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Daffy Dilly
''Daffy Dilly'' is a 1948 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The cartoon was released on October 30, 1948, and stars Daffy Duck. "Daffy Dilly" is notable for being an early example of a greedy, self-centered Daffy (with some "screwball" elements), as perfected by Jones. The title is a word play on daffodil. Plot Daffy Duck is a struggling novelty gag salesman operating on the sidewalk of a large city, futilely hawking things like flower squirters, a Joe Miller joke book, a rib-tickler, a chicken inspector badge and a 200-volt electric hand buzzer, inadvertently demonstrating the latter on himself ("It's... shocking..."). But then he hears a news bulletin on a nearby radio that buzzsaw tycoon J.B. Cubish, who has not laughed in 50 years and is on his deathbed, is offering one million dollars to anyone who can make him laugh just one more time before he dies. Seeing his chance at a huge payday, Daffy immediately sets off for the Cubish's mansion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, director, and painter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon, Animated Cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Pepé Le Pew, and Porky Pig, among others. Jones started his career in 1933 alongside Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, and Robert McKimson at the Leon Schlesinger Production's Termite Terrace studio, where they created and developed the Looney Tunes characters. During the World War II, Second World War, Jones directed many of the ''Private Snafu'' (1943–1946) shorts which were shown to members of the United States military. After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started MGM Animation/Visual Arts, Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daffodil
''Narcissus'' is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil,The word "daffodil" is also applied to related genera such as '' Sternbergia'', ''Ismene'' and ''Fritillaria meleagris''. It has been suggested that the word "Daffodil" be restricted to the wild species of the British Isles, '' N. pseudonarcissus''. narcissus, and jonquil are used to describe all or some members of the genus. ''Narcissus'' has conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white and yellow (also orange or pink in garden varieties), with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona. ''Narcissus'' were well known in ancient civilisation, both medicinally and botanically, but formally described by Linnaeus in his ''Species Plantarum'' (1753). The genus is generally considered to have about ten sections with approximately 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Foghorn Leghorn
''The Foghorn Leghorn'' is a 1948 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The cartoon was released on October 9, 1948, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk and the Barnyard Dawg. Plot Henery Hawk's father will not allow him to go along to raid a chicken coop and capture chickens. He says that Henery is too small, and goes on to reinforce the tall tales he has told about what a chicken looks like and how formidable they are. After his father leaves, Henery remarks, "A fine thing. I'm a chicken hawk and I've never even seen a chicken." He determines to get his first one that day. Henery's father invades a coop and struts out with a couple of traumatized chickens. Foghorn approaches, demanding he "unhand those fair barnyard flowers", and insists on an explanation from the chicken hawk. Foghorn does not allow the bird to get a word in edgewise, however; with his stomach, the rooster bumps Henery's father across the barnyard and kicks him o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
''Daffy Duck's Quackbusters'' is a 1988 animated compilation film featuring classic Warner Bros. Cartoons shorts and animated bridging sequences, starring Daffy Duck. The film was released to theaters by Warner Bros. on September 24, 1988. It was the final theatrical production in which Mel Blanc provided the voices of the various ''Looney Tunes'' characters before his death on July 10, 1989. Unlike previous compilation films, ''Quackbusters'' uses pre-existing music from older ''Looney Tunes'' shorts composed by Carl Stalling, Milt Franklyn and William Lava for both the new animation and classic footage. It was also one of the two compilation films of classic Warner Bros. cartoon shorts not composed by Robert J. Walsh (the other being 1979's ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie'', which was composed by Dean Elliott). Similar to '' The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie'', which was preceded with the Oscar-winning ''Knighty Knight Bugs'' (1958), ''Quackbusters'' is preceded wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Fudd
Elmer J.''Hare Brush'' (1956) Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes''/'' Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He has one of the more disputed origins in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon (second only to Bugs himself).Elmer Fudd at Don Markstein's Toonopedia Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. But it was evidenced that the true origins of Elmer was that he was actually created by Fred "Tex" Avery in 1937, as a "Running Gag" characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Design For Leaving
''Design for Leaving'' is a 1954 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' theatrical animated short directed by Robert McKimson. The cartoon was released on March 27, 1954 and stars Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. The title is a parody of the Design for Living House, House No. 4 in the '' Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition'' at the Century of Progress, the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. Plot Reprising a salesman role that Daffy previously played in ''Daffy Dilly'' (1948), ''The Stupor Salesman'' (1948) and '' Fool Coverage'' (1952), ''Design for Leaving'' opens with Daffy as a fast-talking door-to-door salesman from the Acme Future-Antic Push-Button Home of Tomorrow Household Appliance Company, Inc. Daffy visits Elmer Fudd at his house as he is preparing to leave for work, and says that Acme has authorized him to install, at no cost, a complete line of ultra-modern automatic household appliances (on a 10-day free trial). Elmer tries to speak but is repeatedly interrupted by Daffy, who grabs Elmer by the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fool Coverage
''Fool Coverage'' is a 1952 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The cartoon was released on December 13, 1952, and stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. In the short, Daffy is an insurance salesman, trying to sell a reluctant Porky a "full coverage" policy. Plot Porky answers the door to find Daffy, a pushy insurance salesman representing the Hotfoot Casualty Underwriters Insurance Company of Schenectady, who tries to convince Porky to purchase an insurance policy promising $1 million for a simple black eye. Although Porky is briefly tempted, he shows Daffy to the door. Daffy, unwilling to give up, returns and follows Porky around the house, warning him of the dangers of everyday domestic life. When Porky lights a match to retrieve a screwdriver from the oven, Daffy reminds Porky of the risk of explosion, urging him to use a flashlight instead. When Daffy demonstrates, the oven explodes in his face, prompting him to comment: "Must've been a short in my ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stupor Salesman
''The Stupor Salesman'' is a Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon, directed by Arthur Davis, and written by Lloyd Turner and Bill Scott. The cartoon was released on November 20, 1948, and stars Daffy Duck. Mel Blanc performs the voices of Daffy Duck and Slug McSlug, an infamous bank robber. Plot Slug McSlug, a notorious criminal (and anthropomorphic dog) rides a green sedan to the Last National Bank. He gets out of the car, uses a bump key to unlock the door of the bank, and commits a successful robbery. Then radios announced the robbery and Slug McSlug is chased by police. During the chase, He paints his sedan yellow and finally reaches his country hideout. He is promptly visited by an uninvited Daffy Duck, who is a door-to-door salesman of a variety of items. McSlug slams the door in Daffy's face, but Daffy doggedly persists in his efforts to sell ''something'' to McSlug, raising the ire of the wanted criminal. McSlug hammers a fake foot by Daffy, who zaps McSlug with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Daffy Duck Cartoons
This is a list of the various animated cartoons featuring Daffy Duck. Daffy Duck shorts 1937−1968 1937 *''Porky's Duck Hunt'' April 17, 1937 (LT, Tex Avery) - with Porky Pig 1938 *''Daffy Duck & Egghead'' January 1, 1938 (MM, Avery) - Color *''What Price Porky'' February 26, 1938 (LT, Robert Clampett) - with Porky Pig *''Porky & Daffy'' August 6, 1938 (LT, Clampett) - with Porky Pig *''The Daffy Doc'' November 26, 1938 (LT, Clampett) - with Porky Pig *''Daffy Duck in Hollywood'' December 12, 1938 (MM, Avery) - Color 1939 *''Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur'' April 22, 1939 (MM, Chuck Jones) - Color *'' Scalp Trouble'' June 24, 1939 (LT, Clampett) - with Porky Pig *''Wise Quacks'' August 5, 1939 (LT, Clampett) - with Porky Pig *'' Naughty Neighbors'' October 7, 1939 (LT, Clampett) a "Porky Pig" cartoon (cameo) 1940 All cartoons co-star Porky Pig. *''Porky's Last Stand'' January 6, 1940 (LT, Clampett) *''You Ought to Be in Pictures'' May 18, 1940 (LT, Friz Freleng) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies Filmography (1940–1949)
This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' banners between 1940 and 1949. A total of 307 shorts were released during the 1940s. 1940 1941 1942 This year marks the beginning of production of color Looney Tunes. For this year and the next, most would still be in black and white. 1943 The Blue Ribbon ''Merrie Melodies'' re-release program starts this year. Previous color ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts would be re-released with the original credits cut. In addition, four more ''Looney Tunes'' shorts were produced in 3-hue Technicolor. The series would go into full color the following year. 1944 From this year onward, all cartoons are under copyright and in 3-hue Technicolor. Leon Schlesinger sold his cartoon studio to Warner Bros. in 1944; Eddie Selzer took over as producer after '' Buckaroo Bugs'' was released. 1945 1946 1947 With the exceptions of ''A Pest in the House'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frustrated Fowl
''Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl'' is a DVD of 15 new-to-DVD Daffy Duck cartoons that was released on August 10, 2010. , tvshowsondvd.com, March 17, 2010 Contents : ''All cartoons on this disc star Daffy Duck''. * LT = Looney Tunes * MM = Merrie MelodiesControversies This was one of two first Looney Tunes Super Stars that released the majority of some of the cartoons from the post-1953 era, but in a 1:85 widescreen format. Warner Bros. has stated the reason for this was because that was how the post-1953 cartoons were shown in theaters, which made many collectors upset as cartoons were filmed in Academy full-screened ratio, n ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
