''What Price Porky'' is a 1938

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. The cartoon was released on February 26, 1938, and stars

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When Porky goes to feed his hens and

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s, a group of

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s steal the corn he sets out. After sending a document filled with insults from the ducks' "ducktator" (Daffy Duck, a.k.a. "General Quacko"), war erupts between the chickens and the ducks. Newborn chicks form battalions from the moment they hatch, with the chickens digging trenches. The ducks

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in the marsh, saluting their general, as they use

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s and

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as battlecarriers and airplanes. Porky manages to turn the tide with a machine gun improvised from a wringer washer and a bag of corn.

Production notes

The copyright date in the opening credits reads 1937.

Home media

''What Price Porky'' is available on the DVD release of '' The Dawn Patrol'', the ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5'', Disc 4 and the ''Porky Pig 101'', Disc 2.

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