''Porky in Egypt'' is a 1938

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. The short was released on November 5, 1938, and stars

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Plot

An offer for a trip to see the

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is shown. The tour then proceeds to leave with a large caravan of

camel A camel (from: la, camelus and grc-gre, κάμηλος (''kamēlos'') from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל ''gāmāl''.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. C ...

s being used as transportation. Porky then comes running out and chases after the caravan; but he is too late and ends up not being able to catch up to them. He sees an available camel called Humpty Bumpty however, and takes it with the intent of seeing the pyramids, but he ends up lost in the desert and eventually him and weirdly enough, the camel starts to suffer from dehydration. They start seeing various

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s that cause them to go into a dreamlike sequence where Porky and the camel both hallucinate and hear strange voices. The camel then starts acting weird and Porky tries to calm him down, but fails, and the camel grows more and more insane. Eventually, they run screaming from the desert and back into the town, whereupon they lock themselves inside a safehouse. Humpty believes that they are safe, but Porky is then shown to have similarly lost his mind as he begins laughing hysterically, puts on an oversized

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hat with the letter N on it (an obvious allusion to

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

), and starts dancing in an exaggerated, chaotic fashion as the cartoon irises out.

Home media

*DVD - '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3'' *Blu-ray - '' Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2''

Colorized version

Porky in Egypt was computer colorized in 1995 to be aired on television.

References

External links

* * 1938 animated films 1938 films Looney Tunes shorts 1930s animated short films 1930s American animated films Films directed by Bob Clampett Porky Pig films Films set in Egypt Films set in deserts Films scored by Carl Stalling {{LooneyTunes-stub