Looney Tunes - Porky Chops (1949, animated short)

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Porky Chops is a 1949 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Arthur Davis. The short was released on February 12, 1949, and stars Porky Pig.
The short's name is a pun on "pork chops".
Story by:
William Scott
Lloyd Turner

Animation by:
Don Williams
Emery Hawkins
Basil Davidovich
J.C. Melendez
Herman Cohen (uncredited)

Notes:
J.C. Melendez is better known as Bill Melendez, who helped make the Peanuts franchise well known on television, beginning with A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965.
William Scott is more well known for his work on various cartoons such as the early 1960s TV show Rocky and Bullwinkle, among other things.

Censorship
In ABC's The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show, two scenes were removed:

The squirrel sticking his fingers into Porky's eyes and saying, "Scram ham,"

A whole scene starting with Porky climbing the tree and pointing his a rifle at the squirrel but blasting the branch on which he is standing. As the branch is breaking, the squirrel hands to Porky a fruit basket, which increases the weight on the broken tree limb. It snaps, and Porky falls. At ground level, the squirrel lays a mattress onto which for Porky to land, but Porky misses it and hits the ground. He rises, dazed, holding two bananas as though they were pistols. The squirrel squeezes the two bananas in Porky's hands, and the contents of the bananas squirt onto Porky's face, creating a fruity, false mustache.

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