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You Ought to Be in Pictures

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You Ought to Be in Pictures	comment	"You Ought to Be in Pictures" is a groundbreaking Looney Tunes short from 1940 directed by Friz Freleng made during The Golden Age of Animation. Though not the first to do it, it's widely considered to be the film that perfected the art of making cartoon characters interact with live-action actors, a special effect that had had several failed starts during The Silent Age of Animation and would only be surpassed 48 years later with Who Framed Roger Rabbit.The plot of the short follows Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, who are Animated Actors that reside at the cartoon studio "Termite Terrace". During lunch time, Daffy, wanting to become the star of the studio and usurp Porky's fame, tricks Porky into tearing up his contract with Leon Schlesinger and leaving to try and make it big in feature films in another studio. Hilarity, naturally, ensues.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: Numerous Looney Tunes staff made cameos in this film: Producer Leon Schlesinger appears As Himself in the cartoon. Among the staffers running out of the studio for lunch are directors Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett. Writer Mike Maltese appears as the studio security guard (although his voice is dubbed over by Mel Blanc). Animator Gerry Chiniquy plays the studio director who calls for the stage to be quiet (although like with Mike, his voice is dubbed over by Mel Blanc). Staffers Henry Binder and Paul Marin make cameos, and Henry is the stagehand who throws Porky off the set.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: At one point, Porky pretends to be Oliver Hardy.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_19c92081	type	Tear Up the Contract
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_19c92081	comment	Tear Up the Contract: Subverted. Leon tears up some random papers to make Porky think he's tearing up his contract. When Porky returns, Leon reveals that he never tore up the contract and Porky is free to get back to work.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_25524784	type	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_25524784	comment	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Porky gives an offscreen one to Daffy near the end. He's covered in bandages the next time we see him.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_2ea2942b	type	Conspicuously Light Patch
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_2ea2942b	comment	Conspicuously Light Patch: Certain objects, such as the Stage 7 door and Porky's torn-up contract, as well as the flurry of papers Porky pulls out of the wastebin, become hand-drawn cartoon objects when the 'toons need to manipulate them. The scenes in which the live actors physically interact with the 'toons are also noticeably blurrier (most of the shots otherwise have them acting against still photographs) due to the double-exposure to make the magic happen.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_31df118	type	Attention Whore
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_31df118	comment	Attention Whore: The reason Daffy wants to get Porky out is so that he can take his place and rise in popularity.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_3f238526	type	No Smoking
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_3f238526	comment	No Smoking: Porky briefly passes by a "No smoking" sign.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_40c57041	type	Manipulative Bastard
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_40c57041	comment	Manipulative Bastard: Daffy talks Porky into quitting, but only so he can have a chance to talk Schlesinger into giving him a contract.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_48b9731f	type	Paper-Thin Disguise
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_48b9731f	comment	Paper-Thin Disguise: Porky disguises himself as comedian Oliver Hardy using a wig, mustache, and hat. It works at first, until the guard realizes Hardy already entered.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_786bf97f	type	Real Life Writes the Plot
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_786bf97f	comment	Real Life Writes the Plot: Friz allegedly based the events of the short off of a real life event where he briefly left the Warner Bros. cartoon studio to work at MGM. However, they barred him being creative with his artistic choices, and the only work he got there was on the schlocky The Captain And The Kids shorts, which he absolutely loathed. As soon as his contract expired, he went right back to Leon's studio, using this real life event as the basis for this cartoon.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_8338de89	type	"I Want" Song
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_8338de89	comment	"I Want" Song: Daffy gets one in which he begs Schlesinger to give him a larger role. He does this to sate his ego.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_89909a87	type	Well, This Is Not That Trope
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_89909a87	comment	Well, This Is Not That Trope: when Porky tries driving into Warner Bros. lot and is confronted by a security guard.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_96e3a281	type	Characterisation Click Moment
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_96e3a281	comment	Characterisation Click Moment: This is the first cartoon to toy with Daffy's more devious glory-obsessed side, attempting to usurp Porky's then-role as the studio's big star. While Daffy would remain a loveable screwball for a few years after, he would slowly evolve into a more ambitious and egomaniacal character, with his role as a conniving show business antagonist intensified in the likes of fifties cartoons such as Show Biz Bugs.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_97af4479	type	Ill-Timed Sneeze
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_97af4479	comment	Ill-Timed Sneeze: After sneaking into a studio, Porky sneezes so loudly that he disrupts the set, prompting the people inside to throw him out.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_9af54b9d	type	Double Take
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_9af54b9d	comment	Double Take: Porky Pig does this when the guard says, "So I can lose my job." At first Porky nods, but then he shakes his head.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_a5e0c01	type	As Himself
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_a5e0c01	comment	Producer Leon Schlesinger appears As Himself in the cartoon.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Porky during a Double Take with the guard.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_af696bef	type	Fish out of Water
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_af696bef	comment	Fish out of Water: The primary reason for Porky's troubles at the film studio. First of all, he does not know that you cannot simply enter a film studio unannounced and start work, which results in him making an enemy with the studio guard. When he does manage to sneak in, he does not know where to go, resulting in him wandering around a number of sets and sound stages and causing problems, much to the staff's displeasure.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_b96fdd94	type	Extra-Long Episode
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_b96fdd94	comment	Extra-Long Episode: The average LT/MM short was around 6 or 7 minutes, but this clocks in at 9:44, making it their second longest short (Horton Hatches the Egg is 6 seconds longer).
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Defied with the security guard. Porky was hoping he would be this, but the guard openly admits, "I'm not a nice guy!"
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_dd2fe8c3	type	Porky Pig Pronunciation
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_dd2fe8c3	comment	Porky Pig Pronunciation: From the Trope Namer, most memorably being unable to finish "Mr. Schlesinger", and finally just calling his boss Leon.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_e548c0ff	type	Toon
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_e548c0ff	comment	Toon: Daffy and Porky are both cartoon characters who interact with humans.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_e5e6640b	type	Flanderization
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_e5e6640b	comment	Flanderization: This is the very first time Daffy was depicted as a selfish and greedy schemer, beginning his Flanderization into the money-grubbing, egotistical Butt-Monkey he was characterized in several later cartoons.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_e877695	type	Unprocessed Resignation
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_e877695	comment	Unprocessed Resignation: When Porky goes into Leon's office to resign, Leon seemingly tears up his contract and tosses it in the trash. After Porky leaves, however, Leon turns to the audience and says, "He'll be back." Sure enough, after Porky returns to ask for his job back, Leon tells him he never tore up the contract.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_fccd06b6	type	Beware the Nice Ones
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: This short includes one of the rare moments where Porky Pig gets angry, and gives Daffy a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_fcdf597b	type	Titled After the Song
You Ought to Be in Pictures / int_fcdf597b	comment	Titled After the Song: From the 1930s song "You Oughta Be in Pictures", which is even used as the short's opening theme.
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