tadpole-596-918256 Review of Pigs in a Polka

Pigs in a Polka (1943)

This cute little cartoon includes the most precious moments . . .

[8/10 · 5 March 2020]

. . . such as Pig #2 building his house out of MATCH sticks! (Number Two constructs his "castle" this way at least twice, only to see the results of his labors eventually go up in smoke!) Another example of the "heart" on display throughout PIGS IN A POLKA is the ticker-strings-pulling scene in which a destitute little old lady of the lupine persuasion has to play a stringed instrument for her respite from the winter's cold. (Some viewers may quibble that this hunched over matriarch's music is emanating from the turntable record player sounding a vinyl record to form her hunch, but let's see YOU become a violin virtuoso during the Heartbreak of Arthritis!) When you stop and think about it, the Big Bad Wolf's overall reputation in the various iterations of this story is negative in a totally undeserved way. After all, he's just after a little pork or bacon. Who can blame this pursuit, with polls consistently showing that far more cultists break their "religious" vows by gobbling a BLT sandwich than by chugging a Corona Beer. Without porkers biting the dust, there would be no pork rinds, pork chops, pig's feet, bacon or pulled pork, either. So viewers should NOT feel guilty if watching PIGS IN A POLKA makes their mouths water, just the effect starring in this animated short had upon the unjustly maligned Big Bad Wolf!