Swooner Crooner
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| Swooner Crooner
Looney Tunes series |
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| Directed by | Frank Tashlin |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | George Cannata |
| Studio | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  May 6, 1944 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes (one reel) |
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Swooner Crooner is a 1944 Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. It stars Mel Blanc as Porky Pig. It is available on the Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons VHS and Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 DVD.
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[edit] 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!
[edit] Awards
Swooner Crooner was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).
[edit] 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.
