Porky/Sylvester Horror Vacation Trilogy -- Episode Two -- Yes, Andrea, There Is A Sanity Claws

The Censorship Report for “The Night Watchman” will not be seen today, because he got scared off by the murderous mice that came from the following horrifying segment…

Sarthurva U and Andrea Hicks are back, and continuing their look at the Porky/Sylvester horror vacation trilogy. This is the second one, “Claws for Alarm.” This one is considered the scariest, most artistic one in the lot, thanks to Maurice Noble’s artwork and eerie color palette, the tighter pacing, how it leans more into horror than comedy, the mice being more of a threat (and not vanquished at all), and the subtle inklings that this was going to be a 3D cartoon in the same vein as “Lumber Jack-Rabbit.”

Like “Scaredy Cat,” this one also had edits to it, but “Claws for Alarm” had more of them, and Cartoon Network actually left this uncut in the twilight years of the channel airing classic Warner Bros shorts. I’ll let Sarthurva and Andrea explain. The blog will be back to its regularly-scheduled format next time.

Porky/Sylvester Horror Vacation Trilogy -- Episode One -- A Pig Boy and His Scaredy Cat (featuring Sathurva U and Andrea Hicks)

 

Hello, and welcome to another special post where I tackle the censorship cuts to two or more cartoons that are either remakes or part of a duology or a trilogy...or, at least, that was the original plan.

As you can see, things are different around here. As part of my ongoing quest to make this blog not boring, I decided that I should turn it into a full video. Why? Because I’ve always wanted to do a video series about the censorship of Warner Bros cartoons (and other classic theatrical shorts), but, with YouTube copyright takedowns more stringent than ever, I figure Blogger is my best bet. I can do a trailer for YouTube to bring in more readers (which can be seen here, but I posted an alternate version on the blog), but I go on YouTube to watch videos, not to make them.

But don’t despair: you’ll still get me pointing out hypocrisy in edits. You’ll still get me telling you where to find them uncut and uncensored, if any uncut and uncensored versions currently exist. And, should any entry need a correction or redaction, I can just tack it on to the blogpost with either a new video or a written statement.

EDIT (9/1/25): In said ongoing quest to make my censored cartoons blog more interesting, I decided that, yes, a video is interesting, but what’s more interesting is a podcast.

Thanks to more realistic A.I. audio voices and easier video editing on my end, I created a podcast (combined with my compare/contrast video) for the 1948 Porky/Sylvester Merrie Melodies short, “Scaredy Cat,” part one of the Porky/Sylvester horror vacation trilogy (even though the first one clearly states that Porky and Sylvester are moving into a haunted house as residents and not visiting it as tourists). I came up with Sathurva U. and Andrea Hicks, two classic ‘toonheads (one, from India, the other, a young American girl heavily implied to be white European) who not only see what channels have censored the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, but discuss what makes them special (so…it’s a lot like what I do here now, only I created two A.I. personalities that represent my thoughts on censoring the classic shorts, and turned it into a more popular format).

I’m also breaking up the trilogy post into three parts, so it will be easier to work with (and because I can do it monthly, because that’s when the Elevenlabs credits refresh. I don't want to abandon doing the regular blog posts just yet).

If "Drawn and Quartered" becomes a dedicated podcast (which I feel I should do, since it will put my screenwriting, character development, ability to be informative and entertaining, and dialogue skills to the test), I will create other characters besides Sathurva U and Andrea. Some episodes will have one person; others will have a three or four person roundtable. Consider this episode an experiment and a potential pilot.

So, if you celebrate it in your country, Happy Labor Day, and here’s part one of Sathurva U and Andrea’s look at the Porky/Sylvester horror vacation shorts and how they were edited: