Africa Squeaks

Africa Squeaks is a 1940 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett.

[3] The cartoon is a parody of the movie Stanley and Livingstone starring Spencer Tracy and Cedric Hardwicke.

Porky Pig is leading a group of African people as they sing, carrying items.

The narrator tells the audience that during their journey, they saw interesting specimen of wild life.

High in the tree tops, a mother monkey is taking her baby for a breath of fresh air.

Meanwhile, emerging out of the grass comes a gorilla, and as it turns around, it reveals itself to be a caricature of Tony Galento with a beer, saying that he'll "moider da bum".

The person in charge (with Mel Blanc's voice imitating Rochester from The Jack Benny Program) gives the native a ham to put meat on the table.

Later, after nightfall, 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!

The narrator says his farewell to Africa, and then the actual continent (with a face) moves and waves goodbye.

The short begins with the continents and immediately goes straight to the animal clips (which is its main focus) starting with the ostrich.

It is composed of the stuff that shakes the rafters and fairly blows the roof off when the laughter starts to whip around.

What occurs when he does a little exploring was cooked up by the fertile brain that injected the right touches of unusual caricature and bang-up comedy to give 'em the shrieks.

"[5] On February 20, Motion Picture Herald said: "This time porcine Porky is a leader of a safari into the darkest regions of the Black Continent.