Swooner Crooner

Swooner Crooner

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Swooner Crooner
series = Merrie Melodies


caption = Blue Ribbon title card
director = Frank Tashlin
story_artist =
animator = George Cannata
background_artist =
voice_actor = Mel Blanc
musician = Carl W. Stalling
producer = Leon Schlesinger
studio = Leon Schlesinger Productions
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
release_date = flagicon|USA May 6, 1944
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 7 minutes (one reel)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0037339

"Swooner Crooner" is a 1944 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. It stars Mel Blanc as Porky Pig. It is available on the ' VHS and ' DVD.

Synopsis

Porky Pig is the supervisor of the "Flockheed Eggcraft Factory" where dozens of hens lay eggs for the war effort (in this case, World War II). The hens suddenly get distracted from their egg laying when a handsome rooster named Frankie (who sings like Frank Sinatra) is heard singing outside. Porky rushes to investigate. Soon, he's auditioning for a new crooner; among those showing up are caricatures of Nelson Eddy, Rudy Vallee, Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante, Cab Calloway, and Bing Crosby. Porky asks the Bing Crosby rooster (who introduced himself as "The Old Groaner") to be the crooner. Between the two of them, egg production is soon more than he can handle. This includes a just-hatched hen chick laying an egg many times her own size, and Porky himself laying eggs at the end!

Awards

"Swooner Crooner" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).

Censorship

*Versions of this cartoon shown in network syndication, TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network edit out the part where the Al Jolson rooster auditions with the song "September in the Rain". The version put in the third volume of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD set has this scene intact.

External links

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* [http://video.aol.com/video-detail/looney-tunes-swooner-crooner/4103406394 Swooner Crooner at AOL Video]


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