Premiered July 28, 1951
It is a dark and stormy night and 12 miles to Dublin.
Porky Pig (Mel Blanc) spies a "quaint old" castle in the distance and decides to see they can give him a place to stay for the night.
On the way to the castle, he sees a sign that says "Beware the Leprechauns" and scoffs at the idea.
Porky scoffs at this again and demands to be taken to a room, slamming the front door. This causes a mace above the door to fall, knocking Porky out cold.
The caretaker is revealed to be a couple of leprechauns (calling themselves O'Pat and O'Mike) who, in true fairy fashion, decide to mess with Porky's head after concluding that he has come to steal their pot of gold.
When Porky comes to, he is escorted to a room by HALF of the caretaker and doesn't notice at first. When he does notice, Porky is terrified and hides in the bed, which turns out to be a trap door!
Porky drops down a shaft, landing in a leprechaun courtroom. There the leprechauns charge and convict him of attempting to steal their pot of gold and sentence him to the "wearing of the green shoes."
At first Porky admires the nice shoes, but soon comes to realize that they are cursed, as his feet begin a frantic Irish jig that dances him through a nightmarish landscape full of Irish symbols while O'Pat and O'Mike laugh at him.
Will Porky be able to escape the leprechaun's trickery? Or is he doomed to the "wearing of the green shoes" for all eternity?
RigbyMel says:
This Chuck Jones-directed short is the last solo appearance of Porky Pig in the classic era of Looney Tunes. Porky was Warner Brothers' breakout star when he debuted, but had since been eclipsed by Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny.
2 comments:
Haven't seen this one in decades! Thanks for the memory!
Absolutely! Reminding people of things they might've forgotten or introducing them to "new to them" media is one of our goals. Thanks so much for taking the time to read and comment, Caffienated Joe! :-)
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