''Daffy's Rhapsody'' is a 2012 animated ''
Looney Tunes
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'' short film featuring the characters
Daffy Duck and
Elmer Fudd
Elmer J. Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudd's aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antag ...
. Directed by
Matthew O'Callaghan
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Life an ...
and written by Tom Sheppard, the film is an adaptation of the song of the same name which was sung by
Mel Blanc and recorded in the 1950s by
Capitol Records
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. ''Daffy's Rhapsody'' was first shown in theaters before
Warner Bros.
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' feature-length film ''
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island''. Unlike the previous ''Looney Tunes'' 3-D shorts, ''Daffy's Rhapsody'' has not yet been released on home media. In 2016, the official
Warner Bros. Animation uploaded the short to
Google
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but eventually removed it, leaving unofficial uploads of the short being available.
It took until 2021 for the short to be officially available to purchase on ''Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection''.
Plot
Elmer Fudd
Elmer J. Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudd's aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antag ...
goes to see an anti-duck hunting musical named "Requiem for a Hunt: The Musical", starring
Daffy Duck to which upon seeing Daffy, his hunter instincts kick in and he chases Daffy. Meanwhile, Daffy, who is singing to the tune of
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, is initially unaware of Elmer but soon realizes the danger.
Voice cast
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Mel Blanc (archival recordings) as
Daffy Duck.
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Billy West as
Elmer Fudd
Elmer J. Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudd's aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antag ...
.
Release
Theatrical
This short was initially scheduled to be released in theaters before ''
Happy Feet Two'' in 2011, but Warner Bros. decided that ''
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat'' was more suitable for a film starring penguins.
Home media
On August 14, 2021, Warner Bros released the short digitally on iTunes and Microsoft Movies and TV in ''Stars of Space Jam: Looney Tunes Collection'', making it the first official home video release of the short.
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