Porky in Egypt

Porky in Egypt is a 1938 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert Clampett.
==Plot==
Porky is one of many sight-seers in Egypt one day. They see things like the dancing women, a man who can eat and withstand anything (though struggles after eating fire) and finally the touring manager who is offering tours to see the homes of the mummy stars. The tourists then take off after they all board his long camel and they take off into the desert. Porky, who had been part of the tourist group, has missed the call however and they leave without him. He finds a slow-moving camel and climbs aboard in hopes of catching up to it.
As they go in the desert, Porky tries to rush the camel and finally manages to get it to hurry up. But they still can't keep up and he is growing even hotter. Even the nearby trees and lake burn up. Soon his camel can't handle anymore and collapses. Porky tries to push it, but the camel is way too hot and tired. The heat slowly gets to the camel, causing it to start hallucinating.
It finally takes off while playing the bag-pipes, leaving Porky by himself in the warm desert. He tries to get it to come back, but it doesn't hear him. Porky looks forward to seeing a pool but by the time he reaches it, it's revealed to be just sand. Bumpy, the camel starts to hallucinate even more at this point (even imitating Lew Lehr as he remarks "Camels is the cwaziest peoples") and acts like a man riding a horse until he runs into a tree. At this point, he realizes he's okay and claims that the heat got to him. Much to the relief of Porky. But when Bumpy suddenly hears voices, he flees with Porky in tow. They run the whole way out of the desert and back into town, into a building that the strange voices can't reach. Bumpy is happy they're safe, but unfortunately Porky has lost it at this point and he has a nervous breakdown.
==Caricatures==
*Lew Lehr - "Camels is the cwaziest peoples"
*Hugh Herbert - camel "Woo hoo"-ing
==Availability==
LTCE VOL 7 WELCOME TO WACKYLAND.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 7: Welcome to Wackyland
Golden Collection box 3.jpg|(2005) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc 3
LTPC VOL 2 DVD.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 1
LTPC VOL 2 Blu Ray.jpg|(2012) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 1
Porky Pig 101 DVD Cover.png|(2017) DVD Porky Pig 101, Disc 3
===Streaming===
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - )
== Notes ==
* Mark Kausler cited this cartoon as a commentary/parody of Egypt at the time.
* Many of the tourists seen atop of the long camel are caricatures of Leon Schlesinger staff.
* "Swing it!" is a reference to Curly Howard of the Three Stooges who would say that phrase when coming into a hotel.
* "Boots, Boots, Boots!" is a reference to Rudyard Kipling famous poem, "Boots".
* When Porky goes crazy, his jump is a reference to Stan Laurel.
==Gallery==
Extra5.jpg|Lobby card
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File:Porky in Egypt !!!.jpg|Animation drawing
==References ==
*Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age
Category:Cartoons directed by Bob Clampett
Category:Porky Pig Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Black-and-white cartoons
Category:1938
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Post-1935 Black & White Looney Tunes
Category:Cartoons written by Ernest Gee
Category:Cartoons animated by Norman McCabe‏‎
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Elmer Plummer
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Caricatures of real people
Category:Cartoons in the Sunset Productions package