Corn on the Cop

Corn on the Cop is a 1965 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated cartoon short directed by Irv Spector; the only time that Spector, who was mostly known as a story artist, ever acted as director on a theatrical cartoon.^[1] The short was released on July 24, 1965, and stars Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Granny.^[2] The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and Joanie Gerber. The short is notable for marking Porky Pig's final cartoon appearance during the golden age of American animation.

The title for this short is a play on the phrase "corn on the cob."

Plot[]

On Halloween night, Granny is shopping for candy at a local grocery store - when she leaves to head home, she starts explaining to the audience that she is preparing for when troublesome kids, or, as she prefers to call them, "juvenile delinquents", come to her home for Halloween treats from her before her explanation is stopped by two kids in costumes appearing out of nowhere and scaring her into running away, leaving her calling out for police as she runs. The next customer is an armed robber, who is wearing a blouse and skirt identical to the real Granny. Policemen Daffy and Porky are given the suspect's description and attempt to apprehend the robber.

Most of the rest of the cartoon depicts Daffy and Porky confusing Granny with the actual robber (because of their identical clothing), and bungling said attempts to capture the robber. An annoyed Granny, who has no idea what is going on, mistakes the inept policemen for mischievous trick-or-treaters, while the robber (who is hiding out in a vacant apartment in a building across the street from the same building where Granny is living) also foils every attempt by Daffy and Porky to capture him.

Eventually, Granny, who starts to come to the decision of including the robber in her viewing of Daffy and Porky as naughty kids in costumes, figures out what is going on and catches her "double". After giving the robber a spanking, she hands him over to Officer Flaherty who commends her for catching the robber, after which she tells him "there are two other juvenile delinquents" (referring to Daffy and Porky) who should be spanked as well but decides to have their parents spank them - when she asks for their addresses, Daffy starts to give their precinct address before he stops to instead beg her to back off.

Milestones[]

Granny - voiced here by Joan Gerber instead of June Foray - makes her final appearance during the classic era. Corn on the Cop also reveals Granny's actual last name: Webster (in the closing scene where Daffy and Porky's superior police officer addresses Granny by name).^[3]

This would also be Porky's final new appearance in the classic era, though he also appeared in Mucho Locos though, in archive footage.

Crew[]

• Director: Irv Spector
• Story: Friz Freleng
• Animation: Manny Perez, Warren Batchelder, Bob Matz
• Layout: Dick Ung
• Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
• Film Editor: Lee Gunther
• Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc, Joanie Gerber
• Music: Bill Lava
• Produced by: David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng

See also[]

• List of American films of 1965

References[]

External links[]

• Corn on the Cop at IMDb

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