This is a 7-minute black-and-white cartoon from 1938, shortly before World War II. It features Mel Blanc, possibly the most prolific man in animation, maybe even movie, history and Billy Bletcher who also worked on a whole lot of films as voice actors. The director is Robert Clampett who also worked on many more Porky cartoons back then. One of the most famous characters in the old days. Here he has a touch of Woodpecker and the dodo he dries to catch reminds me a bit of a very early version of Road Runner. After all, Porky won't get his bird. And he even traveled to Africa for him. Too bad. Yet, he meets all kinds of strange and fantastic creatures on the Black Continent, even a few White ones, and also a very early version of CatDog. However, to me there were hardly no funny scenes in these 7 minutes. Occasionally, there is some wit and humor, but it's just not enough compared to the best cartoons of that era. Not recommended.

I'm a big fan of cartoons and Warner bros. is the best among the old classic studios and Bob Clampett is my favorite director from that studio. He truly was the man who put the looney in the looney tunes. The endless imagination that's in his cartoons are amazing and "wackyland" is his signature cartoon. I love the layouts and backgrounds, that's work of great surrealism, on the level of Picasco and Salvador Dali. But it's Bob's wacky sense of humor that really shines. His cartoons are so free of inhibition and a lot of great humor comes out of it. I love the monster who suddenly turns gay, the rabbit who swings in the air, the three stooges monster and then there's the do-do and I love the stuff he does, he creates a pencil, draws a door in the air, lifts the door up like it's rubber, goes underneath it, then appears in a floating window that is connected to the door, but porky falls through the window! I love the whole "va da doody o" dance and the "WOOOOOO!" shout. And it has the best ending of any cartoon! Porky finally gets the do-do but 50 other do-dos come to confirm he's the last do-do! "Yeah! WOOOOOOOOO!"

This is almost too wacky - but as long as you remember this Looney Tunes cartoon is supposed to be wacky it can be funny in places. I say this because some of the wackiness in "Porky in Wackyland" seems very silly and almost disturbing, but as long as you see the funny side of it, it is perfectly fine. If you do not like anything that is remotely crazy, wacky or silly, then this will be an utter nightmare for you (if you happen to be being forced to watch it, otherwise, you ought to stop watching IMMEDIATELY).I enjoyed this episode for its craziness, Porky, the Dodo, the animation and some of the jokes included. I will have to watch this episode a great deal of times before I remember all of the jokes and you probably will have to as well (unless you did not like it).This episode starts with a newspaper article about Porky going to hunt the last dodo. He goes to darkest Africa (the portrayal of this is not a comfortable one for me, which is odd), to a place "where anything can happen". The population of this area unknown to everybody else is 100 nuts and one squirrel (this is the first proper joke). After this - most things do happen...I recommend this to people who like old Looney Tunes, Porky and wackiness. Not only is this also worth watching for historical value, but it is surprisingly good for modern audiences as well. Enjoy "Porky in Wackyland"! :-)

1938 was a peak year for screwball comedy, and "Porky in Wackyland" definitely fits that genre. This black-and-white Porky Pig cartoon was directed by Bob Clampett, who, according to some cartoon buffs, put the word "looney" in Looney Tunes, and I agree. "Porky in Wackyland" displays Clampett at perhaps his most quintessential; he stops at absolutely NOTHING in order to create a wacky, silly, anything-for-a-laugh cartoon. In search of a rare Do-Do bird worth a pile of jack, Porky flies into an extremely bizarre world, appropriately named Wackyland, and encounters all kinds of screwball characters & crazy situations! My favorite moments from "Porky in Wackyland" include the following (if you haven't yet seen this classic cartoon, don't read any further). As Porky flies toward Wackyland, it's really nice to see him cheerfully greet the audience and display for everyone a photograph of the Do-Do he seeks. During Porky's difficulty in capturing the bird, it hides behind a zooming Warner Bros. logo and smacks Porky in the face with a slingshot; the logo then zooms out again with the appropriate sliding-guitar effect. And amidst all the kooky characters that Porky meets are a three-headed monster of the Three Stooges (one of my favorite comedy teams) and a small character who buds out of a flower and, after using his nose as a flute, suddenly bangs away on a drumset and tinkers on a very miniature piano.Without a doubt, "Porky in Wackyland" is a cartoon in which director Bob Clampett was not afraid to try anything, no matter how silly, in order to get a laugh. And because we have the benefit of this cartoon being on DVD (Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2), it may be helpful to freeze-frame certain moments of the cartoon in order to clearly see all of the various inhabitants of Wackyland.