''The Up-Standing Sitter'' is a 1948

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'' cartoon, directed by

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. The cartoon was released on July 3, 1948, and stars Daffy Duck. All voices are by

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. The title is a play on the expression "up-standing citizen" and on standing being opposite of sitting (a fact which figures into the film's closing gag.) The cartoon was made in

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when a 1948 strike briefly halted production at Technicolor.

Plot

Daffy Duck, working for a baby-sitting agency, is sent to a farm to sit for a hen who is literally "sitting" on an egg and wants to take a trip. Soon after the hen leaves, the egg hatches, producing a yellow chick whose shape, voice and attitude are similar to that of Henery Hawk. The chick first calls Daffy "Mother", then "daddy", "cousin", "uncle", etc. When Daffy points out he is not a relative, the chick says he is not supposed to talk to strangers, and runs away with Daffy in hot pursuit of his charge. The chick first simply eludes Daffy, and then begins to torment Daffy with one violent gag after another (anticipating ''

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'' by decades). At one point, Daffy (whose voice is identical to

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's but electronically sped up)''That's Not All, Folks!'', 1988 by

, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, (Softcover), (Hardcover) invokes a phrase more closely associated with Sylvester's "Sufferin' succotash!" Another part of the cartoon shows Daffy walking on the wire with an umbrella where the chick is standing. The chick blows very hard at the umbrella, making Daffy fall into the pigpen, which prompts the baby rooster to say, "Aren't you going to chase me anymore? Or would you rather be a pig?", surely referencing Bing Crosby's song, " Swinging on a Star". In the process, Daffy also incurs the wrath of the barnyard's bulldog, especially as many of the chick's gags lead to Daffy crashing into the dog's house, and demolishing it many times over. The film's final joke has Daffy over the dog's knee as he applies a loud and painful spanking to Daffy. Daffy calls his agency and tells them he will have to do his next "sitting" job ''standing up.''

Home media

This cartoon is featured, restored, with the original

issue (the first Cinecolor cartoon to be restored) on disc 1 of the '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Up-Standing Sitter, The 1948 films 1948 short films 1948 comedy films 1948 animated films 1940s American animated films 1940s animated short films 1940s English-language films 1940s Warner Bros. animated short films Looney Tunes shorts Cinecolor films Daffy Duck films Animated films about chickens Animated films about children Animated films about dogs Animated films set on farms Films set in 1948 Films directed by Robert McKimson Films scored by Carl Stalling Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films

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