Pigging the Cab

Porky Pig develops a huge mouth to imitate Cab Calloway singing “Chinatown, My Chinatown” in Porky at the Crocadero, a 1938 cartoon made by the Frank Tashlin unit. Calloway could be pretty animated (pun not intended) on stage in this era.



Volney White is the credited animator. White later went back east to work for Paul Terry. Joe D’Igalo and Bob Bentley were in his unit. Lew Landsman wrote the story.

Tashlin pulls off more of his fast-cutting in this short, with six different backgrounds in about three seconds as the Crodacero manager runs after Porky.