JinRoz
For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!
Voxitype
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Freeman
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . as America's Early Warning System for impending disasters, approaching cataclysms, looming catastrophes, and ultimate apocalypses (or is it "Apocalypti"?). This was especially true during Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Golden Age. I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT is one of many Warner Bros. warnings which speak as much to Citizens of Our 21st Century as to the Dead People of the 1900s who saw them first (if not more so). HAT amplifies what U.S. President-Elect Trump and his Rich People's Party have been yapping about for years: America does not need and should not have a public school system for general education. As these out-dated "educational" institutions fritter away the Prime Working Years of American Youth on such Fiddle Faddle as cursive writing, civics, critical thinking, and current events, Asia's young folks are running circles around our kids, who will never catch up. As Leader Trump has noted, McDonalds had it right when it opened its University of Hamburgology. Why clog kids' heads with reading, writing, Chaucer, and Shakespeare if they're going to spend their working lives pushing buttons with picture symbols while ringing up orders at Mickey D's? Let Asia train all the STEM grads the world needs on their own dime to build our Roads, Bridges, and future Trump Towers--and then give them U.S. visas IF they can withstand the Extreme Vetting Process. You cannot watch HAT without agreeing with our Donald-in-Chief.
ccthemovieman-1
Yes, this is Porky Pig's debut, although it certainly is not an attractive first look at the stuttering porker. Porky and a couple of other "kids" are all part of school musical and recital and Porky's bit leads off the show.He recites a rendition of Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere," or at least starts to but it quickly becomes Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade." Mostly he just sweats while trying to remember his lines. I liked the sound effects help Porky received from offstage and the fact that even though his classmates unleashed the dogs on him, they did give him good applause!"Ham and Ex," two little singing dogs, get my vote for "best in show," which also featured "Miss Kitty" reciting "Mary Had A Little Lamb," and the piano playing "Oliver Owl," whose tune is greatly enhanced by a fighting dog and cat inserted into the piano by a mischief-making fellow student. This one really isn't much for laughs but overall, it's "cute" and it's in color, which is pretty good considering it's made in 1935. In fact, the graphics and the color restoration are excellent for 1935 and it's a collector's piece of sorts being that it's Porky's debut. It is the lead-off cartoon on Disc 3 of Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 3.
Lee Eisenberg
Although "I Haven't Got a Hat" just looks like a cute cartoon, it really seems to be focusing on the various kinds of things that can happen during a school recital, namely stage fright and resentment. Probably most famous as Porky Pig's debut (he sings about Paul Revere's ride), the cartoon culminates when an owl tries to play the piano but a cat messes with the piano.So, this is a formidable part of cartoon history. The crowd behind the Looney Tunes cartoons would further develop the cartoons in later years, but this is a good reference point. Worth seeing.The lamb's fleece was as white as corn flakes. Ha!
slymusic
Directed by Friz Freleng, "I Haven't Got a Hat" is a great Warner Bros. cartoon of historical significance: it marks the very first appearance of our favorite stuttering pig Porky! In this cartoon, which involves a talent show for schoolchildren, Porky doesn't look anything like the Porky that we all know today, but he's still a real treat to watch. It took a little time, but Porky eventually became the first major star of the Warner Bros. cartoons.The following are my two favorite moments from "I Haven't Got a Hat." First, Porky is so adorable as he struggles with his "Charge of the Light Brigade" recitation; as I watch him stutter, I really feel sympathetic towards him, and I WANT him to succeed. (Porky HAS succeeded; he became a star and is still well-known today.) And second, the two dogs, named Ham & Ex, sing a delightful little song together titled "I Haven't Got a Hat" (hence the title of the cartoon), with an occasional low-pitched "Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum" thrown in for good humor.There is no doubt that "I Haven't Got a Hat" is an enjoyable cartoon. Friz Freleng was always a music lover, so the schoolhouse setting for a children's talent show proved to be a great idea. Aside from Porky and Ham & Ex, watch for a mischievous cat named Beans, a painfully shy cat named Kitty, a studious owl named Oliver, and the schoolteacher herself, a friendly, encouraging cow named Miss Cud.
