Porky's Romance

Porky's Romance is a 1937 Looney Tunes short directed by Frank Tash.
== Plot ==
Porky asks Petunia to marry him. Petunia says no, so Porky decides to hang himself. The beam holding the rope collapses as Porky jumps, and instead of killing himself, he is knocked unconscious and has a dream about what life would be like if he and Petunia got married. It starts out fine, but soon turns into a nightmare. Porky is forced to do the housework and care for their many children while Petunia sits around, doing nothing but eating chocolate, gaining weight, spoiling her pet dog, yelling at Porky for not keeping up with the housework, and clobbering him with a rolling pin if he talks back. Porky wakes up to Petunia, who says she will marry him. After envisioning his awful wedded life with Petunia, Porky runs away, but not before giving Petunia's snooty dog a well-deserved kick in the butt.
== Caricatures ==
* Tommy Mack - Petunia quotes his character Judge Hugo Straight from Community Sing, "Excited?! Who's excited?! I'm not excited!"
* W.C. Fields
* Mae West
== Availability ==
Golden Collection box 3.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Three (with optional audio commentary by Mark Kausler)
Porky Pig 101 DVD Cover.png|(2017) DVD Porky Pig 101, Disc 2
== Censorship ==
* When this cartoon was shown on The WB network, the end where Porky runs off (after coming to from his failed suicide attempt and realizing that marrying Petunia will lead to the unhappy marriage he dreamt about), then returns to kick Petunia's dog as the cartoon irises out was cut.http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-p.aspx
== Notes ==
* This is the first appearance of Petunia Pig. She was intended to be a recurring character, as the staff were trying to find a new character to star with Porky Pig. Petunia was unsuccessful, along with many other characters, and only starred in a handful of shorts and a couple of books. A second star would not be found until "Porky's Duck Hunt", Daffy Duck's first cartoon.
* This was the last short featuring Joe Dougherty as the voice of Porky Pig. He was replaced by Mel Blanc, starting with "Porky's Duck Hunt".
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
fr:Porky amoureux
Category:1937
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Porky Pig Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Berneice Hansell
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons animated by Norman McCabe
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 in the Sunset Productions package
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:Post-1935 Black & White Looney Tunes