Little Orphan Airedale
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
Rags McMutt breaks out of the city pound and encounters old pal Charlie Dog, who tells him that it would be best if he could find a master to adopt him, and proceeds to tell how he did it: you gotta give 'em the old "soulful eyes" routine. Spotting a potential sucker in Porky Pig, Charlie follows Porky to his apartment, and proposes the idea of dog and master: "I'm half collie, half Airedale, half Pekinese, half St. Bernard, with a pinch of spitz thrown in." (A Pekinese is one of the smallest dogs, and a St. Bernard is one of the biggest dogs!) Porky just can't get rid of this determined mutt.
Characters
Porky Pig, Charlie Dog, Rags McMutt, People Walking on Sidewalk, Cat
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Chuck Jones (as Charles M. Jones)
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Porky Pig, Charlie Dog, Rags McMutt, Man saying "Duh-Duh-Duh," Cat)
Music
- Music
- Carl Stalling
Animation
- Animator
- Ben Washam, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe, Lloyd Vaughan
Production notes
A color remake of 1941's Porky's Pooch.
Marked the first appearance of Charlie Dog- and the only time his name was ever mentioned.
The Blue Ribbon release featured green rings.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
Marked the first appearance of Charlie Dog- and the only time his name was ever mentioned.
The Blue Ribbon release featured green rings.
In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.
All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.
