Plane Dippy
- Studio
- A Vitaphone Production
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
Porky wants to join the Air Corps, and his first task is to clean a robot plane. The new invention obeys verbal commands, but unfortunately, the control box has been left near where some children are teaching tricks to a dog. As a result, the plane rolls over, plays dead, and does acrobatics with Porky aboard. After the plane smashes a circus, dives underwater and causes other destruction, Porky loses his wish to fly and joins the infantry instead.
Characters
Porky Pig, Oliver Owl, Little Kitty
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tex Avery
Producing
- Producer
- Leon Schlesinger
Animation
- Animator
- Sid Sutherland, Virgil Ross
Voices
- Voice
- Joe Dougherty (Porky Pig)
Music
- Music
- Bernard Brown
Production notes
Virgil Ross' first Warner Bros. cartoon as an animator.
This is the first cartoon starring Porky.
This is the first cartoon starring Porky.
Reviews
Plane Dippy
To my mind, this is the first manifestation of Avery's genius, and how he overhauled the studio's approach to comedy.
Actually, the incidental voices are the most interesting thing here--especially the incongruous voice Billy Bletcher supplies for the simian scientist whom Porky's been hired to assist. (See if you can get Porky's REAL FULL NAME at the very beginning of the cartoon!)
Plane Dippy
To my mind, this is probably the first manifestation of Avery's genius, and how he changed the studio's whole approach to humor. Co-stars a few of Porky's old schoolchums from "I Haven't Got A Hat."
The voices add a whole lot to this cartoon--probably the most offbeat example being the simian scientist, voiced (incongruously) by Billy "Big Bad Wolf" Bletcher.