{"id":179,"date":"2016-02-10T21:24:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T04:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=179"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:47:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:47:58","slug":"2016-2-10-swallow-the-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"Swallow the Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;I came here for a swallow, and I&#8217;m not leaving until I get a swallow.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4842\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4842 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wackyland2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/swallow.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Does anyone want to play Jacks after dinner?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Directed by Robert McKimson. Released in 1949.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/56a93a0169492e8908d709bd\/56a9407c04acd38b178c1bb7\/56bbaea2859fd03d80fb0fc9\/1455140524085\/\/img.jpg?w=525\" alt=\"\" \/>I never mentioned, but last week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/blog-1\/2016\/02\/03\/2016-2-3-porkys-poor-fish\/\">post<\/a> is one of my favorite Porky shorts. He was offended when he heard that, seeing as how he&#8217;s absent for about 80% of the film. To appease him, I&#8217;m sharing another one of my favorite of his films that has only him. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wuKxKbtxCV0?wmode=opaque&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Personal Rating: 4 (unless you&#8217;re too immature to handle it. Parental discretion is advised.)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not going to be on speaking terms for awhile. So why don&#8217;t I just move on to today&#8217;s short?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again. The time when the swallows come back to Capistrano. (I don&#8217;t get why the narrator is so amazed that they find their way back every year. Don&#8217;t mention pigeons or salmon to him. He might crack.) Naturally, such a phenomenon attracts many bird lovers who come to see the event. And a bird lover is indeed there. A cat with no name is waiting. (I don&#8217;t know why he has that collar on. I guess to have some identity? I&#8217;ll solve that by calling him Miles. He looks like a miles.)<\/p>\n<p>The scout swallow comes about making sure everything is ready for his flock to nest in. Miles quickly puts a nest together for him. The bird likes the new nest, but why are there teeth in it? He let&#8217;s his friend in first. A Mr. In the box, by name. Miles&#8217; neck becomes elongated. He chases the little bird with a net, but has to stop at the edge of the building. The bird drops a brick in his net for him. How thoughtful. The bird finds a metal swallow and paints it to resemble him. Miles takes the bait and swallows it whole. Now he is at the mercy of the bird&#8217;s magnet. (One of those horseshoe kind. Has anyone actually seen one of those? Outside of cartoons I haven&#8217;t.) He ends up stuck around a pole thanks to the bird, and the bird puts a lever under him. He ends up turning into a test your strength game. Or rather, test the cat&#8217;s skull&#8217;s strength game. (Ouch.)<\/p>\n<p>Wings, a superman costume, and a gun don&#8217;t work, and trying to bait an electric plate with corn, might&#8217;ve worked if the bird hadn&#8217;t turned it on first. The swallow finds a tooth free nest and jumps in. Jokes on him; the bottom was fly paper. (Or in his case, anti-fly paper.) Miles prepares to enjoy his snack, but it appears he took too long. The rest of the swallow flock appears and chase him out. Determined to get a swallow, Miles sees a sign advertising them. He rushes over and finally gets something in his belly: alcohol. At least he seems happy.<\/p>\n<p>Personal Rating: 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I came here for a swallow, and I&#8217;m not leaving until I get a swallow.&#8221; Directed by Robert McKimson. Released in 1949. I never mentioned, but last week&#8217;s post is one of my favorite Porky shorts. He was offended when he heard that, seeing as how he&#8217;s absent for about 80% of the film. 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