Edgar Allan Pooh . . . as Warner Bros. warns unsuspecting honest U.S. citizens and world travelers during PORKY PIG'S FEAT. The Broken Arms Hotel Manager presents Porky and Daffy Duck with an 8-line bill for $152.50 about 46 seconds into this story. Trouble is, the mostly bogus itemized charges actually add up to $172.50. Then the manager waves a second bill in the faces of his victims 5:39 into this animated short. It shows a charge of $500.62 ($25,031, adjusted for inflation) for 11 mostly different items, when the fraudulent sum should total $619.13. Warner is telling viewers to always look a "Gift Trump" in the mouth, since they'll usually find lots of rotten teeth. My Grandpa's saddest story was the time he took his University of Michigan Chess Team to a tournament in Southern Illinois. Reaching the Chicago area on the return trip at about 1 AM, the Skokie Motel 6 claimed they'd lost Gramp's "guaranteed" four-room reservation for the 15-person coed squad. Since the Sixers had two German Shepherd attack dogs in their lobby, Grand Pops couldn't argue about their perfidy. He was forced to pool everyone's remaining personal cash for a quartet of rooms at a swank mob motel on the other side of town called something like "Allgauers." At the next morning's check-out time, the Looney Tunes Allgougers Manager knocked on the window of the U-M Chess Team Van, claiming "complimentary" guest robes that Gramps had just personally inventoried as "the last one out" were "missing." Three days later the U-M Comptroller received a "damage claim" for $2,114.67 (about $34,770, adjusted for inflation) from Alliars. Gramps got fired so that he could not argue on behalf of a trio of U-M chess coeds who were held academically hostage until their dad's ponied up the $2,000-plus ransom demand. If Gramps had seen PORKY PIG'S FEAT prior to that trip, Bobby Fischer might be alive Today.

TheLittleSongbird I think this is one of my personal favourite Daffy and Porky cartoons. It is gorgeous to look at, it is fast paced and it is hilarious. It is the first black and white Looney Tunes cartoon I have seen, but I didn't mind that at all. As a matter of fact, I loved it. The animation is amazingly detailed and the black and white is like looking at a gorgeously shot film noir. The music as always is wonderful and playful, and the short is very fast paced with some truly hilarious gags delivered at breakneck speed. Daffy and Porky both do a great job, Porky is a great foil for Daffy but Daffy almost steals the show from under Porky. Not to mention brilliant vocal characterisations from the one and only Mel Blanc. Overall, gorgeous and hilarious, a must see for fans of Porky or Daffy or both. 10/10 Bethany Cox

phantom_tollbooth Frank Tashlin's 'Porky Pig's Feat' is an exceptionally handsome black and white cartoon. Trapped in a hotel with a bill they can't pay, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck attempt to rid themselves of the fearsome manager and escape. It's a simple set up for a fast paced and very funny short. There are several things that make 'Porky Pig's Feat' notable besides its general excellence. The drawing and animation style have an unusually modern feel to them for 1943 and the camera angles and set-ups have a really cinematic feel to them. Witness Daffy's wild rush down the corridor and into the elevator or Porky and Daffy as they swing on a rope made of sheets from the hotel window. Perhaps the most notable element, however, is a last minute cameo from (a rather odd sounding) Bugs Bunny who makes his only appearance in black and white and his first appearance alongside Porky and Daffy. Although it was still early in Bugs' career, he had already outshone all the studio's previous stars in terms of popularity and this is reflected in Porky and Daffy's hero worship of him. It's slightly odd to hear Daffy proclaiming that Bugs is his hero in light of their more famous rivalry developed by Chuck Jones in later years. All these unusual elements help make 'Porky Pig's Feat' a classic but, crucially, it also has a great script and a wonderful energy that drives it forward until its great surprise ending. One of Tashlin's best films.

ccthemovieman-1 Porky's bill for two nights stay at the Broken Arms Hotel is outrageous. He's even charged separately for the "air, sunshine and goodwill!" When the big fat French guy from the hotel comes to collect, Porky says his pal Daffy is in charge of the money. Unfortunately, Daffy has just thrown away money in a craps game.One thing leads to another and the Frenchman winds up challenging Daffy on the "field of honor."Well, you know Daffy doesn't have a lot of honor, and they never get to that duel - just a war to see if they can get out of the hotel without paying while the big hotel manager makes sure the opposite happens. All parties take a beating in this war. In the end, Daffy calls up Bugs Bunny hoping he'll help!It was odd to see Daffy Duck in black-and-white. In all the Looney Tunes Collection DVDs, I've always seen him in color. This was part of the Volume Three.