SUMMARY: In a classic of inspired surrealism, Porky Pig tracks the last dodo to Wackyland, a bizarre world where all bets are off in terms of logic and sense.
WHY IT’S HERE: Bob Clampett’s famous black and white classic ‘Porky in Wackyland’ is a glorious glimpse into the mad mind of Clampett allowed to run riot. His trademark energy and ability to stuff a cartoon full to the brim with content are both apparent from the outset as a newsboy invades the cartoon’s credits to inform us that Porky Pig is attempting to capture the last Dodo bird. Porky tracks the bird to Wackyland and from the moment his plane begins to tiptoe across the border of Wackyland all bets are off! We are treated to a feast of bizarre, logic defying gags as we are introduced to the inhabitants of Wackyland through a long panning shot which contains literally dozens of jokes. These wild, quickfire gags give way to the main plot after a couple of minutes and so begins one of the greatest cartoon chases of all time as Porky tries in vain to capture the nutty Dodo who constantly defies logic in order to evade and humiliate him. ‘Porky in Wackyland’ is an extremely influential and exceptionally bonkers cartoon that will appeal to anyone with a love of the surreal and the anarchic. It was later pointlessly remade in colour by Friz Freleng as “Dough for the Dodo”, an emasculated take on the original which lacked the essential ingredient: Clampett himself.
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