Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . Louisiana, where AN EGG SCRAMBLE is set (Porky Pig works for the Hammond Farmers Co-Op, and probably grows strawberries on the side). Gramps labored at Hammond's public schools, which he said would have been called "Lean-To's" or "Carports" had the same buildings existed in his Native North. During SCRAMBLE, Porky sexually harasses one of his female employees named "Prissy." Grand Pops rented an upstairs apartment of some sort at a preacher's home, and told stories of how the reverend would sometimes ask prying questions about whether young Gramps had ever Miscegnated. When Porky threatens to slit Prissy's throat for not participating in his baby mill scheme, Prissy objects that she's too embarrassed to engage in such goings on. Grandpa always said he survived in Hammond by eating corn dogs from the local Krystal Fast Food chain shack. Prissy's salvation is Public Enemy #1, "Pretty Boy Bagle," who responds to police machine guns by pointing his fingers and making shooting sounds with his mouth. The lesson here is that a better way for Gramps and Prissy to have fought cops, preachers, and Porky in Hammond, LA, would have been by using their Second Amendment Right to Open Carry.
utgard14
Fun short with Porky Pig and Miss Prissy. This is Prissy's first cartoon before she would become a regular staple in the Foghorn Leghorn series. Farmer Porky scolds Prissy for not producing any eggs. Then she lays one (or thinks so) but doesn't want Porky to take it. He does anyway and from there things take a hilarious turn with Prissy rescuing her egg from a woman who bought it in the market, then getting mixed up with a gangster named Pretty Boy Bagel. It's a very funny cartoon, more for Prissy and the side characters than for Porky. My favorite scene is when the police are shooting at Pretty Boy Bagel and he "fires" back at them with his fingers. Priceless. Very nice animation. Love the colors. Great voice work from Mel Blanc and Bea Benaderet. A fun short that should please most Looney Tunes fans, especially those who enjoy Miss Prissy.
ccthemovieman-1
Porky Pig's farm, home of "Hammond Eggs,: looks nice and prosperous to the point where our Pig is prancing around singing "Old MacDonald Had A Farm."Each of the hens has a name and Porky collects their eggs each morning, talk to them individually. One hen, "Prissy," is "too embarrassed" to lay an egg so Porky threatens her to produce or else! ("Just bluffing," he tells us). Anyway, the other hens make fun of "square britches." They play a joke on her by planting an egg in her nest. We she discovers it, she goes wild celebrating, handing out cigars to everyone. The poor old girl thinks she finally laid an egg.This is pretty funny stuff! Prissy is a hoot. However, the story turns dramatic when Prissy doesn't want to give up that egg, and follows it when Porky gives it to the trunk-driving delivering man. Prissy races into town to get that egg backThis cartoon really gets wild at that point, with two crime stories going on at once: a minor one with Prissy and a major one with "Pretty Boy Bagle." The two wind up both holed up in the same place with "the coppers" firing at them. A lot of crazy things happen, making this an outstanding Looney Tunes effort. (Porky winds up being a bit player in this story.)"Prissy," by the way, was voiced by Bea Benaderet, who went on to become quite famous in television on "The George Burns Show," Green Acres," "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction."It is highly recommend and can be seen on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Three.
slymusic
Directed by Bob McKimson, "An Egg Scramble" is just an average Porky Pig cartoon costarring that shy, blue-bonneted, no-eggs hen named Prissy. After spotting a pretty pink egg (which she thinks she laid) with her name on it, she takes ridiculously extreme measures to protect her prized possession, eventually winding up inside a gangster's hideout.Despite the fact that "An Egg Scramble" is not the greatest Warner Bros. cartoon ever made, it still manages to provide at least a few laughs. At the beginning of the cartoon, farmer Porky sings/stutters "Old MacDonald," and when he kisses one of his hens for laying two eggs instead of just one, she hilariously wipes off the smooch. In searching for "her" new egg, Prissy breaks dozens of eggs inside a grocery store, causing the proprietor to literally blow his top. When Prissy spots her egg about to be boiled on a kitchen stove, she plays a trick on the housewife by repeatedly turning the stove off when the woman's back is turned; when the lady finally catches on, the mean look on her face is quite funny indeed. And when the police throw a tear gas bomb into the gangster's hideout, the gangster and Prissy both sob as they exit the building.That wraps up my commentary for "An Egg Scramble." Enjoy the cartoon!
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