The Blow Out
| The Blow Out | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Porky Pig) series | |
 Title Card | |
| Directed by | Tex Avery |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Voices by |
Joe Dougherty Sara Berner Lucille LaVerne |
| Music by |
Bernard Brown Norman Spencer |
| Animation by |
Charles Jones Sid Sutherland Robert Clampett (uncredited) |
| Studio | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | April 4, 1936 (USA) |
| Color process | Black & White |
| Running time | 7:30 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Fire Alarm |
| Followed by | Westward Whoa |
The Blow Out is a 1936 Looney Tunes animated short film starring Porky Pig. It was directed by Tex Avery.
Plot
While a mad bomber is terrorizing the city, Porky Pig (depicted here as a child character) is searching for money in order to buy an ice cream soda. He is earning a few cents retrieving lost or stolen items for people (such as a cane for an old man and a purse for a society matron) when he stumbles upon the bomber's lost bomb; not realizing what the device is, he presumes the bomber dropped it and tries to return it as well. The bomber tries to get away, but ends up getting defeated by Porky's relentless pursuit in trying to give the bomb back. Porky is given a cash reward and treats himself to an ice cream soda feast.
Outside references
Thomas Pynchon refers to the cartoon involving "Porky Pig and the anarchist" several times in his novels The Crying of Lot 49 (Vintage, 2000, p63) and Gravity's Rainbow.
Notes
This is the first solo Porky Pig cartoon.