Daffy Duck Hunt
Tags: psychedelic

Plot synopsis:
Continuing from Porky's Duck Hunt, Porky with Barnyard Dawg (from the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons) are hunting ducks. Daffy sneaks up behind them in a giant fake duck and empties the shot from their shells, then walks off with a silly laugh and the phrase "Duck hunters is the cwaziest peoples!" (a reference to Lew Lehr's Fox Movietone News catchphrase, "Monkeys is the cwaziest people."). Daffy taunts Porky into shooting at him. Porky shoots at Daffy but turns out to have missed him (Daffy flies by with a banner that says "That's What You Think!").
Daffy again taunts Porky by breaking out into a can-can dance and singing "Latin Quarter" from Gold Diggers in Paris. Porky shoots at Daffy again as Daffy finishes his routine by bending over to reveal a bulls-eye painted on his backside. Daffy pretends to have been shot, but leaves the scene.
Porky sends his dog to get Daffy, and the dog decides to trick Daffy, crying loudly that Porky will torture him if he doesn't come back with a duck. Daffy agrees to let the dog "capture" him and plays dead. The dog carries him back to a delighted Porky and they leave the pond.
Once they get back to Porky's house, Porky throws Daffy in the freezer and goes upstairs for a nap. Once out of sight, Daffy starts knocking on the freezer door to be let out. After a brief fight between his good and bad conscience, the dog lets Daffy out of the freezer. Daffy tries to leave the house---claiming, in a non sequitur, "There's a guy waitin' for me!"---but is blocked by the dog. After making a bunch of noise, Daffy jumps into the dog's mouth just as Porky comes to see what all the noise is about. Upon coming down, Porky thinks the dog is trying to steal the duck for himself, and subsequently beats him.
Porky then throws Daffy back in the freezer. The dog now wants to get revenge against Daffy, but Daffy continues to act silly around him (dressed like a superhero, wearing mittens and a towel for a cape, re-enacting the 1925 serum run to Nome concluding with a loud scream, then dead-panning, "How's things been with you?"). When Porky appears, wondering what all the noise is about, Daffy once again jumps into the dog's mouth. A furious Porky once again thinks his dog is stealing Daffy, and pounds him once again. Porky then places Daffy back into the freezer.
Finally, the dog has had enough and grabs an axe to finish Daffy off. Daffy runs to Porky's bedroom, where the pig is asleep. Daffy puts a flower pot on Porky, and barks. When Daffy ducks down and crawls away out of the room, the dog accidentally hits the flower pot with the axe, and an enraging Porky calls him a "Benedict Arnold" and a "traitor".
After a chase through the house Porky, finally having enough of the dog's shenanigans, comes into the kitchen and threatens the dog's life if Daffy isn't in the freezer. Porky opens the freezer, but both are shocked when Daffy, dressed as Santa Claus, jumps out and starts singing "Jingle Bells". Both Porky and the dog start singing along with Daffy, until Porky sees that the current month is April on the calendar. As the dog looks in horror and runs behind the freezer, Porky angrily knocks Daffy down onto the floor and is ready to use the axe until he sees a stamp on Daffy: "Do not open 'till Xmas." Daffy smiles at the camera and says to the audience, "Christmas—by that time, I'll figure a way out of this mess!". The cartoon ends with an iris out around his left eye which closes.

Review: First Four Minutes As Funny As I've Ever Seen In A Cartoon.
Porky is in the blinds duck hunting.
Daffy sneaks up from behind and empties his shotgun shells, saying, "Duck hunters is the cwaziest people."The cocky Daffy then flies overhead and announces, "Here I am, fat boy.
Here's your target!" Then, even more of an outrageous scene, Daffy reappears in back of Porky, dons a frilly skirt and sings a can-can.
He then "moons" the pig with a bullseye drawn on his butt (knowing the shells are blanks).
Porky shoots, Daffy dramatically pretends he is hit, but flies away laughing.
Porky is ticked off, to say the least!!!
He sends his dog out after him.The dog is smarter than Porky and fools Daffy and a couple more minutes of fantastic material is presented.
The first four minutes of this seven-minute short are about as good as it gets.
The last three minutes are so-so.
Overall, still very entertaining..
One of McKimson's best.
Starting out as a variation on Daffy Duck's debut cartoon, 'Porky's Duck Hunt', Robert McKimson's 'Daffy Duck Hunt' quickly develops into something quite different.
McKimson's Barnyard Dog character from the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons plays the role of Porky's hunting dog who tricks Daffy into surrendering on the understanding that he'll let him go when they get home.
This plot development is almost immediate, meaning the majority of the cartoon is unexpectedly set in Porky's kitchen.
A late example of the crazy version of Daffy at work, 'Daffy Duck Hunt' is one of McKimson's greatest cartoons.
Daffy is on top form, making up for his early duping with some inspired zaniness which invariably lands the dog in trouble with his master.
McKimson overcomes the possibility of a cartoon set in a kitchen becoming dull by virtue of some extremely lively animation to compliment Warren Foster's brilliant script.
All in all, 'Daffy Duck Hunt' is a thoroughly unexpected classic full of brilliant moments and an especially energetic Daffy performance..
Daffy is manic and hilarious.
Porky Pig and his loyal dog are out hunting duck.
However, of all the possible ducks they could go after, it's just bad luck that they go after the craziest duck in the swamp - Daffy Duck!
And Daffy is too much of a wise-quacker to get caught easily by anyone.I'm a big fan of Daffy Duck but I vastly prefer him when he is in fully `crazy' mood, doing all sorts of manic things; I find that much funnier than his later greedy & selfish personae.
Here he is spot on in his crazy personae and he totally makes this cartoon work.
The plot is split between the hunt and Porky's house (where Daffy gets taken in an agreement with the dog).
While the hunt section is funny, the stuff in the house is much better and is a perfect forum for Daffy to do his stuff.
It is funny and imaginative throughout.Daffy is great here and his manic actions and delivery are hilarious.
Porky is not a great character but he is good in a solid partnership; here then, he works and reacts well to the action.
The downtrodden dog is good but I must admit that I didn't like some of his voice work here in comparison to some other Daffy shorts I have seen him in.Overall, for true Daffy Duck fans (i.e. those who appreciate him when he is daffy) this cartoon will be hilarious.
For those who have yet to be won over by the little black duck, this will surely help you come round to my way of thinking.
Personally, `I like him; he's silly.'.
Wacky Daffy.
Daffy Duck lets a dog take him home, under the pretense that the dog caught him for Porky Pigs supper, only to be trapped there when the dog won't let him leave.
This is vintage wacky Daffy all the way.
Almost makes me forget that McKimson directed it.
Actually in this short Daffy may be even a little too nuts for my liking in some respects.
But the film does move at a pretty good clip and is frequently quite funny indeed, so i'll recommend it, just steer clear of McKimson's Bugs Bunny shorts.
This animated short can be found on disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1.My Grade: B.
Well worth watching for especially the first four minutes!.
I really enjoyed Daffy Duck Hunt, even if it is a little uneven at times.
The first four minutes are absolutely hilarious, with razor-sharp dialogue and hysterical visual gags.
The last half or so is still entertaining, but one or jokes aren't as well timed and come off as predictable.
The animation is absolutely excellent, as is the music.
Plus Mel Blanc's characterisations as Daffy, Porky and Barnyard Dog are simply brilliant!
Daffy himself is still his outrageous and manic self, and man isn't he hysterical here?
The end line and the part with the can can especially had me in stitches.
Porky once again isn't given as much to do, but he is solid, and Barnyard Dog is a worthy foil here.
Overall, hugely enjoyable, uneven at times, but it is still very funny and Daffy is stellar.
9/10 Bethany Cox. Daffy Duck Hunt brings the duck and Porky back to their original adversarial relationship.
In the late '40s and early '50s while Chuck Jones was making Porky and Daffy cartoons that had the latter the "hero" while the former the "sidekick", Robert McKimson was bringing back the adversarial relationship they originally had when they first met in Tex Avery's Porky's Duck Hunt.
This short is similar to that in that Porky is once again a hunter who's looking for ducks.
Daffy, of course, becomes the target but because he emptied many bullet shells of pellets, the shooting Porky does won't hurt him.
At this point, the dog makes a deal with the duck for him to surrender to him so his master won't throw him out.
Many funny gags involving the duck and dog follow.
And dig the holiday twist that ends this short.
So on that note, I highly recommend Daffy Duck Hunt..
Hasty la vie-sta!.
I always suspected that the name "Daffy" was adapted from "daft".
"Daffy Duck Hunt" certainly suggests that.
It portrays Porky Pig and his dog - presumably Barnyard Dog from the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons - going duck hunting, and they bring back Daffy, who made a deal with the dog that the dog wouldn't actually kill him.
Once in Porky's freezer, Daffy proceeds to make life a living hell for the dog and Porky (needless to say, Porky thinks that the dog is making the noise).
Finally at the end, there's a Christmas party like you've never seen before - namely because it happens in April!
Part of the cartoon's humor derives from Daffy just being as crazy as he can.
Part of the humor derives from Porky being how Leonard Maltin once described him: he wasn't as much an actor as a reactor.
And of course, there's what happens to the dog.
But overall, just watching a classic Looney Tunes cartoon is enough to elate anyone.
It's pleasure to the max.
Merry Christmas and hasty la vie-sta!.
"Why the copious flow of lacrimal fluid, my querulous canine?".
Funny Porky & Daffy short, directed by Robert McKimson.
The plot has Porky and his dog out duck hunting, which leads to Daffy deciding to screw around with them.
There seems to be some debate about whether or not Porky's dog here is actually supposed to be Barnyard Dog from the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.
They look very similar but this dog doesn't sound like Barnyard at all or have his personality.
Whether it's Barnyard or not, the dog's a fun character.
Love his "angel & devil" bit.
Really the whole show belongs to Daffy here.
He's at an 11 on a 10 scale the whole time, being as wacky and kooky as possible.
The animation is fluid with well-drawn characters and backgrounds.
Love the Technicolor.
Carl Stalling's music is very nice.
Mel Blanc's voice work is flawless (as usual).
It's a good cartoon but, as other reviewers have noted, the first half is much better than the second.
Fans of Daffy should love it..
Decent Short.
Daffy Duck Hunt (1949) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Porky Pig goes hunting and ends up bringing Daffy Duck back with him.
However, Porky's dog decides he has his own plans for the duck, which includes accidentally letting him out of the freezer.
This is a decent short from the Merrie Melodies gang but it's certainly no classic.
This is certainly fairly entertaining but when you've got Daffy and Porky together I expect a lot more.
The best sequence in the film happens towards the start when the dog and Daffy come up with an agreement to make the dog look good.
When the action heads back to Porky's house things get a little weak but this is still worth watching at least once..
...I thought it would be too much of a remake of "Porky's Duck Hunt", which is what this episode is partly based on.
P'sDH was Daffy's debut and I was afraid that this episode would just redo it as "Dough for the Do-do" did.
Luckily - the plot turned dramatically and most of the episode was hardly like P'sDH at all!
:-)In this episode, we first see Porky and his dog out hunting ducks.
Daffy, of course, comes along and ruins Porky's chances without him realizing it by taking out the gunpowder in his cartridges.
Despite this, Porky's dog manages to catch Daffy and he is taken to Porky's house, where his two new enemies plan to eat him...I thought some of the jokes here were pretty good - in addition to a good plot line.
There were a few repeated jokes became very boring for me, but the end is one of the best I have yet seen in Looney Tunes.
The animation was good as well.
It may be a shock for certain people to see Porky with a darker heart, but I can tell you, he is like this in many previous episodes and it does make him a stronger character.I recommend this to people who like Daffy, Porky being mean and faithful cartoon dogs.
Enjoy "Daffy Duck Hunt"!
a great short.
I think this is the only short where The barnyard dog does not co star with Foghorn Leghorn.
I like it when daffy calls the dog lassie.
I find the plot where daffy is making noise in order to get porky's attention to the pluto cartoon 'Pantry Pirate'.
I like the ending where the iris closes on daffys eye..
Without question my ALL-TIME FAVORITE Looney Tune!.
"Daffy Duck Hunt" takes first place on my list of all-time favorite Looney Tunes, with "Napoleon Bunny-Part" (Bugs Bunny) and "Guided Muscle" (The Road Runner) tied for second place and "Bewitched Bunny" (Bugs Bunny and Witch Hazel) getting third.But what especially makes me crack up about this short is that in the spring of 1973, when I was living in Lansing, Michigan, and was then 11, a station in Grand Rapids ran the Looney Tunes every weekday at 4:00 P.M. Opposite the Looney Tunes on a Lansing station was a locally-produced puppet show which my younger sister loved but I despised; they kept doing frequent Alvin and the Chipmunks takeoffs, which drove me crazy!
(Anybody from Lansing, Michigan reading this who was a kid back then will know what I'm talking about, but everybody else can deduce the puppet show's title by reading between the lines: its lead character was named Aloysius E.
Khatt.) One day, I raced my sister home from school so I could get to the TV before she could (you have to remember that in 1973 - at least, not for the next seven years - there weren't any such things as VCRs); when I beat her home, my sister left the house in frustration.
Shortly after she left, "Daffy Duck Hunt" came on, and remembering the part where Daffy banged on the washtub to needle the dog and wake up Porky, I took a pot lid and wooden spoon from our kitchen and "clanged" along in unison with Daffy beating the tub (it sounded like a firehouse alarm!).About fifteen minutes later, my sister came back in the house and inquired, "The neighbors want to know what all that noise was in here!" Needless to say, I blushed then, but every time I see "Daffy Duck Hunt" again now I can't help but crack up when I think of this childhood incident!
(I also know the entire script of this short by heart to this day.)Also, every time I hear "Jingle Bells" now - and want to sing along with it - I have this strange compulsion to shout "APRIL?!" before singing the last line (thanks, Robert McKimson and Warren Foster - may you both rest in peace)!
All told, "Daffy Duck Hunt" certainly was worthy of a "Blue Ribbon" shown in the opening titles - too bad it didn't win an Oscar as well.
Still, this short is a winner in my book!.
That darn duck!.
Directed by Bob McKimson, "Daffy Duck Hunt" is a wild and wacky Daffy Duck/Porky Pig cartoon.
As with some other Warner Bros.
cartoons, Porky is cast as a hunter in this film, but perhaps he should have chosen a target other than the silly, crazy, mischievous Daffy.Highlights: As Porky and his dog hunt for Daffy, Daffy sings and dances a cancan while wearing a Parisian skirt; he then flashes his derrière, which contains a bull's-eye mark.
Daffy emerges from Porky's deep-freeze unit dressed up in a Santa outfit, and he leads Porky & the dog in singing "Jingle Bells"; Porky's stuttering, and his discovery that the current month is April, make the song a lot funnier.
The dog's good and evil consciences appear, as an angel and devil, of course; the angel wins against the devil but in a very non-angelic manner.Daffy is quite uncontainable in "Daffy Duck Hunt," willing to do or say almost anything for a laugh.
I do find it surprising that Porky is very physically abusive to his dog, repeatedly punishing him for Daffy's loud racket..
Weak character choices hurt this one.
"Daffy Duck Hunt" (really generic title) is another Warner Bros cartoon that has the legendary McKimson, Foster and Blanc work on it and it runs for slightly over 7 minutes liked they usually do.
This one's from 1949 and it means it will have its 70th anniversary next year already.
Of course it is despite the age a color and sound cartoon.
Interestingly enough, this one has Daffy play the character that gets away with it all, usually Bugs' spot and the mostly competent barnyard dog has not much too laugh in here as he gets tricked again and again by the feisty dog.
Maybe Foghorn Leghorn should ask Daffy for a lesson in how to deal with the doggy.
Anyway, the third on board here is Porky, but his days of being a lead character were long over by the end og the first half of the 20th century, so he is basically just a victim of circumstance that suffers from Daffy's shenanigans thinking the dog did it all.
That's all there is to it basically.
Not one of WB's best, not even close, not even from its particular year.
I guess they realized this was not the right role for Daffy and they gave him roles afterward again more frequently that resembled the dog character in here where he is the one getting fooled.
All in all, I give this cartoon a thumbs-up.
Not everyone can be a winner.
Also finally still an interesting note of what I had to think of when seeing Daffy.
He is probably so black that people would not even come close to comparing him to Donald.
Oh well, I am more of a Disney guy, so my bias may have to do with my rating here.
That's all folks..
There was a time when America's kids ate twice as much duck .
. as they did chicken.
Then, as Today, ducks roamed U.S. skies free as birds, just there waiting to be taken by any True Blue American Parent with a musket.
Chickens, on the other hand, were relatively rare, and a commodity to be bought and paid for with cold, hard cash, to boot.
Male chickens (that is, roosters) served as the family alarm clocks in Pre-Cell Phone Days.
Females, or hens, were needed for their eggs.
Therefore, regardless of their sex, the Chickens of Yesteryear were too precious to be eaten until they expired from Natural Causes.
Ducks, on the other hand, were six for a nickel, as hunters with good aim retrieved and reused most of their shot.
Then, in the 1940s, the idea for an American Domestic Chicken Industry was hatched, and these chicken schemers commissioned Warner Bros.
to produce animated shorts such as DAFFY DUCK HUNT to portray free fowl as aggravating and inedible.
Foghorn Leghorn, on the other hand, was carefully crafted to make U.S. kids crave drumsticks, while the Tweety Bird cartoons were deviously designed to drum up a market for mashed-together chicken by-products, fiendishly renamed McNuggets.
It took a decade or two to lay this subliminal cartoon groundwork, but now Domestic Chicken is one of America's top Success Stories.