Calling Dr. Porky

Calling Dr. Porky is a 1940 Looney Tunes short directed by I. Freleng.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the 1939 film Calling Dr. Kildare.
== Plot ==
Porky is a doctor at the New Rightus Hospital, where "We take Pains-We have lots of Patients." A drunk dog comes to be cured by Dr. Porky. Pursued and harassed by three ghostly pink baby elephants, he begs Dr. Porky to help him. When Dr. Porky leaves for the elixir, those mischievous elephants put the poor drunk through an endless series of exams. However, Dr. Porky finally manages to cure his patient, causing the elephants to disappear.
== Caricatures ==
* Artie Auerbach - "Mm, could be."
== Availability ==
Porky Pig 101 DVD Cover.png|(2017) DVD Porky Pig 101, Disc 4 (incorrectly uses the opening theme from "Porky's Tire Trouble")
== Notes ==
* MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of the cartoon on Toon In with Me.
* This is the first cartoon with the 1940-1941 Porky Pig intro, replacing the one used from "Porky's Hotel" through "Patient Porky".
** This specific title card would be used starting from this cartoon to "The Henpecked Duck".
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Porky Pig Cartoons
Category:1940
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Shorts
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:Post-1935 Black & White Looney Tunes
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons in the Sunset Productions package