We Was Framed

Tex Avery’s characters knew they were in a cartoon. A great example is the “Technicolor Ends Here” gag in Lucky Ducky (MGM, 1948)

Here’s another example from his days with Leon Schlesinger. In Picador Porky, our hero is chased by an angry bull—around the frame of the cartoon.



Avery pulls out a few other favourite routines, starting with the opening title card bespeaking of a peaceful village. You know in the next shot, all hell will break loose. And it does.

The cartoon was released in February 1937.

The Porky 101 DVD version has a soundtrack that doesn’t fit the end-title animation.