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**SushiBonzai** · #1 07-30-09, 04:41 pm

Has anyone seen this old time Disney movie short? It's kind of old (1954) and my older cousin-in-law introduced it to me. I was showing him and my cousin my piggy when he started to ramble on about guinea pigs at a train station who multiplied every second...

Turns out he wasn't crazy! He picked up a computer and found the short "Pigs is Pigs" Here is the link on YouTube, if you haven't seen it. YouTube - Walt Disney - Pigs Is Pigs - 1954

Isn't this cute and funny? But, of course, there is one thing that it says that is wrong about guinea pigs. "A cabbage a day keeps the doctor away" More like a bell pepper a day keeps the doctor away...

Anyway, tell me what you think!

**vicky2** · #2 07-30-09, 04:55 pm

Awwwww!
That was so cute! haha
Man, they were multiplying like rabbits!

**gooberific** · #3 07-30-09, 04:55 pm

I remember that from when I was a kid.

Although, I'm getting really tired of hearing anything about G-Force. At least this was nostalgic.

**SushiBonzai** · #4 07-30-09, 04:56 pm

This isn't a G-Force thread, though. It's a Pigs is Pigs thread.

**SnowFlower** · #5 07-30-09, 04:56 pm

Its cute - but it is probably one of the reasons people thought for so many years that small enclosures were OK. I don't know, I'm on the fence about this. Plus I think they portrey GPs as more like mice that reproduce quickly and easily instead of the reality of great risk to both sow and pups.

**Paula** · #6 07-30-09, 05:04 pm

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Originally Posted by SushiBonzai

Anyway, tell me what you think!

I think this would have been better suited in one of the numerous OTHER G-Force threads.

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Originally Posted by SushiBonzai

This isn't a G-Force thread, though. It's a Pigs is Pigs thread.

Including G-Force in the title tends to make it a G-Force thread.

As for what it "portrays" - I think it's a cutesey little old time video. No more, no less.

**SushiBonzai** · #7 07-30-09, 05:08 pm

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Originally Posted by paula.m.moore

Including G-Force in the title tends to make it a G-Force thread.

It was an attention grabber *sniffle*

No, That's alright. Agreed, agreed.

**Paula** · #8 07-30-09, 05:18 pm

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Plus I think they portrey GPs as more like mice that reproduce quickly and easily instead of the reality of great risk to both sow and pups.

I also wanted to note that it's not just guinea pigs that face risks to mom and babies, it's all animals. Which is a good starting point in the argument against breeding in the first place.

**CavyMama** · #9 07-30-09, 05:35 pm

It was a cute short. I thought it was cute - though a little bizarre that when the girlie pig had the first babies, she just was sitting next to the boy pig and the babies seemed to walk right out of her! LOL The sounds they had the guineas make was nice though - realistic.

**Dr Doughnut** · #10 07-30-09, 05:37 pm

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Originally Posted by SnowFlower

Its cute - but it is probably one of the reasons people thought for so many years that small enclosures were OK. I don't know, I'm on the fence about this. Plus I think they portrey GPs as more like mice that reproduce quickly and easily instead of the reality of great risk to both sow and pups.

This short film was made in 1954... Cubes and Coroplast probably weren't invented yet, guinea pigs IIRC weren't even mainstream, and such.

The cartoon being made in 1954, they didn't know any better, of course there are obvious mistakes like the tiny cage, and the feeding of cabbage, but guys, just enjoy this cartoon please.

At least they didn't have the guinea pigs eat cheese.

**SushiBonzai** · #11 07-30-09, 05:42 pm

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Originally Posted by CavyMama

LOL The sounds they had the guineas make was nice though - realistic.

Lol, agreed. Could have been closer though. I think it's amazing what they did without computers. Has anyone seen Snow White recently? It's quite awesome to know that every frame had to be drawn out by hand

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Originally Posted by Dr Doughnut

This short film was made in 1954... Cubes and Coroplast probably weren't invented yet.

Most likely. At least the railroad man was doing the best he could for them. I liked when he grabbed some wood and made it bigger when the first babies appeared.

You would of thought he might try and separate the genders after 100 guinea pigs

**Dr Doughnut** · #12 07-30-09, 06:03 pm

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Originally Posted by SushiBonzai

Lol, agreed. Could have been closer though. I think it's amazing what they did without computers. Has anyone seen Snow White recently? It's quite awesome to know that every frame had to be drawn out by hand

Most likely. At least the railroad man was doing the best he could for them. I liked when he grabbed some wood and made it bigger when the first babies appeared.

You would of thought he might try and separate the genders after 100 guinea pigs

In addition, the cartoonists like to exaggerate sizes and proportion.

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