Porky The Rain-Maker

Porky The Rain-Maker

August 1, 1936 Theatrical Series Looney Tunes

Studio
A Vitaphone Production
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

The farm of young Porky Pig and his father is endangered by lack of rain. Porky is sent to town with their last dollar to buy some food for the animals, but instead is conned by a traveling salesman into buying a box of weather pills. Returning home, Porky's father is angry with his son and throws the pills into the barnyard. There, they are eaten by the animals, turning them into lightning, fog, thunder, a cyclone and an earthquake. The goose grabs the rain pill just ahead of Porky, and sheets of rain fall on the thirsty crops.

Characters

Porky Pig, Porky Pig's Poppa, Goose, Duck, Traveling Salesman

Credits

Directing

Director
Tex Avery

Producing

Producer
Leon Schlesinger

Voices

Voice
Joe Dougherty (Porky Pig)

Music

Music
Norman Spencer

Animation

Animator
Cecil Surry, Sid Sutherland

Production notes

Colorized in 1992. The story was reused in 1939 for "Sioux Me."

When the cartoon fades to black, the duck is left "outside" the action for a while until he is yanked back inside the cartoon.

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