Frank Tashlin is often mentioned as the Warners' most overlooked director, along with Arthur Davis. Possibly this is right, both did only a handful films for the studio. Tash made his cartoons in two stints, one between 1937 and 38, and the other between 1943 and 46.
The second era consists his more popular films, with such memorable ones like "The Stupid Cupid", "Nasty Quacks", "Swooner Crooner" or "Unruly Hare". But his real masterpiece was without doubt "Porky Pig's Feat", a black-and-white classic featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, as two hotel guests who try to escape without paying the bill to the ugly, nasty french clerk, after Daffy gambled his money.
The message of this cartoon might be wrong (however I would try the same, if I had to pay for goodwill and sunshine ha-ha), but it's possibly one of the best slapstick comedies I have ever seen in any film. The gags are utterly brilliant, and despite the 43 B/W release, this cartoon feels like much more like a late-40 short with its detailed and mature humor. As said in an earlier review, the gags are not only great here, but very unpredictable as well, which makes the film even better.
Interesting note that this was the only time when Bugs Bunny has appeared (as a cameo) in a B/W short, and also was the first occasion when Daffy and Bugs met.
The title of the cartoon is rather misleading, since Porky is just here, but the real feats are made by Daffy Duck. I always preferred the early wacky personality of him (more correctly the 40s Daffy, which has some maturity as well), and he is at his very best in "Porky Pig's Feat". This cartoon is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol.3, and heavily recommended to anyone at any age and any mood. Possibly this is one of the top10 overall Looney Tunes cartoons, but this might be my opinion only.
10/10
The second era consists his more popular films, with such memorable ones like "The Stupid Cupid", "Nasty Quacks", "Swooner Crooner" or "Unruly Hare". But his real masterpiece was without doubt "Porky Pig's Feat", a black-and-white classic featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, as two hotel guests who try to escape without paying the bill to the ugly, nasty french clerk, after Daffy gambled his money.
The message of this cartoon might be wrong (however I would try the same, if I had to pay for goodwill and sunshine ha-ha), but it's possibly one of the best slapstick comedies I have ever seen in any film. The gags are utterly brilliant, and despite the 43 B/W release, this cartoon feels like much more like a late-40 short with its detailed and mature humor. As said in an earlier review, the gags are not only great here, but very unpredictable as well, which makes the film even better.
Interesting note that this was the only time when Bugs Bunny has appeared (as a cameo) in a B/W short, and also was the first occasion when Daffy and Bugs met.
The title of the cartoon is rather misleading, since Porky is just here, but the real feats are made by Daffy Duck. I always preferred the early wacky personality of him (more correctly the 40s Daffy, which has some maturity as well), and he is at his very best in "Porky Pig's Feat". This cartoon is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol.3, and heavily recommended to anyone at any age and any mood. Possibly this is one of the top10 overall Looney Tunes cartoons, but this might be my opinion only.
10/10