Robert Clampett

Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil. Clampett was born and raised not far from Hollywood, and early on expressed an interest in animation and puppetry. After leaving high school a few months shy of graduating in 1931, Clampett joined the team at Harman-Ising Productions and began working on the studio's newest short subjects, titled Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

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Porky's Poppa (1938)

We take a tour of Porky's Poppa's farm, to the tune of Old MacDonald. After meeting several animals, "on this farm, he has a mortgage" which he frets over, particularly since Bessie has stopped producing milk. Poppa orders an Acme milk producing robot, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Robert Clampett

We take a tour of Porky's Poppa's farm, to the tune of Old MacDonald. After meeting several animals, "on this farm, he has a mortgage" which he frets over, particularly since Bessie has stopped producing milk. Poppa orders an Acme milk producing robot, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Robert Clampett

Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Eddie Acuff  •  Fay Bainter  •  Katharine Alexander  •  Robert Barrat

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Eddie Acuff  •  Fay Bainter  •  Katharine Alexander  •  Robert Barrat

Injun Trouble (1938)

Porky leads a wagon train into "Injun Joe Territory," and finally comes up against the fearsome Superchief. But Sloppy Moe, a survivor of a previous Injun Joe attack, knows something about him he won't tell... until the very end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
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Porky leads a wagon train into "Injun Joe Territory," and finally comes up against the fearsome Superchief. But Sloppy Moe, a survivor of a previous Injun Joe attack, knows something about him he won't tell... until the very end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
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Porky's Naughty Nephew (1938)

Porky and Pinky go to the beach. As Porky tries to nap, Pinky keeps whacking him with his little shovel. Then he fakes drowning in a shallow puddle. Porky enters a swim race, and Pinky sets a fake shark to follow him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Bernice Hansen

Porky and Pinky go to the beach. As Porky tries to nap, Pinky keeps whacking him with his little shovel. Then he fakes drowning in a shallow puddle. Porky enters a swim race, and Pinky sets a fake shark to follow him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Bernice Hansen

The Lone Stranger and Porky (1939)

The Lone Stranger is sleeping when his faithful, if overly caricatured, Indian scout sees stagecoach driver Porky being robbed by a bad guy. The scout summons the Lone Stranger, who rides to the rescue. The bad guy goes after him (and, briefly, the narrator). But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Billy Bletcher  •  Pinto Colvig  •  Danny Webb

The Lone Stranger is sleeping when his faithful, if overly caricatured, Indian scout sees stagecoach driver Porky being robbed by a bad guy. The scout summons the Lone Stranger, who rides to the rescue. The bad guy goes after him (and, briefly, the narrator). But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Billy Bletcher  •  Pinto Colvig  •  Danny Webb

Porky's Tire Trouble (1939)

Porky works at the Snappy Rubber Company. His dog, Flat Foot Flookey, is determined to follow him into the plant, despite the rules. And Flookey's clumsiness means he's not exactly going to be able to sneak in like when he falls into a vat of rubberizing solution, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
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Porky works at the Snappy Rubber Company. His dog, Flat Foot Flookey, is determined to follow him into the plant, despite the rules. And Flookey's clumsiness means he's not exactly going to be able to sneak in like when he falls into a vat of rubberizing solution, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
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Porky's Movie Mystery (1939)

Mr. Motto (Porky) is called back from vacation to catch the invisible man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Billy Bletcher

Mr. Motto (Porky) is called back from vacation to catch the invisible man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Billy Bletcher

Chicken Jitters (1939)

Porky runs a poultry farm. All is well, if a bit unconventional, until the wolf attacks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Danny Webb

Porky runs a poultry farm. All is well, if a bit unconventional, until the wolf attacks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Danny Webb

Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. (1939)

Porky Pig is Kristopher Kolumbus, who sets off to discover the New World carrying Queen Isabella's treasures (including her jewels, a slingshot and a Jr. G-Man badge). Porky is met by some weird-looking Indians, some of whom he takes back to the Old World to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
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Porky Pig is Kristopher Kolumbus, who sets off to discover the New World carrying Queen Isabella's treasures (including her jewels, a slingshot and a Jr. G-Man badge). Porky is met by some weird-looking Indians, some of whom he takes back to the Old World to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
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Polar Pals (1939)

Porky Pig inhabits an igloo in the Arctic, where he beds with a covering a several live, furry polar bears, bathes in a shower whose water instantly freezes into long icicles, and dances in the ice and snow with the native fauna. When a greedy fur trapper named I. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Billy Bletcher

Porky Pig inhabits an igloo in the Arctic, where he beds with a covering a several live, furry polar bears, bathes in a shower whose water instantly freezes into long icicles, and dances in the ice and snow with the native fauna. When a greedy fur trapper named I. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Billy Bletcher

Scalp Trouble (1939)

General Daffy Duck's fort is plagued by Indian raids.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc

General Daffy Duck's fort is plagued by Indian raids.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc

Porky's Hotel (1939)

Porky runs a smalltown hotel. A goat with gout checks in for a rest, but a talkative goose child will prevent him from getting it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Cora Hunter Parks  •  Alberta Perkins  •  Anna Mae Fritz

Porky runs a smalltown hotel. A goat with gout checks in for a rest, but a talkative goose child will prevent him from getting it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Cora Hunter Parks  •  Alberta Perkins  •  Anna Mae Fritz

Pied Piper Porky (1939)

Porky Pig stars as the Pied Piper, who thinks he has taken care of all the mice. However, there is one rogue mouse that he is unable to catch. So he tries an old-fashioned mouse trap (a cat) and when the cat tries to fight, the result is the mouse wearing his fur ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc

Porky Pig stars as the Pied Piper, who thinks he has taken care of all the mice. However, there is one rogue mouse that he is unable to catch. So he tries an old-fashioned mouse trap (a cat) and when the cat tries to fight, the result is the mouse wearing his fur ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc

The Film Fan (1939)

Porky Pig is on his way to the store to pick up some groceries for his mother when he walks by a sign saying that the local movie theater is having a "kids admitted free" day. The excited Porky rushes in and views a series of spoofs of newsreels, movie trailers, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Billy Bletcher  •  Robert C. Bruce

Porky Pig is on his way to the store to pick up some groceries for his mother when he walks by a sign saying that the local movie theater is having a "kids admitted free" day. The excited Porky rushes in and views a series of spoofs of newsreels, movie trailers, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Billy Bletcher  •  Robert C. Bruce

Ali-Baba Bound (1940)

Porky finds out that Ali-Baba and his Dirty Sleeves plan to attack the fort; it's up to him to go warn the fort. He gets there to discover everyone has left for the Legion convention in Boston. Porky and his rented camel fend off the attackers themselves for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc

Porky finds out that Ali-Baba and his Dirty Sleeves plan to attack the fort; it's up to him to go warn the fort. He gets there to discover everyone has left for the Legion convention in Boston. Porky and his rented camel fend off the attackers themselves for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc

Pilgrim Porky (1940)

The Pilgrims, led by captain Porky Pig, set sail from Plymouth for America. We get a series of ocean sailing blackout gags, including a running bit between our narrator and the cook, looking for a fish suitable for dinner, a singing trio interrupted by seasickness, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Robert C. Bruce  •  Thurl Ravenscroft

The Pilgrims, led by captain Porky Pig, set sail from Plymouth for America. We get a series of ocean sailing blackout gags, including a running bit between our narrator and the cook, looking for a fish suitable for dinner, a singing trio interrupted by seasickness, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Robert C. Bruce  •  Thurl Ravenscroft

Porky's Poor Fish (1940)

Porky Pig owns a fish store and goes out to lunch. After a cat is not having much success with a mouse, he goes into the fish store when Porky is away. When the cat thinks he has the good appetite, the fish go to war against him and drive him out of the store. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc

Porky Pig owns a fish store and goes out to lunch. After a cat is not having much success with a mouse, he goes into the fish store when Porky is away. When the cat thinks he has the good appetite, the fish go to war against him and drive him out of the store. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc

The Chewin' Bruin (1940)

A bear hunter tells Porky the tale of a hunt 30 years ago: a bear got a taste of his chewing tobacco and chased him down to get it; the hunter took the bear on with his bare hands rather than lose the tobacco. Or at least, that's the way he told the story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Robert C. Bruce

A bear hunter tells Porky the tale of a hunt 30 years ago: a bear got a taste of his chewing tobacco and chased him down to get it; the hunter took the bear on with his bare hands rather than lose the tobacco. Or at least, that's the way he told the story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Robert C. Bruce

Prehistoric Porky (1940)

Caveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur. After Rover's playfulness causes a disruption to the prehistoric peace and quiet, Porky's copy of "Expire" magazine arrives in the mail, filled with ads for fashionable new bearskins. Porky ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Sara Berner  •  Mel Blanc  •  Thurl Ravenscroft  •  Kent Rogers

Caveman Porky awakens and plays with his pet Rover, a massive dinosaur. After Rover's playfulness causes a disruption to the prehistoric peace and quiet, Porky's copy of "Expire" magazine arrives in the mail, filled with ads for fashionable new bearskins. Porky ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Sara Berner  •  Mel Blanc  •  Thurl Ravenscroft  •  Kent Rogers

The Sour Puss (1940)

Porky decides to go fishing the next day and tells his cat. The cat sleeps fitfully. The next day, while they are fishing, the cat gets into a battle with a flying fish who behaves rather like Daffy Duck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc

Porky decides to go fishing the next day and tells his cat. The cat sleeps fitfully. The next day, while they are fishing, the cat gets into a battle with a flying fish who behaves rather like Daffy Duck.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clampett
CAST:  Mel Blanc
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