SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Spoonixel Amateur movie with Big budget

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . 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.

animalxingluvr 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

slymusic Directed by that "Man from Wackyland" Bob Clampett, "Baby Bottleneck" is a classic Porky Pig/Daffy Duck cartoon featuring some wild animation! Porky and Daffy work as "traffic managers" at an assembly line for a baby delivery service. One can only imagine all the fun and trouble they could get into under such circumstances.My favorite scenes in "Baby Bottleneck" include: Daffy answering telephone calls; an enthusiastic dog demonstrating his invention to Porky; Porky and Daffy accidentally winding up on the conveyor belt (to the ubiquitous accompaniment of Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse"); and the hilarious opening sight gags of deliveries being made (to the accompaniment of "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"), including a few mix-ups."Baby Bottleneck" is a cartoon that truly deserves recognition, considering the wild and wacky atmosphere at Warner Bros. where it was made. You might say that Bob Clampett was the mischief-making ringleader of the animation department!

phantom_tollbooth Bob Clampett's 'Baby Bottleneck' is a satire on the post-war baby boom in which Porky Pig and Daffy Duck run a factory to assist with the preparation and delivery of new born babies. This entails an automated production line which dresses, burps, feeds and dispatches the young animals. For the most part, 'Baby Bottleneck' is a spot gag cartoon with Porky and Daffy simply pulling levers and answering phones. They only get to really do anything towards the end of the cartoon when they get into a war over an unhatched egg. Often when he was assigned spot-gag cartoons, Clampett's wild on-screen energy would be dulled but 'Baby Bottleneck' is an exception and Clampett manages to infuse the quickfire gags with a pulsating vitality. Unfortunately, 'Baby Bottleneck' is full to the brim with long forgotten references which inescapably dates the cartoon and makes it more of a curio than a laugh riot to modern day audiences. There are, however, a couple of typically risqué Clampett gags. Especially conspicuous is a joke with a baby alligator trying to suckle a mother pig. When she finally turns to the alligator the cartoon quickly cuts away before she has chance to speak. The cut line was apparently "Ah-ah-ah, don't touch that dial"!