"Old Glory" (1939) has always been unique in the Looney Tunes
and Merrie Melodies filmography. A straightforward U.S. history
piece featuring Porky as a youngster learning historic
milestones from Uncle Sam himself. This gag-free cartoon was
directed by Chuck Jones and obvious it was intended to be a
special entry. The commentary track with Jerry Beck and Martha
Sigall on Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2 is a good
starting point to learn some of the behind-the-scenes history of
this short. Beck recalls reading a press clipping saying how
they made many more prints of this short than the typical
Schlesinger short (150 prints) and Sigall mentioned how the ink-
and-paint department was told that this was going to be a
special picture with many different colors being used (they also
used all-new cels for this, instead of reusing washed-off cels
from previous cartoons). The picture was announced in April of
1939 (below is a quote from an article titled "Even Porky Pig
Goes Patriotic in New Cartoon" from The M