Plot synopsis

• The narrator introduces the audience to Africa
  Africa
  Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
  
  . The journey begins at the heart of Darkest Africa. Porky Pig
  Porky Pig
  Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts using the fat little pig...
  
   is leading a group of African people
  African people
  African people refers to natives, inhabitants, or citizen of Africa and to people of African descent.-Etymology:Many etymological hypotheses that have been postulated for the ancient name "Africa":...
  
   as they sing, carrying items. Then, during their song, they sing "We don't know where we're going, but we're going!". Meanwhile, a sign says, "Welcome to Africa Lions Club
  Lions Clubs International
  Lions Clubs International is a secular service organization with over 44,500 clubs and more than 1,368,683 members in 191 countries around the world founded by Melvin Jones Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, the organization aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and...
  
  ". Then, Porky and the Africans approach a sour-pussed caricature of Spencer Tracy named Stanley
  Spencer Tracy
  Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American theatrical and film actor, who appeared in 75 films from 1930 to 1967. Tracy was one of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, ranking among the top ten box office draws for almost every year from 1938 to 1951...
  
  . Stanley presumes that Porky is Dr. Livingstone
  David Livingstone
  David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...
  
  , but Porky tells him his name. Stanley shrugs and lets Porky and the Africans continue marching.
• The narrator tells the audience that during their journey, they saw interesting specimen of wild life. An ostrich
  Ostrich
  The Ostrich is one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member of the genus Struthio. Some analyses indicate that the Somali Ostrich may be better considered a full species apart from the Common Ostrich, but most taxonomists consider it to be a...
  
   has put his head under a hole. Underground, the ostrich is actually sleeping on a pillow.
• Meanwhile, two lions are eating bones of their prey. The second lion gets a columba
  Furcula
  The ' is a forked bone found in birds, formed by the fusion of the two clavicles. In birds, its function is the strengthening of the thoracic skeleton to withstand the rigors of flight....
  
  , and together, the two lions grab the ends of the bone. The lion says "Make a wish", and after breaking the bone, they continue eating.
• High in the tree tops, a mother monkey is taking her baby for a fresh breath of air. The mother is using her tail to swing as her baby is in a carriage.
• Meanwhile, emerging out of the grass comes out a gorilla, and it turns around, it reveals to be a caricature of Tony Galento
  Tony Galento
  Domenico Antonio Galento was an American heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed "Two Ton" for his reasoning to his manager for being nearly late to one of his fights: "I had two tons of ice to deliver on my way here". Galento was one of the most colorful fighters in the history of the sport...
  
  , with a beer, saying that he'll "murder the bum".
• A native is seen hunting for food to "put meat on the table". Just then, it reveals that the native is playing a carnival-related game to win a ham. The person in charge (with Mel Blanc's
  Mel Blanc
  Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
  
   imitation of Rochester from The Jack Benny Program
  The Jack Benny Program
  The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.-Cast:*Jack Benny - Himself...
  
  ) gives the native a ham to put meat on the table.
• Later, it has turned into night time, the narrator says that at night, the African jungle is filled with silence, but noises start being heard. A tired Porky pops his head out of his tent, and yells to the animals "QUIET!", and goes back to sleep. Meanwhile, Stanley is still looking for Dr. Livingstone. He looks in a mother kangaroo's pouch, only to be honked on the nose by her baby.
• The next day, the Africans and Porky are resuming their marching. A tree has a poster that is a re-election poster for "King of the Jungle".
• Meanwhile, the explorers come upon a very unusual situation. A cat kicks an elephant out of her house, and until he can pay his rent, she'll be keeping his trunk. Then the elephant, now without his trunk, starts crying and says that his trunk has all his stuff in it.
• A vulture is looking for food to get. He sees three baby deer who wandered away from their mother. The vulture starts charging at them, and the deer run into a shade of grass. Just then, the grass lowers, as the deer use "Air Raid" on the vulture. They shoot down the vulture, and the deer laugh in a villainous manner.
• Back with Porky, a little African native is running, yelling "Two arms!", and random gibberish. He points to the village, as the narrator says that the boy says that the villagers has spotted a strange white man in the village. Porky then drags Stanley over to the village, as the narrator says that his journey is finally over. Stanley presumes that the white man is Dr. Livingstone. The white man reveals himself to be "Cake-Icer", as he is a teacher for students for musical knowledge. He asks the students if he's right, and then a monkey comes out of Stanley's hat saying "Yeah!" many times. Cake-Icer wants everyone to dance, and music starts with an elephant using his trunk like a tuba. Everybody starts dancing, including two fat Africans
  The Isle of Pingo Pongo
  The Isle of Pingo Pongo is a 1938 Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Tex Avery. It is the first of Avery's spoofs of travelogues. The cartoon was banned from television syndication in 1968 by United Artists for racist depictions of black people and is one of the "Censored Eleven".The short follows a...
  
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• The narrator says that after a long day, they decide to return home. Then, Porky and Africans start running, as the Africans are singing a different song this time. The narrator says his farewell to Africa, and then the actual continent waves goodbye.

Cast

• Mel Blanc
  Mel Blanc
  Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
  
   as Porky Pig
  Porky Pig
  Porky Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts using the fat little pig...
  
  , Stanley, Cake-Icer, Africans, Lion, Cat, Elephant, Africa, Galento Gorilla, Deer, Carnival African, Kangaroo
• Robert C. Bruce
  Robert C. Bruce
  Robert C. Bruce, Jr. was a voice actor, and the son of Robert C. Bruce who was also an actor. He was the narrator for a number of Warner Bros. cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s...
  
   as the Narrator

Crew

• Director: Bob Clampett
  Bob Clampett
  Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil...
  
  
• Producer: Leon Schlesinger
  Leon Schlesinger
  Leon Schlesinger was an American film producer, most noted for founding Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the golden age of Hollywood animation.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Musical Direction: Carl Stalling
  Carl Stalling
  Carl W. Stalling was an American composer and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Bros., where he averaged one complete score each week, for 22 years.-Biography:Stalling was born to Ernest and...
  
  
• Orchestrator: Milt Franklyn
  Milt Franklyn
  Milton J. Franklyn was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes animated cartoons....
  
   (uncredited)
• Film Editor: Treg Brown
  Treg Brown
  Tregoweth Edmond "Treg" Brown was a motion picture sound editor who was responsible for the sound effects in Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons starting in 1940. He also won the 1965 Academy Award for Sound Effects for his work on the film The Great Race.In the famous Warner...
  
   (uncredited)
• Sound Effects: Treg Brown
• Animation: John Carey, Dave Hoffman, Izzy Ellis (uncredited), Norm McCabe (uncredited), Vive Risto (uncredited)

Censorship

• When aired on Nickelodeon
  Nickelodeon (TV channel)
  Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
  
  , all scenes involving Porky encountering the native Africans were removed from this cartoon.