O Café do Gaguinho

Love Looney Tunes, and while Porky is not one of my favourite Looney Tunes character, tending to fare better paired with stronger personalities (particularly Daffy Duck) than as a lead character (where he can be too much of a supporting character or outshone).

Porky does not feel like too much of a supporting character and he isn't outshined here. He is a very likable and amusing enough lead, and Conrad the Cat (in perhaps his best appearance of the few cartoons he appeared in) is a good partner. 'Porky's Cafe' is a great cartoon, but do agree that it looks better in black and white than in colour, the drawing in the black and white version is smoother and more natural, though the colour version looks lovely elsewhere. Also agree that, while admittedly entertaining, the ant/pancake subplot sags the momentum just a tad.

On the other hand, the animation is very good. The black and white is crisp and there is meticulous background detail and smooth character drawing.

Carl Stalling to me was always the best Warner Brothers/Looney Tunes composer as well as the most consistent. 'Porky's Cafe' is another example of consistent greatness, his music is lushly orchestration, cleverly synchronised, vibrant, characterful and not only fits and adds to the action but actually enhances it.

In terms of gags and the cool gadgets, they are clever and funny. Can't fault the voice acting at all.

All in all, great cartoon and one café you'd want to go to. 9/10 Bethany Cox

For the first few years of his existence, Porky Pig got cast mainly in mundane roles (fireman, hunter, caveman). One of these was Chuck Jones's "Porky's Cafe", wherein he owns a cafe. The stuttering swine takes a customer's increasingly over-the-top orders, while Conrad Cat (who soon got a lead role in "Conrad the Sailor" with Daffy) sees his attempts to make pancakes foiled by a playful ant.

This year marked a turning point for Jones. His early cartoons were more like Disney cartoons: simple and often short on comedy. It seems like once the US entered WWII, Jones's works took a turn for the wacky, setting the stage for his later cartoons starring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (as well as the ones starring Marvin the Martian).

Anyway, this is a neat short. The customer's orders reminded me of the restaurant scene in "L.A. Story".