Yankee Dood It

Yankee Dood It is a 1956 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
== Title ==
The title is a pun on "Yankee Doodle" and Red Skelton's famous "I Dood It" line from the Mean Widdle Kid routine.
== Plot ==
Elmer Fudd is the progressive King of industrial Elves. He visits an outmoded shoemaker's shop to extol the virtues of mass production capitalism to the shoemaker, whose pet cat, Sylvester, uses the magic word, "Jehosophat" to turn Fudd's elf helper into a mouse and chases him around the shoemaker's shop. Saying "Rumpelstiltskin" changes him back to an elf.
== Availability ==
lt wince.jpg|(1994) LaserDisc Wince Upon a Time: Foolhardy Fairy Tales and Looney Legends
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6.jpg|(2008) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Disc Two
lt spotlight 6.jpg|(2008) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 6, Disc 1
=== Streaming ===
lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App (2017 - )
lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2022)
== Notes ==
* This short is based on the fairy tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker", but set a hundred years later.
* Unlike most cartoons reissued at the time, the original ending title is kept.
* This was the last of three cartoons to be underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which also underwrote "By Word of Mouse" and "Heir-Conditioned". They are all available on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Disc 2.
* This cartoon is also one of the rare cartoons where Sylvester has no speaking lines (except for "Ah-ha!" and "Sufferin' Succotash"), and thus there is no voice actor credit. Daws Butler voiced the shoemaker, and Arthur Q. Bryan voiced Elmer Fudd.
== Gallery ==
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Yankee Dood It Model Sheet 1.png|Model sheet
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== External links ==
* Reason Magazine - "Elfinomics" Discussion of economic content of cartoon
Category:1956
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Elmer Fudd Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Irv Wyner
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Daws Butler
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer
Category:Cartoons that contain excerpts from "Powerhouse"