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Looney Tunes.

All of the Looney Tunes of this era were in black and white. The Merrie Melodies were the color films. That used to be the distinction between the two series, until the Looney Tunes themselves switched to color. At that point, the two series became indistinguishable.

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There was a computer-colorized version made in 1995

Also, in 1943 Robert Clampett took the second half of his own Porky à Zinzinville (1938), added color, and used it as the second half of Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943).

Friz Freleng remade the film (uncredited) as À la recherche du dodo perdu (1949) (1949), using the original drawings from Wackyland and adding color to them.

See also: the alternate versions page for this title

A newspaper boy (or rather a newspaper puppy) walks in front of the title card that says "Porky in Wackyland" ... "Supervision ROBERT CLAMPETT" ... Animation NORMAN McCABE and I. ELLIS" ... Musical Direction CARL W. STALLING" ... "APPROVED CERTIFICATE NO. 4272." He cries, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Porky off on dodo hunt! Paper, mister?" He then throws the paper at the screen, which blocks our view of the credits, thus ending the credit sequence and beginning the film.

"PORKY HUNTS RARE DO-DO BIRD WORTH $4000,000,000,000!!" And then adds, "P.S. 000,000,000."

We see his plane travel over a map that helpfully tells us he's over "Dark Africa" then "Darker Africa" and then "Darkest Africa." He finally ends up in a circled area with a large question mark in it.

When Porky lands in Wackyland he sees a sign that says, "WELCOME TO WACKYLAND ... 'IT CAN HAPPEN HERE' ... POPULATION 100 NUTS AND A SQUIRREL."

This is a reference to Sinclair Lewis's novel titled, It Can't Happen Here.

See also: "It Can't Happen Here" on Wikipedia

A crazy character with huge glasses pops out of a pot marked "TREG'S A FOO" and says, "Hello, Bobo!" The made-up word "foo" comes from the screwball comic strip "Smokey Stover" by Bill Holman.

"Bobo" refers to animator Robert Cannon whose nickname was Bobo, and who wore big glasses. "Treg" refers to sound effects man Treg Brown.

The word "foo" is also on the tie/window shade that a crazy character is wearing. And again, the word is carved into an enormous structure in the background: a crazy character with a huge tongue and long neck is hanging out of the second "O."

See also: Smokey Stover on Wikipedia

From the left, Larry Fine, Curly Howard and Moe Howard as The Three Stooges.

The tiny character with the light bulb on his head, and a single wheel instead of feet, interprets the three-headed man to be saying, "His mama was scared by a pawnbroker's sign." It used to be a common sight to see the pawnbroker's symbol hanging outside of pawn shops, and a few even have the symbol today. The pawnbroker's symbol is three spheres suspended from a bar. If you notice, when the tiny character appears to translate for the three-headed man, his three heads are arranged in such a way as to resemble a pawnbroker's sign.

Source: Michael Barrier's commentary for Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume Two (2004) (V)

See also: pawnbroker on Wikipedia

Treg Brown came up with the bird that has a waffle iron for a beak and an electrical cord and plug for a tail.

Mel Blanc is using the same voice for him that he uses for the early version of Daffy Duck.

[Robert Clampett]'s first real gem was the incredible Porky à Zinzinville (1938). . . . an eye-popping tribute to the unlimited horizons of the animated cartoon, a perfect example of what the medium could do with just some imagination and lot of talent. From: Leonard Maltin, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, NY, 1987, p.237

Yes, it's included in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume Two (2004) (V) Disc 3.