Paying the Piper (1949)

Name: Paying the Piper
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 1949-03-11

Running Time

March 11, 1949
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Plot.

Pied Piper Porky Pig vows to rid the town of Hamelin of all its rats, and the cats of Hamelin are furious at Porky for usurping their rat-catching job. Disguising himself as a giant rat, the "grand poobah" of the cats intends to discredit Porky in the eyes of the town's mayor, by making it seem that Porky hasn't entirely fulfilled his promise to remove every last rat.

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Cast & Crew.

Mel Blanc

Porky Pig, Supreme Cat, Various Cats, Mayor

Robert McKimson

Director

Edward Selzer

Producer

Carl W. Stalling

Music

Warren Foster

Writer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 11, 1949

Status
Released

Running Time
7m

Genres
Animation Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-24

Wiki.

Paying the Piper is a 1949 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on March 12, 1949, and stars Porky Pig.

It is a parody of the fairy tale The Pied Piper and involves Porky trying to stop a cat that disguises himself as the last rat to bring the rats back for the local cats; later, Porky has to get the reward money owed to him for ridding the town of the rats back from the cat. It has Porky in the role of the piper character.