Prehistoric Porky

Prehistoric Porky
Prehistoric Porky
	Title card
Directed by	Robert Clampett
Story by	Melvin Millar
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	John Carey
Color process	Black-and-white
Production; company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	October 12, 1940;
Running time	7 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Prehistoric Porky is a 1940 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett. It was released on October 12, 1940. It is part of the Looney Tunes and the 79th cartoon to feature Porky Pig.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

In "One Billion, Trillion B.C.", dinosaurs roam the land. Porky Pig inhabits a cave, above which a vulture screams before singing with three dinosaurs. He attempts to play fetch with his pet dinosaur, who is comically oversized yet acts like a dog. He shakes his tail and causes the nearby fauna to leave in fear as it destroys trees. The commotion stops when the dinosaur receives his bone.

Porky tears up bills and reads a magazine from his mailbox, envying other cavemen's clothes. Porky goes hunting with his oversized club and wanders into the wild. He kicks a dinosaur's toe and terrifies others with his club. He finds a big cat and tries to kill it after noticing its fur's beauty, but is smacked by the cat instead.

A sabertooth lion finds food and discovers Porky walking. Porky notices it and is not scared until he fails to club the beast. His club is eaten and turned into pegs. Porky runs from the beast and is cornered. He apologizes to the beast for attempting to kill it, only for it to offer to sell a suit of his own.

Home media

Prehistoric Porky is available on disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 DVD set,^[4] and on disc 4 of the Porky Pig 101 DVD set.^[5]

References

↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100-102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
↑ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 62. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.
↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 106. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
↑ Lambert, David (August 5, 2007). "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour - Complete Disc-by-Disc Details of Golden Collection Vol. 5 Cartoons, Extras". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2026.
↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved September 23, 2026.

[lenburg-1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100-102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

[schneider-2] Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 62. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.

[Beck-3] Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 106. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[4] Lambert, David (August 5, 2007). "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour - Complete Disc-by-Disc Details of Golden Collection Vol. 5 Cartoons, Extras". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2026.

[5] Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved September 23, 2026.

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