The Ducksters

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500full.jpg|"Was that a threat mister?"
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Tumblr mcgwdf7LQG1qjhlhko1 500.jpg|"Sorry Porky, but..."
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25-2-5-A.jpg|"... you have to pay the penalty!"
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Tumblr mjrj7cv69T1qhf6bvo1 1280.jpg|"Hi, boss..."
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DuckstersRestored.jpg|Cropped screenshot of 2020 re-restoration
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The Ducksters is a 1950 Looney Tunes short directed by Charles M. Jones.
== Title ==
The title is a pun on the 1947 film The Hucksters.
== Plot ==
Porky Pig is on a radio quiz show called Truth or AAAHHH!!, a parody of the popular quiz show Truth or Consequences, hosted by a sadistic Daffy Duck and sponsored by "Eagle Hand Laundry" in which the object is to answer near-impossible questions, such as "Who, mind you WHO, was the referee for the New Zealand heavyweight title fight in 1726?" or "At what latitude and longitude did the wreck of the Hesperus occur?", or "pay the penalty". These penalties include Porky being crushed by the Rock of Gibraltar, rained upon by Niagara Falls, tied up and blown up with dynamite, severe pounding with a mallet, thrashing by a gorilla, threatened by a buzz saw, crushing by safes, and other forms of abuse.
However, Porky wins twenty-six million dollars and three cents which he uses to buy the Ajax Radio Network (costing quite literally $26,000,000.03!), takes over the entire Truth or AAAHHH!! radio game show and then submits Daffy to the same "penalties" that he had received earlier as revenge. Daffy is then tied to a long plank being cut by the same buzz saw Porky was on previously. Daffy screams at his studio audience, "Have you got a doctor in the balcony, lady?!" (This line was a takeoff of another radio quiz show, Doctor IQ, where the announcer would note "I have a lady in the balcony, doctor" to introduce a new contestant.)
== Availability ==
LTVS1'82.png|(1982) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 1
Gdsfhfdasghgfasgdhbbcxv.jpg|(1993) LaserDisc Ham on Wry: The Porky Pig Laser Collection
Bumper04.jpg|(1996) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 4)
51Rir IkqCL.jpg|(1997) VHS Classic Bumper Collection
LT Golden Collection 1.jpg|(2003) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Disc Two (1998 THIS VERSION, without notice)
lt cbdp.jpg|(2004) DVD Looney Tunes Collection Best of Daffy and Porky
lt cbdp vcd.jpg|(2004) VCD Looney Tunes Collection Best of Daffy and Porky
lt col mv1.jpg|(2005) Mini-DVD Looney Tunes Collection Mini Volume 1
lt bbot dd.jpg|(2011) DVD Daffy Duck
lt 3fcbo.jpg|(2012) DVD Looney Tunes 3 Feature Collection Best Of
=== Streaming ===
Lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App ( - ) (low-pitched audio)
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (low-pitched audio, restored)
lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - ) (low-pitched audio, restored)
== Censorship ==
* When this short aired on Nickelodeon as part of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon, the part after Daffy asks Porky if he would like to continue the game, in which an off-screen audience member yells, "You'll be sor-ry!" and Daffy blasts him with a shotgun, was cut.https://web.archive.org/web/20240224055622/http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-d.aspx Cartoon Network, Boomerang and MeTV aired this scene uncut, even though a similar scene in "Daffy Duck & Egghead" was censored on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang USA.
== Notes ==
* This cartoon was used in the TV Special Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television.
* The boulder that falls on Porky appears in the Boulder Museum.
* On the game show, Porky Pig won the following prizes:
** The Rocky Mountains
** A 17-Jewel half Nelson
** The La Brea Tar Pits
** The Rock of Gibraltar
** 600 gallons of genuine Niagara Falls
** $26,000,000.03 worth of cash
* A Tiny Toon Adventures episode also features a game show that harms the losing contestant called Win, Lose, or Kerplowie.
* The original title was replaced with a new title card when it was reissued in the 1959–64 season.
* Daffy Duck saying "...all 48 States..." has become outdated due to America gaining two more, Alaska and Hawaii, in 1959. Unlike "Frigid Hare" (1949), which also has a reference to an exact time period, this was never cut on television airings.
* On MeTV airings, the opening uses the 1940s Looney Tunes opening theme, while the ending uses the 1955-64 Looney Tunes closing theme.
* The restored copy of the cartoon is presented in low pitched audio, unlike the 1998 dubbed print presented in its original NTSC audio.
* In the original Italian dub during the 70s, the translation incorrectly refers to Daffy's quiz show as a television show, instead of a radio show. This was fixed in the 1998 re-dub.
* For the book Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide, this cartoon was mentioned with Porky erroneously identified as Elmer Fudd.
* This cartoon was shown in theatres with Tea for Two during its original release and with Hannibal during its Blue Ribbon reissue.
== Gallery ==
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The Ducksters no watermark.jpg|Lobby card
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== References ==
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Category:1950
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Chuck Jones
Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Porky Pig Cartoons
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons written by Michael Maltese
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Robert Gribbroek
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Peter Alvarado
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist