Porky accidentally buys an old horse at an auction and must enter him in a race to recoup his loss.Porky accidentally buys an old horse at an auction and must enter him in a race to recoup his loss.Porky accidentally buys an old horse at an auction and must enter him in a race to recoup his loss.
Pinto Colvig
- Teabiscuit
- (uncredited)
- …
Earle Hodgins
- Auctioneer
- (uncredited)
Joe Twerp
- Race Commentator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe horse's name, Teabiscuit, is a play on that of Seabiscuit, a real-life thoroughbred racehorse, ungainly and mistreated in his early life, who was rehabilitated by an empathetic trainer and, by the time of this cartoon, had gone on to become a racing champion and a sentimental favorite of the American public. The cartoon's story is an affectionate screwball parody and celebration of Seabiscuit's rise to fame.
- Alternate versionsThis cartoon was colorized in 1968 by having every other frame traced over onto a cel. Each redrawn cel was painted in color and then photographed over a colored reproduction of each original background. Needless to say, the animation quality dropped considerably from the original version with this method. The cartoon was colorized again in 1992, this time with a computer adding color to a new print of the original black and white cartoon. This preserved the quality of the original animation.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Toon in with Me: Pocket Mail (2024)
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"Porky and Teabiscuit" is a parody of the real racehorse, Seabiscuit...the winningest horse of the 1930s. The film was made a year before this horse was retired and at the time, practically everyone knew who Seabiscuit was....so a cartoon parodying the horse isn't surprising.
When the story begins, some crook cheats Porky...or thinks he does...by selling him a broken down horse. However, this was similar to Seabiscuit's early life and by the end, he of course, proves his worth.
This is just an okay. Cartoon. While it's animated well, it has one gaping problem...there are very few laughs. Because of this and that most people don't remember Seabiscuit, I'd consign this to the category of a time-passer...worth seeing but also worth skipping.
When the story begins, some crook cheats Porky...or thinks he does...by selling him a broken down horse. However, this was similar to Seabiscuit's early life and by the end, he of course, proves his worth.
This is just an okay. Cartoon. While it's animated well, it has one gaping problem...there are very few laughs. Because of this and that most people don't remember Seabiscuit, I'd consign this to the category of a time-passer...worth seeing but also worth skipping.
- planktonrules
- Jan 1, 2022
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- Porky y el gran Teabiscuit
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- Runtime8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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