Little Orphan Airedale

The cartoon's story (which is essentially a re-working of Bob Clampett's 1941 short Porky's Pooch) is about a dog named Rags McMutt, who has just escaped from the dog pound and accidentally meets Charlie, an old friend of his, in a car that he used as a hiding place. Charlie tells Rags about the troubles he had. While looking for prospective masters, Charlie imitated several passersby (including a man with sleepy eyes and big lips as a caricature of Mel Blanc). He happened to notice Porky, envisioning him as a sucker. After following him, helping Porky with his groceries, getting the elevator for him, and opening the door for him, he offers to be Porky's dog, telling him that he's "a pedigreed half Collie, half Airedale, half Pekingese, half St. Bernard with just a pinch of Spitz", and says "Going, going..." like an auctioneer. Porky tries to throw him out, but Charlie demonstrates his affection, and fights a cat offscreen, but ultimately losing the fight to the cat, who asks Porky, "Does this belong to you?", and kicks him back into Porky's apartment. Charlie shows him the various tricks such as sitting up, rolling over, walking on his hind legs, and playing dead ("Eh, watch me make like Rigor mortis."). Porky refusingly resists his persistence, taking him out by his tail and puts him out, but Charlie finally takes the hint that that he's not wanted, packing the contents of Porky's drawers in a bag, and going home to mother, and taking a lamp. Charlie suddenly returns, saying "Mother wasn't home". Just as Porky forces Charlie out of his apartment by the belly, Charlie begs not to be roughly handled "the way I am", whispers into his ear and makes a girlish wink in front of the camera. Porky, believing that the dog is female and is pregnant, takes him in, puts him into bed and feeds him with some milk and broth. As Charlie's name gets revealed, Porky realizes that he has been fooled and gets enraged, and throws Charlie out of his apartment by slamming the bed through the wall. Charlie, however, comes back in and comments, "Uh, there really was such a case in Venezuela." Porky angrily slams the door on him. After Charlie cries at the door while Porky is reading, trying to work on his sympathies, and making it snow outside, only for the snow to be revealed as talcum powder, Porky finally relents and lets him stay, telling him to stay in a doghouse (which is actually a crate). Charlie is happily excited, but Porky nails the crate shut, laughing maniacally, and manages to send him to Australia. Porky walks back to his apartment, only to see him back from Australia, dressed in an Australian explorer's outfit, complete with a boomerang, and various exotic places (including Pago-Pago, New Zealand, Bikini, Singapore, Burma, Bali, Samoa, Oahu, Sydney, Java, and Siam), and Charlie describes to him, in an Australian accent, the kangaroo, proceeding to hop around, using Porky as the joey. After the story, Charlie tells Rags that he finally has gotten his master (Porky). Angered, Porky throws both dogs out of his car and tells them he doesn't want a dog. Charlie chases after him, and when Rags sees how Charlie begs Porky to keep him as a pet, he decides to go back to the pound (even though he has a hard time getting back in), shouting while pounding at the door, "Hey Let me in! Let me in! Open up! Let me in! Let me in!".

• Cartoon Moviestars: Porky! (MGM/UA)
• Cartoon Moviestars: Daffy! and Porky!
• The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 1, Side 8: 1940s Zanies
• The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 8: 1940s Zanies
• Looney Tunes Collection - Further Adventures of Porky Pig
• Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 14: Cartoon Superstars (1995 Turner dubbed version)

• The Polish dub of this short replaces the 1946-1955 ending rendition of The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down with "The Wacky Wabbit" ending rendition of Merrily We Roll Along.[3]
• This is the only Charlie Dog cartoon to have its copyrights sold to Associated Artists Productions. The rest are in the post-1948 WB package.
• The restored print of this short is set to appear on the first volume of the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Blu-ray set, set to release to United States markets on May 30, 2023.[4]

• Little Orphan Airedale at IMDb