Oh dear it seemed that I slacked a bit on the updates. November has always been a busy month and there are loads of things happening now but it will all calm down and things will flow at a steady pace.
Don't you hate it when directors 'redo' perfectly good films? Well Dough for the Do-Do is sort of like that. I say sort of cause there is only one major change but lets go back in time a bit.
In the 30's Bob (genius) Clampett directed a film called Porky in Wackyland. In this short Porky goes to Africa in order to hunt the elusive Do-Do bird and has many surreal encounters. It's a typical Clampett cartoon. Off kilter, hugely entertaining and gets the laughs rolling from the first second.
Freleng's version is basically a colour update so Clampett's 'everything but the kitchen sink' approach is present. The visual puns are intact and the ending ( Porky captures the Do-do only to discover that there are millions more in hiding) is Clampettesque and makes the short a bit more well rounded.
but it still feels wrong.
Maybe some things that worked shouldnt be tampered with especially if it's a Clampett cartoon. Anyway watch the two cartoons back to back and see which one is slightly better.
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