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''Daffy Dilly'' is a 1948
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'' cartoon directed by
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. The cartoon was released on October 30, 1948, and stars
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. "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
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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, but his butler refuses to let him inside. Daffy tries several ways to outfox the butler (scaling the wall with a grappling hook, swinging in through the window on a rope, etc.), all of which fail, until Daffy hides himself in a package designed to look like a bottle of champagne (which the butler tries to keep for himself). Caught again, Daffy runs for his life and escapes via dumbwaiter as the butler chases him with an ax and then tries to shoot him with a cannon, which Daffy narrowly avoids. As the butler is about to dispose of him permanently, Daffy accuses him of ''not'' wanting Cubish to regain his health. The butler is astounded, but then Daffy accuses him of attempted murder with an elaborate story he invents on the spot (eventually asiding to the audience, "What's
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got that I ain't got?"). Having frightened the butler into incoherence, Daffy tricks him into fleeing the mansion in disguise to avoid arrest, which he quickly does. Finally, Daffy makes it to Cubish's bedroom, but before he can even start, slips on a rug and falls onto a tray of food, covering himself in cake which, to Daffy's confusion, causes Cubish to start laughing. In the end, a newspaper reports that laughter has miraculously saved Cubish's life, and Cubish has kept Daffy on as his personal
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, merrily throwing pies at Daffy's face while he stands in front of a target. "It's a living," Daffy mutters to the audience, before he is hit with one last pie onscreen as the cartoon closes.


Home media

*VHS - ''Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 3: The Vocal Genius'' *DVD - '' Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl''


See also

*
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 ma ...
*
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) - ...


Notes

*Daffy would also appear as a salesman in ''
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 Da ...
'' (1948), ''
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 relu ...
'' (1952), and ''
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 Hou ...
'' (1954).
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 pantheo ...
is Daffy's foil in the latter cartoon. *This cartoon was edited into, and served as the genesis of the plot for, the 1988 compilation feature ''
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 ...
''. In the film, Cubish "dies laughing" and leaves his entire fortune to Daffy, on the grounds that he use it to perform a beneficial public service "and to display honesty in all business affairs". When Cubish returns in spectral form and threatens to take away Daffy's inheritance, Daffy forms a ghost-hunting business to "rid the world of disgusting ectoplasmic slime like J.P. Cubish!...Uh, I mean, nice ectoplasmic slime like J.P. Cubish!". *This was one of only five post-1948 WB cartoons to get a Blue Ribbon reissue prior to 1956 - with the original credits cut. The others were ''
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 w ...
'', ''
Kit for Cat ''Kit for Cat'' is a 1948 '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on November 6, 1948 and features Elmer Fudd and Sylvester. Plot The cartoon begins with Sylvester in an alley, strolling past the line of tr ...
'', ''
Scaredy Cat ''Scaredy Cat'' is a 1948 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on December 18, 1948 and stars Porky Pig and Sylvester the Cat. The cartoon is notable in that it marks the first time the name "Sy ...
'', and ''
You Were Never Duckier ''You Were Never Duckier'' is a 1948 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The cartoon was released on August 7, 1948, and stars Daffy Duck and Henery Hawk. Plot The National Poultry Show is being held, and Daffy Duck ...
''. ''Daffy Dilly'' is still: **the only one of the five that does not have its original titles restored for DVD release. However, a print of the original version is in possession of the Old Greenbelt Theatre in Greenbelt, Maryland. **the only one of the five to have been originally released in Cinecolor; the others were released in Technicolor). Since the short was originally released in Cinecolor and re-released in Technicolor, the original closing titles were omitted and replaced with Blue Ribbon closing titles. *Despite the existence of an original print, the restored version as seen on '' Looney Tunes Super Stars' Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl'' is the Blue Ribbon version (it is not known if WB was aware of the original print's existence or not). It is the only creditless Blue Ribbon in the post-1948 package to be presented as such on DVD.


References


External links

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''Daffy Dilly'' on the Internet Archive


Succession

{{s-end 1948 animated films 1948 short films 1948 films Merrie Melodies short films Short films directed by Chuck Jones Cinecolor films Films about businesspeople Films scored by Carl Stalling Daffy Duck films Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films 1940s Warner Bros. animated short films Films with screenplays by Michael Maltese Films set in country houses Films about salespeople