The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938)

Directed by

Tex Avery

Genre

animation, comedy, music

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1938 animated short from Tex Avery follows Elmer Fudd on a series of quick gags set on a tropical island. Each joke is followed by a sudden blackout.

fast-pacedplayfulsillylightheartedbouncyzanyspoofycartoonish

What happens

The Isle of Pingo Pongo is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Fred Avery. The short was released on May 28, 1938. It is the 95th film in the Merrie Melodies series and the second cartoon to star Elmer Fudd. It is the first of a series of travelogue spoofs directed by Avery, where each vignette is punctuated by a moment of blackout. It was re-released as a "Blue Ribbon" reissue in 1944, rendering the original film and credits to be lost. Because of the racial stereotypes used against black people throughout the short, United Artists chose to withhold it from syndication within the United States in 1968. As such, the short was placed into the so-called Censored Eleven, a group of eleven Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes shorts withheld from television distribution in the United States since 1968 due to heavy stereotyping of black people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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