 Warner Brothers quickly recognized Mel's talent and offered him the prized role of Porky Pig. He's a timid little character. I told him, well, I want to be real authentic about it, so I went out to a pig farm and wallowed around with the pigs for a couple of weeks. I come back, and they kick me out, so I go home and take a bath. When I did, I come back, I said, if a pig could talk, he'd talk with a grunt. You know, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink,