Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.'Porky Chops' is a long way from being among the best Porky Pig cartoons, he's done better before and since particularly in supporting roles when pitted off against a stronger character, or among the best work of underrated Arthur Davis (being in the shadow of the likes of Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Tex Avery and Bob Clampett and having nowhere near as long a career, which is sad). It seems to have divided reviewers and it is not hard to see why, it could have been better and needed more to it but it is a long way from a mess.The story is a pretty slight and obvious one, and doesn't always have the madcap energy of the best cartoons. Porky is likable and amusing enough but somewhat bland in a role that could easily have been filled by Elmer.In terms of the humour, 'Porky Chops' is more amusing than it is hilarious.However, the animation is excellent. Beautifully drawn, very detailed and the colours are vibrant, complete with some great expressions and Davis' distinctive style of the characters moving from foreground to background.Carl Stalling's music score is typically lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms, it's also beautifully synchronised with the action and gestures/expressions and even enhances the impact.Although not hilarious, 'Porky Chops' amuses and entertains with some nice wit and good timing. The squirrel is a lot of fun with a personality that's lively, cute and anarchic. The ever versatile Mel Blanc's voice acting is stellar.Overall, quite good fun though won't blow anybody away. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Cult director Arthur Davis has made some hysterically funny cartoons in his time but 'Porky Chops' sure ain't one of 'em! One of the ugliest, most unfunny Warner shorts I have ever seen, 'Porky Chops' is something of an oddity. Its problems are numerous. For a start, it is very poorly paced and full of misfiring gags. The animation is clunky and the character designs are unattractive. This is especially true of the one-shot squirrel character who spends the cartoon trying to prevent Porky from cutting down his tree. Aside from looking lousy, this squirrel is a thinly veiled re-imagining of Bugs Bunny. Come to mention it, Porky's role in this film could just as easily have been played by Elmer Fudd and there are even moments when, if you squint, Porky looks just like Elmer in his hunting hat and brandishing his gun. As he was replaced by more interesting characters, Porky's starring roles became rarer and even in his earlier cartoons he frequently played second fiddle to crazier characters (see 'Porky's Party', in which Porky barely gets a look in). Chuck Jones brilliantly injected new life into him by casting him opposite Daffy in several inspired genre spoofs but Davis's attempt to throw the spotlight on the fame-starved pig falls completely flat. 'Porky Chops' is as pitiful as its dreadful title would suggest.

Elmer..I mean Porky Pig is a lumberjack, waiting to chop down a tree that a wascilly rab..i mean squirrel is in. This short didn't sit well with me, it just didn't jibe at all. Porky didn't act like Porky at all. Who is this squirrel?? And while the completist in me is happy that it's on the DVD collection, the lover of good animated shorts is disheartened that it's included. Definitely among the worst Looney Tunes shorts that I have seen, and I say that sadly. This cartoon is on Disk 2 of the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1" I send raspberries to whomever made this.My Grade: D+

I don't understand this cartoon at all. Essentially, Porky is the villain, trying to chop down a tree in which a vaguely Bugs Bunny-esque squirrel makes his home. Our villain is a much-beloved regular character, and our hero is a generic wiseacre squirrel that we've never seen before. It's almost as if they were originally going to use Bugs, but decided he was too big to live in a tree, so they used Porky in the other role just to have a "star" in the picture. Also, most of the gags just plain aren't funny. The cartoon just kind of sits there until it's over, and then you forget about it. How this was chosen for the first Looney Toons DVD set over classics like Book Revue and the Great Piggy Bank Robbery, I'll never know.