Pigs Is Pigs (1954 film)

Pigs Is Pigs is a 1954 animated film by Walt Disney Studios.[1] Based on the story "Pigs Is Pigs" by Ellis Parker Butler, it relates the tale of a railway agent and his problems with a shipment of two guinea pigs that proceed to breed rapidly. This was Gary Owens' film debut.[2] The cartoon was animated in the flat, colorful UPA style. The melody of the traditional Irish jig "The Irish Washerwoman" is repeated throughout the short.

Pigs Is Pigs
Directed byJack Kinney
Story byLeo Salkin
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringBill Thompson
The Mellomen
Narrated byGary Owens
Music byOliver Wallace
Animation byJohn Sibley
Dan MacManus (effects)
Layouts byJohn Wilson
Bruce Bushman
Backgrounds byEyvind Earle
Al Dempster
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • May 21, 1954 (1954-05-21)
Running time
9 minutes 44 seconds
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Flannery is a station manager who carries out all his activities based on his company's manual. However, everything changes when he receives a shipment of two guinea pigs. Because the box calls them "guinea pigs", he is confident that the animals in the shipment are indeed pigs, so he demands that the receiver of the box, McMorehouse, pay him 48 cents to send them to him. McMorehouse considers this an exorbitant price for a box of pets and refuses to pay. Flannery sends a message to the head office to inquire about the status of the guinea pigs, i.e. whether they are officially considered pigs or pets. However, when he had not yet received a reply, the guinea pigs start having lots of offspring and in just a few days, they overrun the whole station. So Flannery decides to consider them as pets, not pigs. After making this decision, he travels to McMorehouse's house to give them to him, but McMorehouse has moved away, so he transfers the animals to the station's head office. At the end of the short, Flannery decides that all living animals are pets.

Academy Awards

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005 on Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities - Celebrated Shorts: 1920s–1960s.[3]

References
  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  2. Heritage Auctions catalog, https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/concept-art/eyvind-earle-pigs-is-pigs-color-key-concept-painting-walt-disney-1954-/a/7235-98743.s Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  3. "Disney Rarities - Celebrated Shorts: 1920s - 1960s DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 14 February 2021.


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