Paying the Piper (1949)

Directed by

Robert McKimson

Genre

animation, comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Porky Pig takes on the role of a piper hired to rid a town of rats. A cat disguises itself as the last rat to bring the rats back, and Porky must outsmart it to collect his reward.

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What happens

Paying the Piper is a 1949 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on March 12, 1949, and stars Porky Pig. It is the first appearance of the Supreme Cat, a recurring character in McKimson's films and is named as such in this film. It is a parody of the fairy tale The Pied Piper and involves Porky trying to stop a cat that disguises himself as the last rat to bring the rats back for the local cats; later, Porky has to get the reward money owed to him for ridding the town of the rats back from the cat. It has Porky in the role of the piper character. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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