''Dough for the Do-Do'' is a 1949

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'' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by

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. The short was released on September 2, 1949, and stars Porky Pig. The short is a remake of Bob Clampett's 1938 cartoon ''

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'', as well as using footage from his 1943 cartoon

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Plot

The cartoon begins with a newspaper showing Porky traveling to

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to hunt the rare

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bird. Porky flies his airplane to go to Dark Africa, then Darker Africa, and finally lands in Darkest Africa. When Porky lands, a sign tells him that he's in Wackyland ("Population: 100 nuts and a squirrel"), while a scary voice booms out " It can happen here!" Porky enters into a

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Dali-esque landscape and encounters many strange, weird, and oafish creatures. Suddenly, the last dodo of the dodo species appears. Porky tries to catch the dodo, but the dodo plays tricks on him. At one time, the dodo appears on the Warner Bros. shield and sling shots Porky into the ground. Finally, Porky dresses as another dodo and announces that he is the last dodo, worth six trillion dollars. The dodo handcuffs himself to Porky, claiming "I've got the last Dodo!" and runs with Porky to claim the reward. Porky reveals himself, and still handcuffed to the dodo, runs off with him, now proclaiming: "Oh, no, you haven't! ''I-I'm'' rich! I-I've got the last D-D-Dodo!" Once they disappear over the horizon, several more dodos appear and say that Porky does indeed have the last dodo.

Home media

* VHS - ''The Looney Tunes Video Show'', Volume 6 * VHS - ''Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies'' (time-compressed) * Laserdisc - ''Longitude and Looneytude: Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites'' * VHS - ''Looney Tunes Presents: Taz's Jungle Jams'' (1998 "THIS VERSION", without notice) * DVD - '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1'', Disc 2

References

External links

* 1949 films 1949 animated films 1949 short films Merrie Melodies short films Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films Short films directed by Friz Freleng Porky Pig films Remakes of American films Films set in Africa Films scored by Carl Stalling Surrealist films 1940s Warner Bros. animated short films Dodo 1950s English-language films 1950s American films Animated film remakes {{MerrieMelodies-stub