The Jones cartoon Scaredy Cat is being referred to, with Porky being in his nightcap as he appeared in that cartoon. (EC)In an old run down house a very worried Sylvester clings to Porky Pig's head. Porky, oblivious to the dangers behind him, reprimands Sylvester with "G-g-gosh, Sylvester don't be such a chi... a chi... a chick... a scaredy cat." The dangers include a hole being cut in the floor under Porky, a cleaver and three arrows that have narrowly missed him, and a shadow reveals a dagger about to be thrust down on the pair. Porky also fails to notice that someone is watching him through the cut out eye holes in a portrait.
The Jones cartoon Scaredy Cat is being referred to, with Porky being in his nightcap as he appeared in that cartoon. (EC)
Porky Pig is working for Acme TV and Satellite installing satellite receivers, a job that lets him bring Sylvester along. After driving all afternoon Porky arrives at an old run down house. The looks of the place scare Sylvester, who clings to Porky trying to keep him from going into the place. Porky leaves the cat in the van while he gets to work.
Upon entering the house Porky finds the lights don't work and so sets off to get power restored. Meanwhile Sylvester imagines the worst and overcomes his own fears just enough to enter the house so he can save Porky. Unseen, but not unknown, characters comment that something must be done about the pig and the cat. Sylvester manages to annoy and save Porky, who eventually gets the lights working again, pushing him out of the way of a falling piece of furniture only to get clobbered himself.
With the lights working and Sylvester patched up, Porky sets out again to install the satellite dish, momentarily distracted by the cat's attack at eyes watching though a crack in a wall. As Porky installs the dish, Sylvester follows a wire from the television and finds it is plugged in in a manner that would not be approved. Again he saves Porky, and this time he gets zapped for his efforts. Porky checks the work order to see if Acme will cover the damage done by the cat and finds they're at the wrong address.
A very angry Sylvester takes matters into his own paws and after stunning Porky, carries him to the van and drives off in quite a rush. Meanwhile we see that the mice, Hubie and Bertie, were the ones trying to do in Porky and Sylvester who they had thought were exterminators.
Page 11: Notice the fray in the cord running from the TV, perhaps that is exactly where Sylvester grabbed hold of the cord. Page 16: Porky's dazed comments are reminiscent of the Lucky Charms cereal commercials. Page 16: Hubie states a great truth about television, which is that no matter how many channels, there's usually still nothing worth watching. Insterestingly, there was comic titled Sufferin' Satellites that ran from 1997 to 1998. It was created by one time WB artist Pete Walker and featured British character Dan Dare. The title in that case came from an expression used by Dan's sidekick Digby in a 1955 of the magazine Eagle. (SM)
Page 2: In the bottom panel we can see a light on in the house, yet page nine we see that the electricity supply to the whole house was out. Page 9: The moon is past last quarter which indicates a time after midnight, but it is the dinner hour which would be in the afternoon or evening. Page 9: A main fuse or breaker I would understand, but just what is an "electrotransponder unit"? Page 11: The old television's picture tube wouldn't be a concern, though whether the set would work after sitting unused for a long time would be. Page 11: The television lacks an aerial, either indoor "rabbit ears" or an external antenna, something that a 1950's era TV would certainly have. (EC) Page 16: Bertie is off-model, in both color, and lacking his front teeth. (EC) The tools on Porky's toolbelt change position, even when he hasn't been using them.As Bugs relaxes in front of the television, Rocky and Mugsy are on the run from the law. Rocky has had it with Mugsy's bungling and kicks him out of the car...and he falls though a hole, landing right in front of Bugs' TV. After some misunderstanding about names, Bugs loses his cool and yells at Mugsy. Mugsy, who always got yelled at by Rocky, takes it as a kindness. The rabbit tells Mugsy to just be gone in morning and tries to sleep.
In the morning Bugs gets his hopes up that the gangster has left, only to find that he has invited others in to play roulette in the kitchen. The rabbit tells Mugsy, again, to leave and steps out for a while, hoping to return to a Mugsy-free home.
While this is going on, Rocky is trying to collect protection money. Unfortunately for him, he lacks Mugsy's protection and gets clobbered. He wants Mugsy back.
Returning, Bugs finds Mugsy still hasn't left and has broken his Oscar. As he's about to throttle Mugsy, Rocky shows up to claim him. Bugs has no objection, unfortunately Mugsy objects, wanting to stay with the rabbit, or at least get better compensation from Rocky. Bugs flees from Rocky's gunfire.
Returning, this time as a Mobster's Union mediator, Bugs fast talks the mobsters and blows them up, and finally out of his home. Later Bugs tries to relax in front of the television again, but smashes it in disgust as the choice of programming doesn't appeal to him.
Page 17: The title may refer to the film Married to the Mob. (EC) Page 17: The TV program has three parodies: The Unmentionables are The Untouchables, Robert Stork is Robert Stack, and Elliot Mess is Elliot Ness. Robert Stack played Elliot Ness, the gangbuster, on the show The Untouchables. Page 17: Notice that the tree on the left in the bottom panel is occupied. Page 23: Bugs did win an Oscar for 1958's Knighty Knight Bugs. And yes, Oscar statues do break, Barry Fitzgerald broke his testing a golf swing once. (EC) Page 24: If the clock can be believed, it is now 3:00 and Bugs left just after he woke up at 8:00, so Mugsy and company had quite enough time to leave, if they had wanted to. Page 24: Unusual for recent Looney Tunes, a gun is actually firing bullets. Note the wooden stock on the Tommy gun. (EC) Page 25: Properly, that's 401(k), a reference to the section of the Internal Revenue Code that created the retirement plans that go by this designation.(EC) Page 26: The double feature parodies are: Badfellas playing on the film Goodfellas and The Godmother which plays off The Godfather. Page 18: The mailbox flag is on the left side of the box, and on page 23 is on the right side of the box. The flag should be on the right side. Page 21: Bugs' foot pads aren't colored in the third panel, nor in the last panel on page 23. Page 23: The light for the store is missing in the third panel. Page 24: That is a rather odd way the clock in the second panel is constructed, with the pendulum off-center. (EC)The Mars Pathfinder descends to the Martian surface and after a bounce comes to rest on top of K-9. The Sojourner rover leaves its base and scouts around for samples. When confronted by K-9, the Martian dog is taken as a sample. The rover returns to its base, which closes and then launches.
Page 29: The descent and landing sequence is a rather accurate rendering of how the Pathfinder did land. As shown, Mars does have two moons. Page 29: The Mars Pathfinder wasn't looking for signs of life. Page 31: That is a tight fit for K-9 to be squeezed inside the rover. Page 32: The landing platform is shown elevated here, yet was not elevated earlier. Page 32: Where's the rocket fuel stored? And this is artistic license, as Pathfinder was not a sample-and-return mission.* Issue Index * Tabular Issue Index * Story Index * Creative People * Disclaimer *
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