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See the opening scene of the Warner Brothers cartoon “Porky's Midnight Matinee”

See the opening scene of the Warner Brothers cartoon “Porky's Midnight Matinee”

Opening scene of the Warner Brothers cartoon Porky's Midnight Matinee, 1941.
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Transcript

[Music]

PORKY PIG: I oughta be in the pic--pictures.
I'm wonderful to see.
I oughta be in the big--big pictures
Oh what--what a hit I would be--be.
La da da da da da da [whistling] . . . pictures, oh la da da . . .

MOUSE: Pssst. Pssst.
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