Cracked Quack

Cracked Quack
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Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	July 5, 1952
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Arthur Davis Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Cracked Quack is the three hundred and fifty-second Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 5, 1952. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Warren Foster, and directed by Friz Freleng.

After crash landing at Porky's house during a blizzard, Daffy decides to stay indoors for the winter. With only one catch, he has to pretend to be a stuffed duck to avoid being noticed.

Memorable quotes

Daffy: Did you say dependents? You got 'em, brother!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Daffy Duck	Mel Blanc
Porky Pig	Mel Blanc
Black Duck	Mel Blanc
Rover	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Porky's residence

Objects

• Cottonballs

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew Credits

• Layouts: Maurice Noble
• Backgrounds: Philip De Guard
• Effects animation: Harry Love

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 5, 1952 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• This is the last Porky Pig cartoon to be directed by Friz Freleng.

Everlasting influence

• The short was used in the feature film Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales, with some changes:
  • Daffy's line, "We'll just put it away in the storage for the winter", is replaced with, "Thermopolis will just have to wait."
  • The ending was changed with Porky shooting all of the ducks out of his house with buckshot.
• DePatie–Freleng loosely remade the cartoon as the 1969 Pink Panther short, Slink Pink.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1