An action-packed slog

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

The stork has been overworked so inexperienced help is brought in, leading to lots of delivery errors. So Porky is hired to run the baby factory and brings along Daffy as his assistant. Wackiness follows. Great Looney Tunes short from Bob Clampett. Plenty of funny lines, gags, and even pop culture references of the time. Lovely animation; well-drawn characters and backgrounds. Nice colors. The music from Carl Stalling is bouncy and fits the action well. Excellent voice work as always from Mel Blanc. The cartoon moves along at a fast pace which plays particularly well to Daffy's zany strengths. A very entertaining short all around. Sure to please most fans of the Porky & Daffy team-ups.

. . . of waking up helpless, strapped down on a conveyor belt, as automation runs amok, taking all kinds of perverse liberties with their body, according to the most recent poll. We probably have Warner Bros. largely to thank for this sorry state of affairs, primarily because of our exposure to Daffy Duck becoming a pig in Porky's blanket at the climax of BABY BOTTLENECK. The diaper welding Daffy's top to Porky's butt obviously is the archetypal meme that served as a possibly Satanic springboard to BABY BOTTLENECK. Though Charlie Chaplin had hinted at what could happen when an Assembly Line Goes Wrong in his live-action feature film, MODERN TIMES, even America's original Chuckie Doll would not risk going as far into the coming Horrors of Genetic Modification, Inter-Species Transplants, and Bad Science in general as Warner allowed its animators to forge ahead with BABY BOTTLENECK. Clearly this animated short had an immediate effect on America's Film Censors, as they were shaking too hard in their jackboots to write out the redo that BABY BOTTLENECK surely merits.

Now, Mr. Robert Clampett is my favourite Warner Brothers director. The work he did while with Leon Schlesinger and Warner's cannot be beat, in my opinion. I found the scene with the baby hippo and Scotty Dog really funny, with Scotty singing "Rockabye Baby," but having to suddenly change the words to fit the situation - the baby hippo is too heavy, so the rocking chair breaks and Scotty says, "...the cradle will flop." I also really liked the "baby kitten delivered to a mother duck" scene, which was funny because (most) cats are afraid of water (which is evident with the little kitten screaming) and another baby kitten delivered to a father mouse (the father is terrified but the kitty is playful). I also found what was left of the baby alligator delivered to the mother pig scene laughable, with the alligator stretching his body out to make room for himself, as he pushes the little piglets away. I find it odd that I liked Daffy's line of "No. Ohhh, no. Sitting on eggs is out, O-W-T, out!" so much considering The Henpecked Duck, another Clampett classic (and also my favourite Looney Tune of all time) also involves Daffy being instructed to sit on an egg. But the end is funny with the mother gorilla realizing she basically has a mutant baby with a duck (Daffy) as the upper body and a pig (Porky) as the lower body. Although I was not originally familiar with the last line, I did feel sorry for that mama. All in all, my favourite director has scored another point for himself, by a long shot. 8/10

The baby-delivering Stork is in a drunk stupor and the enlisted workers are far from competent making grievous mistakes. Delevering the wrong babies to parents. Porky Pig steps up to fix the whole thing out with Daffy Duch as his secretary, but things don't go as planned in this short, another classic by Bob Clampett. All the mix-ups are frequently very funny and i found myself laughing out load quite a few times, but the ending is the real kicker. Utterly hilarious!! This animated short can be seen on Disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 and also features an optional commentary by Michael Barrier.My Grade: A+