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The Village Smithy (1936)

The Village Smithy poster
Directed by
Tex Avery
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
8 min
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Porky Pig runs a blacksmith shop. He deals with a series of ridiculous situations involving customers and tools.

playfulfast-pacedwhimsicalnostalgiclightheartedparodicenergeticgoofy

What happens

The Village Smithy is a 1936 American animated comedy short film directed by Fred Avery. The short was released on December 5, 1936. It is the 78th film in the Looney Tunes series and the sixteenth cartoon to feature Porky Pig. It is a parody of "The Village Blacksmith", introducing a level of self-reference not previously seen in cartoons, which would become commonplace in Avery's work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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