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Wholly Smoke (1938)

Review by jeremycrimsonfox

Wholly Smoke

10/10

Little Boys Shouldn't Smoke, And That's No Lie

One of the classic Looney Tunes shorts, this actually teaches a good lesson. In it, Porky is on his way to Sunday school when he sees a young bully smoking a cigar. Foolishly betting the nickel he is given to give to the collection plate, Porky soon finds himself at a smoke shoppe, where Nick O'Teen shrinks him and puts him in a nightmarish situation as he traps him and tells him he is at the right place "and he gets all the smoking he can handle", leading to a song as poor Porky is subjected to torture by anthromorphic smoking products (some designed like popular celebrities and characters at the time), which hammers the message in.

The short is good, and the song is not too scary, as it has a lot of comical moments and does teach Porky (and the viewer) a good lesson. This is also one of the shorts to have been done in color (however, the color version is infamous for having random scenes edited or removed on different networks, mainly because of two instances of blackface (one of them being recolored for Cartoon Network, which also removed the Indian Pipe scene). However, regardless of which version is seen, it is a good short that teaches a good leson: little boys shouldn't smoke.
  • jeremycrimsonfox
  • Jul 11, 2020

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