tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post4926831476687335468..comments2024-03-06T00:01:06.897-08:00Comments on Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 186. Porky's Hero Agency (1937)Steven Hartleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-13200555240421219392018-07-11T10:40:28.207-07:002018-07-11T10:40:28.207-07:00Hello, I have browsed most of your posts. This pos...Hello, I have browsed most of your posts. This post is probably where I got the most useful information for my research. Thanks for posting, maybe we can see more on this. Are you aware of any other websites on this subject. <a href="https://nationaldetectives.in/noida" rel="nofollow">Matrimonial Investigation</a><br />Linda Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368157596364247271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-61129084411266432762015-02-24T06:30:28.642-08:002015-02-24T06:30:28.642-08:00Comedian Harry Einstein played a character being r...Comedian Harry Einstein played a character being referred to (in the form of a pun) Parkyakarkus (a Greek character on Eddie Cantor's and Al Jolson's radio programs. He later got his own radio show, "Meet Me at Parky's" appeared in eleven films as Parkyakarkas from 1936 to 1945.)<br /><br />Harry Einstein's well known sons are the actor/director Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein (a.k.a. Super Dave Osborne).DannyFlixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808748609483768163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-19108167946331382042015-02-24T06:27:19.119-08:002015-02-24T06:27:19.119-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.DannyFlixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808748609483768163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-90911327823464925942012-08-15T03:52:32.034-07:002012-08-15T03:52:32.034-07:00Bescides having his NAME mispelled a tad, Carl Sta...Bescides having his NAME mispelled a tad, Carl Stalling's music credit is here just plain Music by. The Parkykarkykas character as ised here and borrowed form the radio show, would needless to say return in Daffy Duck & Egvghead as a turtle.I love the temple seque effect when Porky starting haivng that dream. Also, naturally, Tedd Pierce is BOTH the Gorghon AND Porky's Ma, and B;anc is the "ParkyLarkas"<br /> character,Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-77288254777252176002012-08-11T11:52:59.635-07:002012-08-11T11:52:59.635-07:00Thanks Dave for the full dialogue; you save the da...Thanks Dave for the full dialogue; you save the day; and you Devon for the information.Steven Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-25984176060903010402012-08-10T19:57:37.237-07:002012-08-10T19:57:37.237-07:00The Emperor proclaims to his statued delegates, “M...The Emperor proclaims to his statued delegates, “My friends...” Franklin Roosevelt began his fireside chats that way on the radio. <br /><br />“Bring-em-Back-Alive-Life Restorer” is a takeoff on animal collector Frank Buck’s first book, “Bring ‘Em Back Alive.” <br /><br />The statue Porky knocked over was named “Dick O. Powello” [which is a takeoff on the name Apollo], but it’s actually a reference to Warner Bros. actor/singer, Dick Powell, who starred in many pivotal Warners musicals (42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, to name a few), so the Gorgon actually says, “Why, Mr. O. Powello!” <br /><br />The “discus thrower” is a takeoff on a very famous Greek statue called the Discobolos of Myron. The woman statue that Porky gives Popeye-esque arms is a takeoff on the Venus de Milo, who happens to have missing arms anyway (it is a mystery as to why that is).Devon Baxterhttp://www.youtube.com/baxterfilmsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-39354441984575530772012-08-10T17:46:57.278-07:002012-08-10T17:46:57.278-07:00As with Avery's wolf in "Little Red Walki...As with Avery's wolf in "Little Red Walking Hood", Clampett here follows Tex's idea in using a villain who is (at best) supposed to be a very minor 'serious' threat and is almost entirely played for laughs, using the same 'Lizzy Tish' parody Tashlin used in "The Woods are Full of Coocoos" and turning the Gorgon into a ditzy gossip. Eliminating the need for any sort of 'dramatic tension' as in your average Disney story meant the entire cartoon could be played for laughs, which is where the Warners' cartoons really started charting their own path to success.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-79086486694041456172012-08-10T17:04:34.018-07:002012-08-10T17:04:34.018-07:00Hey Steven, I can understand the Emperor's acc...Hey Steven, I can understand the Emperor's accent (and his awful grammar!), so his full speech runs like this:<br /><br />"Shh! I'm making a fireside chat with my sheeps!... My friends, Grecians and customers, this is Emperor Jones speaking. <br />Statistics show: what last season at this time was population in Greece from 6,000 with 500 with 54 people [i. e. 6554], with 70 statues. <br />So is now in THIS season, a population from 35 people with 6000 statues—thanks to that good-for-nothing Gorgon! Ptooey!...<br />Now is coming to me rumors that this Gorgon has, hanging from a chain around the neck, a magic needle entitled 'Bring-Em-Back-Alive Life Restorer.' So as soon as subjected a statue to the needle, it's becoming again blood and flesh. <br />So I think what I'll send a hero to snatch the Life Restorer. All in favor, raise your right hand!... It's a deal!"<br /><br />"Porkykarkus" is a double pun. It obviously mimics Parkyakarkus; but while Parkyakarkus sounds like "park your carcass," Porkykarkus sounds like "porky carcass" (i. e. describing his fat figure!).ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.com