"Porky in Wackyland" and "Dough for the Dodo"

[angelidollinda]

Is there really a difference between these two other than colors and titles?

[UncleJunior]

Some of the music is new. Some of the voices are redubbed.

There's also a couple of scenes add in, like the ending.

Friz Freleng's unit did the animation.

Thanks to Jerry Beck's book for the info on that.

[Martin Juneau]

With the new release of LTGCV2, "Porky in Wackyland" are more funny with most jazzy music.

Of course, "Dough for the Do-Do" are a disapointement

[RetroMan]

Didn't Arthur Davis work in that one?

[David Gates]

In "Dough", the brick that hits Porky in the head after he crashes into a brick wall is delayed a few seconds by a parachute instead of simply falling on his head in the original. In "Wackyland", after Porky follows the "This way to the Do-Do" sign and makes his way through the chute, he comes out as a drip from a faucet. In "Dough", he comes out a different way. Some of the freaks are slightly different in the remake. Also, the backgrounds were much plainer in the remake. In fact, the computer-colorized version of "Wackyland" is better than "Dough" because the weirdness of those original backgrounds is only fully realized in color.

[Nick]

I recently did a comparison with the two cartoons, and here are some more scenes left out or changed.

• The cat-dog creature.
• The "FOO" creature was changed into a "ZOOT" for some reason (anyone know why that is?)
• The one-man-band smashing a cymbal on his head.
• The paper boy walking out onto the opening titles and throwing the newspaper at the camera (instead the newspaper is seen directly after the credits)
• Porky in his plane, showing us a picture of the Do-Do.
• The policeman hitting the prisoner with a truncheon.

[Jon Cooke]

Originally Posted by Nick

[*]The "FOO" creature was changed into a "ZOOT" for some reason (anyone know why that is?)

Some of that footage of our first look at Wackyland, including the guy in the flower playing the drums and the "ZOOT" creature were reused footage from Clampett's "Tin Pan Alley Cats". The creature probably got changed from "FOO" to "ZOOT" in "Tin Pan" to fit the theme of the short (referring to zoot suits). That's just my guess...


-Jon

[Detroiter]

Originally Posted by Nick

The "FOO" creature was changed into a "ZOOT" for some reason (anyone know why that is?)

The word "Foo" came from the Smokey Stover comic strip that had become popular in the 1930's. It evidently tickled Bob Clampett's funnybone, because it crops up in at least one other film (THE DAFFY DOC). By the mid to late 40's, the novelty of Smokey Stover had worn off (it was never really a major strip), and "Zoot" is just more of a 40's kind of silly word. And Friz didn't have to reanimate the two middle "O's."

Frank

[ohmahaaha]

Wasn't the ending different in "Dough For the Do-Do?"

[J. B. Warner]

Indeed, the endings are fairly different...

"Porky in Wackyland": Porky disguises himself as a typical Wackyland denizen handing out newspapers that bear the headline "Porky Captures Do-Do". The Do-Do asks when this happened, to which Porky whips off his disguise and smacks the bird in the head. As Porky clicks his heels in joy upon his capture, the bird smugly says "Yes, I'm really the last of the Do-Dos...AIN'T I, FELLAS?" Upon which about thirty other Do-Dos pop out of nowhere and shout in unison, "Yeah, man! WooooOOOO-WOO!"

"Dough for the Do-Do": Porky disguises himself as a Do-Do bird, perplexing the real Do-Do. When Porky explains that he himself is the last Do-Do, worth six trillion dollars, the real Do-Do handcuffs himself to Porky and runs off, exclaiming "I'm rich! I got the last Do-Do!" Porky rips off his disguise and runs off in the other direction, dragging his bird with him. Only after Porky and the bird are out of sight do eight other Do-Dos appear and tell the audience "Yes, sir, he's got the last Do-Do!" before launching into their wild dance.