Slap Happy Pappy

Slap Happy Pappy
Slap Happy Pappy
	Title card
Directed by	Robert Clampett
Story by	Warren Foster
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Mel Blanc; Jack Lescoulie; Cliff Nazarro; Danny Webb; Kay Kyser
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	John Carey; Isadore Ellis
Color process	Black-and-white
Production; company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 13, 1940;
Running time	6 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Slap Happy Pappy is a 1940 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett. It is part of the Looney Tunes series and the 73rd cartoon to feature Porky Pig.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Porky owns a farm. The cartoon starts with him plowing the fields. But the bulk of the cartoon is about the poultry farm. A sign reads, "Miracle Eggs for sale, if it's a good egg it's a miracle egg". A rabbit impersonating Jack Benny (Jack Bunny) is making Easter eggs and looking at them. He is about to smash a black egg, but it breaks and a black bird emerges (doing an impersonation of Rochester).

The scene then cuts to Eddie Cackler (based on Eddie Cantor) and his wife. The family wants a son, but is having no luck. Five eggs hatch and not a single one of them is a boy. A Bing Crosby lookalike^[4] happens to be near by holding a stroller that has babies all of which are boys. The father asks him what his secret is, and he croons to a black hen who then lays dozen of eggs, all of whom are boys.

Eddie tries the same thing to his wife, and she lays an egg, labeled "JR." (junior). The two are dancing when Eddie asks if the baby could really be a boy. He then says, shrugging, "Mmmm, could be!"

Home media

DVD: Porky Pig 101^[5]

References

↑ Hartley, Steven (July 9, 2013). "Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 282. Slap Happy Pappy (1940)". Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124-126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
↑ Shull, Michael S.; Wilt, David E. (2004), "Filmography 1940", Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939-1945, McFarland & Company, pp. 95–96, ISBN 978-0786481699
↑ "Slap Happy Pappy (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".^{[dead link]}
↑ Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 16, 2026.

External links

Slap Happy Pappy at IMDb

[1] Hartley, Steven (July 9, 2013). "Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 282. Slap Happy Pappy (1940)". Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124-126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

[Shull-3] Shull, Michael S.; Wilt, David E. (2004), "Filmography 1940", Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939-1945, McFarland & Company, pp. 95–96, ISBN 978-0786481699

[4] "Slap Happy Pappy (Leon Schlesinger Studios)".^{[dead link]}

[5] Beck, Jerry (August 16, 2017). "Warner Archive Announces "Porky Pig 101" DVD Collection". Animation Scoop. Retrieved July 16, 2026.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]