| Dough for the Do-Do | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Story by | Warren Foster Tedd Pierce |
| Based on | Porky in Wackyland andTin Pan Alley Cats byBob Clampett |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Color process | Cinecolor (two-strip, original) Technicolor (three-strip, re-release) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release dates |
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Running time | 7:04 |
| Language | English |
Dough for the Do-Do is a 1949Warner Bros.Merrie Melodies cartoon directed byFriz Freleng.[1] It was released on September 2, 1949, and starsPorky Pig.[2] The short is a remake ofBob Clampett's 1938 cartoonPorky in Wackyland, as well as using footage from his 1943 cartoonTin Pan Alley Cats.
The cartoon begins with a newspaper showingPorky traveling toAfrica to hunt the raredodo bird. Porky flies his airplane to go to Dark Africa, then Darker Africa, and finally lands in Darkest Africa. When Porky lands, a sign tells him that he's in Wackyland ("Population: 100 nuts and a squirrel"), while a scary voice booms out "Itcan happen here!" Porky enters into asurrealDalí-esque landscape and encounters many strange, weird, and oafish creatures, including a three-headed goon whose heads resemble those of theThree Stooges.
Suddenly, the last dodo of the dodo species appears. Porky tries to catch the dodo, but the dodo plays tricks on him. At one time, the dodo appears on the Warner Bros. shield and sling shots Porky into the ground. Finally, Porky dresses as another dodo and announces that he is the last dodo, worth six trillion dollars. The dodo handcuffs himself to Porky, claiming "I've got the last Dodo!" and runs with Porky to claim the reward. Porky reveals himself, and still handcuffed to the dodo, runs off with him, now proclaiming: "Oh, no, you haven't!I-I'm rich! I-I've got the last D-D-Dodo!" Once they disappear over the horizon, a bunch more dodos appear to say that Porky does indeed have the last dodo.
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