Diagonaldi Very well executed

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) Warner Bros' "You Ought to Be in Pictures" is what Daffy tells porky in this mix of live action and animation we have here. But of course, Daffy wants Porky's place and Porky, naive as he is, believes him right away. This film runs a couple seconds under 10 minutes, so it is 3 minutes longer than these films usually are. It is in black-and-white and the most interesting thing here for me was not really the slapstick comedy, but how they mixed live action and animation. As a result of this we have the only acting credit for the influential Leon Schlesinger, who plays himself in here. And the funniest thing about it is how it actually turned out so true. Poor Porky. His star was fading quickly, even if he stayed somewhat relevant for a long time still. But the stardom of (Bugs and) Daffy is something he never managed to achieve. I feel kinda sorry for him. This film has its good and bad moments, but overall it's a really interesting take in terms of film on film. I recommend it. Oh yeah the voice acting is strong too of course, but that's a given with Mel Blanc on board I guess.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . more Real. From HER to EX MACHINA, film history is full of one- or two-dimensional screen personalities yearning to strut around in full 3D. (A few actually made the difficult transition, such as John Wayne, who phased from eight flicks as "Stony Brooke, the Cowboy with a Magical Horse" to a fully-functional Horse's Rear.) In Warner Bros.' animated short YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES, Daffy Duck prods Porky Pig to ask Real Life Looney Tunes Producer Leon Schlesinger, who plays himself, "What's Errol Flynn got that I Ain't got?" When this cartoon first came out, many answers to that question sprang to the tips of viewers' tongues (and not all of them were G-rated). Cartoon physics prove a tougher nut to crack than Quantum String Theory, full of brain-twisting conundrums. Though one of Porky's sneezes proves stronger than any Real Life "Achoo!", it's no problem for studio bouncers to toss the wayward porker around (car and all, when necessary). Though Daffy Duck has the versatility here of any framed portrait at Hogwarts, as of this writing there's been no word of Warner Bros. suing J.K. Rowling for copyright infringement (something that Disney certain would, in a similar position).

slymusic Directed by Friz Freleng and starring Porky Pig & Daffy Duck, "You Ought to Be in Pictures" is quite an exceptional Warner Bros. cartoon. Amidst real-life settings and flesh-and-blood people, the selfish Daffy persuades the shy Porky to get out of cartoons and enter into big-budget features. The Porky that we see in this live-action cartoon is the Porky that I really like; he is sweet, shy, honest, kindhearted, friendly, hard-working, and earnest. In other words, he has all the human characteristics that I admire.Highlights: At the opening of this short, we hear a wonderfully orchestrated version of the popular song "You Oughta Be in Pictures" as all of the cartoon staff at Warner Bros. arrive for "work." Porky has a run-in with a studio guard (played by writer Michael Maltese, with Mel Blanc's voice dubbed in) and later disguises himself as Oliver Hardy in order to try to get past the guard. Daffy tries to prove to producer Leon Schlesinger that he is a much better performer than Porky is; he sings and dances up a storm while Leon pays no attention. And Porky demonstrates his earnestness most effectively when he persuades Leon to let him out of his cartoon contract so that he may try his hand at features.To summarize, "You Ought to Be in Pictures" is quite superb for a Warner Bros. cartoon. Lovable Porky and obnoxious Daffy get to interact humorously with live-action people, and as a result, this black-and-white cartoon is simply a gem. Don't miss it!

movieman_kev On the urging of Daffy Duck (who has ulterior motives), Porky Pig decides to quit the business of making animated shorts to pursue live action movie roles in this curiosity of a short from 1940 that blends animation and live action. Only worth seeing for the sheer novelty of the experimental blending, this short isn't that humorous and the acting of the guard in particular is way too over the top. But as it is, t's still better than the awful "Space Jam" that did the same thing, but WAY worse in every way. This animated short can be seen on Disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 and also features an optional commentary by Jerry Beck.My Grade: C+