You Ought to Be in Pictures (Looney Tunes)

You Ought to Be in Pictures is a 1940 Looney Tunes cartoon starring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck and appearance by Leon Schlesinger as himself. The cartoon is well known for blending live action and animation together as well as being the first cartoon Friz Freleng worked on at Warner Bros. after returning from MGM, when the Captain and the Kids series became a commercial failure. The cartoon was voted #34 in the 50 Greatest Cartoons book.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The cartoon feels like that it was very special as it was like a welcome back for Friz Freleng at the Warner Bros. studios.
 * 2) The cartoon blends animation and live action together. Makes the concept of the cartoon awesome. It was also proceeded to the global success of Disney and Steven Speilberg's award-winning family comedy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, which became Disney's most popular family film of the 1980s.
 * 3) The premise with Daffy trying to persuade Porky quitting his job at Warner Brothers so he can become the next star was very unique and creative.
 * 4) Great music by Carl Stalling.
 * 5) The voice of Mel Blanc does a flawless job as usual.
 * 6) Very immersive special effects for the 1940 standards.
 * 7) This cartoon feels that this was the first time the Looney Tunes would go into live-action, in a good way.
 * 8) Friz Freleng's crew does very great acting. In fact, the founder of Termite Terrace, Leon Schlesinger did a very good acting.
 * 9) The cartoon foreshadows Daffy as a much more self-centered individual who shows willingness to do anything to get what he wants like money or fame instead of being a screwball.
 * 10) Porky and Leon Schlesinger's interaction with each other was very touching and emotional.

Trivia

 * The cartoon's premise is based on director Friz Freleng's own experience of moving to MGM in 1938 and moving back to Warner Bros. Cartoons that year; in fact, Freleng made this cartoon as his way of thanking producer Leon Schlesinger for welcoming him back to Warner Bros.
 * Aside from Leon Schlesinger, other Warner Brothers cartoon staff members make appearances on this short such as Mike Maltese as a security guard, Gerry Chiniquy as a director, and Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett as themselves.
 * Because the animation unit did not have access to location sound recording equipment, all of the live-action footage was shot silent. The voices had to be dubbed in later (which is why most of them were dubbed by Mel Blanc, except Leon Schlesinger).
 * To keep the short on-budget, relatively few special effects were used to marry the animation and live action. Where possible, the crew simply took still pictures of the office background and had them enlarged and placed directly on the animation stand.