Perspective Pig

Porky Pig, in an airplane, chases a fish in Plane Dippy, the third short by director Tex Avery released by Warner Bros.



For a while at Warners, Tex tried to make things interesting visually with various camera angles and perspective animation. In this short, the chase is done in cycle animation for a bit, with both the fish and Porky’s car coming toward the camera. Some random frames.



As far as I know, this is the first Warners cartoon where Virgil Ross got screen credit for animation, along with Sid Sutherland. Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett were also animating in the unit.

Bernie Brown’s score is full of “I’d Love to Take Orders From You” (military scenes) and “When I Yoo-Hoo in the Valley” (the significance is lost on me). Joe Dougherty is Porky in this one and we get to hear Berneice Hansell’s annoying squeaky giggle.

The Motion Picture Herald gives two different release dates for this short, Dec. 21, 1935 and Jan. 4, 1936. The earliest screening I’ve found is at the Majestic in Abilene, Texas on Dec. 29th. It wasn’t copyrighted until the following April.