century Unlimited and endure a larger locomotive and stubborn bull who crosses the tracks.^[3]

Production notes

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]

Home media

DVD – Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc 2

References

^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 60. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ The Looney Tunes Show - Season 3 Episode 4: Porky Pig's Feat/Porky's Railroad - Metacritic
^ Porky's Railroad (1937) - Hidden Audio by CCCartoons on YouTube
^ Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America - Google Books (pg.43)

External links

Porky's Railroad at IMDb
Porky's Railroad on the Internet Archive
Porky's Railroad (Colorized) on the Internet Archive

Porky Pig in animation

Porky Pig filmography

Short films

1930s

1935	I Haven't Got a Hat Country Mouse (cameo) Hollywood Capers (cameo) Gold Diggers of '49
1936	Alpine Antics The Phantom Ship (cameo) Boom Boom The Blow Out Westward Whoa Plane Dippy Fish Tales Shanghaied Shipmates Porky's Pet Porky the Rain-Maker Porky's Poultry Plant Porky's Moving Day Milk and Money Boulevardier from the Bronx (cameo) Little Beau Porky The Village Smithy Porky in the North Woods
1937	Porky the Wrestler Porky's Road Race Picador Porky Porky's Romance Porky's Duck Hunt Porky and Gabby Porky's Building Porky's Super Service Porky's Badtime Story Porky's Railroad Get Rich Quick Porky Porky's Garden Rover's Rival The Case of the Stuttering Pig Porky's Double Trouble Porky's Hero Agency
1938	Porky's Poppa Porky at the Crocadero What Price Porky Porky's Phoney Express Porky's Five & Ten Porky's Hare Hunt Injun Trouble Porky the Fireman Porky's Party Porky's Spring Planting Porky & Daffy Wholly Smoke Porky in Wackyland Porky's Naughty Nephew Porky in Egypt The Daffy Doc Porky the Gob
1939	The Lone Stranger and Porky It's an Ill Wind Porky's Tire Trouble Porky's Movie Mystery Chicken Jitters Porky and Teabiscuit Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. Polar Pals Scalp Trouble Old Glory Porky's Picnic Wise Quacks Porky's Hotel Jeepers Creepers Naughty Neighbors Pied Piper Porky Porky the Giant Killer The Film Fan

1940s

1940	Porky's Last Stand Africa Squeaks Ali-Baba Bound Pilgrim Porky Slap Happy Pappy Porky's Poor Fish You Ought to Be in Pictures The Chewin' Bruin Porky's Baseball Broadcast Patient Porky Calling Dr. Porky Prehistoric Porky The Sour Puss Porky's Hired Hand The Timid Toreador
1941	Porky's Snooze Reel Porky's Bear Facts Toy Trouble Porky's Preview Porky's Ant A Coy Decoy Porky's Prize Pony Meet John Doughboy We, the Animals The Henpecked Duck Notes to You Robinson Crusoe, Jr. Porky's Midnight Matinee Porky's Pooch
1942	Porky's Pastry Pirates Who's Who in the Zoo Porky's Cafe Any Bonds Today? My Favorite Duck
1943	Confusions of a Nutzy Spy Yankee Doodle Daffy Porky Pig's Feat A Corny Concerto
1944	Tom Turk and Daffy Tick Tock Tuckered Swooner Crooner Duck Soup to Nuts Slightly Daffy Brother Brat
1945	Trap Happy Porky Wagon Heels
1946	Baby Bottleneck Daffy Doodles Kitty Kornered The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (cameo) Mouse Menace
1947	One Meat Brawl Little Orphan Airedale
1948	Daffy Duck Slept Here Nothing But the Tooth The Pest That Came to Dinner Riff Raffy Daffy Scaredy Cat
1949	Awful Orphan Porky Chops Paying the Piper Daffy Duck Hunt Curtain Razor Often an Orphan Dough for the Do-Do Bye, Bye Bluebeard

1950s

Boobs in the Woods (1950)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
An Egg Scramble (1950)
Golden Yeggs (1950)
The Ducksters (1950)
Dog Collared (1950)
The Wearing of the Grin (1951)
Drip-Along Daffy (1951)
The Prize Pest (1951)
Thumb Fun (1952)
Cracked Quack (1952)
Fool Coverage (1952)
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
Claws for Alarm (1954)
My Little Duckaroo (1954)
Jumpin' Jupiter (1955)
Dime to Retire (1955)
Rocket Squad (1956)
Deduce, You Say! (1956)
Boston Quackie (1957)
Robin Hood Daffy (1958)
China Jones (1959)

1960s

Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961)
Dumb Patrol (1964)
Corn on the Cop (1965)
Mucho Locos (1966)

1980s

Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979)

1980s

Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980)

1990s

Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992)
Carrotblanca (1995; cameo)
Superior Duck (1996)

2000s

My Generation G...G...Gap (2004)

Feature films

Theatrical	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; cameo) Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988) Space Jam (1996) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003; cameo) Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
Direct-to-video	Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006) Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015)

Theatrical