An Egg Scramble

An Egg Scramble is a 1950 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Plot ==
Miss Prissy, a hen on Porky's farm, has never laid an egg in her life because she finds it "embarrassing". One of her fellow hen friends decides to paint Prissy's name on an egg and place it in Prissy's nest. Prissy believes that she laid the egg, and when Porky comes to take it for the market truck, she refuses to let him have it. Porky manages to grab the egg and gives it to the driver of the truck. Prissy is so determined to have "her egg" back that she follows the truck to the city. She finds the egg in the house of a woman named Marsha, grabs it, and flees. Convinced that the police are chasing her, Prissy hides out in a run-down building where an escaped criminal also happens to be hiding. At the end, the hens tell Porky one of them laid the egg, not Prissy. Despite the confession, the egg hatches into a chick that looks like Prissy.
== Caricatures ==
* Pert Kelton - Miss Prissy's voice is based on her character Martha Harrison from The Milton Berle Show.
== Availability ==
lt vs2 uk.jpg|(1982) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 2
879ikyujhgft.jpg|(1989) VHS The Birthday Cartoon Collection
516XKXZN4WL.jpg|(1990) VHS Porky Pig (1990)
LTSPB Vol. 2.jpg|(1995) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 2)
Lt collection porky pig.jpg|(1996) VHS Looney Tunes Collection - Porky Pig
Golden Collection box 3.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Three
lt cbopp2.jpg|(2007) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Best of Porky Volume 2
LooneyTunesSpotlightVol8-210x300.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 8, Disc 2
lt cv3.jpg|(2018) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Volume 3
=== Streaming ===
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== Notes ==
* This short marks the first appearance of Miss Prissy.
* The eggs on the truck are delivered to a store named Foster's Fresh Eggs, a reference to writer Warren Foster.
* The working title was "Scrambled Yeggs".
* This cartoon was shown in theatres with Colt .45 during its original release.
* The Housewife who appeared in this short strongly resembles Marsha in McKimson's later short, “Wild Wife”.
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
Category:1950
Category:Porky Pig Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Shorts
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Bea Benaderet
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons animated by Bill Melendez
Category:Cartoons animated by Emery Hawkins
Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Cornett Wood
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with camera by John W. Burton