Porky's Badtime Story
Porky's Badtime Story is a Looney Tunes cartoon starring Porky Pig and Gabby Goat. The cartoon was directed by Robert Clampett.
Plot
Porky and Gabby always show up late to work. Their boss warns them that they will be fired if they continue being late. That night, Porky and Gabby desperately try to get enough rest, but many disturbances were a bother, such as somebody playing outside, and a thunderstorm. When the morning arrives, they rush off to work, only to realize that the office is closed on Sundays. Relieved, the two rush home and head right back to bed.
Remake
Porky's Badtime Story was remade in 1944 as Tick Tock Tuckered with Daffy Duck replacing Gabby Goat as Porky's sidekick. It was an exact remake, except for the following differences:
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- Tick Tock Tuckered was reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodie.
- Tick Tock Tuckered is a color vs. black and white (although Porky's Badtime Story now airs in color).
- In Tick Tock Tuckered, while Porky is naked, Daffy puts on two shoes. In Porky's Badtime Story, Gabby only puts on one shoe.
- In Tick Tock Tuckered, the heroes work for Fly-by-Nite Aircraft Co. In Porky's Badtime Story, the place is called Peter Piper Pickled Peppers.
- In Porky's Badtime Story, there were decrepit paint jobs. In Tick Tock Tuckered, the paint jobs are new.
- In Tick Tock Tuckered, Daffy sets the time clock back a few hours, punches in and makes the alarm go off. In Porky's Badtime Story, Gabby tries to gently punch in, but has to get tough.
- In Tick Tock Tuckered, the boss calls Porky and Daffy "The Dover Boys" before he screams "Now get this! If I ever catch you being late one more time, you're fired! Now get to work!", in Porky's Badtime Story, the boss calls them "The Rover Boys".
- In Tick Tock Tuckered, the boss is a human character (a caricature of Clampett's immediate boss, production manager Ray Katz). In Porky's Badtime Story, the boss is a canine character and is voiced by Billy Bletcher.
- The fly scene in Porky's Badtime Story is not seen. Instead, the previous scene is extended to where Porky throws the book, "The Falcon", and gets hit with "The Falcon Returns".
- After Porky's nightshade problem in Tick Tock Tuckered, Daffy solves the problem by shooting the moon. Gabby does not do this in Porky's Badtime Story.
- In Tick Tock Tuckered, there's an added part where Porky tells Daffy that they don't have to go to work after they see the "CLOSED" sign on the factory door. (Daffy: "Now you tell me!") In Porky's Badtime Story, Porky and Gabby see the sign and race back home without saying a word.
- At the end of Tick Tock Tuckered, Porky shoots the clock. In Porky's Badtime Story, the clock is hit with a mallet.
Production notes
The working title for this cartoon was It Happened All Night (a pun on the Clark Gable It Happened One Night), but it was changed after the studio censors feared that the title would be too sexually suggestive.
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