utgard14 Porky Pig takes shelter from the rain inside an old Irish castle, despite a sign outside that warns "Beware of Leprechauns." Sure enough, there are leprechauns inside the castle. Two of them, to be exact. Believing Porky to be after their pot of gold, they make him wear a pair of magic green shoes that force the tired pig to keep dancing an Irish jig. It's a beautifully animated cartoon with lovely colors. Nice voicework and music. It's not hilarious but it is amusing and fun to watch. The visuals are amazing for such a slight cartoon, particularly after Porky puts on the shoes and has his freak-out. By the way, some remarks here about stereotyping with the leprechauns? Really, people? Has it really come to that?

slymusic "The Wearing of the Grin", directed by Chuck Jones, is a wonderful Porky Pig cartoon. Porky seeks a room for the night and ends up inside a large castle occupied by two leprechauns who are not helpful in providing the hapless pig some rest.Here are my favorite sequences from this cartoon (if you haven't yet seen it, don't read any further). The green shoes Porky is forced to wear cause him to dance a jig; when he removes the shoes, they chase him through a magnificent fantasy landscape (reminiscent of 1938's "Porky in Wackyland"). Watch how Porky reacts when he discovers that one of the leprechauns seems to have lost his lower half! The two leprechauns also hide a couple of surprises underneath their hats."The Wearing of the Grin" can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1 Disc 2, with an optional audio commentary by a very knowledgeable cartoon historian named Michael Barrier.

Michael_Elliott Wearing of the Grin, The (1951) ** 1/2 (out of 4) It's a dark and stormy night so Porky Pig tries to get shelter inside a dark castle but he turns into a couple leprechauns who think he's there to steal their gold. This has never been one of my favorites and this latest viewing just affirmed that for me. The thought of Porky going up against a couple leprechauns should have made for some great entertainment but that's not the case here as we only get a couple small laughs. The whole gimmick of the two leprechauns coming together as one was an interesting idea but not enough is done with it. The same could be said about the joke dealing with the dancing shoes. Even Porky himself doesn't have too much to do. Considering it only runs 7-minutes you're going to stay entertained but there's so much better out there.

tavm In The Wearing of the Grin, Porky is stuck in a haunted house in Ireland inhabited by a couple of leprechauns. They attempt to banish the pig to wearing green shoes because they think he's going to steal their pot-o-gold. Another very amusing short directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The music here is not by Carl Stalling but Eugene Poddany who would eventually do the scores of Jones' cartoons for MGM. Loved the way Porky dances whenever he's wearing the shoes. Highly whimsical dream sequences also abound near the end. This is on disc 2 of Vol. 1 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection on DVD. If you're a big animation fan, I highly recommend you check that out.