Friday Flicker: The Dancing Pig (1907)

So a pig dressed in a tuxedo and top hat walks into a restaurant and tries to pick up a pretty girl... It may sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but it's actually the premise of a 4-minute French burlesque film made in 1907 by Pathe Freres. As the scene opens, our dashing Mr. Pig is trying to win over the pretty girl, but this gal is having none of it. She strips him of his clothing and makes him dance with her, then dresses him in ladies' garb before dancing some more.

I'm sure there's a larger meaning or message layered in the subtext somewhere, but does it matter? It's a dancing pig! Some days that's all I need to be amused.

Hope it amuses you, too.

Thank you to :monox: for posting the film.

MUSIC ALERT: There is some. Proceed accordingly.